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Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22
WATER AND WATER RIGHTS.
Such is the caption Of Article XIV of

Such is the caption Of Article XIV of
the New Constitution, the adoption of
which will materially effect the ve7 ted
rights ef many holders of valuable prop
erty in this county. Section l of this
Article starts off with the bold Insertion {:
The use OF all water new appropriated. .
or that may hereafter be appropriated for
sale, rental or distributio on, is hereby de-
clared 70 be public use, and subject to
the regulation and control OF The State,
in the manner to be prescribed by law"
| Under this provision the Legislature can
authorize the Board OF Superv isors, or a
Special Board, or an individual, to say
Jus: how much a ditch owner can charge
for certain head of water for mining or
irrigating purposes. More than this they
can regulate the size of that head and
dictate that no more than certain guam
tity OF water can be rented to one clalr,I
unit! all other claims are supplied, rs is
aimed at in the case OF irrigating bitches
in the agricultural cednties. This is one
Of the newest features of the New Cor.
stituton. OF course its adoption VOID
in the end amount to but little less than
the absolute confscation of al water
rights in the State but then there il no
reason why this matter SHOULD not come
uncer State control as we'll as the regula-
ton of railroad Cares and freight and
other kindred subjects. But it is our OK
winch Is icing gofed this time, and we
wont and it. What is sauce fer the
gooeo is not sauce for the gander in this
instance. Mon who own water and wa>
ter rights in Trinity County find them
most valuable and remuneratve invest
ments, and believe themselves competent
to regu late and control their own proper
| ty. However, the Convention doubtless
thought there were more people to rent
water than thore were to sell water, and
the above proposition would catch votes
for the New Constitution. The molasses
has been spread on little too thick in
this instance and mining flies will not be
caught. Tho single provision above
quoted should secure the opposition of
every votes in Trinity County. We are
an Independent people and believe that
every man should bo allowed to run his
own business to please him,elf. Wator
here Is valuable in proportion 20 its guam.
tity and the exten: and richness of the
mining ground it covers. The ditch
owner demands and the mine owner is
willing to pay just what the water fur.
nished is worth. The price Of water will
regulate itself without State interference
and should be allowed to do SO. Every
voter who believes this to be the fact,
and none car truthrully dispute it. should
visit tho polls on the 7th day Of May and
deposit his ballot Against the New
Constitution. :"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

DorNG GOOD SERyIcE.-Denis Kcar,
ney is doing good service against the
New Constitution, and his canvass in
behalf Of that instrument promises to re-
suit as his canvass in behalf of Butler re-
suited. His SANDER his abuse, his btu>
talities, and his reckless lying, are crea-
ting wherever he goes n profoundly un
favorable impression. The San Francis
co papers which are playing toady to him
naturally endeayor to smooth over and
conceal the real sentiment of the people
upon whom he is inHictng himself, but
from more trustworthy sources the infor-
nation comes that everywhere senti-
ment of disgust and repulsion is being
elected by his exhibitions. AT San
buenaventura the other night he came
near being pelted from the stand, and the
opposition TO his calumnies was SO mark
ed and emphatic that even his journals
tic panders could not conceal it.. 1t Is
evident that the kind of Constitution
which is championed by such II creature
as Ksarney is not to the taste Of the
people Of the interior, whatever the Sand
Lots may think about it, and that the
outcome of his tour will be solid vote
In reputation of the abortion he indorsss.
Record. Union.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

DELEGATE SfEAKs Our One of
the most thoughtful delegates 20 the late
Constitutional Convention, and an old
residetit Of California, writes to the
Record UNfOn from coast county, rs
follows /: Il know you arc sound on the
Constitution, especially after sitting un-
dor your daily criticism for over five
months, while grinding out that bad Job
now before the people for rejection. l
would like to join your army as high
private to do battle against the monster,
for the following reasons, viz am op-
posed to it because it drives capital from
our State ; because it tends to destroy all
our manufactures of whatsoever XII nd or
nature because It cripplcs all corpora.
fions, and therefore all progress of our
State because ii aims death blow to all
our large farmers, cattle and sheep men
IN The State ; because it re:ards the de-
Ve'opment Of eur mines by double taxa
ton, and otherwise loading them down
because it utterly destroys our vnicultur
nj interests, being the fourth great and
growing interest of this State, and pre-
vents the drying and curing of the vari-
Gus fruits Of our State because it Grip
piles the skilled AM unskiled labor of our
State, by preventing progress and i'm
provement, which can only thrive when
agriculture, manufacturing, commerce
and mining prosper-and finally, be-
cause its contains treason against our
Govern mont. For the proof Of all the
above. let any man read the instrument
cfiered the people,"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

