The record-union., 1896-05-15

which the people are soon to pass at the
polls, because their conviction is deep,
their perception clear that they have no
right, or, if they have the right, that
manliness forbids its exercise, to i'm
pose upon woman obligations tha1
would fill her life beyond its capacity,
operate to divert her from her all too
full present duty and remove from her
the high offices to which by nature she
has been called. "Who has the right to
shut the door upon them in the name
of benevolence?' Rather ask who has
the temerity, the cruelty and the un-
wisdom to open upon them the door OF
political contention and degeneration?
The Supervisors convention recently
held at San Jose was not very represen-
tative Out of fifty-seven counties but
nineteen were represented The wheel
men had two delegates and San Fran
cisco had a few, who left the assem-
blage so soon as they had engineered
and bulldozed through the meeting
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another booming the Nicaragua Canal.
What earthly business these two sub
jects had in Supervisors conVocatlon,
called together to consult on county eco
nomics, none will ever be able to dis
cover. After a great deal of rambling
over much ground, the convention
adopted the Bureau of Highways plan
for system Of good roads, and then
there was some consideration OF eco
nomic matters and of sanitary and
other subjects strictly in line with the
purpose of the meeting. The original
idea regarding these Supervisor conven-
tions was good, broad and commend
able. But it would seem that the Super
visors Of the State have failed to grasp
the purpose fully or recognize it's possi-
BILE value. Unless many more than nine
teen counties send their Supervisors to
these councils they will not exercise
much if any influence upon public senti-
ment or legislative action. However,
there was some measure of good in the
deliberations of the late convocation. 1t
found that the laws are ample without
further legislation to enable milk in
discovery of diseased cattle, and market
inspection to prevent the sale Of i'm
proper food, to be prosecuted and Of
tenders punished and dairy herds to be
They considered the question of greater
economy in the conduct of county pris-
ons, the utilization of the labor of coun-
ty prisoners to meet the expense of their
support in part. The fee system came
in for consideration also so far as it re-
lates to Justices courts and the services
Of Constables. The abuses of the treas
ury in the arrest Of tramps by the Con-
stabulary was condemned, and a plan
to prevent it suggested. The wide-tire
system for preservation of roads was
approved. The Supervisors resolved to
ask the Legislature to accept the offer
Of land grant of million acres of arid
lands under an Act of the last Con-
gress, and that the proceeds of the sale
of such lands be devoted to State high
way purposes. The work of the Bureau
Of Highways was approved and the
Legislature was petitioned to continue
the operation of the rock plant at Fol-
som. A committee was appointed to
scrutinize legislation relating to county
government with view to procuring
uniformity in the laws on that subject
SO far as practicable Some other sub
jects were considered and in the main,
sensibly. Wherein the convention
failed was in the small number of it's
members, and in their representing so
small body of the people Recogniz-
ing this to be weakness, the conven-
ton prepared a petition to the Legis-
lature asking it to recognize these con-
vocations and permit the expenses of
Supervisors attending them to be paid
out Of the county treasures. This idea
the Record Union" suggested long ago.
If the consultations of the members of
the boards are to be Of any special value
hereafter, they should include at least
a majority Of the Supervisors of a ma
jority Of the counties Of the State. Out
of such body we would have reason to
expect much good to come with the ex-
change Of experiences.
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