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CAUGHT IN A CORNER.

When the Railroad Commission
passed it's celebrated % per cent. reduc
ton resolution, through which they pro-
posed to wreck the railway system Of
the State, it was accepted as an accom-
plished performance, needing only cler-
icl labor to place it in schedule form. It
was SO heralded abroad, and under that
banner a majority Of the commission
went into the sunlight to receive the
applause of admirers.
Then came legal proceedings by the
railroad company to prevent the COM
mission from oonfiscating it's property,
and attempting that which would
amount to wrecking Of the entire sys-
tenn. in which the people of the State
would suffer even more than the COM
pany. Brought face to face with the
fact that the resolution was an assault
upon which a court might decree sus-
pension Of it's operation one of the coun-
sci conceded that the resolution should
be rescinded.
This placed the commission in the po-
sition of having played the part of the
demagogue, and some Of its members
have rushed forward to explain. But
the explanation helps them not one
whit. The railroad company before the
court contends that the resolution was
full and complete performance; that it
is a decree needing only clerical work
to make it operative, and that as such
it is the threat of ruin they hold it to be.
On the other hand the commission
now say in so many words: "It means
nothing. 1t merely expresses intention
at some future time to investigate and
act 1t was never intended to proceed
further under it. It is not necessary
therefore to rescind it for it is not to be
proceeded under'-and much more Of
the same tenor.
This being the position of the COM
attitude before the people few months
ago when it posed as the great reducer?
Is it's present confession Of insincerity
and demagogy and that the resolution
was but sounding brass likely to COM
mand for II the respect of the people?
If, after declaring as a preface to the
resolution that it had thoroughly and
exhaustively investigated the subject,
and as q result decreed that rates be
reduced 25 per cent, it can now escape
the natural consequences Of it's attempt
TO confiscate by protesting that 1t meant
nothing, that the decree is but a sham,
when 1t passed its order, by what war
rant will the commission hereafter in
woke the confidence of the people? The
simple fact Is that the Railroad Com
mission has been caught in a corner by
the law.
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Y. W. c. A.. NOTES.
Programme for the Coming Week
The Class Work.

Miss Eva Sewers, International Sec
retary OF the Young Women's Chris
tDan Association and editor of sThe
Evangel," the official organ of the
worlds organization, will meet with the
Board of Managers of the Sacramento
Association this afternoon at $3.50
o'clock, and will be present at the Sun
day-school teachers meeting this even
ing. Rev. Mr. Oehler will lead in the
study of the lesson
Sunday afternoon, at $3.50 o'clock,
Miss Sewers will lead a mass meeting
for women at the Sixth-street NJ. E.
Church. Mrs. Bessie Osborn Elliott will
sing solo, and a praise service will be
led by Mrs. G. E. Turrell, assisted by
the associations chorus.
AT 7:3O o'clock Sunday evening a
meeting, to which the general public is
invited, will be held at the Ninth
street Baptist Church. The address
will be made by Miss Sewers. On Mon
cay a reception will be given in her
honor at the association rooms, 9O1
Eighth street, from 3 to and s to 10
p. m. Every member and every friend
Of the association is invited to be pres
ent
After two weeks vacation, the Ger
man class has resumed work, begin
ming it's third term.
The French class will meet. as usual
this morning, after a two weeks vaca-
ton.
The vocal class began it's second term
on Friday evening, with a number of
new members. The instrumental class
is increasing in numbers, and bids fair
to become one Of the popular classes.
The embroidery class will meet Tues
day afternoon to organize for the Sec
ond term.
The Shakespeare Club had a very
suspicious beginning last Tuesday
evening, and will meet at the same
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AT THE TRAP.
The Pelican and Spoonbill Club Shoots
TO-MOrrOw.

