The herald., 1893-08-20

menclature Of our business Institutions.
our societies and our social organize
tions are very generally distinguished
with our sectional geographical prefix.
The only question is Is to the recogni-
tion of this division in our political
organization. A separation today would
carry with it no irritation between the
two new states; we would enter upon
our dual career on the most friendly
terms, and we would 60 forth on our
separate destinies with increased
strength in the federal government. and
with the certainty that each state could
legislate far more favorably for lite Pc
culiar interests than can be done now
where 80 many and important interests
are antagonistic and clashing.
We in the south have no irrigable
streams; therefore the doctrine Of rira-
risn rights which has valuable mean
ing to the people OF Northern California
is directly opposed to the predominant
interest OF the people Of Southern Cali
fornia, to whom irrigation is as the
breath of their nostrils.
We have no interest in the controversy
about slickens and brush dams; we have
NO great lumber belts to protect; we
have no swamp lands to reclaim; we
have no fresh-wster fishing interests
thst require legislation. Our game
seasons are different from those of the
north, nor have We sheep interests that
require to be protected from the ravages
of the coyote at bounty OF So per scalp.
On the contrary, since the mercenary
raid has been authorized ON coyotes,
rabbits and other field vermin which
the coyotes used to keep down have in
creased immensely, and our vineyards
are overrun with the long. cared depre-
dators. We are kindly permitted to pay
to support northern citrus fair to help
to develop in that section an industry
whose natural home is in the south.
We send out between six and seven
thousand carloads Of oranges every sea-
son the northern citrus belt ships per-
haps one hundred! Why should we be
taxed to help build up competitor for
this industry, when the question ie be-
coming serious as to how and where we
shall market the oranges we now raise
Mr.. Kinney notes the fact that from
the earliest settlement OF California by
the Franciscan fathers, there was an op'
position and clash of interests between
the south and north; that this friction
was carried into the first constitutional
convention under the American settle.
.nent, and that the adhesion OF the
southern counties was only secured by
hostages that were given 1t in the or
ganic law against partial assessment.
Mr.. Kinney meets the assertion 80
often made that state division is only
fostered by politicians who want the
new Offices, by showing that the pol
iticians are afraid of the question. This
was shown very conspicuously during
the Markham campaign. Since we have
orced the north to give Us some of the
highest Offices, the politicians are as
piring to The big places, and are mum
on the question of division lest what
they might say here in its favor may in
jure them in the north. Rejecting peo-
pie are won over to division by reasons
that are altogether apart from the ques-
ticn of political spoils. They see that
Southern California could legislate freely
as a state for the advancement OF her
own interests, which now in a great
many respects clash with those OF the
north. They see that the increase Of
two United States senators would give
not only the new state but the whole
coast a much needed additional strength
in congress.
Mr.. Estee's reply to Mr.. Kinney is
we'll written; but it dwells mainly on
the assumption that division is legally
impossible. He says that q vote of the
people to that effect would have to be
ratified by the legislature and con-
firmed by congress, and that to procure
this is impracticable. Perhaps Mr..
Estee is mistaken. Coniunctures may
arise in which the legislature would pass
bill in favor of division, even before
our section reaches the position of hav.
ing majority of representatives in the
legislature. But at any rate, we are
growing in wealth and population much
more rapidly than the north, and
the time may arrive sooner than our
friends expect when we shall be able to
dictate on this subject to the united
wisdom of the state.
One of the greatest troubles with our
northern friends is, as Mr.. Kinney well
says, that northern people are not &C.
quainted with ms. If they would come
and see US once in while they would
learn that mighty empire is growing up
here.