Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-04-14
EXPRESSIONS OF THE PRESS ABOUT THE
ELECTION OF MR. BoGGs.

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State Board OF Horticulture was duly or
ganized under the new law at Sacramento
last week, by the election OF w. M. boggs,
of Napa, President and bug inspector,
salary $3.50 per month; DR.. Chaplin, OF
San Jose, Vice President; General Nj. u.
Vallejo, of Sonoma, Treasurer; and A. ID.
Webb, of Oakland, Secretary, salary S75
per month. The report in the RECORD
UNION shows the session was bolsterous
one, strong objections being made by Two
of the members against the election OF
Boggs for President and bug inspector, be-
cause two members were absent and the
gentleman. elect was not competent. Bat
the President and inspector was slayer,
had no notion of deing defeated, voted for
himself every pop, and decided every
question in his own favor like little man.
The way be showed up his qualifications,
and the tenacity and promptnsss with
which he decided in favor OF the newly
elected President and inspector showed con-
clusively that if he didn't know much about
bugs and worms, he did fully appreci-
ate the difference between private citizen
and real estate dealer and State officer
with salary worth $50 month. Now
we have known the new President and bug
critic for many years, have always liked
him, like him yet, and it pleased us i'm
menssly to see how easily Napa man
could squeeze into good fat office. We
have not looked upon this new horticult-
ural law with much favor, and with man
for worm interviewer who has bugology on
the brain, and more microscopes than COM
mon sense about him, he might become
terror, and an unbearable nuisance to fruit
growers. But Boggs knows the difference
between bullfrog and a caterpillar, has
good sound horse. sense, and will do work
enough In showing up around to earn that
$3.50 month salary, without serious in.
jury to the bugs or orchards. Talk about
incompetency Why, a man who can
manipulate Board as our friend did the
Board of Horticulture, is qualified for Gov
ernor.
Grass Valley TidingS (Democratic) W.
M. Boggs, of Napa, was appointed on the
State Board of Horticulture this State,
with even its bugs and worms, is run by
Boards and Commissions) and when Mr..
Boggs was appointed, Governor Stoneman,
it is asserted, recommended that Mr..
Boggs be made by the Board "Horticult.
ural Officer and Inspector of Fruit Pests"
The Board needed the recommendation of
the Governor, and Mr.. Boggs was given a
position which has attached to it a salary
of $50 month and travelling expenses to
the amount OF $3.50 per annum Upon this
being done, Felix Gillet, of Nevada City,
and Mr.. Chaplin, of San Jose, protested,
and their protest was of no effect on the
Board, and Mr.. Boggs held on to his
place. On this Mr.. Glllet resigned
from the Board. He says Mr.. Boggs
is entirely unfit for the position
because, he said, Boggs had not the
knowledge requisite. In other words,
Mr.. Boggs knows little about tree
culture or about bugs and worms
that hurt trees and fruits. Matthew
Cooke, who is thoroughly posted on such
subjects, should have been made Hortieult-
ural Officer and Inspector of Fruit Pests.
We think Mr.. Gillet is right in the matter,
and we shall be much surprised if Mr..
Boggs ever develops Napoleonic genius
in his fight against bugs and worms.
Stockton Mail Democratic) "Wm.
Boggs, of Nspa, has been appointed to the
State Board of Horticulture The selec-
tion is admirable" So says the Oakland
Times. The Times boasts that it occupies
a certain and solid place in politics.
That is to say, it belongs to a party, and
upholds its political organization through
thick and thin. It was therefore its duty
to say of Mr.. Boggs' appointment, seeing
that he is Democrat and is the creature
of Democratic Governor, that it was emf.
nently fit, and all that. Journals like the
Mail, ichclaim the privileges oftelling the
truth about these things, the Times thinks
nebulous and uncertain, politically. Now
it happens that the appointment of Mr..
Boggs and his subsequent election to an
important place in the Board, upon the
recommendation of the Governor, consti-
tute very unfortunate affair. Mr.. Boggs
acknowledged that he knew nothing of the
duties of the Office to which he had been
called, but said that he would try and
learn them.
After quoting from the RECORD UNIONS
editorial upon the subject, the Mail con-
cludes: SIT is therefore pretty evident
that the appointment of Mr.. Boggs was
not admirable at all. In fact it was
very grave mistake"
San Jose Times (Democratic) Felix Gil
let may have done well to resign from the
State Board of Horticulture in preference
to associating with persons who conspired
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violation of law by voting for the appoint
ment of man as Inspector of Fruit Pests
whom they knew to be incompetent. But
perhaps he would have done better to have
stood his ground, and by keeping on the
inside to have secured certain leverage
by means of which requisite changes could
have been made when circumstances per-
mitted. This, however, is a matter on
which persons differ greatly. 1t is GER
tainly impossible to purify politics by stay
ing outside of it and letting the worst men
in the country control it and it does not
seem probable that the efficiency of the
Board of Horticulture will be promoted
when the best men allow politicians and
dough. heads to run it to suit themselves.
Three men of character, capacity and ex-
perience in that Board could, if they
would, compel the resignation of knaves
and incompetents by keeping up fusil-
lade at suitable intervals.
Oroville Mercury Republican, Felix
Gillet, of Nevada county, has sent in his
resignation to the Governor as one of the
horticultural Commissioners. He assigns
as a reason that the Board, in the absence
of three members, took the opportunity
to elect an incompetent Inspector of Fruit
Pests, and therefore he cannot sanction its
action by remaining a member. Next to
Matthew Cooke, perhaps. Mr.. Gillet was
the most experienced entomologist and
horticulturist of the Board. The action
of the Board in foisting politician upon
the public as Inspector, who has no fitness
for the position, according to his own
statement is unfortunate, and must bring
the whole Commission into contempt.
THE EDUCATED AcToR.-There are an
ecdotes extant of even the finest actors the
stage has known, more than enough, to
show how unsafe the higher interests of the
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