The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-02

affected by extremes oil climate, n where
the bee hummed his labor.song among the
flowers Of a lasting summer,
claim TO be OF those who, not having
had such rose colored views, yetare never
theless notprepared to give assent toall the
delights claimed for the State by "ye old
'49ers.'
California is not appearing at her best
this wear. We are in some trouble out
here, and yet we are not given over 10
that extreme degradation to which We are
SO kindly consigned by q great number OF
Eastern papers. Permit us to speak Tor
ourselves under the heads Of Climate,
Politics, Business and City; and now for
the first.
CLIMATE.
1t has been said that the people of this
State eat, drink and wear climate. Among
the horned toads and sand hills Of the
San Diego, the hot plains Of the San
JOAQUIN, and the desolate iastness Of
Shasta and sistiyon, ask the dweller in
any Of these places why he lives in Ito
you) 80 unattractive q place, and he ans
swers, 40, we have such o splendid eli
mate.h Climate Is our peoples hobby, to
be candid about 1t. And so this winter
wheHhundreds Of orange trees were bit
ten by the frost in Los Angeles and up
here, when It has even snoweda little in
our beautiful Santa Clara Valley, and We
have had very heavy frosts for three
months, the folks who have always lived
here are forcedto admitthat tits peculiar
season, but we have splendid climate"
Our first rain came in October. There
had been no rain fall scarcely since the
middle Of May. All through the summer
months the trees were green, but under
the constant sun and rainless sky the
grass dried up, and mountain and plain
were brown In their d~esolation. l would
hate to live In the country. 1t Is o place
relocated to the gophers and their friends,
the owls. Its reported that on the South
Pacific coast r. R., the gophers stop the
trains, and they have to go ahead and
drive them of, but l do not vouch for
that.
And the dust-it lay six inches deep in
some Of the mountain roads. In town
where We could command q water supply
things kept fresh, and the roses and green
lawns stayed with US till Christmas. Then
came q fall Of snow OF the mountains, and
from our green yards we could look to the
glistening submits beyond. Flowing be-
gan about the middle OF January. We
have had about nine and a hall inches OF
rain, and with one and a half more will
have a pretty fair crop. This used TO be 9
splendid wheat valley, and as high as
eighty bushels TO the acre have been
raised, but with no fertilizing and no 70:
tation OF crops the land has run out till
thirty.fve bushels are considered very
good. Wheat and barley r raised and
the acreage is large. Corn will not grow
here well, the summer nights are too cold.
Last year Il mean 1879 and year before
they had q drought. The great need Of
this State is water. In the Sacramento and
San Joaquin valleys we have perhaps as
fine soil as in the world, and with water
to irrigate those plains so often scorched
by drouth, they would blossom like the
rose. An irrigation canal is now construct
ingin Fresno county. 1t is fifty miles long,
thirty feet wide, and eight feet deep, draw.
ing water from San Joaquin and Kings
rivers, and will prove the salvation OF that
country.
The rain fall is good all over the State,
and the crops promise well. In short we
could do well were it not for
POLITICS.
Kearney is receiving more attention
than he deserves. He is acting like a fool
and traitor, and his recent sentence Of one
thousand dollars fine and six months in
jail ought to cool him off a little. His
mad actions do not meet the approval Of
four.ffths Of the people Of the State. 1t
seems strange that the people Of San Fran.
cisco have stood his insolence so long, but
this vigilance committee will stand no
more nonsense now.
Our Legislature Is at work setting the
New Constitution in operation by enact.
ing the necessary laws. They are a fine
body OF men and seem TO be working for
the good Of the State.
For President, Blaine is the universal
favorite. While Grants nomination would
keep the coast doubtful, Blaine would
carry everything before him. His atti-
tude on the Chinese question endears him
TO US, for We are sure that his veto would
not stand in the way Of justice. Besides
he is personally liked out here.
I'll CHINESE.
1t Is hardly in order to mention Cali
fornia without speaking Of the Chinese.
Forty.nine tiitieths Of the people here do
not believe in Chinese immigration. It
has been asserted that only the rabble OF
California want the Chinese to go. This
is absolutely false. All parties recognize
them as q great and trying evil, and II the
Pacific States are 10 have las they may
have) the casting vote in the Presidential
contest, thoy will no longer see themselves
disregarded and their will opposed by
sentimentslism, The exodus OF Celestials
TO the East Is viewed with liberalization,
aud folks here say the Fasteners will get
enough OF II when they, know how 1t Is
for themselves. Only the hoodlums want
the Chinese to go. Are such men as Rev.
O. O. Stratton, D. D., President Of the
University Of the Pacific; Rev. DIR. Gward,
OF Oakland, Rev. DR.. Jewell, one Of the
finest preachers In the conference, Judge
Morrison, Of our Supreme Court, and
George o. Perkins, Governor of the State,
are these men hoodlums? They are OF
the opinion that Chinese immigration
ought to be stopped. Not by riot and
bloodshed, but by peaceful means as soon
as possible.
DusTNRss.
Business is dull. The moving Of capital
east is mainly caused by the stock gam.
blers OF San Francisco, who are hindered
the new constitution in their neiarious
business, and are beginning to pull up
stakes and 60. May they depart in peacel
Had there been less stock gambling there
be q richer people here to-day. Lit.
tie Is going on in San Francisco on ac-
count Of threatened riots. Times are
very, very hard, not directly caused by
the new constitution, for It's adoption
merely hastened the crisis that would
surely have como anyway. In regard to
much abused instrument ! would
say that, though somewhat rude in con.
structon, 1t contains some really good