The record-union., 1895-07-11
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From Newspapers of In
rerior California.

VOICE OF THE PRESS
Expressions From Newspapers of In
terror California.
TTulare Regster.l
San Francisco has many cares and wor-
ries but she is reasonably happy. While
Midwinter Fair rubbish is still piled IN
Golden Gate Park and railroad tracks are
yet there, an artist has discovered beau
ties in the sand dunes and is grinding out
pictures at rate low enough TO enable
any poor but patriotic San Franciscan TO
hang one in his humble home. By the
way there is really no reason for COM
planning of Midwinter Fair rubbish as
that ia about what the whole thing was at
Its best.
TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRIC POWER.
Stockton Record.
So much has been promised by the
electrical company that has been putting
in costly works at the dam on the a neri-
can River at Folsom that many embryo
companies and hundreds of capitalists
are watching closely for the first signs of
success of the promised transmission of
power to Sacramento.
Ii it Is shown to be possible to trans
NIT power for so great a distance without
so much loss by friction and waste as to
make 1t too expensive power 10 use for
general manufacturing purposes, there
are several companies in the State ready
to incorporate at moments notice and
to establish similar works in various
| parts of the State.
| One OF these projected enterprises pro-
| poses to dam the Mokelumne and bring
| the electricity to Stockton. Another will
do the same on Kings River, and Fresno
capitalists expect to establish All I'M
mense plant on the San Joaquin. But
! of 4 fb,n, IL f-.
preliminary surveys and estimates until
the success of the Folsom company has
been demonstrated to their complete sat
lsfactlOn, as the cost of establishing such
plant Is enormous, and the transmits
sion OF the power so much in the expert
mental stage that no one will risk their
coin until there is fair chance of ade-
quate returns.
SOME CONSOLATION.
Los Angeles Times.l
The deadly microbe has invaded every
thing worth having since he was discoy-
cred. We are now told that it is posi-
lively dangerous to eat the rind of any
fruit. and that the annual death h-rate
would be greatly reduced If all fruit were
pared before being eaten. 1t is really too
bad that our foretathers didn't know
about all these things in their day. But
then they were spared great deal of
| worrment by reason of their ignorance,
and this fact may have greatly prolonged
their lives in many instances.
ANOTHER ARBITRATION PROPOSITION.
[Stockton Mail.
Now it is France that wants us to enter
into an arbitration agreement. The
! Chamber of Deputies yesterday adopted
motion that the Government negotiate
as soon as possible with the United States
| for the conclusion of q permanent treaty
| for an Arbitration Committee. When
| ever the European Powers contemplate q
| coup on this side Of the water which is
| likely TO involve them in difficulties
| with this Government they first approach
| US with proposition for the establish
| ment of an international court of arbi-
tration or something similar thereto.
| Some time before the Corinto affair such
| a proposition was made to us by Eng-
| land. and had il been accepted it is
| likely that neither Nicaragua nor the
| United States would have emerged from
the affair az we'll as they did. Our ex-
perience in the Behring Sea arbitration
should sufflce US. We were badly out
| witted in that business by England and
France, and we should do well hereafter,
on being assured of the justice OF our
| cause, to maintain il at all hazards and
| not permit ourselves to be bam boozled
out OF our rights by the devious diplo-
| macy in which European statesmen are
so expert.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE C. f. 5.
Los Angeles Herald
The move on the part of the Cham Der
of Commerce to provide leaflets for dis
trbution by the Christian Endeavorers
who will attend the convention in Boston
is commendable. The only mistake is in
not making the issue of leaflets Il larger
one. Last year at Cleveland, notwith-
| standing the railroad strike which kept
many away, there were 10000 delegates
| present. This year they are preparing for
| at least $4,000 at Boston. Ten thousand
| leaflets properly distributed among the
| delegates will do great deal Of good, but
%, 0J0 will do great deal more. Los An
| peles cannot afford to let such an import
| ant convention slip by her if there is q
| possible way whereby it could be secured.
| The Christian Eudeavor societies now
| have a membership of over Z,500000
y . 70 make a determined effort,
and offer the inducements necessary to
bring the Christian Endeavor convention,
would be in keeping with the suggestions
in this column few days ago-to make
| known the advantages OF Southern Cali
| fOrnia as summer resort.
OF GRAND JURIEs.
San Jose Herald
Last week minority report from the
San Francisco Grand Jury was presented,
and in receiving it Judge Sanderson took
| occasion to administer a well-merited re-
buke to the pestilent partisans who use
| Grand Juries as the cesspooi OF their
party and personal spite. He said Il
know of no statute directing or author
izing the making and filing of report
by the Grand Jury. The law contem-
plates action by that body, and not the
| expression of opinion. If public officials
had been guilty Of otfenses cognizable by
the Grand Jury, that body should pro-
ceed against them by indictment or pre-
/ sentiment i'll the manner prescribed by
| law, and not by the filing OF report con-
suring them, nor for that matter. prais-
| ing them."
This is exactly the position which has
all along been taken by the Herald. The
members of Grand Jury have no more
right to publicly censure or slur public
| officials or anybody else than private
citizens nor indeed as much, for they