Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-03-31
THAT INFAMOUS ORDINANCE.

"Curfew" ordinance Permit me to express
a parents views. I am father of sons |
bring them up to obey and respect their
parents. They have pride in being trusted
| encourage it. can send them any where,
at any hour of night. to do duty and feel
sure they do not go astray. took them to
lecture the other night and, being sud-
denly called away, left them to return
home alone after 10 o'clock, and they did.
Their mother, if taken suddenly ill, can
send the youngest in dead of night for
distant aid, and the duty will be as promptly
performed as if an adult had gone. Now
in either Of these cases it was and would
be impracticable-1ay, impossible have
written passes" (humiliating word. and
yet, with the ordinance in force, those
boys might have been collared by
some policeman and thrust into that
vermin-infested lazar-house, the filthy
! City Prison. / am indignant. feel, as all
true parents must I despise the canting
creatures who originated and urged the
passage of the law. | deny their right to in-
wade my family and regulate its habits. |
give the Trustees notice row that will test
their right to regulate the uprising and down.
sitting of my household. The ordinance is
in excess of authority; it is in conflict with
the constitutional right of personal liberty.
Ii the authorities have the right to say that
one under 16 shall go indoors. at or
9, they have equally the authority to de-
clare that one under 60 shall do likewise.
If they have the right to say my
children shall be housed at 8, they have
the right to force them to rise and come
out at A. NJ. If they have the right to de-
clare to the poor man, who has neither lawn
nor yard for his little ones, that he shall shut
them in at 8 o'clock, they have the same right
TO declare that they shall not come out until
noon. The right to fix the hour il right,
IS not limited to any hour. The hours fixed
IN the ordinance are proper hours for children
to be at home, or at least near homes thresh-
old, but the city has engaged in a small bust
ness when it undertakes to force all families
TO given hour Of retiracy for their children.
It is a communistic step-a degree in the in.
famous regulative doctrine an advance in
the paternal government system which
usurps the family right and depriyes
the parent Of authority. It leads children to
look to the law before the parent. and teaches
them that there is an authority more TO be
respected than that Of home. Carried TO its
legitimate outcome and this ordinance can be
extended TO regulate the hours when we shall
kiss our wives and take our tea. For the
sake Of modern civilization let it be repealed.
/ do not object 10 mere police regulation or
dinances, such as preventing minors obstruct-
ing theater entrances, etc. All such are
totally distinct from the one under considera-
ton, which is for short, born of the social
istic and agrarian principle. FATHER.
GUILTY OF GRAND LARoENY.-The case
of the People against George M. Farr, for
grand larceny, was called for trial in the Su-
perior Court few days since, but it was
found that the principal witness for the pros
ecution had disappeared, and it was believed
had been run out of town to save Farr from
conviction. The case was postponed until
yesterday, to allow the District Attorney
time to procure his attendance. Upon in.
vestigation it was ascertained that one of
Fairs chums had three or four weeks ago
hired the witness to leave the town for the
purpose of being absent at the time of the
trial, and had paid him about $40 for this
purpose Deputy Sheriff Barron, who had
been employed in working up the case, was
furnished with a bench warrant for
the witness, and he left in pur-
suit of him three DAYS since.
He found that he had gone to Stockton, and
from there traced him about thirty miles
back into the country, and there found him.
He then telegraphed that he had got his man,
and would be here in time for the trial yes.
terday. Farr supposed he would get clear,
owing TO the absence of this witness and
seemed greatly surprised and beat when he
saw the officer walk in with him soon after
the trial commenced Tue trial proceeded,
and at its close Farr was promptly found
guilty by the jury. The facts Of the case as
they developed upon the trial were that
in December last an elderly italian, who was
treating some friends at the bar in the Hotel
d'Italia on Front street, took from his
pocket his purse to pay the barkeeper, and
while doing 80 Farr grabbed the purse, con-
tanning abeut $40, from his hands, and ran
off with it. He was soon after arrested by
officers jackson and Rider, and after obtain
ing two or three postponements of the trial
of his case. has now been convicted, and is to
receive sentence on next Monday. Farr has
frequently been arrested upon various Of
lenses, and charge of perjury is still stand
ing against him. His portrait, taken
at the time he assaulted and nearly killed
officer Coffee two three years since, is in
the police gallery Of criminals.
EAST PARK AssocIATIoN.-Th adjourned
meeting of the East Park Association was
held at the Office of w. P. Coleman last
evening J. r. Watson occupied the chair
as President pro tenn, and A. S. Hopkins
was Secretary. One hundred and twenty.
four shares of the stock were represented.
The minutes of all the meetings of the stock
holders and Directors since the organization
of the association were read and approved.
The committee appointed at the last meet
ing to examine into the title of the associa-
ton to the East Park property, and into the
affairs generally of the association, sub
mitted a detailed report, giving an
abstract of the title, and also to the
off ot thaf tha aopnr1at of fbo
on the part of the previous management was
in highly unsatisfactory condition, and
recommending that satisfactory explana-
ton and accounting be demanded. The re-
port was adopted, and resolution embracing
the recommendation prevailed, authorizing q
demand upon the former managers for any
moneys in their hands which remain
in excess of expenditures. The Secre-
tary made his report. showing that
sufficient to meet the necessary expenses.
The meeting then proceeded to the election of
Directors for the ensuing year, and Messrs.
NJ NJ. Drew, Thos. Harper A. l.. Frost, John
Mcneil and w. p. Coleman were elected.
r. s. Carey made proposition that if the
Association would lease the East Park
grounds to him for term of years he would
construct a street railway to that point and
maintain the grounds in good condition for
DUbuC ast, Tree VI t&pCuSS W iuS AcsOGld-
ton. A resolution was adopted that the Di
rectors of the East Park Association be
instructed to lease the Park to r. S. Carey
for term Of ten years, he to keep said Park
in perfect order for public use, without ex-
pense to the Association. The meeting then
adjourned.
Conc oPERA.-The Soldene Comic Opera
Company. consisting of forty artists, who
have just closed long and successful engage
ment in San Francisco, will appear here for
one week, beginning next Monday evening.
The company brings with it its full orchestra
from San Francisco, and also scenery used
there and all the costumes presented there.
There are to be matinee performances We'd
nesday and Saturday afternoons. Monday,
Chilperic will be given; Tuesday, Genevive
de Brabant; Wednesdays matinee, Chill
peric; Wednesday night, Oivette; Thurs
day, Madame Angot Friday, the Chimes Of
Normandy; Saturday matinee, Oivette;
Saturday night, the Grand Duchess. The
engagement promises to be very interesting
one, and certainly the programme is sufficient
ly varied and attractive to guarantee it. The
management has manifested good judgment
in making no extra charge for reserved seats.
WHEELING. = August Wilhelm, the re-