Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-29
EXCELLENT, BUT NOT NEW ADVICE.

opinion that if a certain
lie to the Federal authori-
abstraction, then it will be
of the Government to in
ant the destruction OF har-
fable streams. Very good
He might have said
not well say less. But he
G new. He has committed
truism. He has repeated
as old as the founda-
yernment themselves. We
said so much, though it is
on, for it is precisely in
appeals of the RECORD
d for months to official
lp memorials to the Federal
st as Mr. Montgomery now
a time, and recently.
2coRD-UNIoN stood alone
: precisely what Mr..
low advises; a time not
rot another journal in the
in that which the RECORD
Vn as a principle in govern
he right line of action in
securing the navigabIe
State from destruction.
" a few expressions among
wv that not only have the
e months of time by not do
: agreed is the proper thing
what Mr.. Montgomery ad-
advice
5 AD- FROM HE REcorD-rNIoN
July ~. 1S75 !
f Cali And when aIltbe facts
lselves have been laid II Vii II
imme- appear that the csee IL Il
in the one certainly iusfifvip 20
TO de an appeal 10 HG SAT a ~
of the probably aifor,iing q ' fair
i'll be ground for q - 1',i =
Ike the upon CoD0ress T 1I,nt Sao
enting ramento river fioyS - ~,
rtment Sacramento citvc "a 80 ~ y
ent of the latter Suffers from rom
which its obstruction Bnt -JIil
ID over 'hindrances to naviaa
Il Gov ton are unauestionaIiv
due in the first instance
lotion. TO the mining Operations
! then hundreds of miles above
be re US, and since there is nj
orney- present no means of dj-
lverting the silt from the
assary, river chennsI the main
tenance of that Channel
? may IN a nayigab'e condition
ulilng properly falls upon he
ininG, STATE or the General Cor
n ana efnment, and should not
lduais DC saddled upon the
WhlGh Guy.
l only July -, 1885,
TeHel IL Is ITS the Federal
'9tdte i9oNerhments) bOunden
eyer II uuty 10 prevent the de
tiSiae' structlon Of river navi-
RED Satlon: No
lae me one thinks for a moment
OF thelol asking the Federal
pelnS lulGorltIes to construct
lcted works to give Il warrant
are inii0 the continuance of
sstrne-I tne practices that have
utilitylso SrieVously injured
navy inc valley.
ri tJqly %, 1885.
ecolne tAe federal Govern
those llIeiiI, as we yesterday
.e ad- s%lu, may aid us most
c Cen thn,a. 'i in stopping
as the /. , uI'tuilc mining. But
Public ~ ~ I lI.l De memorialized
guard ~ oo SO ana now is the
c wei t"y dilu the hour to do
thelr ~ Lev the memorial
pre- aGpiyseit mat the naYi-
ms. 5aDllIty OF the river is
9 9cIiIs destroyed by the
oIlI,J Of mining
'i''iilSi ETC, etc.
W. lJuly y, 1888.
We pSileNe that the
u GG ana ilnal Judgment
y III pc that the river ID
Iile heritage of all the
people, and as such it
mas all the time been
ne uuty OF the Federal
Government to prevent
uallage to 1t. The GOV
eInmeut long since
S og nave issued the
order 10 hydraulic min
efs, Halt = 1t has the
authority TO forbid the
deposit OF foreign mat
Ter IN its navigable
waters that teld to rem
ger them unnavigable ;
II mas the power to en-
force its older.
July %, 1885.
Does not the sugges-
ton THAT all the people
are Interested empha-
size the demand for a
general and earnest ap-
peal to the Federal
Government to heed
the cry from Mace
donia?
august p, 1885.
Putting an end to the
cause Of the decline of
the river need not and
should not prevent orr
appealing at the same
time to the Government
at Washington TO BEGIN
immediate inquiry into
the situation, with a
view of remcdvinr il
August y. 1855 !
What we then said lin
1879 we TO-DAY saw The
lapse Of a decade has
only confirmed onr
judgment-haS only in.
itensified the necessity
for an appeal TO The
Federal Goyernc' w. 'H0
august % ISS5 !
We want the conn+;oe
Interested to nurSI,e d;i
ligently and npcaSSin ~,
every Legal rene ,Ii7tS
Dush sniiS baa,,SI ~
at once IN inStit niia
others where tbo 'it o,,i
dences are cIear"fo,c, va
must have no fai1i' Ul We
but in the meantime
there must ba an a,,,t tlldG
to the Federal 1 1920 %pi,Sai
ment to inferno Ts IL ~.
strong arm and 20 to 10, Us
on an ini1ncti r ~ ny ha
win be conclusive my az
the whole snbienf of tb ol
81 IJttt 81 the