TIE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.-Last Sat
urday's Arizona Sentinel says that the
Southern Pacific is now graded for Oyer
forty miles east OF Stanwix, and within
thirty miles OF Maricopa. The question
of water is still psrplexiNg one, all that
is used being brought from Yuma in
great tanks mounted on fiat cars. Ex-
celent water, and plenty of it, has been
struck at the eastern boundary of the
railroad town site Of Maricopa. Good
water is also said to have been found near
the center Of the town at forty to fifty
feet. No intention of building farther
east this season has yet been made public
by the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, though there are some indications
of such intention.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

THE HISTORY OF IT.-The bill which
lately passed both Houses of Congress,
restricting Chinese I'm migration. and was
vetoed by the President was an exact
copy of II bill introduced into the Senate
of the United States Senate by Hon. A. A .
Sargent. Mr.. Davis had introduced n
bill into the House o. Representatives
which for several reasons was not accept,
able, and Mr.. Sargent's was substituted
and was introduced into the House by
Mr.. Wren of Nevada, Republican.
The bill was referred to the committee on
labor in the House of which Mr.. Willis a
Democrat of Kentucky, was chairman /;
and when tho bill was reported back to
the House by that gentleman, it received
the name of the Willis bill. And this is
the true history Of the biil.-Sptrat Of the
IfMeS.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

1NCoNsIsTENT. Section q Of Article
] of the New Constitution, in the Decla
ration of Rights, provides that mo prop
erty qualification shall ever be required
for any person TO vote or hold office"
Section of Article XI, on Cities, Coun-
ties and Towns, provides for the framing
of Charter by a Board of IS f,'eehoid-
ers, who shall have been for at least We
years qualified electors thereof to be elcc
ted" etc. Perhaps to the great minds
which framed that brilliant document
ycleped "The New Constitution, ;" requir.
ing members Of this certain Board to be
"freeholders" is not property qualiA-
cation" but to tho average intellect,
founded in common sense, it certainly
has that appearance.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

ADvIcEs FROM SITKA.--A special cor
respondent with the expedition Of the
Osprey writes: We arrived at Sitxa ON
the morning of the Sd instant. having had
Il success ion OF dense and violent snow
storms II the way up the coast. The
cutter Wotcoti arrived the next day, hnv-
Ing also encountered heavy weather. The
Indians say they hava no fear whatever
of the Wolcott, but the big ship makes
them weaken. They boast that they can
take the cutter whenever they please and
there seems to be some truth in the bold
assertion, as the Osprey does not consider
the WotcoU sufficiently strong and able
10 render tho necessary protection. In
fact, both the commanders of these yes.
sells have so telegraphed the United States
Government, and neither of them will
leave until a man-of- war is sent. The
people of Sitka are gaining confidence.
and are elated and pleased at the gener :
Gus, and noble action Of Her Maiesty's
representative. The osprey and her
gallant crew are now looked upon as
part and parcel of Alaska, and they feel
that old England not alone has a big
navy but much bigger heart.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22
LEGISLATIVE REI1 DIES

