Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-27
WHOLE NO 1902.

there would he plenty of water for all, and
no objection raised amongst themselves
Ldtep0rt Democrat.
a great hue and cry has been raised
against the Supreme Judges for their re-
cent riparian decision, aud they are clam
orously demaaded to resign. And why
Simply because they rendered decision
that was not approved Of by certain fac
ton. The element now proposes that the
Objectionable judges De ousted, and another
set selected with views directly opposite.
The sentiment is pernicious and fruitful OF
no good-Sla LWis Obispo Mirror.
AS the Legislature would convene again
in rcgulur session on the first Monday IN
January, we fail to see the urgent necessity
for an extra session at an extra expense Of
many thousands of dollars to the already
over-burdened taxpayers of the State.
While admitting the vital importance of
irrigation to the lower part of the State, we
believe the present fight is engineered prin-
cipally in the interest of a few great land
and would-be water monopohstS.-P Petdtit1tG
Courier.
1t looks to Us as though the anti-riparian-
lists were fearful 10 allow the question to 20
before the people for decision. The ques-
ton OF riparian rights was farely raised be-
fore the people and if left alone would
have been decided at the ballot-box in No
vember. The Governor by calling an extra
session has endangered the cause, because
we have no idea that the Legislature now
in session will submit an amendment to
the Constitution 10 the people that will be
opted.-AOrth San JtdH Times.
Their movement possesses every clement
Of a conspiracy. The united efforts Of a
number working in disguise and plaa-
ming in secrecy lawyers, clerks and &C
coUntants masquerading as farmers and
irrigators, hired journals pretending 10
speak from purely Jisinteresting stand
point and finally, ike a clap OF thunder
from a clear sky, the proclamation Of the
/ Governor giving three days notice Of an ex-
ira session of the Legislature. Such a
movement bodies no good for the people.
-4atioch Ledger.
The announcement that Gov. Stonenan
had called a special session of the Legisla-
lure, to deal with the irrigation and kin
dred questions, carried with it both sur
prise and qualification. Under
wise system OF appropriation aud irrigation
millions upon mi ions of gallons of water
now running 10 waste III the ocean, and
which, under riparian rule, would So con-
tinue under waste. could be spread out
, over otherwise sterile and arid plains, add
| ing untold millions 10 the property value
of Misunderstanding Eaterprise.
We are antj-ripatian from principle. We
! believe e 20 be right We believe it to be
I Democratic; and ii just and equitable So
! luiilu ot the water problem Cal be had
| through the medium of the extra session,
! then tine peoples money will not have been
/ expended in vain. Whether or not the call
/ is really in the interest of the people or Of
/ the wafer grabbcIs. or merely q political
/ Job, is yet an open question which viii be
( nnsN erei in a sh0r, lime. We very much
/ fear that there Is a large-sized healthy
/ African IN the wcodpile- VucarHe jit-
/ diciqn.
We publish this weel; supplement con-
! tanning the views of various newspapers
! who favor the criminal scheme of Carr ct
/ al. TO steal the waters of California. We
publish the supplement as business prop
/ ositicn, Just as we would print cards, post
/ crs or bill-heads, or publish legitimate
/ advertisement, for any one who desired
! either and who paid for it. The
more we investigate the matter the firmer
/ is our belief that so outrageous & cOnspi-
| racv as that which has eliminated in the
! convening Of the extra session has never
! been witnessed in this or any other State.
| C0Rtra Costa Gazette.
The waters Of this State are in no danger
| OF monopoly tens of thousands Of miles of
mountain slopes, tens OF thousands Of acres
1 of natural valleys for water C1tchment,
| thousands Of rivers and rivulets from melt
/ ing SHOWS, with four months ~ certain
rains, with hundreds Of thousand 3 Of acres
! of valuable tule lands, overflow AMI swamp
lands demanding drainage and hundreds
of thousands of acres of the most fertile
lands everything artesian belts who're the
| waieraoW is as certain as the revolution of
| the earth, make it an impoSsibility 10 mo-
| uopOlizc the waters Of this State any more
than it is possible TO mOnopolizc Transport
tation ana the carrying trade by the build
! ing Of one railroad. All talk in this direc-
! ton is simply rOt.-,SdH Francisco Arg0n AIT
The Judges Of the Su. r1me Court ere
making every effort t. prevent the submis-
| sion to the people 81 an amendment to the
| Constitution recognizing that Court, so
| that it viii answer the purpose OF its crea-
ton, and naturally they have used the in
| fuence which their positions give them
over lawyers practic!ng in that Court to
extort from some Of the latter who compose
! the Bar Association of San Francisco pro-
| test against the proposed motion of the
| Legislature. State ownership. to
be accepted st all. must involve such Sc
charge as would meet the interest on the
| irrigation bonds and defray operating ex-
! penses. But even then the well-knOwn
| fact would in;erpose that the State cannot
| perform wOrl. of the kind under consider.
alton as chenply as an individual or Pri-.
| vate corporation.-Stoe Sal.