There will be trap-shooting in two
localities tomorrow. The Pelican Gun
Club will hold its monthly live-bird
medal match at it's grounds near the
American River, and it is expected
there will be an unusually large attend
ance of members.
The Spoonbill Gun Club will also have
a series of bluerock matches at Eek
hardt's grounds in Agricultural Park.
The club will send a team over to the
State shoot at Stockton two weeks from
to-day, and the men who are to up
hold the clubs reputation will avail
themselves of the opportunity to get in
a little practice.
The Capital City's State tournament
team will probably do likewise, and
there will be open matches for all who
wish to shoot
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Says the Riverside ENTERPRISE:
German Republicans in California will
not be particularly delighted" etc, etc.
And now, why German -Republi-
cans?" What kind of a Republican is
a German Republican? We hear OF
Irish Americans, a breed that Is un-
known to true Americanism or true Hi
bernianism, and Of German-Americans,
whose nationality is not written in our
annals or suggested by our traditions
or those of Germans. What sort of
Amerfcanism Is 1t, anyhow, that parts
its title in the middle, and divides its
allegiance between countries? Citizens
of the United States are Americans or
nothing The self-respecting Irish and
the considerate Germans ought to feel
affronted when anyone speaks Of them
as other than what they are, either
aliens or citizens. Yet some Germans
and some Irish along with some Italians
and some French and Scotch, and lot
Of others do go into clannisln political
groups, and plaster their foresworn ma
tsonality against their new title of honor
and free manhood. 1t is more than dis
gusting; 1t suggests selfishness and
clannishness that may not stop short Of
dishonesty and ths piece club. It sounds
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os the order of the threat. 1t is a raw
head and crossbones sort Of business.
Were we Irish or German or French or
italian by birth, and American by
adoption, we should want to brain the
man who would class us politically ac-
cording to our birth nationality. It is
bad for American politics, bad for the
American system and bad for the
adopted citizens, this disposition to
clan off, and group aside according to
Neither the Republican nor the Demo-
cratic, nor any other party authorities
ought to recognize, or have anything
to do with any sort of a group Of voters
that is not American and nothing more
nor less. Whenever Americans attach
foreign handles to their political titles,
they suggest standing aloof for the
purpose of being bought and sold; they
warrant the suspicion that they are
splitting their Americanism in twain
for an ignoble purpose. We are perfectly
conscious of this being the effect; they
are innocent Of wrong-doing or of bad
manners. We are aware that it is a
practice largely without thought, or
proper thought. Nevertheless, if they
will reflect, these people will discover
that the criticism of this parting in the
middle" this hyphenated Americanism,
is just. Think Of it. Suppose group Of
American citizens to go to Germany,
forswear allegiance to the Government
of the United States and to be accepted
into the splendid empire OF Germany in
full fellowship, as subjects of the Kaiser.
Would these be likely to designate them
selves as American-Germans? What
would intelligent Germans in Germany
think of such a group, and what would
be their criticism of their affectation?
Let us suppose Americans in England
to become subjects of the Queen in per-
feet good faith, what would be thought
of their designating themselves on affil-
iating with political party as Ameri-
can Conservative e-Englishmen? Yet the
adoption of such hyphenated political
titles in the one case would be no more
silly than in the other. We protest, as
we have in the past, against any Amer
icanism that parts its hair in the middle
with a foreign nationality. It is not
sincere Americanism; it smacks of in
sincere citizenship; 1T suggests treach-
cry and deceit, and smells of the clan,
and we happen to know that many and
many an adopted citizen agrees with us
in this criticism fully and heartily
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Robbed His Benefactress,

Sam Deeble who is charged with hav-
ing stolen SS from a woman on lower
L street, was arrested by Officer Doug
las last evening.
The woman had befriended Deeble
number of times, giving him money
with which to buy meals, and he
showed his gratitude by robbing her.
The officers say they have a clear case
He will be arraigned this morning
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NOTE AND COMMENT.


