The record-union., 1896-01-30
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Expressions of Interior California
Newspapers.
Comments Upon Things Local, Cow
ernmental, Practical, Theoret-
fca1 and Current.


Stockton Independent: Californians
should not be surprised that Eastern
writer's misrepresent this State while
writer's within it do the same thing re-
garding sections thereof that are dis
tant and different from those where
they live. A Southern California paper,
acting in this spirit, writes of the
Truckee ice carnival as if ice and snow
were the usual aceompaniments of win
ter in all the northern half of Califor-
MIA, and this too, while golden oranges
are to be seen mingling with the green
leaves of the trees in midwinter in
much OF that half. It omits to men
ton that Truckeee is near the summit
of the Sierras and, by drawing a. con-
trast between the ice carnival and the
rose carnival of.Pasadena, seeks to
promote the interests of Southern Cali
fornia at the expense of the northern
half. California is too big, too grand,
too varied and too rich to be used as
field for such warfare. The south is
a glorious garden, and has been made
SO more by the energy, the enterprise,
the courage and wisdom of its people
than by nature The north is more va
ried than the south in matters of soil
and climate. 1t can show at the same
time snow covered hills and mount
aims and valleys ablaze with flowers.
The fields in the valleys are green,
while the hilltops are white. It's gar
dens afford fresh vegetables all the
year round, while the people in the
mountain regions are using snowshoes
for travel All sections of
the State are rich-why should one
seek to decry or belittle another? One
who INDUCES in the practice must be
afraid that the growth of any part
but that part where he resides is a
damage to others.
AND WE ARE ALL GLAD.
Willows Journal: In the Transvaal
is the Witwatersrand, the great gold
district. When the goldhelds were dis
covered, the first of them shortly after
England acknowledged the independ-
ence of the Boer republic, there was
naturally a tremendous rush of Eng
lishmen into the Transvaal. When i'm
mensely rich gold mines are found any
where on this footstool England is go
ing to take possession of them or know
the reason why. There is no shadow of
doubt that the Jameson invasion of
the Transvaal republic meant the final
annexation to Great Britain of the
vast gold district. This the Beers knew
and were prepared to meet the emer-
geney How Paul Kruger, President
OF the Transvaal, met it like a man all
the world knows and is glad of it be-
sides, at least outside of Great Britain.
VICIOUS AND VOLUMINOUs.
Mountain Democrat Placerville):
Not long ago the EXAMINER invited
Tom, Dick and Devil to fill UP it's empty
pages with letters opposed to the pend
ing schemes for refunding the debt now
due or to become due from the Central
Pacific Railroad Company to the United
States Government The correspond
ence was Unexpectedly vicious and vo-
luminous Most of it betrayed the
|oloven foot, and was evidently written
or instigated by the last of the trio. 1t
was more than suspected that the octo-
pus. by it's agents and funkeys, was
maligning itself for the satanic purpose
OF making its irrelevant self-abuse a
broad burlesque on anti-railroad rot.
WHAT 1T HAS DONE.
PlacerviIle Democrat: The letter by
W. II. Mills, Land Agent OF the South
ern Pacific Company, published in the
Cali of last week, has been widely
circulated and read. 1t is a conclusive
and merciless answer to a job lot Of
lies and jobbing liars concerning the
company and the State Board of Trade.
In his exhibit of what the board has
done for the State and its related in
dustries, he shows what his company
has done and is doing for both. For the
public spirit that inspired a letter
which is too lengthy for our columns,