The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-19

more being insisted upon that those who
engage in them shall be able TO distin-
guish between the true and the false.
Employers wish only those whose brains
cannot be led into mistakes by the tricky
spirit of alcohol. Railroad corporations
demand that the men who turn the
switches and who hold the throttle
valves shall have sober heads and steady
hands. They must be able to see clearly,
decide quickly and act promptly. Facto-
ries also pretty generally make sucn
rule, for tipsy man at his lathe or loom
may not only mutilate himself for life,
but inflict great damage by q single lurch
of the body. Merchants will not have
clerks who at times walk unsteadily. A
whisky breath often decides against the
employment Of an applicant.
IMMORTALITY AND VICE.
fSan Bernardino Times ndex.l
immortality and vice have been grsdu-
ally gaining foothold in the literature
of this country under the specious guise
of exposures. immortality is bad
enough when IL makes no pretense to
being anything but immortality. 1t Is
infinitely worse when it adds to its own
loathesomeness the mantle of hypocrisy.
If vice must exist let it simply be vice. 1t
sinks lower. If that were possible, when
it attempts TO masquerade as literature or
art.
THE NAVIGATION OF FEATHER RIVER.
lOroville Mercury.l
A great many little creeks and streams
putting into the bay of San Francisco are
receiving the attention OF their Repre-
sentatlves in Congress with view OF I'M
proving their navigation with Govern
ment aid. The attention OF the Govern
ment should be called to the improve
ment OF the upper Feather River, from
evil Ia fn Axril l1 at
one time make regular trips between
these points, but the ambition of Marys-
vile to be the cd6ezG dc 7dUigdti0ne on
the Feather was powerful enough to have
that place declared the head of naviga-
ton, and the boats ceased their trips
above that point. No improvement
whatever OF the navigation OF the upper
Feather was ever attempted. Now that
the banks of that stream are lined with
| thousands of acres of fruit, demanding
cheap transportation, the improvement
OF the Feather River from Yuba City to
| Oroville seems to be justly demanded.
THE STANFORD CASE.
Stockton independently
Popular clamor, while it has affected
that part OF public sentiment which is
moved by feeling. hasn't affected the
courts. This will account for the affirm
alton Of Judge Ross decision in the STAN
IOru case. Inc Judges bEIeu VIC Case OH
the law. The haters OF Stanford and the
Southern Pacific Railroad tried it on feel
ing, principally on malice. The law
quoted by the haters was not regarded by
the courts because ii did not exist when
the obligation OF the railroad was in
Cured, and hence was no more to be con-
sldered than the malice of the clamorers.
| The case will 60 the Supreme Court
but the Governments attorneys will not
pretend that they hope for reversal OF
the decision.
SOUTH CAROLINA'S SCHEME.
LSan Jose Mercury
The method adopted by the South Caro-
lima Constitutional Convention to dis
franchise the negro is ingenious. The
suffrage clause provides that the voter
must be one "who can read a section of
the Constitution TO the satisfaction of the
officers of the election, or who can ex-
plain said section when read to him to
the satisfaction of the officers" OF
course provision of this kind will en-
able the officers of election to say who
shall and who shall not vote. But the
! Supreme Court of the United States
may have something to say IN the matter.