General Weyler gave the Cuban reb-
els fourteen days time to lay down
their arms and be forgiven. They have
not accepted of his mercy, and, with
far-seeing wisdom, he has now ex-
tended his clemency offer indefinitely
Wise Weyler-the grapes are sour.
"a genderless generation of persons
in petticoatS" is the description of the
class woman suffrage will develop, ac-
cording to the Santa Cruz Surf" That
is about it. The alliterative skit has
as much of truth as wit in it.
The New York "World" says the G. 0.
P. has had case of Mckinley measles.
Quite true, but the eruption is so nicely
out that it may be said to be far from
a bad case-rather, it is a healthy sign
Cryptogram Kruger is a designation
that fits "Oom" Paul like coat His
exposure Of the cipher dispatches proves
him to be a masterhand in the art of
twisting the Lions tail.
The Prohibition State Convention has
had its meeting, expressed it's opinions
of men and things and has melted
away. It has brought the party out of
its shell, and made it speak on about
every question Of impracticability un-
der the sun. If there is any new-fan-
gled thing going that the Prohibition
lists did not hitch on to we cannot now
call it to mind. It struck hands with
the socialists, the fat people, the
woman suffragists, declared in favor Of
those holding for the referendum sand
the initiative, approved the interna-
tional arbitrationists, the anti-funding
bill people, declared for the ownership
of most things by Government, for pro-
portional representation, etc. In fact;
If anything save the tariff escaped the
ProhibitionistS it was not their fault.
A few of these declarations are sound /;
they could scarcely go amiss of some
sensible expression in so comprehensive
a platform. Thus, they oppose any use
Of public funds for sectarian schools,
and believe in restricting immigration.
But beyond these things, the organiza-
ton, which one Of it's leading men de-
clared, lis not a political party"
mounted every political hobby Of the
day, save only the tariff question
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Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: c. L. Krule, w. A. Newton
c. H. Gray and wife, c. E. Locke, E. w
Allen, Chicago; George F. Kleinberger
w. l.. Shea, New York; ]. H. Duste
st. Louis; F. T. Sweeny, Columbus; F
j. Parkinson, Cripple Creek; w. H. An
drews, j. L. Daniels, o. A Bernard
San Francisco; Mrs. ]. B. Mclaughlin
John F. Rountree and family, Denver
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The Populists, who assembled here in
State Convention the other day with
eleven counties unrepresented, declared
in favor Of a system that will exempt
from taxation to the extent Of $500
every head Of a family. The expressed
purpose of this proposed change in our
revenue system is to encourage the
home. The purpose is all right and
commendable, but pray think Of it, what
sort Of homes will we have that are the
outgrowth of the desire to save the
amount Of tax upon $500 worth of prop
erty? 1t is not claimed that this would
be an economic feature. State cost will
be precisely the same, so far as that is
concerned, but the bachelor, the wild
over and the spinster would have some
thing added to their burdens-that will
be the only thing it will effect. It would
exempt about one-third of the adult
population to the extent of some S5 to
IS a year OF tax and add to the taxes
emption, and proportionately increase
the tax of the exempted class upon any
property they may have in excess Of
$500. If the Populists understood the
logic Of their own declarations of "prin-
ciple," they could not favor the exemp-
ton proposed, for the drift of most Of
their claims is away from discrimina
ton and class. To be consistent they
ought to favor as nearly equal taxation,
every one according to his possessions,
as is possible to be attained.
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Call at Fair Oaks woodward, Eigh-
teenth and Q streets; see sample OF
wood delivered any part of the city;
SIS 50 per cord for fourfoot white oak;
IS 80 per cord for stove wood
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White tar camphor keeps moths ou
of clothing. Cheap and agreeable. j
A. Green's Seventh and K streets.
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Hello, Toni going fishing? Nav
going to the &C. c. c." to get three IA
mackerel for % cents.
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Try one Of those Cleveland high-grade
bicycles which the Golden Eagle Cy-
clery, Seventh and K, will put in rental
next Sunday.
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Weather Forecast,

Northern California-Fair, except in the
extreme northwestern portion, where light
showers may occur; warmer in the north
ern portion: fresh northwesterly winds.
The record-union., 1896-05-16

