The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-14
,,rrru rRom CALIFORNIA,
...aaeisI Hespiis Of 'friseo's Late
s,.s,Ion : How the Aristoeratie
stock Gsmbievs Live and Die
CharI, ny Homes 80 Oak
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az MMeIaea. Apr!l .. 1870.

BAN WAhcihpo, April ~ lhD'
Il cd, election Is oyhr And the' Sand l.oiers
Il have bean routed, 50 thorough hp been tho
l Io6at thrt IS scarcely possible for the
O,rty to revive, Kearney and Cannon aro
,WsIling the decision upon IN appeal taken
IA tatihe legality 0fa sentence by the Po-
Uoe touft, which, ifsustainod, will .consgp
hem 10 six months In the house of correc-
don and subject them each TO the payment
At 900 0no, Kalloch Is powerles' TO com
bat the contempt with which he Ia generally
regarded, and all his efforts At Cancellation
have reacted upon himself with whitening
affect. San Francisco needed but this yicto'
~ TO emerge from three years warfare
with all the combined eementS Of disorder
like gold from rofners fire, Severe rs the
ordeal has been, 1t will prove beneficial in ils
results Wewill escape ali the evils OF n
local revolution, but we cannot forget some
ortbe healthlul lessons which tho agitation
has inculcated, Our people will hereafter be
moro Jealous Of nonopolies and more anx'
ious than ever TO regulate those which now
exist. Tho lesson has not been without
moral, and during the next two or three
wears wa may confidently expect a gradual
release from many of tho evils which have 80
long rested like nn incubus upon al the
energies of our State and city. Our lands
will come into market, our railroad
freights and fares will be equallled' our
taxes will be made to bear alike upon rich
and poor Our gas and water rates viii be
reduced, and that greatest of evils, Chinese
cheap labor, will find satisfactory solution.
If the Sand Lotlers had not existed, these
fruitful causes Of complaint could not long
have continued without creating great point
ical discussion, and perhaps we ought not TO
regret the cause that has forced them upon
the consideration of the people. The chief
objection was that ii was in the wrong hands
The Sand Lotters were sincere in nothing
but their desire to agitate They were the
very refuse of society, and used these palpa-
bleveyils TO stir up local strife, for viler pur-
poses than those of their correction. There
was hardly man among them whose condi-
ton wouldhaye been mt all improved by the
abropation of every evil OF which they com
nlained. and the few sincere and honest work
iugrnen who united with them at first
attested their appreciation of them by voting
with the people at the recent election.
think the trouble is over. California is
now better prepared TO enter upon season
of prosperity than ever before. Providence
seems especially propitious, for the winter,
thouyh colder than ever before
known, has besn favored with copious rains
in all parts of the State. The acreage sown
TO wheat and barley is nearly n third greater
than IN any previous year, and its yield ia as
fully assured as abundant rain IN every
quarter can make A surplus crop of 49,
100000 bushels is confidently predicted.
Social life in San Francisco has not been
interrupted by any dread of local trouble
Society has not been deprived of its parties,
balls, masouerades, celebrations and the
Thousand modes of enjoyment devised by
large cosmopolitan population. The city is
fulIof public amusements suited to the mis-
celaneous taste of its people. If the thea
tire promises the most pleasure in the advent
of afayori,e performer, it is filled to reple-
tion-so Of balls, of society meetings, DeneV-
olsnt gatherings, church socials, lectures,any-
thing, from the intellectual down to the
merely physiral--which will furnish for a
dollar its equivalent in amusement, NO
where is the evening more generously en-
ployed as relaxation to the labors OF the
day. regret to say, however, that the fond
ness for that which is merely literary or
scientific is limited. Lectures are drug,
and literature, as a general thing, finds It's
limit in hooks of travels aud modern novels.
In place of original exercises, the societies
are eplivened BY music, declamations and
amateur dramatics, winding up with
a dance. We have two large Pioneer
societies, organized avowedly for the purpose
of perpetuating the early history OF the
State. but as vet beyond few annual ad-
dresses. they have published nothing, and
their annual meetings are held to revive Their
memory ofthe Jolly good times they had in
tbe mines, in the first settlement of the State.
Thus far future generations will be very lit
tie wiser for anything they have done-but
theyibaye good dinners, drink good wine,
and each member as he looksin the face OF
his brother thinks he beholds as genuine
Pilgrim Father as any that ever landed on
the rock of Plymouth.
slAristocracy crops out here among, the
wealthy only; and they are those who have
made money IN stock gambling, railroad en-
ternrises. real estate and local monopolies.
They build themselves elegant residences,
drive fine four-ln-hands, give expensive
entertainments You are lost in wonder at
the,garish splendor with which they are sur
rounded. the immense size, and costly exter,
nal and internal decoration of their palatal
homes, the magnificent scale Of Their enter
tainments, and the absolute grandeur oftheir
eouipages. A few years ago an entertain
ment was given by one of them, who had bis
invitations engraved on silver plate when
cost some thirty dollars each. AT the recent
visit Of General Grant Senator Sharon gave
ihN his honor an a evening reception at
his country seat, twenty-five miles dis,
taut. which was attended by four thousand
invited guests. The most conspicuous oo-
iects that meet your gaze on approaching the
oity are the magnificent residences, on one OF
the highes, hills in the city, of those million
aire inhabitants. They were built and fur
pished at the expense of millions, and their
owners are among the richest men on the
continent. One of these palaces contains
sixty rooms--none Of them less than forty.
The finest fresco artists in the country. were
emnloyed 10 decorate the walls and ceilings.
The wood work and furniture of some OF the
rooms are ebony inlaid with ivory and gold
others are finished in live oak, and Others still
in the bright, beautiful woods OF our forests
and the forests of Central America.
Fondness for display is a leading charsc-
teristic of our citizens. Of the, few among
Tho thousands who engage in stock gambling,