Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-05-09

and generally youthful appearance, il will
be good time for the German. American
statesman to slip in good word for Amer
can pork.-Courier- Journal
From every quarter of California come
up commendatory expressions concerning
the labors of the Sacramento Republican
Convention. The delegates selected seem
to satisfy everybody. Even the Democrats
can find no cause for criticism.-lSan Jose
Mercury.
In the days of low tariffs, when the duty
on blankets was only 80 per cent, pair of
them cost the Door man 81 to $l2, and in
these days when the oppressive tariff is
as high as 20 per cent, the same goods can
be bought from 81 so to 81 a pair and up
wards.-Stock:on Independent.
Feminine driving NAV cripple and kill
of good many of the sweeter sex, but the
survivors will be holder and stronger, and
in time women will manage horses as
readily as they do husbands. Every wife
cracks her whip at home; why should she
not do so abroad p Courier Journal
The reports of whippings administered
to colored men in Georgia indicate that the
Democrats of that State are making prep
arations to refute the idea that they do not
understand the art of manufacturing ma
loritles for their party as well as their
brethren in Louisiana. Globe Democrat.
Since the foundation of the American re-
public there never has been time until now
when either of the great political parties,
by whatever name they were known, was
so absolutely and entirely a one man party
as the Democratic party is to-day. With.
out any exaggeration. Grover Cleveland is
positively the Democratic arty.-Oakland
Tribune.
1t is given out that good Democrats will
wear a lapel button next summer, with the
legend, " A public office is public trust"
surrounding the initials d" G. c. That does
very well, but there are other designs quite
as appropriate. A picture of pan electric
telephone encircled by garland, and in
scribed, A public Office is private per-
quisite," would better jibe with the candi-
dates injunction to :" tell the truth. San
Diego Union.
All that the foothills of Yuba county
need to make them desirable fruit grape
and alfalfa land is water for irrigation. But
to obtain this supply will require the exer-
else of much energy, and an expenditure
OF considerable capital. But if all the
owners residing within the proposed irriga-
ton district will unite and work harmODi-
ously together they will succeed in greatly
enhancing the value of their lands by
doubling their productiveness-Mar,
Democrat.
The reform of the government of New
York city by the passage of the Roosevelt
bill strikingly illustrates the wisdom of
concentrating municipal power and respon
sibility in few well-selected officials. Rv
curtailing the powers of the Board of
Aldermen and increasing those of the
Mayor, and by giving local administration
largely into the hands of the Board of Pub
lie Works and the Police Commissioners
the great city of New York was wrested
from the control of one of the strongest
ana most corrupt political rings in the
world.-LOS angeles Express.
1t is not improper to ask Congress if it
expects TO pass any measure this session
for the restriction of immigration. When
i'll November, the State of Illinois put tn
death several Observation-Disclosures with
one exception, who had induced a crowd of
men, mostly foreigners, to murder Ameri-
can officers of the law-it appeared proba-
Bile that long before this time Congress
would take steps to check the appalling
immigration of Europe's basest elements
to this country, as well as to arrest the i'm
portation of paupers and stop the over
crowding of congested labor market
San Diego Union.
We are no believers in the theory that
the past was better than to-day-better in
loyalty to country and to principle as in its
adherence to religious truth. To-day en-
lightened conviction where it does exist
has stronger hold upon men than all the
unquestioning dogmatism of the past ever
had. There is no danger in the bold ques-
lonings Of science when they are put forth
In the spirit OF honest inquiry. Truth that
will not stand the aavprest touto IF eo;o,,ao
and philosophy are not worthy of our ac-
ceptsnce. But where science and religion
seemingly conflict we should be slow to
assert that religion is at fault because we
cannot harmonize the two.-Los Angeles
Times.