The record-union., 1894-06-19
SACRAMENTO TO HER VISITORS.

SACRAMENTO TO HER VISITORS.
Sacramento welcomes the delegates to
the Republican State Convention in a
generous and unostentstious manner.
Her committees arranging for the con-
venience of the convention and for the
comfort of guests are non-partisan, citi-
zens' committees, irrespective of party,
tor hospitality knows no politics. Sacra-
mento to-day extends the open palm Of
welcome, and in modest way does the
honors the people have right to expect
from the Capital City.
Our people have at no small cost pre-
pared for occupation by the convention a
wigwam of noble proportions and artistic
design, which for comfort and beauty has
not been surpassed; our citizens have
done all that has been asked to provide
accommodation for their brethren from
abroad; they have opened the doors of
their homes and hung their banners to
the fore, and while welcoming these in
vited guests, they point with pardonable
pride to the city of their home.
1t may interest our visitors to know
that during all the financial stringency of
the year past, and which has never been
eQualed in national history, Sacramento
has been so Self-contained, SO careful in
local economics, that not single bank
ing or building institution has suffered
distress, not single notable commercial
failure has taken place, no hard pressure
has been brought to bear upon debtor by
creditor. and less private distress has
been noted in Sacramento than in most
years recognized as prosperous
In the midst of the most stringent
financial pressure the Nation or the State
has experienced in times OF peace, Sacra-
mento has constructed most miles of new
and costly streets, most miles of new
walkways, and most miles of superior
electric railways. In that time she has
set up at heavy cost an entirely new
system of municipal government. put on
foot new sanitary and drainage system.
projected new water supply system,
established new commercial enterprises,
built new homes in great number. aug
mented her population very materially,
enlarged her assessment roll, contributed
thousands of dollars to the relief of the
industrially depressed sent upon us by
other communities, and has poured into
the lap Of San Francisco, in addition, over
$500, 900 because of the luxury of the Mid
winter Fair.
During that whole time not single
public improvement has been suspended,
not an industry of special moment closed
down, not cry of distress been heard
that has not been relieved wholly or to
some extent responded to, and in that
whole period it has not been found nee
essary by our charitable societies. public
or private, to make extraordinary call
upon the public for assistance.
During the entire time road improve
ment, bridge building, suburb upbuild-
ing. park Improvement and general ex-
pansion have continued and still do. In
short, Sacramento is proud of herself and
has reason to be.
In this connection it is well that our
guests minds should be disabused OF
common error, one repeated as lately as
last week in one of the public press,
namely, that the State has aided Sacra-
mento greatly; that she has given to and
for this city large sums of money and
has been Sacramento's lady bountiful.
The simple fact is that the State has
never appropriated single dollar for or
to this city. Such money as it has ex-
pended upon State property and institu-
tions has been an expenditure that
would have been made no matter where
the property might be located.
State institutions are not in Justice to
be localized. The universities, hospitals,
State schools, asylums, prisons and other
institutions are not the property of To-
calities. They may and do contribute to
local prosperity, but the people of the
State have the same interest in, and con-
cern for them. no matter what their To-
cality.
But while the State records will not
disclose dollar of expenditure by the
State for Sacramento. they do show that
this city and people have donated to
the State in values and money some
hundreds of thousands of dollars from
time to time.
One thing more it is of interest to our
visitors to know. that all the public i'm
provements accomplished in the city in
the last year and half were projected,
entered up and in process of execution
before the effort made for the removal of
the sent Of government. tits gross error