The record-union., 1896-03-16
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions From the Newspapers O
Interior. California

Expressions From the Newspapers of
Interior California.
Crescent City Record: The Sacra-
mento "Recprd- Union" is doing the
taxpayers a service by exposing the ex-
travagance of the last session of the
State Legislature. 1t says at least $50, =
900 was paid out in salaries for posi-
tions held by people that had a "politi-
cal pull" That the legislative halls
were overrun by useless clerks, watch
men and other appointees, who were in
the way of each other. The assertion Of
the Record Union" bears out our con-
tention at the time the Legislature was
in session that unnecessary attaches
were being appointed by that body. AS
legislative officers are to be elected this
fall, we would suggest that candidates
for the office of Assemblyman and State
Senator from this district be pledged to
work for the economical running of the
State Legislature while in session The
| people are not averse to allowing their
Representatives the necessary clerks
but when it comes to allowing them to
appoint a lot of politicians to do nothing
but draw their salaries, it is time to
register kick.
HIGH HATS AND ALL.
Grass Valley Tidings: OF course high
hats in theaters and other entertain
ments are great nuisance, and they
ought to be sat down upon. But we are
very much shocked at suggestion
made by that very conservative, that
very proper journal, the Sacramento
"Record-U Union, which advised the
women who were going to attend
certain popular entertainment at the
Capital City, to leave their big hats,
plumes and all at home" The hats and
plumes might well be left at home, but
for woman to appear in public with
'all'' left at home wouldn't be proper at
all.
THE REAL TROUBLE.
Bakersfield Californian: Comment
ing on the "Californian's" criticism of
the usual attitude of the press and the
people of this State toward fellow-citi-
zens who aspire to or are offered high
positions, the Fresno Republican"
says:
'9The trouble with the people out
here appears to be that there is not
enough of them. We know one an
other too well; our social back yards
are too close together. AS conse-
quence, we lose that fine haze Of dis
tance which is needed to make heroes
of mortals. Our relations to one an
other are too much those of the valet
who will not have it that his master
may be a hero. Is anybody named for
place? Straightway we say: "Oh, /
know him; he is the man who said or
did SO and SO, and he deserves no pref
erence." OF course it is wrong, but it
is rather natural, too. California is
too much of a province, and it has too
many of the provincial ways. The con-
dition should be changed, but how are
you going to do it?
DIVISION OF RESPONSIBILITY
Riverside Press: Responsibility is so
divided among public officials in this
State that it is often difficult to know
upon whom to lay the blame for extrav-
agance or mismanagement. Writing
upon this subject, with especial refer
ence to the Presidential office, General
Harrison recently said: Executive di-
rection should always be single When
anything is wrongly done we must be
able to put hand on the man who did
it. The sense of responsibility begets
carefulness, and that sense is never so
perfect as when, after full consultation,
the officer must go alone into the cham
I)er of decision In all of the recent re-
form city charters this principle is
made prominent-by giving the Mayor
the power to appoint the city boards and
officers, and so making him responsible
for the efficiency of the city govern
ment