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to send no more such letters through the
mails he will obey. Which, it must be
confessed, is decidedly Sutroesque. The
law prohibiting the sending of such
matter is general and applies equally
to Sutro and all others Must the de-
partment send special requests to all
violators, or only Sutro?
NOT READY FOR IT.
| Gridley Herald: On April 1st cam
paign will be opened in California that
will undoubtedly keep affairs warmed
up until after election time. 1t will be
remembered that the last Legislature
passed an Act submitting a constitu-
tional amendment to the voters, which if
adopted will extend the right Of suf-
frage to both sexes. The National
| Woman's Suffrage Association has de-
termined upon an aggressive campaign
which will be led by Susan B. Anthony
and other notable equal suffra gists.
Meetings will be held in every county
| in the State and relentless fight waged
| by the new women for their rights .
| While there is undoubtedly a strong
| faction in favor of equal suffrage the
time has not yet arrived in California
when it will carry, and the constitu-
| tional amendment will be defeated at
the fall election.
A LAW VIOLATOR.
| Bakersfield Californian: Mayor Sutro
| has rendered himself liable to prosecu-
ton for sending scurrilous matter
| through the mails. 1t seems that he
! thought it would be a very smart trick
| to cast all the odium possible on his
enemies. He therefore had quantity
of envelopes sent out bearing on their
backs in large red letters the inscrip-
ton, Huntington would not steal a
| lred-hot stove," and similar densely joe
ular remarks This being a direct vio-
lation of the postal laws. the officials re-
fused passage to the libelous missives.
According to the law he has broken,
Sutro is liable to arrest and imprison-
ment for his little diversion. Had it
been some common citizen he would
have been arrested ere this. It remains
to be seen whether his wealth and Off
cial position will shield him.
A FAILURE
| Mail of woodlands: The lobbying ex-
pedition to Washington to secure an ap-
preparation for river Improvement
turned out just as the MALI predicted
| it would. Ex-senator Johnston and
George Ohleyer, who were chosen by
the River Convention to do the lobby
| ing, have returned without ACCOMPLISH
ing anything. The best plan is to
pledge Representatives to Washington
| to do all within their power and let
them attend to such work which is no
more than their duty. This lobbying
business has been shorn of a great deal
of its usefulness and fallen into dis
repute of late years We again com
mend our Supervisors for refusing to
vote the money requested for this trip
| to Washington.
SUTRO'S LATEST BREAK.
Stockton Record: 1t is an unfortu-
nate thing for California that the me-
tropolis should have a man for Mayor
whom the East is quite liable to accept
as being a representative citizen of the
West, and in this event it is not surpris-
ing that our effete neighbors should re-
regard US as little better than barba-
rians. Sutro's latest break is to mail
several hundred letters to Congressman
which have been seized by the postoffice
authorities as being unavailable and in
violation Of the postal regulations The
letters were inclosed in envelopes on
which were printed, Huntington
wouldn't steal a red-hot stove" The
law excludes from the mails envelopes
bearing language which s''scurrilous,