Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-03
RECoRD.UN1oN" MELANGE.

The election in New York, Virginia and
several other States occurs to-day. In
Albany Harriet v Chaplin has been al
lowed to register. and she will seek to vote.
OF course she Will not be permitted to do
so, but having been "ungallantly" refused
she will, with full generalization, proceed
to test her rights in the premises through
process of the Courts.
The Superior Courts OF Sacramento
granted eight divorces in the month of
October which was one-siXth as many as
there were marriage licenses issued. This
is entirely legal, and none is to be blamed
under our laws concerning divorce, but
such an extent of licensed polygamyn as
thus shown to he permitted and accom-
plished through bans of marriage and I'M
fastening by Courts, calls for radical re-
form.
1t is stated that opposition is being offered
on the part of certain individuals to the
efforts in progress for the determination of
the cottony cushion scale in this city If
there are any persons in Sacramento so
blind or Indifferent, not only to their own
good, but to that of the community in gen.
eral, as to raise the least obstacle to the
good work which the City Trustees and
citizens have undertaken, a method should
bC lOlIIINl tlluCI lup pest
law enacted last winter, or otherwise, to re-
move not only the opposition, but infested
trees, etc, if necessary. The authorities
should not permit any cranky opposition
to Interfere for moment with this all
important movement.
An Eastern dispatch, speaking of de-
monstration in Philadelphia to raise funds
to assist in the Parliamentary election in
Ireland, says: Hon. A. NJ. Kelley, ex-
Minister to Austria, was the principal
speaker" Mr. Kelley is the unfortunate
gentleman who was appointed by President
Cleveland to represent the United States at
Rome, but the Italian Government refused
point blank to receive him. He was then
appointed to Austria and one or two other
countries, with the same result, each Gov
eminent sending word in advance that he
would not be recognized. After this ex-
perience of being unable to pitch his tent
in foreign land, Mr.. Kelley concluded he
did not want to go abroad any way, and is
staying at home. The telegraphic reference
10 him at the above meeting as ex-Min-
lister to Austria " is especially good.
1t is said that Secretary Manning's forth
coming report to Congress will oppose any
further redemption Of Government bonds.
on the ground that it is not good financier-
ing TO reduce the national debt. which
bears only three per cent interest. when
the current rate is six. Ii is not probable
that the Secretary of the Treasury ever
made so foolish a remark. The Govern
ment purchases its bonds only when there
is surplus in the Treasury above the re-
quirements for Governmental expenses. and
it is better financiering" to stop three
per cent. interest than to permit such
surplus to lie idle in the Treasury vaults.
There is no way for the Government to
profit by the higher rate of interest unless
1t goes INTO the banking business and
becomes lender, and Congress will never
permit the Secretary 10 enter upon that sea
of enterprise.
Just how long the Government is going
to permit the border boomers or bumme1s,
TO march in and try to take forcible possess
sion of lands in Indian Territory, which
have been set apart to the Indians BY
solemn treaty, and are now occupied by
them, remains to be seen. If there is not
at present law under which every one
making these frequent incursiOns can be
arrested, and properly dealt with by i'm
posing exemplary terms of Imprisonment
Congress should pass such a law imme-
dlately upon assembling. 1t is humiliating
to the Government to be Obliged TO con-
stanuly keep an army guarding these lands
to prevent them being stolen by so-called
" civilized whites, from these "uncivil-
lied " redskins. If the facts were reversed,
and 1t were the Indians making such raids
to dlspossess white settlers, the crack of the
rifle of the pale-face would be approvinglv
heard, and in months time not an Indian
would be left to name his race. All the
consideration that would follow such a dis
position of the case would be the COM
placent remark that" the savage must give
way to the march Of civilization" God
save US from a civilization which en-
croaches npOn, or exterminates. a weak
race merely because it has the power.