The record-union., 1895-11-08
CLOsINa ouorATross.
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From Papers of the IL
terror OF California.

PIE on this coast, generally speaking,
was the prOmptneSS with which the
| Durrant jury rendered its verdict. They
| had hardly expected the result, to say
nothing of the dispatch with which it
was attained. The most of the people
felt, like Mrs. Durrant, that at least one
juror would be possessed of that legal
bugaboo, reasonable doubt" The
people of this city and county, in the
light of their own experiences, were eX-
| ceedingly doubtful, and, as good citi-
Zens of the great commonwealth, are
extending their congratulations to the
State at large, while they ponder on the
possibilities of securing such unity in
historic Yuba.
THE MAN WHO SAID TOO MUCH.
Oakland Tribune: Robert T. Lin
coins recent declaration that he could
conceive no greater misfortune befall
/ him than to become President of the
United States is provoking no little
criticism. OF course one in that office
viii have a great many trials and Vexa-
tiOns; not the least of these will come
from the place hunters. The Phila-
delphia Times notes the fact that not a
single delegate from Illinois to any con-
VentiOn ever favored Robert LincOln's
candidacy for President. If candidate
cannot carry his own State he would
have little chance in National Con-
vention. John Sherman could never
obtain the support of the entire delega-
ton from Ohio, and therefore never Sc
cured the nomination These points are
well made.
DURRANT CASE
San Diego Union: The report that
Durrant's attorneys will ask a new
trial on the ground that the newspapers
Of San Francisco aroused a strong pub
lie sentiment against the accused, is
hardly credible. That the press of that
city has with scarcely an exception
been bitterly hostile to Durrant is con-
coded. But to give him a new trial on
this account would be virtually to as
sumo that jurors cannot be trusted to
disregard public opinion in making up
their verdicts; or, in other words, that
the jury system in a case like that of
Blanche Lamont's murderer is useless
a position which the Supreme Court
Of this State is probably not prepared TO
take
A DANGER.
Oakland Enquirer: A rather serious
note of alarm comes from Napa County,
where the resistant vines planted to
! take the place of those which had been
eaten by phylloXera are dying off. The
cause has not yet been ascertained, buC
/ it may be due to careless planting, and
it will be well if it is nothing worse.
OF BOSSES.
Oakland Enquirer: If the verdict in
/ Maryland is against German, he must
/ recognize it's binding force. He does
not think he is a boss; no boss will ac-
! knowledge such an accusation; he is
always, in his own estimation, the pee
! Pies chosen leader. and we do net
! know but that the voters are princi-
! pally responsible for that deluSion. In
frs TO IF n of he
! power they are all too willing; they are
/ too ready to save themselves trouble by
/ accepting the help of a political manager
! in Strengthening out political struggles
/ He runs the party machinery for them
and by so doing saves them a lot Of
trouble. But before long he takes en-
/ tire possession Of the political machin-
cry and claims it for his own. At this
point the manager turns into a boss
| and it is necessary to inaugurate a revo-
! luton to get rid Of him.
HOW IS IT HERE.
San Jose Herald: The result Of Dr.
/ Spencers first tour of inspection among
/ the slaughter houses shows that it was
quite time TO make this movement The
report OF what was discovered tends 20
spoil ones appetite for butchers NEAR
/ All the establishments thus far in
spected do not show indifference to san
!
maintained public nuisances to raise
question in the mind of every citizen
/ as TO what he may be eating. The only
way to remove that doubt is to have
/ general and radical reform in the con-
/ duct of the slaughter-house 1t is
said that the owners and managers of
the offensive establishments are ready
and willing to comply with all the de
mands of the Inspector.
a GOLD MEDAL.
! Fresno Republican: State pride will
/ be aroused by the fact that California
/ secured the only gold medal for the
| best State display at the Atlanta Ex-
/ position This Commonwealth has but
/ to do its best at any time in order to
/ secure Just such a medal. No State can
/ compare with this in variety of pro-
/ ducts. All we need to do at any time
I TO secure the gold medal is to send in q
/ fair exhibit OF what we can do and
raise. California is a gold medal her
! self
SMALL FARMS.
J Healdsburg Enterprise: The demand
/ for vineyard and orchard property is
more active in the Healdsburg district
now than for many years past. Most of
! the inquiry is for small tracts of from
! ten to forty acres, and If more farms of
/ this size could be had at fair prices,
sales would be numerous. Undoubtedly
! this change is brought about largely by
I the Improvement in the wine business
i Even with grapes selling at from SO
/ to So per ton. there is money in the in
dustry, and the price for fruit has not
gone low enough to render its culture
improbable. A well-known orchardist
of this section informed us some time
/ back that as long as prunes would
| bring S15 TO SIS per ton good money