Tn Connection Wit. the discussion rela.
tive to the New Constitution it appears
that many persons labor under wrong
impression that certain evils which the
new instrument affects to remedy can
only be remedied by its adoption. We
say wrong impression because the idea is
without foundation ir fact, and all Rrgu-
ment based thereon is erroneous. So far
from bestowing upon Legislature addi-
tional powers, 3 State Constitution has
the Directly opposite tendency it is sim
ply limitation of power. In the lan-
guage Of cotenporarv, Without n
Constitution State Legislature may do
as it pleases Constitution it NAV
do anything that it is not forbidden by
that instrument to do" Thus it plainly
appears that the New Constitution will
cEnfer on the Legislature no power to do
anything which it may not do under the
Constitution now in force. Referring to
this phase Of the question the Sacramento
Bee says "Whsther it Uhe New Con-
stitution) shall be adopted or not, the
Legislature can enact Local Option laws,
or raise u Railway Commission, or make
laws against the Chinese, or create Boards
to f3 the price Of water, gas, telegraph
ing, storage and the like, or enact statutes
against bribery, or regulate school mat
ters and text books, or reduce salaries,
State and courty, or provide for the mill
tia, or for Board Of State Prison Com
missioners, or regulate the division OF
counties, or proclaim the responsibility OF
Directors, or exempt private property
from being seld for public debt, or in fact
do anything that the old Constitution does
not prohibit it frorn doing" Such being
the true status of affairs, it is plain that
should the people desire any OF the
changes proposed by the the Now Consti
tuition, they can be readily secured through
tne Legislature, and in this manner good
provisions may be adopted and the many
bad oncs allowed to rest in oblivion
Another advantage, and one which cannot
be over-estimated, is that a plain Legis-
lative enactment will have all the force OF
n Constitutional provision while it can at
any time be easily repealed if it is found
not to have the desired effect whereas q
bad Constitational enactment, once adopt
ed, is extremely difficult TO eliminate and
though gIaringly absurd and erroneous
must continue as the fundamental law
uRtil it is amended in the regular way and
which ordinarily requires the lapse of
several years. Containing, as the New
Constitution does, mary experimental
provi IONS, the matter Of prospective
amendment rs compared with the more
speedy and safe Legislative action, should
receive serious attention at the hands Of
every voter.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

A REPUBLICAN VICTORY CERTAIN
The Post discussing the political pros
poets, remarks IF the Republicans of
California stand firm and sustain ther
principles without compromise, they are
certain Of victory. The great splitin the
Democratic party, Of which the Kearney
movement is the outcome, would defeat
them in any event, were the bulk of the
electors rot opposed to them and with
three straight tickets in the field the Re
publicans are certain to centrol the State.
Mr.. Luttreil was better in formed regard
ing the Democratic party in California
than local writer's gave him credit for =.
He said in Washington that the Demo-
cratic party in Ca lifornia had caved in,
and that its only hope was to support the
Workingmen's candidates. But this is
precisely what Democratic leaders will not
do, and therefore the victory will be all
the easier for Republicans.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

AT the opening Of the Special session
of Congress on Tuesday last the Pacific
coast was represented in the Senate by
Booth, Jones, Grover, Farley and Slater,
and in the House by Representatives
Daggett, of Nevada Whiteakor of Ore
gon, and all tho TerritorIal delegates -
California, for the first time, It's believed,
since her adm isslon 10 the Union, was
unrepresented. In the Democratic eau,
Gus it was decided to place the Pacific
coast Democratic Senators on Committees
rs follows : Grover is made Chairman Of
tho Comm ittee on Manufactures, and is
given position on the Military Affairs
Committee, and also Railroad Commit
tee, besides being placed on the Public
Lands Committee Slater takes Growers
place on the Committee on Territories,
and ia also assigned to the Committees on
Patents and Agriculture Senator Farley
is given three prominent committees-
Naval Affairs, Postoffice and Pos. Roads
aud Pensions. At the caucus meeting of
Republican Senators to arrange minori-
ties of the Comm ttees, Booth was given
place on the Appropriation Committee
and Jones on the Committee on Com
merce.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT.
The following significant expression
OF Southern Democratic sentiment, print.
I'd in TIE Okolona Miss } States Of March
l2th, has just been received, and attracts
much attention THANK Godi we
have captured the Capitol, and in 1880
our man will walk up the White House
steps and take his seat in the Presidential
chair. Then will our glorious triumph
be complete. Then will we proceed to
tear your amendments from the Const.-
.n''on and trample them in the mire.
Ifen VIII we break the shackles Won
have formed for the free, sovereign and
independent comm 1onw lth of tho Union
1hen VIII we recognize the right Of SO.
cession-a right that is not deod br,
sleeping. Then will we decorate tbo
Capitol with pictures of Davis, ard Lao
and Stuart, and all the glorious leaders
ofa cause that is not lost, but living still.
Yes. and thank God, we have captured
the Capitol, and from that coiene OF
vantage wo propose to rule the Republic
In way that will make your Radical
itsders forever odious in America"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

