The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-12
THE TWELVE.

THE TWELVE.
Stockton independent: It is surpris-
ing to the ordinary mind that twelve
| California Senators should vote against
Furnishing for contempt the newspaper
men that have not only accused Sena-
tors of taking brides but have defied
the authority of the Senate. The Legis-
lature like a court, has the right to
investigate the charges, compel the at
tendance Of witnesses and require them
| to tell what they know, if anything
| concerning the corruption. The men
who profess to know the facts defy the
| authority of the Senate by refusing to
| reveal them, yet twelve Senators vote
against furnishing them for contempt
| The least severe view of these votes is
| that the twelve Senators do not think
a Senator's reputation is worth any
thing, and that the Senate has no dig
nifty to defend. This, as a confession,
would only be good against the twelve,
| but should not shut out the other TWEEN
| ty-eight from being indicated or the
people from seeing the guilty exposed
and punished, if they are guilty. The
| Senators who voted against punishment
probably failed to see how their votes
would be interpreted and might feel in
elined to resent an application of the
| logic of il to them, but if they do they
| must get All idea Of the position in
which the charges place their brother
| Senators. 1t may come the turn of
some of the twelve to be similarly ac-
cused and, If it does, their opinions and
| feelings will undergo a change so radi-
I I I'D 70 CHI tba,, hOt
wrong is their present position.
THOSE DISPATCHES.
Oakland Times: The "Encinal," of
Alameda finds it difficult to reconcile a
consciousness of innocence on the part
of the lawmakers at Sacramento as to
the bribery charges made by the Elk
aminer," with the difficulty experienced
in having kilograms produced before
/ the investigating committees. But
there is no antagonism here. Accord
/ ing to the newspaper reports there has
| been a strenuous effort made by the
committees to have the Examiner"
come within a mile or two of designat-
| ing whose kilograms and what tele-
grams are wanted. A telegraph COM
pany sustains a relation Of trust, and a
! filed and received would be A gross out
rage upon individual rights. Fishing
excursions with dragnets into two
months accumulations of dispatches in
| the Sacramento office would not be per-
mitted by a Judge who was fit to sit
upon the bench. The "Encinal' praises
the stand taken by the Examiner" rep
resentatives in refusing to betray a
! trust imposed upon them by disclosing
the identity of the man who gave them
| the information upon which the brib-
| cry charges were based, but fails to rec7
ogniZe the fact that in the overhauling
of thousands of private kilograms by an
investigating committee there would be
a betrayal of trust thousands of times
repeated, by the telegraph company. In
insisting upon a request by the Exam
| iner" people for specific dispatches,
within a reasonable limit the commit
| tees are simply performing duty they
owe the patrons OF telegraph companies.
SKULKING.
| Tuare Register: The recent attack
of the Examiner" on the Legislature
| has resulted in the thorough discount
ture of that venal and despicable sheet.
| Pushed for its authority for making
such charges it has to skulk behind the
pretense of privileged communication or
the we understand" racket so long
worn out. The pity is that it can not
! be prosecuted and punished as it de-
serves for such conduct.
JURY VERDICTS.
Kern Echo: That change suggested
/
fourths of trial jury sufficient to con-
Wet in criminal cases, is being agltated
! vigorously the State over 1t would
certainly result in putting many rogues
behind the bars who now walk the
streets boldly, and with no fear of con-
viction. The hung jury farce is the
curse of the nineteenth century.
GREECE AND THE POWERS.
San Jose Mercury: The answer of
Greece to the Powers is very courteous
~ and automatically expressed but II
IS not what they demanded. Greece
puts upon them the necessity of coming
to some agreement among themselves
as to their coercion OF Christian peo-
pie and State in behalf of Turkey, and
the odium that will attach to such act
/
Greece had put the Powers in a hole
There are rumors that England will not
stand in with the coercion. Perhaps
some other Powers will not, Italy and
France for instance They may threat
en- coercion but halt at putting it In
practice. They are perhaps more like
ly to fall out than to agree among them
selves.
| No doubt King George and the Greek
people depend on this and are bold ac-
cordingly. But. admitting that. the
stand that the Greeks have made cannot
but excite the admiration and sympa-
thy of the world. The Greeks have the
same right and reason to demand Greek
unity rs have the Germans. the Ital-
ians or the Slavs. Crete should belong
| to Greece on The same grounds that
Italy demanded Lomhardy and Venice
from Austria
DON'T LIKE THE OUTCOME.
San Jose Mercury: The Assembly
has defeated the woman suffrage
political equality cannot be again voted
on at the election two years hence 1t is
to be regretted that a single Republican
member should have stultiied himself
by voting against the measure The
| Republican party in this State is on
| record as favoring woman suffrage
and its representatives ought TO possess
the manhood TO stand by their convic-
| tons. AS a matter OF fact the major
ity did, and the amendment lacked only
| a few votes of receiving the required
two-thirds.
IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.
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