Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-11
PACIFIC COAST.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES BY
TIE STATE GRANGE.
Sudden Death in Truckee-Sasur-
days Storm-3Eurder il San
Jose-The Campaign.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-USIoN.I
PACIFIC COAST.
SPECIAL pIspAroHEs TO THE RECORD -UNIov.I
CALIFORNIA.
Declaration of Principles by the State


MARYsvILLr, October 10th.-The Caiifor-
MIA State Grange closed It's annual session
in this city on Friday night, with the feast
of Pomona, at which about 1900 people
assembled Santa Rosa was selected as the
place for holding the next State Grange, on
the first Tuesday in October, 1887. The
Grange passed resolutions on education,
taxation, irrigation, transportation and
other matters. 1t recommends that surplus
| library funds being used in the purchase of
school furniture and fixtures, and for the
planting of trees in school-h house yards.
| Also that the fiscal school year begin
| January 1st instead of July 1st, because the
| law now requires that all moneys shall be
! expended for the year collected, and as taxes
are not paid until December the schools are
left without funds from the 1st of July until
the new moneys come in. 1t declares that
| the Legislature and Boards of Supervisors
are making extraVagant and useless appro-
| priations, and the Governor recently
recommended the increase of the salaries
of some State officers, Notwithstanding all
agricultural products scarcely pay the cost
! OF production. The time has come to call
halt, and it demands, as taxpayers, en-
trenchment in all governmental affairs,
and that as close economy as is consistent
with good government be inauglrated.
| The Grange is opposed to an increase of
salaries, but rather favors decrease. 1t
| opposes the creation of new offices, and
| favors abolishing unnecessary old ones. 1t
recommends the coming Legislature 10
pass laws so that all goods, wares and mer-
| chandise of whatever form shall be assessed
under an itemized statement, and favors
| one system of taxation for all.
The Grange declares the question of irri-
| CATION stands paramount TO all others, and
that the necessities are such that a speedy
solution must be had which will admit
non-navigable streams being equitably dis
| tributed for the purpose OF irrigation. 1t
maintains that irrigation districts should
| be established under authority of law and
under State CONTROL which shall secure
such an equitable distribution. 1t holds
| that no individual or corporations right
| to the waters of such streams shall be re-
cognized or allowed, with the exception ot
a sufficiency thereof for the actual and
| legitimate use of riparian owners. But to
satisfy the greater necessities of farming
communities even this single reservation
may be taken under the law of eminent
domain upon payment to riparian owners
OF the actual damages resulting from such
| diversion.
The Grange halls with delight the con-
cessions made by the transportation COM
panies to fruit interests, and feels encour-
! aged to believe that its demands for reduc-
| tions in freights and fares will be received
with intelligent consideration by the COM
panies.
The delegates to the National Grange
were instructed to use all honorable means
to induce the National Grange to hold its
session of 1887 in Sacramento. After pass
ing a resolution of thanks to the State
Grange officers and TO Yuba City Grange
for the courteous welcome received, the
State Grange adjourned its fourteenth an
| nuaI session.