The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-03-11
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San FRAacrsco. Feb. 26.-visitOrs fail TO
nnd California a. II wss or - 1t IN Liable to b.
never know q country quito so shifty. Eight
years ago the Stato was no In aballoon inflated
with silver mining shares. The ovcrpressuro
caused q collapse. and down she came. No one
now mentions mines. Virginia City. New, is
PROSTATE. Investors In silver find purchasers
few. ind the few Of the wilkins Nicawbcr kind
who nay assessments In the expects tion. that
ore will yet turn up. Times are changed since
San Francisco fed and furnished machinery for
thousands delving in Virginia City silver mines.
Then hammers beat and anvils rang. 1t Ks as
quiet Us Sunday now over there. Tho town Is
half deserted. Hallway monopolizers land
sduabblcs In Congress. and Government appro-
priAtions for this coast. m the horizon OF
vision. The press has said you Easterncrs are
sclfsh-ever in opposition to donations by Con-
gross for this State.
The intimate relations into which the young
States arc brought with Congress and the In
terror Department. the Secretary Of the Treas
ury. the Secretary Of State. and the supreme
Court OF tho United Statos arc bewldering to
Eastern visitors. Rurals in the Empire State
an to res# ss e
patronage among chiefs who rig conventions
and procure Congr1sional 9omnations Y Is
to the people oi the uSited States. and censrsss
and sale. whether tho trustees have been
faithful or not to their trust Is an open matter
Of dispute, ventilated more than all other con-
press, there Is not q prophet alive capable Of
calculating the disasters which Congress- and
When both we're fairly embar EI in the MODERN
land-subsidy business. supplemented by ma
F"s p sqS: 81 sS 81 the
have poured enormous wealth into the strong
S cHs 81 y tse f@y De ny oil ''
II has been an unsoiyod problem why too
elected from a corner p state becomes Of more
Importance In that body than combined dele
the great STATE q Msw
people arc not brought into any active contact
with Congress. except in matters Of internal
able TO Republicans In conducting elections in
the interest of their party. Representatives
she an a5e IS busy WITH
business In the. Cabinet departments as the
Goulds and vanderbits in their railroad mnn.
Rgements or the cver-active brokers in Wall
street. We seldom read San Francisco Jour-
nal that is not far more exercised about ma
tional than State legislation. And. by way of
parcnthesis. California. since the conception OF
the Pacific Railway. about 1863. has not failed
It's lobby IN full p1msse and nucleus aronnd
which the Cong lobby has grown into
its present enormous proportions.
Secretary Teller has recently. on application
OF Senator Jones and Gen. Iiosecrans. ordered
the Commissioner OF the General Land OfIice
eral lands. the same not be- ing asrieultaraI.
such deposits OF. minerals as, borax. carbonate
aspha ia the q States ~ aa
and tho Territories OF. Arizona Utah and
Wyoming" Orders and decisions from tie
United States Supreme Court rain down upon
this Pacific coast IN swarms, to the consterna-
ested Of which the foregoing Is an illustration.
But outside OF Washington California has
plenty Of home grievances certainly
concern. A comic weekly In San Francisco
thus starts in upon tho News OF Last Week."
sMAsII RANGi
vlAuns IN TuE srRkrr DEPARTMENT
FRAUDS ~ Ut, rnr nn "a. ~. I or VESSEL.
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FRAUDS IN rHS KARsoK COMMISSION.
Every item IN this catalogue has been charged
to raise riot or stir the stones Of mutny
the a be
lawmakers to take the waters, OF rivers and
turn the same into canals for the purposes Of
legal gentlemen are called in. What the end
will be remains to be seen:
s &c 1ss Hsy the sser
works. Candidates for Office In San Francisco
PROMISED last tAiI To reduce CITY water rates.
When the Board Of Supervisors put their
pledges to the test. the water company shut
down It's supply In IN this , di,e%p an njunfi,
Court against the Supervisors to prevent that
body from reducing water rates. Probably this
isnOt d isagreeable to SUPERVISORS. as it excuses
these functionaros from fullment of ante
election promises, iinpracticnole after election.
In the city OF Oakland. eight miles across the
bay from San Francisco, there Is not a foot Of
ground that has not boon litigated in the ourtsc
about six times. Come 70 farming lands specn;
at prices above ordinary farmers means.
When money loans go begging at six per
cent. per annum in u new. undevelOped coun-
try. my opinion is that enterprise is dying out.
persodes one and even two per cent. per month
for loans great change has certainly taken
place. The city OF Oakland, of 35 600 popula
ton. appears to me to be absolutely finished.
II Ia the boarding house or tender to San Fran
cisco. and residences It is said. can be pur-
chased cha A. hali Of the original cost OF construc,
borrowed to build. business fell away. and la
Dor. sought employment elsewhere. leaving
than these banks ca care TO own. This is what
boar from citizens, some OF whom may be
croakccrs. Irrigation Is to be the. important
object to the diversion of natural water courses
into canals for tlaGc. and the country cannot
rely upon rain.
The press hero is contradiction. The Buue-
tn and CdH commend what the C'oonicte con:
dennis, Each insists that the other is a hired
%onSSoy The kssp co%as Pxsy as
sails the Overland MontItiy and SO also does
Pixley. Which is right in these internecine
Tho people seem to have lost confidence In this
extreme, western journalism. And now you
have a birds-oye view OF affairs rs see them.
ADRIAN NORTH
sosse New Facts About the Young Man-Not
Professional Gambler.