The record-union., 1896-12-16

a new member to stare in amazement
at the system. No wonder there is
such pressure being brought for such
So and SS a day jobs with big pay and
no work.
If the number of attaches could be re-
duced in the Assembly from 1o2 or
practically two to each member on the
average to about half or one to each
member, and thus save the State over
$4,000 during the session without i'm
pairing the efficiency of the legislative
work. we will be rendering our friends
our first good service and prove that
we are not posing as reforrners or dem
agogueS but mean business and that
we will use the same horse sense in
employing help for the State that we
would use in our business.
In you, my co-laborers, [ recognize
honest, able men, imbued also with the
idea of making the Thirty ses-
sion of the Legislature a conservative,
business-li like one. AS this question will
be the first to come up it will be much
easier to prepare now for our friends
to be disappointed than to have them
go to Sacramento three weeks hence
and then get the marble heart and
cold shake
There is no reason in the world why
the State should be burdened with such
an expense, which is neither an orna-
ment to the Legislature nor of any pos
Sible utility to the State. The Lord
knows that there are enough useless
expenditures without aggravating it by
the costly incubus of superf1uous legis-
lative attaches
A RUSTLER.
Los Angeles Times: A man living
near Hanford recently sold his entire
crop of dried pears at 91a cents per
pound, for export to Germany But
that man was a worker and has not
a lazy hair on his head His next-door
neighbors. on either side, haven't sold
their pears, for the reason that they
have had none to sell. They had not
the time to grow them. 1t took all
their time to sit in the store, whiting
ard discussing such subjects as free
coiage of silver and the aggressons of
corporations The man who wants to
get rich mustn't expend any time in
trying to find out who struck Billy Pat
terSon.
A RIGHT THING.
san Jose Mercury: The TACT that three
cities in the United-Alameda and Sac
ramento in this State and Buffalo in
New York-have adopted ordinances
prohibiting their residents from ex-
pectorating on the sidewalk leads to
the hope that within the near future
a similar ordinance will be enforced in
every city in the country Clean side
walks are demanded both by public de-
cency and the public health.
A PECULIAR DECISION
Los Angeles Express: The Supreme
Court Wednesday in an opinion de-
clared that any agreement for gain
tending to bring about a marriage be-
tween any parties and under any con-
ditions or circumstances is contrary to
public policy and moral principle. The
opinion is interesting in that it lays re-
strictions on every form Of marriage
brokerage.
Under the common law the consum-
nation of marriage by any means ex-
cept force or duress was not prohib
lted The customs of dowry and other
forms of gain either by the contracting
parties or others interested were re-
garded as legitimate, and in Germany
as creditable The decision of the Su-
prene Court however is commend
able in that it lays structures on matri-
monial brokerage that has of recent
years developed into a regular busi-
ness. Through the Vaccinations OF