The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-22
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Expressions From Newspapers of In
terror California.


terror California.
Los Angeles Times: Senator Villas
thinks that the results of the elections
show that the majority of the people
are still voting on the recent panic and
| the results of it, Mr.. Villas diagnosis
is undoubtedly correct. He might have
| stated, further, that the people will vote
on the same issue in 1896.
OUR LAWS.
San Diego Sun: Our system is more
complicated involved and contradictory
than the most antiquated English COM
| mon law prOceedingS-bu it makes bus
! mess for the lawyers. Legal proceedings
| both criminal and civil, should be sim
| plified so as to give them reasonable
certainty, and so that they are within
| the comprehension Of laymen of average
| Intelligence. 1t was a mistake that in
providing for the new Code Commission
| the appointment of some able, level
! feaded layman was not required. He
| might have succeeded in eliminating
some of the cumbersome technicalities
and have injected a little good common
sense in their place.
TRADE AT HOME.
| Independent CaHstogian: We all
| know that the way to keep town N
| the van of progress is to encourage and
! lend hearty support to the energetic
| business people who march in the front
| ranks of enterprise. The way to do
| this is to trade at home. If you have a
| few dollars which have to be expended
| for the necessities of life give them to
/ the home merchants and don't contribute
your coin to the support and mainten-
ance of business in remote districts
| Every dollar that is sent out of town for
the purchase of goods which can be
bought at home signifies that you have
| contributed that much to the building
No Of some other community, while you
! have added twice the amount to the set -
hack of your own home.
ROCK-PILE REMEDY.
| Santa Barbara Press: Many Of the
! towns in the State are shaving their
wisdom by providing rock-piles for the
use of tramps who have more leisure
than grub" The idea of working for a
neal is a good one to instill into the
! mind of the vagrant class, and it has
been found that a good rock-pile is a
better protection to town than a small
amy of Constables.
INTERVENTION IN CUBA.
Los Angeles Express: Considering
! the revolutionary history of this coun-
! try, and the fact that the Colonies
would probably not have achieved their
! independence without the intervention
| of France, it comes with poor grace
! from Americans TO declare that it is
unamerican to advocate a policy of in
| reference in favor of the reVolutionists
| in Cuba. 1t comes, too, with poorer taste
from Democrats, because in the past,
when they had a party worthy of the
name, instead of being absorbed in one
| mans personality they We're strong
advocates of Cuba's annexation. But
their past history means but little to
the Democrats of to-day.
RUSSIAN THISTLE.
Modesto Herald: No other known
| weed spreads with the rapidity of the
| Russian thistle, and no other is as de-
Vastating in its effects. Should it get a
foothold in our great valleys, the farm
| ers Will have to contend with an enemy
mere ruinOus than any other in their
experience. Yet we don't believe that it
is advisable to call an extra session of
the Legislature. Extra sessions in the
past bid us bear the ills we have than
fly to others we know not of. Let the
! counties threatened join hands and
make common war upon the thistle un-
til the assemblage of the next Legislat-
ure and State relief We have no doubt
that money thus expended by the
| counties would be refunded by the Leg
| isiature. The determination of the
thistle is matter of State concern and
| WOUlu ne 81 ISSdIUtu Dy the repre-
| sentativeS generally.
RUSSIAN WOMEN.
Colusa Sun: Woman's poSition-rela-
tive, OF course-is being discussed not
only in this country, but the world over
The progression is towards greater free
dom from the ties of home. tn; .;
Is a restless age for both sexes
1t is said that there is no
joy without alloy. and the alloy of
progress is restlessness and desire to
move up out of the beaten paths. Go 10
n town where money is plenty and times
are lush and it Wik be found full of
gamblers and petty thieves who form
the alloys to the joys of prosperity. The
Countess Anna Kapriste. writing in the
Humanitarian about Russian women,
| declares their position is better, both
socially and politically, than the Eng
lish women. An extract, a little longer
than is usually made under this head,
VIII, 1t is hoped, be excused: AS COM
pared with the women Of other Euro
pean countries Russian women WORK
more and weep less, they love and they