The record-union., 1893-03-17
OPPOSED 70 REN9TAL.
Nestor A. Young Talks About the
Capital Location.
He Is Afraid That Removal Would
Hurt the Division Dreams
of the South.

Nestor A. Young of San Diego, who
was once Speaker of the Assembly, was
espied in the corridor of one of the hotels
yesterday by reporter.
How is it that you didn't go to San
Jose with the eXcursionists ?" asked the
scribe.
Il did not CO." said Mr.. Young, ''be-
cause L would not play hypocrite by 60
ing there and partaking OF the hospitality
OF that city while am opposed TO the re-
moval Of the Capital from Sacramento.
~ es," continued Mr.. Young, II am
opposed to the removal of the Capital
from Sacramento for more than one
reason. In the first place, there is a
growing sentiment among the people all
over the State that the division of this
empire-SG0 miles long and over 200 broad
is inevitable in the near future. Aside
from the unwieldy proportions of our
great commonwealth there are many CO.
gent reasons for its division, and which
are revealing themselves more forcIbly
every time the Legislature meets.
The building ottw Capitols within the
next ten years would entail a taX-burden
too great to be thought of for Il moment.
w hen the State is divided Sacramento
would be nearer the center of the old
State than San Jose, and when the people
OF Northern and Central California real
lze that State division will surely come
they viii solidly oppose the scheme Of
removal.
"tor the same reason that to remove
the present Capital to San Jose would de-
lay many years the cherished statehood
OF the south, the voters of that section
when properly informed would oppose it
fully tive to one.
Another thing the people despite
the fact that many of their representatives
have been cruelty misrepreaented by the
preSS--wlu not look favOrably upon an
action OF this character which lacks every
element of deliberation, and which with
Its hurried procedure does not commend
Itself to the thinking mind.
Assuming every word printed by the
Bee to have been false, ab illltiO the pre-
I cedent would be fatal and not the proper
course to pursue III Furnishing that JOUR
nal or It's editors. | have never gone
through the Capitol grounds but that [
have taken to myself great pride for It's
! beauty and magniHcence. and the mill
ions that have been SO lavishly expended
upon 1t are not to be thus thrown
away without even the elaboration
usually given an appropriation of $1,000.
This matter Is, however, one of more
concern than some pretend to think, and
simply pooh-poohing it Will not answer;
nor will attacking it in the courts be the
proper course to my mind. The Su
preme Court is always 10th to set aside
the will Of the people, and if the citizens
of Sacramento sit idly by and having
made no effort to defeat the measure
awake some fine morning after the election
to find that they have lost the Capital, it
will be entirely due to the enterprise of
that lovely city of millionaires-San
Jose-and the sleepy lethargy of Sacra-
mento.
suppose, even, that the court should
rule against the resolution, will it not
come again and be fought bitterly, pos
sibly engaging the next Legislature in
tho greatest Doodle scandal ever had in
our history? My opinion Is that the peo-
pie should be made familiar with this
serious proposition by level-headed, CON
sentative argument, which will win and
save to the State and the citizens of Sacra-
mento many millions"