The record-union., 1895-01-18
TRAMPS AND THE STREETS.
San Jose Mercury

loan Jose Mercury.
The suggestions of the Mercury have
| been followed, and the tramp will now
have an opportunity to earn his meals by
working on our streets. 1t is fortunate
! for this city that it has a Mayor and
| Council, and for the county that IL has
| Board of Supervisors, who are always
| quick to perceive every public eXigency
that arises, and equally quick in finding
| a way for relief. The Supervisors have
given the city the right to use the labor of
the tramps and petty criminals in the
! County Jail, and the Common Council
| has authorized the Street Com mmissioner
| to employ as many of them as he finds
necessary to accomplish the desirable re-
| suit OF clean streets.
| (which is what ought to be done in
| Sacramento.
| CONVICTS AND WORK.
| Fresno Expositor,l
1t is much better for the moral, mental
and physical Well-being OF convicts to
! have regular and steady employment. If
| they can be made to earn enough to reim-
| burse the State for their keeping and the
! cost of their conviction, the money thus
| earned is saved to the taxpayers of the
| State. If the cOnyicts do not earn the
/ cost of their keeping, men who work
| outside of prison walls, at whatever
wages they may be able TO get, must earn
this money. 1t is work that pays for it
| in the end.
The suggestion that the convicts be put
| to making Ice and TO making the SUPPLIES
that the State needs in her multitude of
! institutions, is good so far as it goes and is
practicable, but it does not cover the
! problem. The different kinds of busi-
| ness that would have to be carried on at
/ the prison to carry out the whole idea
| makes 1t in a great measure impractical
| BILE.
THE TROUBLE WITH SAN FRANCISCO.
LOS Angeles Express.l
! AS all decaying communities, lacking
the vigor to 60 in and wrest trade from
! it's rivals, have their scapegoats upon
whom all their ills are by common con-
sent loaded, San Francisco has its scape-
! goat. 1t is "the railroad" 1.-The Southern
Pacific of Kentucky" sc. z. Hunting
ton." The San Francisco newspapers
| have rung the changes upon these things
until they have become epithets. Now
| we are not prepared TO say that San
/ Francisco has no real grievances against
the railroad. Probably she has. But her
| greatest grievance is that the railroad
| does not discriminate more in favor of
San Francisco than it does already.
We sincerely believe that the San Fran
cisco newspapers have had great deal to
| do with giving that city a "black eye" as
railroad town. They have made the
''antl-rallroad" cry their stock in trade
and have created an unhealthy and NOR
| bid public sentiment that does not
strengthen and build up cities, but weak
ems and emasculates them by dishearten-
ing and alarming capital, destroying local
! pride, and creating widespread and gem
! eral dIstrust in the ability OF the city to
| overcome its draw backs.
a FAILURE OF SOCIALISM.
| Oakland Times
Socialism has experienced a set back
with the settlement of the beer boycott
| which has kept Berlin astir for nearly a
! year. 1t was practical test of strength
| in which the socialists were found to be
| the weaker party. The late dissensions
| among the leaders may have been of
some influence upon the final result of
the boycott, but it nevertheless was test
of how tar theory may be asserted over
! factors that stand against II. In the
| United States, where people seek earthly
happiness by earning as much as possible
and by making use of every advantage of
the moment, socialism has been received
| with a GOODNESS that contrasts very forci
| bly, with the fantastic upro2r caused Dy
| the socialists OF Germany and other coun-
tries.
! While socialism aims at the complete
| subordination Of the individual to the
State, individuality has developed here
| to such degree that it was impossible to
! Federation of Labor at their last conven-
| ton, which shows the prevailing dlsposi-
! ton among the element from which the
socialists hope to recruit to preserve their
! identity as independent citizens and not
make any sacrifices for the sake of
practical theorists who lose sight of the
| elementary forces at work in the franz
| ing of systems upon which society must
stand.
| THE LIQUOR SCHEME.
| [San Jose Herald.
1t is now stated that the saloon-keepers
will not bring up their uniform Incense
| bill until late in the session of the Legis-
lature, when in the rush and hurry OF the
closing days they hope to rush it through.
| This plan will be a failure, however.
| Governor Budd is a firm believer in the
| right of local communities to regulate the
| liquor traffic for themselves, and he will
| veto any uniform license bill that may be
presented to him. The truth is that the
people will not tolerate any nonsense of
that sort from the saloon keepers, and if
they were wise they would keep away
! from Sacramento. Any attempt on their
part to obtain special legislation to protect
their business will be resented by the
people, and will end in still more strin-
gent restrictions upon the liquor traffic.
The whole of the better elements of the
people Of the United States are opposed
| to the present system of selling liquor,
and they will prevail in the end.
A MATTER OF REVENGE.
[Stockton Mail.l
If there is any ground for Roberts
charge, there is no doubt that he can call
Mr.. Huntington to account before the
| law ii he goes about the matter properly
He and his friends, however, appear to