, 1879-08-07
CALIFORNIA POLITICS.

Tho Democratic Cnntfislate for Governor n
Hugo T.nnt1-1tonnpn1lst.
San Ffancifso bulletin.
The Chronicle Ia Eot pleased with tho assertion
that Or. Glcun's Colusa farm 1s littlo better
tllan dosert ln all essential respects. The
American idea OF tract Of land embracing
G0,0o0 ncres, moro or less, Is cluster Of housos
at distance OF six or eight miles, With fatn,.
houses all over tho country, occupted by men
who own mud till tho soil, with their wivca md
Children. At convenient location is tho sctool-
housc, md 'u villages arc churches, stores,
bnnks, post-ofliets, 1ccture.rooms, md other
evidences Of civilization. Every man and woman
Is tic equal Of every other man or womnu,
not IN tnensn' acHulrcucnts or business enpn-
eitY, but cq,al before the law antl lu alt no.
clal gatherings. The Colusa farm Is lares
enough to bo divided into, No will sny, NIX suca
settlements, each with village and townsh!o
nopn!nt[On OF fvo thousand or six thousand.
5 Eacl, q thc slx townships couts1! contain ono
hundred iatlna OF ono hundred neres cach.
which would r!yc employment to family Ut
stx persons cath. We wou!4 thus have all over
t!a3e largo trnct nttractTe homes, ynrted agri.
e1t,e stes q fen19, sFefs h, das n sn 1
clye tls as tt,a result OF his system Of ngri-
cu'turcl A vast wkeat-no1t', where human be-
!nEs nra seen twice a Year,-tn secd-tltne mud
harvest For miles thls spectacle presents It.
IL y
even an, orchard. The Cinnamon who put In
the seed md harvest the crop hayc no interest
IN the aof. Tpy como and 70, working d few
days ur few weeks, ms the ease may be, taking
their wages anl tl,clr departure.
NO sincere aIlll earnest opponent OF Chinese
Immigration Ia likely 10 vote for man who IN
Ills prattico and intcrast representa- the pro-
Chinese stumcnt In this Btase. The advocates
Chinese Immigration can almost bo counted OIL
ones fingers. md they arc TO q man large land-
owners, who Ind little present profit In Chi
nesa cheap labor. With THIS clsss tho pcuple at
larGc-whet!,er day-taborcrs, mechanics, or
busin1ss tnen-bavo no RymDalhy. 'I'herc arc
no homes In this vast tract of DR.. Glcnnfs, 1t,
the American sunsa of tho word, though ttonbt-
less some Of tho employees continue with tic
proprietor from year to year. Now, VIZ nect1 not
asperae Dr. Nlcnn's character as man or rs an
employer, or iInp'i0n hs 1notves,t to ind reasons
to condemn tic systcn l,g represents. Same Of
TIC old shareholders were lie most honorable
aud h[Eh.miudel mon In the country, but thr
civilization Of the ago condemns the system OF
labor tllGr upheld, ntll condemns them as Its
representatives. In .le same spirit We condcm,,
Dr. Glciln's systcm Of cultlyatfnE land IN i'm
1ncnE0 tracts, With thu aid Of class Of popula-
t|on Which takes only u ratacr's Interest In the
State on sucll ln1i md labor syetom. Tile
tract, however prolific ~ wheat, Is n conDarn-
tive desert, In yioW OF what Il 1nfEht ho II
divided among from 8,0D0 to I,000 men. or
course, Dr.. Glcnn's legal titlo to Ills land ts
iullf recognized. No ono pT0poses to deprive
him OF an acre by process OK law. or by lcgIstu-
tvs enactment; but it Is the province Of law, by
enforcing equal taxation nnd dscouragiilg
Chinese immigration, to tua1sc this destructive
systom Of farming Improbable, md thlts lead,
by perfectly Legitimate tnpthods, to tho division
Of lpu 0UppC small fafincte,,