The record-union., 1894-12-19
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions of Some of the Newspapers
OF This ConSt.


the trusts got the high protective tariff
system TO WORK to suit the wealthy OF
this country, Germany went to practicing
1t herself and knocked their plans into a
cooked hat High protection is very sat-
lSiactory TO the protected classes in this
country, when practiced by US, but when
others practice il against us. 1t is the very
personitication OF low-down meanness
and small-minded piggishness. The
policy of protection, when practiced by
others, is destructive of commerce and
the common good; but w hen practiced by
us-welI-thaps not parallel case!
A COMPREHENSIVE BILL DRAFTED.
Marysville Democrat.
1t Will be remembered that at the re-
quest of the State Sportsman's Associa-
ton convention was cal! ed by Governor
Markham to convene in San Francisco
April TO- 1884, the object being the draft
ing OF d new and comprehensive general
law for the protection Of game and fish.
The Governor appointed twenty dele
gates and each Board of Supervisors of
The several counties appointed two, about
thlrty-elght counties being represented
when the convention convened. These
delegates were chosen from among tue
citizens who are familiar with the wishes
OF the people i'll their respective districts,
men who are familiar with the results
under the present law and the demands
OF Sportsmen in general. They devoted
three days to the consideration of gem
eral blll for the protection of game and
amendments to the bill for the better pro-
lection of fish. The bill as drafted and
unanimously approved by the conven-
ton contains only eighteen sections, the
whole number being comprehensive and
in plain terms. There are ample pro-
visions contained in il for the punish
ment of violators, and there is not one
word that tavors the exclusive privilege
to any class, creed or club. The bill Will
be presented in each house of the Legis-
lature when II is organized, and it should
be passed without amending in any par
licular, as we feel confident it will be ac-
ceDtable to SporLSmen and the people in
general.
THEY STAYED AT HOME.
Los Angeles Herald.I
The statistician has been at work in
dustriously Figuring the results" and
arrives at the conclusion that If the voters
who stayed away from the polls at the
November elections had performed their
electoral duty the tidal wave' would
have swept III another direction.
Frederick c. Waite, former census
official, has ascertained for the National
statistical Association that over ) ,OO0, ,0JO
voters remained away from the polls.
TINS year The Republicans have not cast
as large a per cent. of the full vote in a
single State as in 1883. Hence. saws MIR.
be drawn is that, like the dissatisfied Re-
pnblicans III 1892, the Gisconten,ed DEM
oCralS stayed at home and did not cast
their ballots. The stay-at-home vote in
New York III 1855 was 10, 900; in 1892
$4,000, and this year it increased TO the
enormous figure OF 425, ,000 In Pennsyl-
vanla 1t WAS 10000 this year, as against
0.U00 i'll 1855. and 10000 in 1892 In Ohio
/ 1t increased from 10000 in 1888 TO 1I5,0J
III lH92, ana 5000 this year. In Alicni-
! gan ii was 10000, twelves times greater
! than III 1885 and double the figures IN
! 1892. The statistican further remarks
! that South Carolina, when she had % 600
| less voters than at present. cast lS3, ,62l
! votes for Hayes and Tilden, while this
/ year her total vote is not much over
! 10000, or about one-fourth of her full
registration. Census and registration
statistics show that this year the stay-at-
home voters numbered about ), 100000.
| With 100000 Populists, 100000 Repub-
| llcans and the scattering vote, there are
over 1000, 900 10 place against the 4, 20O, 900
/ who voted the Democratic ticket.
THE RAINS.
Kern County Echo1
! In this part of the State it is accounted
| good Indication when the winter rains
commence late. They have done so this
/ year, commencing only last week, and
| not within the memory of the oldest in
!
period of equal length. The rainy sea-
| son never commenced more auspiciouslv
| here, and never did the outlook for
abundant and continuous rains appear
! more favorable than it now does. In
! California rain is the best panacea for all
| public and private evils OF an economic
! nature. If we have copiouS rains con-
/ tinuing until late i'll the season, the high
est degree of prosperity will he impaired
/ TO our two leading industries, gold mining
| aud agriculture, the one giving us home
! market and money, and the other abun-
dance OF all the necessaries OF life for
! nome use and tor export, that is. such of
| them as can be moved to the seaboard IN
spite Of high charges. But, better than
! all, good fruitful season, such as
is promised, will help the San joaquin
alley to wait tor competing railroad.
A FREE BALLOT WANTED.
stockton independently
| Although the suit for writ to prohibit
! the counting OF the doubtful returns in
San Francisco has been decided not TO be
| the correct way to bring about the desired
recount, ii the maxim OF law that there is
! 40 wrong without remedy" is true, there
must be some way 10 right the WRONGS
| done iii the metropolis. Wrong has been
| done, and whether Mr.. Budd or MIR. Es-
! tee has been the sufferer should make no
| difference 10 the people. Judge Paterson
not correctly brought, because Chairman
! Cornwall was not the in ured person. He
is one OF those injured, if it should be
shown that wrong has been done. for all
the people OF the Stale have been injured
| ii the result of the election has not been
honestly proclaimed. The Constitution
OF the State recognizes this principle bv
giving TO any citizen the right To contest
The election OF Governor before the Leg
Isature. Whether the contest is begun
in the Courts or in the Legislature the
spirit OF the Constitution should rule.
SUMMER-FALLow.
lTulare Registerl
And now it is claimed by those who
ought to know, If they do not, that 1t is
not yearning TO do nothing which an
exhausted soil suffers, but yearninn to
do something else, and therefore rotation
OF crops and not sulnmer-iallowingi is the
thing. True enough in a wet country.
where the rainfall is always abundant to
mature crops. but bow is it in country
like ours, where tie study is to carry
over moisture to another year? That is
chiefly our reason for summer 1allowing
in this valley. By adding what moisture
Is carried over from one season to what is
received in the next we are likely to get a
crop where we would not otherwise
JAPAN A CIVILIZED NATION