Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-31
The California I,ntra sesslon.

new iOrk Ir1pune, May I'd.
The extra session Of the California Legis
lature has come to an end and the MAR
result Of the experiment is the loss Of tn,
State to the Democrats. Il is far 10 say
that Governor Stoneman's action In calling
the extra sessloTSEvas condemned BY al IN
telhgent members of his own party. bul
none the less VIII they have 70 lie in the
bed he has made Tor them. The whole
episode has been a striking instance OF
| shameless and utterly INSCRIPTIONS dema-
gogism. Governor Stoneman was good
officer, but a very inefficient administrator.
| He was made a tool OF in this case bv q
! greedy lawyer and an ambitious ignoramus
| who had made money in mining snecpla-
tons The latter desired 10 be made United
! States Senator, and il is said that his fugle-
men persuaded Governor Stcnenan that he
| (Stonelnanl could WIN an excellent oppor-
| tunlty % become President OF the United
States BY calling an extra session to enact
! ultra antl-railroad legislation There was
no popular demand Tor anything of the
kind. The agitation was confined to a few
political strikers and their organs. Butthe
Governor was infatuated, and called the
extra session and now, after spending
ABOUT 100000 Of the public money it has
adjourned without cffeCtinC anything.
The piece do resistance Of the session was
=
tended 10 regulate all the profits out OF
railroad operation. Judge Wallace, formerly
. member OF the State Supreme Court pro
cured his election TO the Assembly in the
interest Of the Hearst-Delmas CLIQUE ap-
taTeuty Tor the purpose OF brOaching the
doctrine that railroads are not private
property His theory he based ubon an
Old opinion OF Judge Jere Black. prirci
pally remarkable for It's Reputation by all
other juGists. Judge Waliace's doctrine
however, was probably thought necessary
as at once an Introduction 10 and iustifica-
ton OF the thoroughly immoral and com
munstic measure proposed. It vas not
received with enthusiasm By the public.
and though the Barry oil went through
the Assembly, It was amended ont OF
knowledge III The Senate, and finally failed |
to be enacted From the beginning. the |
real purposes Of the extra session have !
been generally understood, and the public |
have regarded the performance with min |
gled contempt and indignation. That a |
greedy lawyer eager for a $4,000 fee. and |
a selfish clique, bent upon eevating q noso- !
nousiy unfit man 10 the Senate, should |
have been able thus to increase the fiscal |
burdens OF the State of California, and at
The same time threaten vested interests
and convert the Legislature into a pulpit
-' A4tN4- ~ -NstNAi k'ltAl4tAt4 anu SiOlltt-
ton, is OF course rightly attributed to the
pitiable Incompetence of the Democratic
Governor, and secondarily TO the incapacity
and untrustworthiness of the party that
nominated and elected him.
But all evils have their compensations.
and there gre at least two beneficial results
certain to flow from this state of affairs. In
the first place the extra session has placed
california firmly IN the Republican column
this year. The Democrats themselves con-
-ede as much, They realize that Stoneman
lnd Hearst between them have DESTROYED
The prospects Of the party, and some of +
hem think it hardly worth while to 20
through the form Of campaign. In the
second place, the raid upon capital has col
aPscd, ana IN the most eitectua way. by
making itself ridiculous It is probable
hat for some time to come the California {
,orporations viii be permitted to manage
helr Own business without special molesta-
ion, and that demagogues win have 10 find !
0me other sham issue upon which 10 lido
MO power. Z