Show PITH OF THE PRESS HEW TO THE LINE the east was placated by all the concessions ces it demanded yet parker fell far shorter of the goal than did bryan the moral would seem to he hew to the line let the chips tall where they may glogau journal PROVIDED WITH SAFETY VALVE general sherman bell says that if ever a revolution breaks out in this country it will be at cripple creek which he terms the powder magazine of the nation A quite happy phrase that there Is little danger of a revolution breaking out the lid is always oft and allows surplus steam to escape freedom of the press free speech and plenty of spouting being the safety valves deseret news ONE WAS ENOUGH russian official circles are somewhat concerned about the tremendous majorities received by roosevelt interpreting the result as a direct endorsement indorsement indor of secretary hays activity in conserving the integrity ot china securing the open door and interceding inter ceding for humane treatment of the jews russia should be reassured that he foreign policy of the united states ft be identically the same as though the margin of success was only one vote instead of two million votes stockton independent A MAD FLEET AT LARGE russia has admitted that the baltic fleet fired oa german fishing boats and has offered to pay the damages this is a fatal admission and shows that the russians were firing at everything they sa danish and norwegian captains have the same complaint to make and it looks like the only question between russia and great britain to decide upon is the nature of the apology which should be offered and the amount or damages to be allowed to the bereaved families of the fishermen grass valley union CAUSE FOR consternation complaint comes from sacramento that the voting machines used in the election there tuesday have a very serious defect by reason of the fact that any person in close proximity to a machine when a vote was cast could readily tell whether the voter cast a split or a straight ticket owing to a peculiar click made when a split ticket was voted and the election officers could easily tell it it is said that the defect can be easily remedied it one of those machines had been used in als alia on election day that peculiar clack would have caused some consternation and hurried consultations visalla times THE CARE OF RULERS f A good many things are already worrying the several nations principally the empires and kingdoms of earth but on emore is likely to be added very boon fahe aged emperor francis joseph is on his deathbed death bed and aa esthe case with epst of the monarchies athe change ot ruler will greatly disturb conditions even it it promises to bo a change for the better in this caso there such a promise and the austrian throne with its defective hungarian prop is none too solis the unrest of italy and the chronic troubles in serbia bulgaria and the other slav states make a situation that can easily be aggravated by a change on the aus train throne alemeda argus |