Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-08-30
j. S. CONE

This brings me 10 say word about
our cnndldntc fDr Rairond Commissioner,
dos. 5. Cone. He i>an old Californian
well known in This region rs II mnn Of
great practical business sense aud mere
than ordinary experience aud observation
touching pnbIlc affairs. He has been
engaged and always successfully III stock
rai,lug, farming and merchandising. lie
i. the soul Of honor and the embodiment
OF business and personal integrity. lie
Is not man to worry himself over the
philosophy Of railroad figures and pro-
bIems aud ,pin fine theories about exuer-
fences Of railroads gotten up as speci MS
pleas 5y railroad people. but ne is man
llEeY to say Tor example on thia question
OF whent; "Gentlemrn this whole valley
and migey this whole State depeGds for
it, prosperity upon the po-s lbliity Of rnis>
ing wheat nt II profit; unless the farmer
prospets, the State cannot prosper: Ag-
riculture is the foundation Of the State:
The farmer cnn t afford to see all bis
earnings go into the pockets OF the nil
road company and it i. not righl; tor in~
stance wheat ia Red Blulf to-day worth
SO per ton; the lalroad company want
nearly II Of this vnlue to hnul il 250 miles:
| don't telievo they should have 1t and
no amount Of figures can make me be-
lieve they should when it is true that
other rtnds do the same service for y to
Is lhenmount." II believe the railroads
should carry the staple product of coun
try Mt n minimum compensation and
that it is the interest of the road to do it
and the du:y Of the state to make them do
it,
There is no doubt but that Mr.. Cone i.
in fall accord with the people ON this
subject and will lcarlessly carry out the
plan Of the New Constitution. The peo>
pie OF the northern part OF the State
should make n special effort to elect him
also because Of his long residence here
and familiar knowledge of the peoples
wnnts III this locality.
SACRAMENTO RIVER
But while we mny we'll look to Mr.
Cone and his associates for help we stil
have II sure aud natural remedy in the
noble river that runs through this great
valley from end TO end. The law of
the competition is the gtrat controlling
law Of tinde. We should have bonts
running TO Red BuG md by any con-
oerted and intelligent effort in Congress
and by the people we could have IN 90
days. There isn't another such river SO
situated lying idle IT. al hi, entire coun-
try, and it Is II rpproach to our enterprise
md good sense TINT this great thorough
fare romnias closed. 1t concerns you and
all other persons who ARE shippers to or
from ihis part OF the State. Let Us not
overlook this but resolve now thnt the
Sacramento shall be opened.
GENERAL POLITICS
1t seems quite clear now that the entire
II publican State Ticket viii he elected
by u large minority. Our parry is com j.,
pnct, free from distractions ar di.scn.iun.
and enthusiastic. When senator Booth
and Governor Perkins q can him G ,ver
nor Tor we might n well begin Ia get used
to his lllle) were here it seemed like theud
times OF rnrly Il publican trlumphs and
eulhuslH,m. They we're greeted hv mn
immense assembly, aud tened 10 win
great interest. Two days later Governor
Irwin came To sptuk for the Democrats
ana although he j. n good spraller is
Governor of our noble State and | think
has been n credit tn his pnrly a. Cover
nor, still he bad linn meeting aud with~
out the slightest cnthu-m-m aud the next
night at Chico his meeting was such Il
failure that he did n,t speak ut nl ex>
crpt in response to n Republican serenAde
given hm out Of respect for him ~ Gov
eInor. We think our County Ticket will
be elected with few ifnny exceptions nj
tho the county Is supposed to be Demo.
cratic by a small majority.
DE YOUNG THE ASSASSIN
Wihout an exception our peop'e CON
denim the Htruciaus crime of De Young
u. ju.tifying the forfeiture othis life. De
Young grossly n--nilrd kailuch and Knl :
loch'. father IN their private character.
The fnlher long since dehd, Kalloch conld
not retort upon De Young's father ms he
has no known pal"rnnl ancestor: he
however found D. Youngs vulnerable
point aud prrhed it with satirn seldom
oquaed and De Young shot him for it.
The universal hope here i. That the great
cond to come nt this cnwnrLly crime will
hr TIE extinction 1T the ,cutey race ct
De Young and the exlirpation Of the
ChYcaicie. X,