Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-27
A GOVERNMENT INJUNCTION ASKED
FOR
The San Francisco CAL of yesterday say
Of the Gebris nueslinn-the italics are OUTS

The San Francisco Call of yesterday says
Of the debris questiou-the italics are ours
This IS no local question. The bay Of san
Francisco does not belong to the city, more than
the river which flows into il belongs 10 SGCra-
mcnto. The river ana bay belong 10 the state.
The sam joaquin or Sacramento valley wheat
grower is as deeply interested III their preserya-
ton rs the merchants Of either city, whose ships
float On their waters In a broader sense, the
river and bay belong 10 the nation. Precisely
as we have an interest III the works going on IN
New York harb0r and in the Mississippi river,
10 improve those natural highways Of commerce,
is Tie nation interested IN preserving the bag Of
.Sga FfGacjSc0 end giUrr Of sacramento from Dt1g
Hp. The work that has been done cannot he
undone. The debris from the mines cannot be
returned 10 its 0rigiua! place in the hills. Is
Gf0at cad u7H fOgt or.
These epigrammatic expressions are
truths. There can be no successful contra
diction of them. They present to the
mind with clearness the full duty of the
State and the Nation-and that is, to save
the river and lay from further impairment,
compel absolute cessation of the cause of
injury, and, so far as can possibly he done,
repair damage already done
There Is no escape from these conclusions.
While Il is true that il is no local question,
hut one as broad as is the State and the
Nation, the valley residents realize how
difficult il will he to convince the people
remote from the Sacramento river of their
duty and the duty Of the State in the
premises
If We wait until umly OF interest is
confessed by the State as a political organ
ization, as frankly as the Chi confesses it,
the destruction Of the river Will he COM
plete. Hence it is that aggressive move
ments nust for long time be localized,
and have their origin in the valley.
The Gail also says:
The nation is more directly responsible
Tor hydraulic mining than the state.
Il gave titles to mineral lands without
any reservation 10 the use that should be
made ri them The miners claimed that, I'M
der such titles given while the hydraulic pro
cess was in iuli operation, u right was acquired
10 continue that kind OF work While we do
not hold the Federal Government rs IN any
sense responsible for the usc which was made
~ the mines, ErT IS iH1ir' in re proposition
d3Ut The nation md Hlc STATE should nut IN some
measures Of rscugdfi1R 'rici scV Frtluce 70 MINI
doec.
We believe that the true and final judg-
m,
heui VIII lie th3t the river Is the heritage
of all the people, and as such it has all the
tins been the duty of the Federal Govern
~, -
ment TO prevent damage to IL. Inc GoY-
eminent long since should have issued the
order to the hydraulic miners, Halt "
1t has the authority to forbid the deposit
OF foreign matter in its nayigable waters
that tend to render them unnavigable: it
has the power to enforce its order-as
much so as it has the power to forbid and
prevent the planting Of torpedoes in its
bays and rivers or harhors, or the building
OF barriers to the passage Of boats, or the
obstruction Of the national highway, or
the stoppage Of Government train.
The ta0 continuing, adds:
he SAeE4 , RI GfGoFl J$oS desises 20
fht, real dancer inland