The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-07-25
A JUST REBUKE.
Rev. A. C. Smither's "Several Hours"
in Sacramento.
A Sacramento Clergyman Calls His
Attention to a Few Things
He Overlooked.

Reference was made in the editorial
columns Of this paper few days ago to a
most unjust attack made in religious
paper, The Truth, by Rev. A. G. Smither
of Los Angeles, who says he passed
through the Capital City recently. Now
comes Rev. B. B. Burton, a pastor of this
city, who takes the Los Angeles gentle
man to task for his uncalled-for criticism
of Sacramento, which appeared in The
Truth of last week.:
ED. TRUTH: Out of simple justice, and
from feeling of honest pride i'll our
beautiful Capital City, am prompted to
answer the unjust, depreciating and I'M
provoked reference TO Sacramento in an
article from the pen of Brother A. c..
Smither. of Los Angeles, in which he
says that after spending several hours"
i'll Sacramento he found nothing COM
mendable. and concludes his unsavory
notice by adding, "Califoraia mas proper
right to be ashamed of Sacramento" 1t
is plainly evident to anyone at all &C
quainted, with Sacramento that Brother 5.
must have. dipped his pen in the green
fluid of sectional jealousy in writing that
article, or he may have spent his several
hours" in the region of Chinatown and
narrowed his ideas to that view.
Had he spent his several lhourS"'in
the parks and residence portion OF the
city, and viewed the beautiful homes and
drives, many of them, stately and grand,
all attractive, for no city of its size in the
United. States will make better showing
of homes, he might have written differ
emily.
Had he taken walk through the State
Park and viewed our stately Capitol
building standing in the midst OF the
most charming scenery and artistically
designed walks and drives he never
could have written as he did without first
coming his Integrity which I most conf
IDENTIFY believe he would not do. Had he
called at the parsonage l am sure l could
have shown him some attractions worthy
of his notice.
He might have found the State Library,
the largest by far in the West, or the
great Croker Art Gallery, the most ex-
tensive and magnificent collection of
paintings on the coast, worthy of favor
able mention. For general information
/ append a few statements from most
reliable source, wiz, the Hand Book by
the San Francisco Board of Trade:
Sacramento, the capitol of the State, has a
population OF 80 900. Its streets are broad,
heavily shaded and afford admirable drives.
Citizens take q, pride In their homes, sur
rounded by choice foliage.
tits the second city in trade on the Pacific
Coast. II Is. the railroad center for the middle
railways radtate like the spolSes OF wheel.
tits fast becoming acommercial center. 1t is
literally endowed with churches and MAIN
tains one OF the largest and best equipped
school systems and several private educa-
tional institutions. One of these, the Sacra-
merto School OF Design, occupies the E. B.
Croker. Art Gallery, u superb building pre-
sented to the city by Mrs. E. B. Crocker and
valued with Its collections Of OIL paintings at
about S65o,Ooo.
The State Capitol, situated ip the heart OF
the city, is g. classical structure erected at q
cost of upward of So, 600, 900 IN the midst OF
a beautiful park OF choice flowers and shrubs.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Comp any's
shops cover twenty-five acres.
/ might have been provoked to COM
pare the statistical reports Of health and
climate, or point my article with bit OF
rebuke. but since reading Denton's last
reply to Smither's in The T1mth find my
sympathies going out to Brother S., as
they always 90 to the under dog" so 1
hereby extend cordial invitation to
Brother Smither to stop on his, way home
and make me a visit and give me the
pleasure of showing him the other side OF
Sacramento. Fraternally,
b. B. BURTON.