Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-05-09

NEW York, May 9.-The World says
on the California election : "As We
before pointed out. this must be re-.
gardsd as a calamity to the State and
to the nation. The evils from which
the people have suffered were consider
able. no doubt. Eastern men can form
some idea Of their nature and extent il
they will reflect that the California
Judge Of the Supreme Court Of the Uni.
ted States, Justice Field, disssnts from
the sound decree Of that Court enforcing
the law Of the Thurman bill on tho Pa
cifis railway monopoly. But the new
Constitution Offers q remedy worse than
the disease. Capitalists for three months
past have refused to invest in California
enterprises, and there has been q COM
plete cessation in the incorporation Of
business companies. a. no one cares to
60 into operations which must DO sad.
died with double taxes, and hampsred
in all directions with restrictions as
numerous and a. annoying as those
which any Of the rulers Of feudal times
ever imposed upon commerce and trade.
Some lines OF business now prospecting
in California will have to be abandoned
entirely. Others can only be carried on
with decreased advantages to the Gus.
toner and increased cost to the producer.
and in others all sorts OF evasions Of
law will be rssorted to, to the material
injury OF the State. Corporations will
remove their main Offices to Nevada or
Oregon. This means, Of course, o fatal
blow at the real estate business OF San
Francisco. Widely separated from US
are the Pacific States. but whatever af-
fscts them disastrously must still touch
rs nearly. But the evil consequences to
the East Of Wednesdays work in Cali
fornia will neither be so great nor 90 i'm.
mediate as to California herself. Her
farmers had before them the example Of
the anti-monopolists Of the Northwest,
who q few years ago passed the Potter
laws, and Immediately afterwards, fnd-
ing capital scared away from their bord-
srs, had to amend them into something
reasonable. Unhappily. the process Of
amendment in the case Of California will
not be so easy.
The Sun has the following: The pre-
valent idea at tho East regarding Cali.
f%ornia's new Constitution is that 1t en-
bodies the teachings and political creed
Of Dennis Kearney. That il q mistake,
and one which does Kearney o much
honor. The new Constitution must be
accepted as an expression OF the will Of
the people Of California, for it was
adopted, first, BY q fairly representative
body Of the peoples delegates, and then,
after n canvass almost unparalleled in
its thoroughness and bitterness by the
people themselves at the polls. 1t is an
aggressive instrument, unlike any that
ever before shaped the laws Of q Com
monwealth. 1t is o novel experience in
the science OF sslf.government, and as
such it will be.'watohed In its workings
with deep interest by the people in every
part OF the civilized world. Its provi-
sions are 80 directly opposed to estab-
lished methods. and in several particu-
lars, as We think, to the spirit Of the
Federal Constitution, that IL Is certain
to raise many questions which will give
employment to the courts for some time
to come. The best test OF good law,
and surest death for bad law, is its faith
full execution.