Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-21
FIGHTING RAILROADS.
The Injury to CALIFORNIA; Prosperity
Likely to EnSue.
Los Angeles Republican.

| Los Angeles Republican.
Unfortunately for California, it is upon
the western verge of the American Cont
nent Ii is the extreme jumping-off place,
the far West where all the sentimental
fools and cranks of the civilized world ulti-
mately find resting place. Unfortunately
for California, Christ is not with us upon
| earth, or he might, perhaps, visit our State
| Capitol Just at this time and, by the aid of
a herd of swine from Tar Flat or Barbary
! Coast, cast out the legislative devils and
send them down 10 the sea, where they
might be drowned, as they were in the days
of Holy Writ. California is afflicted not
only with larger proportion of : cranks ;"
| than it is Justly entitled to, but it contains
more daredevil demagogues TO the square
mile than any civilized community was
ever afflicted with. No other State in the
Union would submit to the domination of
such a shameless gang of charlatans as now
claim control of the legislative affairs of
California. Governor Stoneman, at the
dictation of the Democratic organ of this
State, has convened the Legislature for the
purpose of making legalized warfare upon
THE ONLY TRUE SOURCE OF PROSPERITY
California now possesses. Our mines are
comparatively exhausted, our agricultural
interests are Just being developed and our
infancy The only hope of prosperity for
California is in its railroad communication
with the East. Cripple that, take that from
us, and we become bankrupt. Yet there is
a well-organized political combination
which would swamp the business interests
of this State merely to subserve political
ends
The Republican is not monopoly
paper it has been subsidized by no out
side influence. Its editor and proprietor is
unacquainted, personally, with any of the
railroad magnates south of Portland, Or.
He has never asked or received, or expects
to ask or receive, favors of any kind from
the Oft-quoted oppressive corporation. But
he is a most ardent and enthusiastic advo-
cate of railroads For more than twenty
five years he has made his home i'll Kansas
City, and he feels assured that all Kansas
City is it owes to railroads. Men who howl
about monopoly are either rogues or fools.
VIII q bitter legislative warfare made upon
the roads running into California encourage
competing lines to build westward? VIII
the cinching" of capital at Sacramento
encourage capital to come to State where
KEARNEYIsM AND COMMUNISM
Are again raising their heads and spread
ing their blighting influences? Surely our
extra session, called reluctantly by Gov
ernor Stoneman, is nothing more or less
than declaration of war against railroads.
The message calling the Legislature together
mentions no other purpose. 1t is war
war, war; and war against the only source
of vitality the State now possesses.
We care nothing about what Hunting
ton, Stanford or Croker may have done i'll
the past We know they have built a rail
road over the Sierras and line of steel to
New Orleans They may be robbers, as
alleged, but California needs more such
robbers. They have increased the value Of
land all over California 100 per cent, and
in Los Angeles city 500 per cent They
have brought us IA live, thriving go-ahead
class of settlers; they have converted Los
Angeles from Spanish pueblo into met
ropolitan city. To us a railroad has been a
blessing We want more railroads we
desire healthy competition. But the pres
ent communistic Legislature, in its warfare
upon capital, has shut off for year or two,
at least, all prospect of the coming of more
railroads. Continue the present warfare
upon our railroads and you bring about a
blight upon our agriculture and paralysis
of our commercial interest