Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-24

l ed to pronounce judgment in case involv- | ing the validity of this law, declares it un- ] constitutional because the legislature has no ! power to prescribe such qualifications for of l flee. "The act, says the court, 'tdistinctly makes party adhesion condition of office, and not only so, but it puts all but the two favored parties beyond the possibility of rep resentation if the law is obeyed." The con-
 stitution of the State, after prescribing the
 form of oath, says: 'tNo other oath, declara-
 tion or test shall be required as a qualifca-
 tion for any office or public trust" This language of the constitution seems to sus-
 tain the judges opinion, but aside from this
 specific prohibition of such tests the court
 says: ''There can be in true Republican
 government no political or religious test in
 holding office, the political and religious lib
 erty of the citizen being at the foundation of
 republican institutions"
 Cocoanuts are now cultivated along the
 coast of southern Florida. Two New Jersey
 men have purchased eight thousand acres of
 land in Dade county, on tho Atlantic coast,
 in the Everglade region, where the land has
 been considered almost useless. They pur-
 cIdso0 Ab at u very 1OW pI1C6, SOou DdT6 Ol
 it from the government. The soil is DOT
 ous coral sand. Here during the past two
 years they have planted 200, 900 coceanut
 palms-their implements and help being
 taken from the North, the natives in Dade
 county being lazy and useless as laborers-
 and there were only about 250 of them, all
 told, in 1880. The thermometer in winter ranges at about 90o, and the palms were all planted at that time. They need little cul- ture, and begin to bear when seven years old. After that time, the blossom, the small fruit and the ripe coooanuts are con- stantly found on the trees. About one hun dred trees are planted to the acre. It costs about S5 per thousand to gather and ship the nuts to New York, including freight charges. They sell upon an average at about $40 per thousand.
 Governor Stoneman, the Democratic ex- ecutive of California, thinks that the way to keep the Chinese out of California is to establish an immigration commission, consti- tuted like that in New York. He says: Let California have immigration commission similar, and with like powers, to that of New York at Castle Garden, and not anoth- CT Mongol will be permitted to land upon our shores, unless he is an ambassador, or some dignitary whose visit is desirable and whose presence is needed at the capital of the ! nation. Let the commission be clothed with police authority, and every steamer from the Orient will be compelled to anchor in the channel, will be surrounded by the proper authorities, the Chinese passengers will not be permitted to land, and the owners of the vessels will be compelled to return the Celes- tials to the FIowery Kingdom from which l they came This would not solve the ques- tion in day, month nor year, but in 1 side of 20 years the Mongol would become as 1 scarce in California as is now the Digger In l dian. They have DO wives; there are not 50 l Chinese children in the State; and if they l are stopped coming from China they soon will cease to be troublesome in labor circles ! and not be factor in oyerpopulation.