When farmers, carpenters and build
ers learn the prices made on all kinds
of hardware at the &C. G. c." Changers
building, corner Tenth and K. that line
will become as popular as the grocery
and drug departments.
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Tamales served day and night a
WEIGH Brothers; also ice cream, will
cakes. Give us a trial.
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Entered at the Postoff1ce at sacramento
as Second-claSS matter.
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order. Sonstlpauon
creates more dreams
than are in the infer
nal regions. People
who are troubledw with
constipation sic p
badly and restlessly.
Sometimes they can
not sleep at ali, and
when they do sleep,
the dreams come. It
doesn't take so very
long to wear a man
out with that sort of
thing. He gets up
in the morning feel
ing worse than he
did when he went
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This paper is for sale at the following
places: L. P. Fishers, room Il, Mer-
chants Exchange. California street; the
principal News Stands and Hotels and at
the Market-street Ferry, San francisco.
LOS ANGELES-Eclectic Book Store.
corner Second and Main streets.
SAN DIEGO-Emmel & Co., $50 Fifth
street.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES G. Cox, Coro-
nado Hotel
SANTA BARBARA-Hassinger News
Depot.
FRESNO-C. 7. Cearley, I'LL street.
SANTA CRUZ-Cooper Bros News
Depot.
Also for sale on all trains leaving ana
coming into Sacramento.
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All honor to the battleship Oregon
and all credit to her California build
ers. She has been tried and has broken
the speed record Of all battleships. Ten
thousand tons of steel sunk twenty
four feet in the water has been thrust
through the waves at the phenomenal
speed Of 1918 knots, eclipsing the rec
ord Of the Massachusetts, and the Indi-
ana, her mates in the White Navy. In
fact, she has made the speed that was
demanded of steel cruisers but a little
while ago, lighter and less deep draw
ing vessels that they are. This is a dis
tinct triumph for ship-building in Cali
fornia, and entities the constructors to
all praise and credit.
The record-union., 1896-05-16

uuCu CtCEV Importer and Wholesaler
AOuH tAoLI, in Foreign and Domestic
Wines and Liquors Proprietor of Eagle Soda
Works. ais X street. Sacramento
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Eastern Business Omces.

1.-THE Tribune Building, New York
City.
Western Business Office, 1.-THE Rook-
cry" Chicago.
The S. c. Beckwith Special Agency,
sole agents foreign advertising.
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SneciaI AGENCIES.

Editorial Rooms. :Red 31 13t
Business Office. BLACK AoA
The record-union., 1896-05-16

DR.. T. Wah Hing has removed to
northwest corner Fourth and Kstreets.@
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THE DAILY RECORD-UNlON
Saven-day Issue.
THE WEEKLY UNION
(12 Pages).

r. tho cbeanest and most desirable Home,
News and Literary Journal published on
the Pacific Coast. ., so
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The New York world" says the G. O.
P. has had case of Mckinley measles.
Quite true, but the eruption is so nicely
out that it may be said to be far from
a bad case-rather, it is a healthy sign
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Reconciliation Telephone.
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Address Bartlett Springs Co, q Fourth
street, San Francisco, or II. r. WARNER,
Bartlett Springs, Lake County, for beautiful
new 32-page souvenir. Free.
The record-union., 1896-05-16

Cryptogram Kruger is a designation
that fits "Oom" Paul like coat. His
exposure Of the cipher dispatches proves
him to be masterhand in the art OF
twisting the Lions tail.
The record-union., 1896-05-16
CHURCH NOTICES.

FOURTEENTH STREET PRES B Y
terian Church-Rev. w. c. Sherman
will preach morning and evening. Sab
bath-school at 1915 Y. p. S. c. E. at
$50 D. m.
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BARTLETT SPRINGS

Train leaves Sacramento at 1880
q. m. Arrive Springs 7 p. m.
rs NEW SERVICE. QUICK TIME.
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WHOLESALE LIQUORS.

IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE DEALER
1 in Fine Whiskies. Brsndies and Cham
pagne.
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EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH, COR
ner Twenty-fifth and N streets-Rev. A.
j. Sturtevant, pastor. Preaching at IL
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. All cordially in
yited
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SIXTEENTH-STRE CHURCH-REV.
W. 8. Hoskinson. Morning subject:
Going Home; evening: pulling for
Shore Glad to see you here.
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Dr. Lamont will preach at IL a. m. The
pastor will preach at 80 p. m. Subject:
1.-The Calling of a Christian Man"
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ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Eighth street, between l and 1.-THE
first Sunday after Ascension. Rev.
Lewis De Lew, d. D., will conduct serv-
ices at IL a. m. and 1880 p. N. Sunday
school at 9 As a. m.
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CENTRAL M. E. CHURCH, ELEVENTH
street, between H and I-Preaching by
the pastor, Rev. ]. l.. Trefren, at lO:45
a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday-school at
12:15 D. m. Young Peoples meeting at
6:30 d. m. Seats free.
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SIXTH-S T r E e T NJ E T H ODIST
Church, between K and L streets
Preaching in the morning at 1O:45 and
in the evening at go by Rev. John
Chisholm. Sabbath-school at 12:15 w.
w Lewis Superintendent
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WESTMINSTER PRESBY TERRAIN
Church, corner Sixth and L streets
Preaching in the morning by Rev. H. n.
Hoyt, d. d. In the evening by the act
ing pastor, Rev. T. J. Lamont d. d.
Subject: Near the Kingdom, but Not
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-01

