Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-10

I seven per cent. of our farms therefore. contain
more than 900 acres. The percentage of ouI
! farms amounting from 500 - ], 200 acres in ex.
| tent is also incomparably higher than in any
| other State
ON the other hand, the relation which the
! number of our small farms bear to the whole
number OF lend-h holdings is less than IN other
| States.
| HORTICULTURE.
| The advance in horticulture is referred 10.
and inquiry is suggested whether the laws relat-
| iug to the prevention and extirpatiop of insect
| pests can be supplemented, in order that they
NAV be made more effective.
A diversified trade can be based only on a
| system of varied manufactures and on diversi-
| fled and extended cultivation of the soil
| The production OF staple textile plants would
build up great industries which would give en-
ployment to large numbers of people, build
homes and retain large sums of money in the
State. The production of sugar is making rapid
and sure progress.
AS these branches of agriculture a. well as
horticulture and viticulture, require more skill
and technical knowledge than ordinary tillage
it may be proper to consider whether the ele-
| mentary principles pertaining thereto may not
be taught,with profit in our schools, attended
by those who are 10 engage in these occupatiOns
The experience of the past has fully demon
strated that the annual State and District Fairs
where the products OF the fields, mills, forgeS
and forests are exhibited, have been productive
of great good, and he commends these State
institutions to legislative consideration and
care, that 1t may adopt such means as Will en-
large and extend their fields of usefulness
The appropriations Tor their support should be
so ample as to enable them TO offer liberal pre-
miums for the introduction of new and better
food and forage plants, and for the best individ-
ual and county exhibit from the fields factories
orchards and vineyards.
STATE WEATHER SERVICE AND CROP STATISTICS.
The Governor iDdorses the recommendations
of the State Board of agriculture, made in their
report of 1887. for establishment of State
Weather Service, and for crop statistics compi-
lnts . h.a1 1..n,A II
five States of the Union already have such
service.
THE NATIONAL GUARD
Should be maintained as matter of highest
Importance and literally encouraged. This
State should not be behind her sisters in this
respect, but be a model for other States TO fol-
low. Ten new companies have been organized
as authorized by law, but no money was al.
| lowed them. The members advanced the neces-
sary funds. They should be treated as literally
as the old companies.
Annual encampments are advised and re-
vision OF the records OF California Volunteers
v.TERANs' HOME.
There are 247 members on the roll of the Vet
erans Home at Yountvile. The financial con-
ditiOn of the Home is set forth. Reference is
also made to the building of the Branch Veter-
ans Home by the General Government at Santa
Monica. When completed, the veterans in the
Home at Iountvllle can be admitted, and the
latter Home will no longer need State aid
Under Act OF Congress of August 1855, State
nome LOT QlSdDleQ soldiers ana sailors may be
founded, and the Federal Government will pay
500 for each inmate per annum for their sup
port Now, if the Veterans Home Association
will transfer to the State the title to the lands
and improvements thereon at Yountville, for
the purpose of establishing State Home the
State should accept the same; and the appoint
ment OF Directors be provided tor, and that the
necessary provision be made for the proper con
duct and management of such Home as the
wisdom of the Legislature may deem best
There may be many ex-soldiers, who, by reason
OF some technicality, might not be admitted to
the National Home, who richly deserve support
in their disability and old age, And there may
also be many who would prefer, because of dis.
ease or other consideration. to live in the Napa
valley rather than in the southern part of the
State.
CAPTAIN MUILAN.
The Governor recites the law and Acts and ap-
pointments under which Captain Mullan acted
for the State, at Washington, in promoting her
claims against the Federal Government and
also his revocation OF Captain Mulisns appoint
ment. He recites that Captain Nullan has
already received S,7S5 30 as compensation for
service iu the direct Tax Claim" No Execu-
tive ofier. he says, was qualified to appoint
Captain Mullan, and all such appointments
were Illegal Concurrent resolutions of the
State Legislature of March, lsS3, and March,
1885, We're not wise nor prudent and the large
sums attempted by them to be donated TO Mul-
Ian were without constitutional authority
THE TRAMPs AND THE CHINESE
The tramp nuisance is rected, and the Legis-
ldIure 1rgeu TO ma some remedy to XlDp il ont
OF existence.
The people are congratulated upon the settle
ment OF the Chinese question by the passage of
the Exclusion Act.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Governor Wa erman advises that train wreck
ing be made capital offense when life is sacri-
feed when 1t is not, that the criminals be pun
lShed by incarceration in the State Prison.
The State burial grounds need repairs and
monument should be erected for the brave and
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and are there buried
Reference is made to the progress of the work
of erecting the Marshall monument.
1t is recommended that Admission Day be
made legal holiday.
The Governor in vigorous language condemns
the proposition for division of the State. There
is and can be but one California"
A fire and burglar proof vault is necessary at
the Capitol for the preservation of the States
archives, and the custody of those not in daily
use.
Referring to State aid for charitable institu-
tious he says that in the seth fiscal year, we
gave for the support of orphans and aged indi-
gents S5Ol .093 80, and for the two succeeding
years S775, 900 will be needed under the present
system. This large amount is paid upon demand
and the State has no voice in its disbursement.
This is all wrong. Not one cent should be paid
6y the state 10 any institution except under
State cogniZance of the Use to which it is put.
REGISTRATION AND ELECTION LAWS
There is need for change in the registration
and election laws. "A fair ballot and an honest
count y underlie the very existence of the Gov
ernment. No subject calls tor more careful con-
slderatlOn by the legislature. There should be
some means provided for speedy method for de.
termining contests tor all State officers The
Secretary of State at present is the only one who
computes the returns end reports them to the
Governor. There should be a State Board of
Canvassers to openly canvass the returns in the
presence OF representatives of the political par
ties There should be means for recount of
votes for Repre- reSentatiyes in Congress and for
members of the Legislature, and thus in NAVY
cases the expense and tedious work of tax ng
testimony avoided. Time and manner of regis
tratlon should be clearly settled and made as
uniform as nearly as possible in all the interior
counties, to the end that the names of the dead
and removed may not be retained on the register
and door to fraud thus kept open
The Governor denounces as shameful the
manner in which election officers are appointed
especially in San Francisco: men being desig-
mated frequently to register in precincts, to re-
celve and tally the votes, and make up as they
please election returns, who would not scruple
to resort to all that is vile in human nature to
rob the respectable citizen of his birthright
either tor paltry reward of place or for a con-
sideration to advance the interests of some
scheming and debased politician.
The laws should be so strengthened as to
compel, under heavy penalties the appointing
power to name class of taxpayers as election
officers. who can be compelled to discharge so
high a trust and will not feel that the task is
onerous or burdensome. Polling places should
be selected in light and airy rooms, in as re-
spectacle localities as it is possible to secure;
and where the. ballots can be received and
counted in the presence and full view of &C.
credited representatives of all par les where
the caller OF the ticket can be seen, and if nee
essary closely watched. as he reads off the
names, and where the clerks who tally can be
seen doing their work, honestly and fairly to
all.
Most of all. adopt measures for prompt and
speedy canvass of the vote 1t should be plain
simple and correct. No delays should be per-
mitted of waiting from two days to week to
know the result of any election, either national
State municipal. The experience of other
States has clearly demonstrated that the vote of
any city can be ascertained within a few hours,
after the close of the polls.
That Catankerous. Old Woman