Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-24
splinters from Exchanges

Following are some of the expressions of
our exchanges concerning the doings of the
extra session and the men who got it up for
their own personal ends and benefit
We understand the Eromincr is sending out
agents to have the various Democratic County
Central Committees called to indOrse the extra
session Three county committees out of fifty
two have responded favorably. ii our COM
mittce takes action in this matter az all we hone
they will not be foolish enough To act until
something is done to indOTsc The party is in
bad enough straits now through the asinine
work OF Wouid-be leaders, without putting its
political foot IN other traps Ventura Signal
We do not join in the general hue and cry
against railroads. We are not so imbued with
what was at one time known as Kearneyism as
to aScribe poor crops. dry seasons and floods,
failure of business enterprises and all common
lll-luck to the rapaciOus greed OF Huntington,
CrOcker Il Co., or to the short-sghted manage
ment of a. n. Towne. We believe there is too
much Of the cOmmunistic spirit in this crusade
against railroads. On the other hand we would
have railroad companies amenable to the laws
We would have them pay their taxes as any
citizen, and be made To recognize the rights Of
the people wherever and whenever they treSpass
upon them. Patrons of the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company no doubt suffer many inconyeni-
ences at the hands of its employees. Prejudice
against localltleS and personal desire on the part
OF the managers to grasp all they can hold may
have caused well-iounded abuses in rates of
fare and freight: but what are these evils and
Nll otneFS Ol Witcn complaint IS Justly made
compared with the benefits to the Pacific
coast derived from the two great tranScOnti-
mental arteries of trade and commerce. which
have opened up to us the whole world for u
market and are constantly pouring into the
State great tide of immigration to augment its
wealth. The Southern Pacific has metamor-
phosed our own county of Los Angeles from n
" COW county" into garden of orange groves
and vineyards and homes Ii has made Our
Anahem vineyards valuable by giving lis means
OF transportation for our tens of thousands OF
gallons of wines Its value has been patent
during the past season of interrupted commUni-
cation, to the extent of proving it of vital neccs
Sty to business prosperity AnaheIm Gazette.
The idea of George Hearst :" the bloated cap
italist, addressing an anti-monopoly, meeting
is cheeky. But George addressed such meet
ing at San Francisco last Saturday evening
Vive humbug : IMarysyille Appeal
A SAILORS DEscRIPTIoN.--A member
of the Seamen's Association, lately mar
ried, gives this description of his bride
and her apparel, which will put some of
the society papers to the blush Ny
wife is Just as handsome craft as ever left
milliner's dry dock, is clipper built, and
with figurehead not often seen or a small
craft Her length of keel is FIVE Ieet six
inches, displacement 27 cubic feet; of
light draught which adds to her speed in
the ball-roop full in the waist, spare
trim. At the time we spliced she was
newly rugged, fore and aft with standing
rigging of lace and flowers; main-saii part
silk fore-staysail Of Yalenciennes, and
stu'n sails trimmed with orange blossoms.
Her frame was of the best steel, covered
with silk, with whalebone stanehions The
rigging is intended for fair weather cruls-
ing. She has also set of stormsails for
rough weather. have been told that il
running down street before the VIM She
answers the helm beautifully, and ca6 turn
around in her own length if a handsome
craft passes.'