Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-10-08

gain Of thirty ballots in the Electoral
College, that truly represent nobody with
Union soldiers, and Union soldiers widows
and orphans driven from employment in
the Federal arsenals and the places given
over to whom we know not with an Adj
mlnistration that has manifested its inca
pacit to resist spoilsnaen, that has neither
in message, bill nor other means of ex-
preston, dared to utter a single word of 4
remonstrance or of protest against the re-
preston of votes Of freemen and the IN |
representative character Of majority of
the Congressional delegations from the
Gulf States, the chiyalry wing hopes to
restore the South to its one-time power as
the political dictator Of the nation.
If they succeed in this scheme-of the
existence Of which there are many evil
dences, and concerning which General
johnson on Confederate Memorial Day in
Maryland not only made no concealment,
but openly boasted-these latter dsys will
be more intolerable than those of the ante
bellum period. The remedy for this AFRO
gance and the antidote for such deep-laid
| designs, are to elect Harrison and Morton
restore the reins of the Government to the
party that has proven equal to every
emergency, loyal to the union of States as
a nation, the friend of fair play, free bal
lot and an honest count and the fullest
recognition of the claims of the competent
| Union veteran in preference to all others.
The elaborate exposition published by
the REcoRD-UNIoN on Saturday, with &C
companying illustrations, concerning the
white scale threatening our fruit and
shade trees, shrubbery and plants, has had
the effect Of quickening the interest upon
this important subject What the people
need now is practical information how to
conquer the scale. If there are any who
are sluggish and careless in resisting the
pest, they must be reached by the law;
driven to duty doing Whatever can be
accomplished by ordinance should be done
at once. For instance let the city decree
that the white scale shall be fought with
the best appliances; let it provide men and
machinery for active work, property own-
ers needing their services paying a cost fee
therefor. Where there are none in charge
of property where the scale is found, let
the remedies be applied at once, and the
lot owner notified; let the ordinance pro-
nounce the whit scale nuisance and
command that it be abated, just as would
be done in the abatement of any other
nuisance. We have upon the statute
books now law for inspection of trees
and the eradication Of such insect pests,
1t is just as drastic a law as could be
passed, and many tree owners fought and
sought to defeat it. If enforced, it would
now meet and eradicate the pest referred
to. But if it is needed to supplement it so
as to secure its more effective operation,
there is strong hope that the
Legislature about to assemble will take
hold Of the matter Of legislating upon the
subject among the very first days of its
session, and that we will be given whatever
additional authority is necessary to enable
the officers appointed to that end to fight
the several varieties of insect pests assault
ing orchard interests and the trees and
shrubs generally, with effective vigor.
| Here is an invasion that is a nuisance:
| it can be resisted and overcome,
but it requires unity of action to accom-
plish it. Where that is not voluntary it
must be secured by compulsion. The
people have right to protect themselves
against the neglect or refusal of any of
their number to cleanse his premises. If
it was an assault upon the public health,
| if it was demand to drive out pestilence,
there would be no difficulty experienced
in legislating properly, nor in enforcing
the law. The intimation that was made
in the RECoRD-UNIoN on Saturday,
that nature, by furnishing an enemy
to the parasites, is aiding mans
is receiving support. The Australian par
asite that feeds upon the scale is being
successfully propagated in San Mateo
county, and the hope is entertained that it
may be brought into all tree districts. The
belief that the common black ant is fight
ing the scale receives new support in aceu-
mulating testimony that trees have been
saved from the scale by its enemies, ants.
But these are not reasons for relaxing arti-
fetal aggressive action. The processes
of nature are slow, and there may be for
long time inadequacy of effort on her part
and in the meantime such great damage
be inflicted by the insect pests, that it will
take long term of years to recover from it.
SAYS the Philadelphia Record, Demo
cratic:
AS was generally anticipated, the price of
bonds has RAPIDLY risen since the GOyerum emf