AN IMPORTANT DKcIsIoN.-We copy
the following from the A tG of March Sth: !:
THE n inteenth District Court, with n
jury, has been engaged all week 10 trying
an important controversy as to mining
from Shasta county. The Williams &
Kellinger Mining Company located the
mine in 1868, mud expended over $4,000
in working up to 1870 The defendants
re located the mine in 1874, and have
expended over $50 900, and are now max.
large Improvements. Pratt & Metcalf,
for plaintiff. claimed title and possession.
Judge Turner, for defendants, claimed
abandonment and forfeiture of plaintiffs
rights, and that relocation was lawful
under the act of Congress of May 2, 1872.
Verdict for defendants without tho jury
leaving the box. The Winthrop Com
pany is owned In this city by Messrs.
Spruance, Stanley 81 Co. and Star &
Mathewson, and is said to be very valu-
able
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

THE CHINESE MAY YET Go.-It is
rumoIed that negotiations for modiaca-
tion Of the Burlingame Treaty are making
auoh Unexpectedly rapid progress that the
President will probably be able to send to
the Senate during the extra session pro-
tocol Of revised treaty with China,
desires of the enlightened citizens Of the
country at large, though it is also rumor-
ed that it may fall short of the demands
Of the Pacific Coast sentiment.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

THE MINERS VS.. THE FARMERS. The
Nevada Herdid says of Judge Keyser S
decision in the debris case: ave do not
see why the Court did not 20 further
and decree against the running of muddy
rills into that stream from tho hillside
during rain, or snow storm. OF course
the decree will not stop the mines from
continuing operations. A stay of exc
cuton for thirty days was granted on
motion Of defendants counsel, on the
llth inst. The case will now be appeal
ed to the State Supreme Court and in
case the decree of the lower court is
affirmed the matter will be carried to the
United States courts and probably to the
halls OF Congress for settlement. This
will take a long time, so no one need fecr
pfaE Immediate steppage of mining op-
erat ions. Probably all that the ranchers
could do in case they had the whole
matter their own way would be to COM
pei somebody to pay the damages, but
who would pay the damages is a question
which the future alone can decide"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

MANY of our counties have Spanish
names and but few people know what
they mean. The following will give the
meaning Of many of them Alameda,
poplar grove, public walk; Amador, u
lover, asweetheart a Calaveras, madcaps,
wild, hot Drained fellows G mira Costa,
coast opposite to another; Del Norte,
towsrds the north El Dorado NAV be
freely translated as the golden land !;
Fresno, ash tree Los Angeles, the an
gels Marin, by the sea Mariposa. but
terAy Merced, gift, grace, mercy Mono,
neat and pretty Monterey, the Kings
mountain; Nevada, snowy; Plumas,
feathers Sacramento, the Sacrament /,
San Benito, st. Benedict San Bernardo
no, st. Bernard San Francisco, st.
Francis; San Joaquin, st. Joachim +;
San Luis Obispo, Saint Louis, bishop
San Mateo, Saint Mathew Santa Barba-
ra and Santa Clara are easily translated I;
Santa Cruz, holy cross Sierra, noun
famous; Soano, easterly wind Ventura,
fortune, venture, luck.-Bee.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22
EDITORIAL JOTTlNcS.

How 1T WILL OPERATE.-Although
people residing FIR from the great busi-
ness and meney centers, as do those in
this county, appear TO think that the rev~
enue provisions Of the new Constitution
will not materially effect them, we are
decidedly OF the opinion hat they will
find it otherwise in the event of that in
strument being adopted. Already hold
ers OF mortgages in this county assert
that whenever taxes have to be paid upon
such securities the rate OF interest will be
raised in proportion. SO far as the mere
matter of dollars and cents is concerned
this will probably make but little differ
ence, as it will be just as easy to pay 81
rs more Interest On each 800 in the future
as it Ahs been to pay like amount OF
taxes in the past. This nay be altogeth
er satisfactory to those whose property is
valuable in excess of the amount for
which It Is mortgaged. But it is q well
known fact that much property in Trni-
ty county Is mortgeged beyend the
amount for which it is annually assessed
for purposes Of taxation. In all such
cases it is more than probs bic that actions
for foreclosure of N mortgage will ia Il thick
and fast upon the adoption of the New
Constitution. While the taxation OF
mortgages cannot therefore in any way
benefit the holder of the property, 1t will
in many instances do HIM irreparable in
Jury. Persons so situated sheuld give
the matter earnest attention before de-
Gliding to vete in favor of the New Con-
stitution thereby setting tho seal to the,r
own condemnation.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

