Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-21
SACRAMENTO AID TIE STATE.

1t was remarked yesterday by San
Franciscan that he had not noticed bust.
ness men OF Sacramento present about the
legislative halls, save now and then as
casual lockers. on, and that they did not
appear TO be lobbying for Sscramento's In
terests. This is true. Business men of
Sacramento refrain from any appearances OF
that kind purposely They wish to avoid
all possible ground for csnsure. They
have no measures TO advance that do not
concern the whole State. If they have
word to offer by way Of suggestion for or
against measure, they offer it directly
and openly-as ia the citizens right-so
the legislator, in what they deem the in
terests of the State. There is no Sscra.
mente lobby, no secret csueusing, no lobby
fund for any purpose whatever. The truth
ia Sacramento has been greatly misjudged.
Whenever a city is State Capital it Is I'M
possible to delocalize it. Wherever loca-
ted the conditions would be the same.
Sacramento is in the heat of legislative
contests biennially, and expects blows. just
as do Columbus, Springfield, lansing and
other capitals. But she does not deserve
them. She has never asked for or received
dollar Of State aid-unless a share
of the contributions to charitable socie-
ties in past years, and to orphan
asylums throughout the State are to be
charged to her or unless the trivial share
of the State fer maintenance of walks and
half the streets about the State grounds
are to be considered. She has given the
State full consideration for every dollar
expended here. She has given the State
valuable lands, free use Of buildings for
years, and maintained them at her own
cost for nearly quarter Of century,
and has paid out her funds volun-
tarily Ia heavy sans in aid Of State insti-
tutiOns. Whatever local benefit she receives
from the maintenance of State institutions
here would accrue to any other locality
under like conditions, and are far less than
flow to San Francisco, San Joaqain, Ala
media, Marin and Napa from State institu-
tions in those counties. Sacramento is
jealous of no sister city. Her people are
gratifed at the success of any section, and
desire the best interests of all the State to
be advanced She is the second city in
commercial Importance on the coast, her
purely commercial transactions last year
aggregating nearly S4l, 600, 900, exclusive Of
all banking operations, or gain of over
So, 900, coo over 1851. Her census gain re.
ported in 1880 was nearly 5000. Since
1872 she has added 2, coo homes to the city.
She gives employment to 5000 mechanics.
She is on the highway Of prosperity, with
out suffering the ills of initiation and spec-
ulation. In the light of these facts it be-
hooves gentlemen who have been ready to
deal her blows to reflect whether they are
justified in any degree. They will find,
On the contrary, that the State is under
deeper obligations to this city than the city
is to it !; that California is not shamed by her
capital city, the people who dwell therein,
or the solitary institution she commits to
their care. Let men, in these last days of
the Legislature, get cut of the fogs and
mists of misrepresentation and party strife,
lay aside their prejudioes, and recognize
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having as deep an interest in the States
welfare as any can have, and come to re-
alization of the fact that they are neither
'grabbers. pensioners nor beggars.