The record-union., 1896-01-28
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From the Newspapers o
Interior California.

Expressions From the Newspapers of
Interior California.
Sutter independent: A convention
was held in San Francisco on the 10th,
composed of the Supervisors of some
eighteen counties outside Of San Fran,
cisco, and citizens appointed by them,
to consider a matter of more import
ance to the city than all the Browns
and Davidsons and funding bills COM
bined, and San Francisco was strictly
mot in it!" The great dailies gave to
the proceedings less than they gave to
any one day of the Brown-Davidson
scandal; and these, with unerring in
stinct print what the people like. II
they had read the speeches of Hon. II.
J. Corcora11 Of Stockton, of A. H. Rose,
of Senator Gleaves and others, they
would have been convinced that the
matter of protecting and bettering the
navigable waters of this part of the
State of more Importance just now
than spiting old Huntington.
CONVICT AND TRAMP LABOR.
San Jose Herald: A State farm for
utilizing the voluntary labor Of men
out of employment and the enforced
labor of tramps might offer a palliative
for hard times Our Labor Commis-
sioner, Mr. Fitzgerald, proposes to con-
meet with such an establishment fac
tories for the manufacture of furniture
and other things used by the State.
Just now considerable objection is
being raised to the use in this State of
various kinds of goods made by the
convict labor of other States. If we
are to use goods at all not made by free
labor we should patronize our own con-
vfcts and tramps. Probably the State
farm scheme would bring out a similar
opposition to that shown against
prison labor in manufacturing indus
tries.
COSTLY GOVERNMENT.
Red Bluff Sentinel: When it is taken
into consideration that these amounts
are for State taxes alone, and that for
county purposes the further amount of
So, 562, ,335 was necessary and the same
proportion of the total amount was
paid in, a fair idea may be formed of
the enormous amount withdrawn at
one time from the channels of trade
and placed in the State and County
Treasures. On the basis of a popula-
ton of ,250,0 in the State, this is
taxation Of about SIC per capita for
State and county purposes alone, and
to this must still be added the taxes fol
city purposes. In comparison with
other States this amount is tremendous
and shows that our system of govern
ment is extravagant in the extreme and
affords abundant opportunities for the
practice of economy.
WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY.
Pomona Times: The Record Union"
is doing good service in showing where
doing good service in showing where
the money of the people, collected as
taxes, goes. The Legislature is re-
spcnsible for much waste, both in pro-
viding useless offices and in the employ
ment of scores of unnecessary clerks,
rorters doorkeepers, watchmen, etc.
New York has 100-day sessions, with
several hundred members; California
G0-day sessions, with 120 members, yet
the California Legislature costs just
about half as much as that of New
York. The Record Union" shows that
fully one-third of the employees of the
Legislature are useless, and are simply
given places s'to placate political man
ayers and persistent political servit-
O1S. he ldSL CCHdles With 1Ofly LAclA1-
hers, employed thirteen pages and the
Assembly nine. There were nine watch
men in the Assembly, most of whom
were not only useless, but in the way
of one another. The Record Union
shows that $4,000 or more ought to
be saved at each session in employees
alone.
THE OTHER SIDE.
cs+oo1~+0x, Panord. T,hoSa xvho plaYaoP
about subsidized railroads impoverish-
ing California should hunt up the cir
cular issued by Thomas Magee a couple
OF years ago. In that circular he showed
that the influence Of the first transcon-
tinental railroad was to enormously
increase the wealth of the State by the
increase of population and the conse-
quent increase of real estate values.
That circular was issued during a lull
in the agitation. It was republished in
several of the San Francisco papers
that are now wildly clamoring against
the railroad as detrimental to the State.
A GOOD BILL
Alameda Telegram: The new bill in
troduced by Congressman Grove L.
Johnson providing for a commission
with power to act in the matter of
clearing out the channel of the Sacra-
nento River and it's tributaries, win
meet with approval because of its ex-
cellent nature and promise of imme-
date work when it becomes a law
Some fear that the appropriation of
$500, 600 is too small. but for COM
ntencement, added to the fund already |
provided, it would be ample, and by
the time it is gone another adninistra- |
nd