LENGTH OF THE EXTRA SESSION.
The Chicago, JoarnatS Washington
special says: The present feeling of the
leaders Of both parties is decidedly in
favor Of n short session. The Democrats
however, talk as though they held the
holm, and that the President intends to
bocN down on the question of not giving
his approval to the repeal of the election
laws II Incorporated in the appropriations
bill. The Republicans are firm, and say
there will be no compremise on this point.
1t IS, therefore, probable that the session
Will be protracted, Notwithstanding the
wishes ofthe leaders of Doth parties.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

APJUT PRESIDENTS .-Whileit it is well
Known that the State OF Virginia has fur
aished seven Presidents of the United
States, our attention was emily recently
directed to the fOct that three counties in
that State have been the native places of
SIX Presidents. Washington and Mon
roe were natives Of WestmUreland coun>
ty; Harrison and Tyler, who were at the
same time President and Vice Pres ident.
were both natives of Charles City county,
and Tyler succeeded to the Presidential
office on the death of Harrison; in the
third instance, Madison and Taylor were
both born in Orange county; Jefferson
was n native Of Albermarle county, Vir-
ginia. Well may that State bs called
the Mother Of Presidents.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

THE RAILWAY COMMISSION The Al
ameda Argus says that if the new Con.
stitution shall be adopted, containing as
1t does clause placing all railroad mat
ters, Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
into the hands of Commission of three
men, two of whom shall be majority
and have all the power Of the State, "the
people might as well abandon all their
belongings to the Central Pacific Rail.
road Company. The man who votes for
the adoption OF the new Constitution will
deserve all that he will suffer if it becomes
a law"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

The San Francisco Exchange thinks
Asarney isn't panning out very well.-
According to the accounts of the two vo.
racious reporters who camp out with him
every night, the entire population Of Sail.
mas received him and warmly applauded
his speech. The next day the town cleo
ton came of and the result was victory
for the Citizens ticket. The Oakland
election was also victory Tor the Citizens
party and Sacramento scores Repub,
lican triumph. People go to hear and see
Kearney as a natural curiosity or wild
beast, but they don. follow his teachings.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-03-22

THE DEAD SHERMAN Tho telegraph
ha. been making a succession of curious
blunders for the past two weeks and
more in reference 10 the health, and fin
ally the decease, first of Mrs. w. f.
Sherman and then OF the General. The
brave warrior and his wife may be i'll,
but they are certainly In Tho land Of The
living. The victims of death we're Mr..
and Mrs. General Thomas w. Sherman.
This General Sherman was very pro-
minent person at one period during the
war, before Grant, w. 7. Sherman and
Sheridan had come prominently on the
scene. He was born at Newport, Rhode
Island, on the Goth of March, 1918, was
educated at West Point, entered the
Third Artillery in 1898, was made First
Lieutenant on March l4th Of that year,
and gained the rank of Captain eight
years afterward. For gallantry at Buena
Vista he was made bEevot Major. He
became Lieutenant Colonel Of the Fifth
Artillery on May IA, 1861, Brigadier-
Genera! of volunteers three days after
wards, Colonel Of the Third Artillery in
1868, and retired Major General in 1870.
He com manded a division in the battle OF
Bull Run and ths land forces of the
Port Royal expedition. In March, 1862
he was superseded by General Hunter,
and ordered to the army Under General
HaIleck before Cornth. He commanded
a division above New Orleans from Sep
tomber, 1862, to may, s63. lie lost
leg at Port Hudson, and was made Major>
General on tho 18th of March, 1865, for
meritorious serv ices Bee.