Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-04

OF such fence from the east side entrance 10 Ielth
street. thence west said street about lou Ieet IL
| will require about 900 TO complete the same l
recommend an appropriation for this purpose, pay
ment to be equally divided in the two succeeding
fiscal years. The State Engineer who has had much
experience in the laying out and experimenting OF
landscape gardens. has, in accordance with the re-
| quest OF the Commissioners surveyed the GROUNDS
Of she Capitol Park and prepared nj IN il ernsO-
nance Herewith, which, ii carried ~ gil be credit
able to the State, and tend to increase the admiTa
ton ofSlstors from abroad. A small appropriation
will be required to carry out the intentions Of the
| Commissioners in the purch Sc of trees shrubbery
ETC., and respectfully present the same for your
| action These grounds being nclosed with the
fence taken from the grounds on which the Capitol
| building is located, and which, with proper care
| may be serviceable for some time to come.
ORPHAN AsYLUMs.
The Act for the support of orphans, half orphans
and abandoned children, passed at the preceding
session. authorizes the Board OF Examiners to
anime into the management OF any such institution
either in person or by some authorized agent" By
refereu ce the report OF the Board OF Examiners 1t
will be found that they have exercised that author
iy and full statement Of The condition OF the sew
eral institutions OF the state Receiving ls support
has been rendered.
The rapidly increasing number of inmates, espe-
cially of abandoned children, now crowdlng these
asyIums ia q subject OF serious consideration, and
one which trust Will receive your earnest atten-
ton While believe it the most solemn duty OF
the State to protect and care for the parentless
child, also believe that such protection should be
guarded by wise and humane legislation. Charity
abused ceases to be charity. Justice TO the State
demands that proper restrictions, enforced by legal
enactments, should be strictly observed IN the ad-
mission TO these institutions OF those seeking MONIES
within them. Where the surviving parent can al
ford to pay for the maintenance Of the child the law
should compel it, and in default OF which, after
reasonable length of time, the institution under
whose care it is should adopt it. and be to all intents
and purposes its parent. The power should De
given the asylums to apprentice the inmates or per
NIT their adoption, as the ease might be, with
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which such child is cared for, and If improperly or
inhumanly treated 10 pace the matter in the hands
of the District Attorney of the county in which such
child has been apprenticed or adopted, Win such
other legislation may be found necessary to en-
force the humane treatment of the child.
Section of Article ~. of the Constitution makes
it imperative the present Legislature TO adjust
the districts OF the State and reapporon the repre-
sentation thereof on the basis Of the census OF
1880. The official statement OF the census OF this
State will be presented to your honorable body in
time for due consideration. In apportioning the
State into Congressional Districts just and
equitable adjustment should be made. The diver
sifisd interests Of the Stale should have repre-
sentation in the national council There can be
no doubt but that California will be entitled TO five
members Of Congress- with possible chance OF SIN
| am Of the opinion however, that but five districts
should be created, leaving in case of sixth men,
Der being allotted the electors at large to fill the
same.
CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
The interest on the subject of coolie immigration
desire to compel the removal of this undesirable
class of persons from our midst is daily growing
stronger. The last session Of the Legislature, in
consOnance with the expressed wishes If their con-
st1tuents assed several laws, the objective points
OF which to prevent that degrading competition
which free labor must suffer when brought into con-
tact with cheap, serylle labor IN every instance
where those laws were legally teste the Courts nave
decided their unconstitutionality. The emphatic,
determined expression of the people has neverthe-
less resulted benefically. II has compelled the no.
aud fiaffo
have been had tending TO the abrogation OF the well
known Burliugame Treaty and under instructions
the Commissioners selected TO enter into new
treaty with the Chinese Umpire have made arrange
ments that will prevent the future from being dis
turbed by this pernisious immigration. Should
these happy results follow the action OF the Com
mssioners, our people may congratulate them
selves on the success OF their earnest endeavors.
BANK COMMISSION.
The importance Of this Commission is verified by
the very able report of the Commissioners. It will
be found replete with statistical information, and
many very valuable suggestions, to which respect
fully call your attention The financial condition OF
the State is better understood and appreciated
through the medium Of the money.lending nstitu-
tons than through any other channel. The de-
crease in the deposits Of savings banks has been
eaualized by an increase in those Of commercial
banks The reasons producing this change
clearly stated in the report of the Commissioners
A decrease of over twenty eight million dollars
Indebtedness the banks dur ng the last two years
is most iattering to our prosperity ana when taken
into consideration with the financial Expressions
which have weighed heavily upon people
during the same period, exhibits result OF which
we may Just Y feel proud.
RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
1t has been brought TO my official notice that Pc
ttious from Of best representative citizens
throughout the State will be presented to you, ask
ing that an Act be passed confer upon the wife
the right to succeed to the community property on
the death Of the husband, in the manner as he
is now empowered TO do upon the death OF the wife;
and also for the passage of Act that shall enable
the citizens of the State to vote for all school
officers and upon questions relating to educational
| purposes, not restricted by tie Constitution TO
qualified electors.
and proper and should commend itself 10 those who
| believe in equal justice and equal rights
The question Of women voting upon all school
questions is, to my mind, open to but objection
that is that the privilege G it is possible fol
to have any greater privileges than they pos
sess) of voting, would not be exercised BY those
whose influence is potent for good, for
although not depositiDg the ballot in person, they
have in great measure been the directing power in
the framing of wise laws. By giving the ballot to
all and especially to those who have not heretofore
used their influence properly, would it tend To
tralize the silent influence Tor good that now pre-
walls?
The influence of good women can but advance our
best moral and intellectual interests, and if
cised in the selection OF those who direct and
troll cur puOlc schools, society has everything to
gain by it. Similar laws upon the statute books
of six or seven of the other States and has been
found to work harmoui usly and for the best inter
est of the public schools The gu stion is one de
serving Of your thoughtful consideration.
THE INTERS ATIoNAL WORLDS FAIR.
An Act of Congress, approved April % 1880,
{" providing for celebrating the one hundredth an
niyersary OF the treaty Of peace and the recognition
of American Independence, by holding an exhibit
ton Of arts manufactures, and the products u the
soil and mine in the city of New York, in the ear
eight en- hundred and eighty three, permits the
Governors OF the several States to recommend sub
ject to confirmation by the President Of the United
States four Commissioners 10 represent the inter
ests of their respective States. Such recommended
tious have been made by me, and the gentlemen so
appointed have been duly commissioned.
From the information received at this department
this exhibition promises to exceed the great
National Exposition. The varied industries o! the
world will be there presented IN friendly competi-
ton We Of the Pacific coast and especially of Cal
iforna, seeking marketable avenues for the dis
posal OF many of productions In thus being
brought into contact with the products aud the pro-
ducers OF the nations of the earth, are enabled.
BY comparisons of labor and interchange of ideas,
materially advance the SEPARATE interests. Eucour-
aSement should be given citizens, that they may
enter understan5ingly in this important enterprise.
| recommend q small appropriation be made to de-
fray the expenses OF the Commissioners.
RESOURCES OF THE STATE.
Our State is one great in area, and in the variety
of its resources perhaps not oqualed by any other
in the Union.
A scientific geological survey, as California has
found by experience is work involving great ex-
pense and quiring much time for its compt tion,
aud although a valuable and interesting result is
produced thereby, it is not in that popular form
calculated to meet the necessities Of the great ma
jorty Of the people OF the State the inquiries of
those abroad who may be looking Californiaward
with view Of EN- grating hence
During the years 1850 to 1874 inclusive, more
than $275, 900 were expended in this State upon a
geological survey. The enterprise was stopped be-
fore any real benefits derived from it. the ONLY
results being volume orthodoxy two on
paleontology, geology, de- c1iptiye of the
Yosemite Va ley region, and small, general map of
the State. This map has been useful but it is very
incomplete, and having, for the most part not been
made from original explorations Of the department
Although il was compiled from the best inforYna
date for much valuable knowledge has been ac-
quired by State and Government surveys and explo-
rations since that time. Several other sectional
maps were cDumenced, but completed and
published, and great mass Of data was accumu-
lated and is now in store at the University Doubt
less much of this Information could be incorporated
in the more practical work which we need and il
were pity that 80 much Of the State money should
be thus spent and the result allowed to remain idle
and unused. The thought has occurred 20 me, in
reviewing the work Of several branches Il the State
service and consulting with the heads Of these de-
partments, that much fresh data il being daily
cumuated, which can at a very small add tional eX.
pense be made available for the real useful treatise
the topography. NEUROLOGY. soil, composition,
agricultural mineral, and other resources OF Cali
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