present is that the crop will be three
times greater than it has ever been in
this State. Previous TO this spring the
greatest amount Of tobacco planted in
Gadsden county was 1900 acres. This
year the planting will be twice that
quantity. In Columbia county also the
planting will be twice as great as on any
previous year. These are successful
tobacco-growing counties; the farmers
know how to handle the crop in all of its
stages, and they expect to reap profit
able crop.
SEED MAY BECOME EXPENSIVE.
Mr.. Elliott says that farmers should
be particular to save a good supply of
seed, particularly of the varieties dis
tributed by the Agricultural Depart
ment. This year the seed cost from 81
to So per pound. Next year the same
variety of seed may cost $40 per pound,
and may be hard to get at that price.
Following out long established rule,
the Agricultural Department of Florida
takes up but one or two products each
year and pushes them to a point at which
it can be definitely ascertained whether
or not they will be successful. This
year the department has taken up to
bacco and long staple cotton. Short
staple cotton can be grown in all of the
Southern States, but long staple Sea
Island cotton cannot. Reference to the
report Of the crop of long staple cotton
for last year shows tina t Georgia led with
So, ZIG bales, Florida, Is, 176 bales; South
Carolina (sea islands), 5, 9l3 bales Louisi-
ana, 81 bales; Mississippi, four bales,
and Texas, one bale. Total production
Of long staple cotton in the United
States, n, $50 bales.
According to reports in the Agricul-
tural Depar ment, the area in Florida
suited to the cultivation of long staple
cotton is greater than that of all the
other Sea Island-cotton-growing states
com bined, and three times greater than
that of the state of Georgia. With the
view of increasing Florida's output, the
Agricultural Department has distributed
20 bushels of the best Sea Island seed
that could be obtained. This seed was
procured from growers on James Island,
off the coast of South Carolina. The
cotton of this island sells at prices rang
ing from 33 cents to 35 cents per pound.
In order to facilitate the distribution of
this seed, Commissioner Wombwell ap-
pointed the following distributing agents,
to supply the wants of cotton-growers
in their respective districts: Mahion
Gore, Orlando; Bruce S. Weeks, Eustis;
A. B. Whelpley, Brooksville; T. A. Com
cry, Homeland; G.. A. Baltzell, Mari
anna; S. S. Alderman, Wewahitchka;
A. E. Kennedy, Milton; W. W. Walker,
Crawfordville.
Last year about 800 farmers in this
State cultivated long staple cotton. This
year the number will be largely in
creased. AS in tobacco culture, cotton
growers have organized clubs or associa-
tions, and through these organizations
sufficient seed has been distributed to
plant 1900 acres of long staple cotton.
A large quantity of this seed has been
distributed in what is known as the or
ange belt. Land that will produce fine
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Propagate from Bearing Trees.

Many or3hardists and some nursery
men do not take full accounted the trees
whence their buds or gratis are derived.
Professor Bailey and others have shown
conclusively that trees budded or grated
from good, regular bearers will them
selves become prolific much more GER
tainly than if propagated from young
trees that have pot reached bearing age.
In this connection the following expert
ence of Mr.. H. M. Stringfellow of Gal
weston, Texas, as given in the Rural
New Yorker, may be of value to Cali
fornia orchardists:
"Long experience has convinced me
that no fruit trees should be propagated
from young trees that have never borne,
If continued long, it results in barren
trees long after they should begin to
fruit. Ia my own LeConte pear
orchard, trees propagated from bear
ing ones fruited full the fifth year, while
those grown from cuttings taken from
young trees that had been grown several
generations from youLg trees, never
bore at all until nine, and bore full only
the tenth year. | have had oranges
propagated from bearing trees to fruit
full the third year, while those from
young trees took seven and eight years.
I never noticed in the end, however, any
difference in productiveness. Continu-
GUS PROPAGATION from young nursery trees
is a great injustice to the fruit grower