The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-02-04

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the establishment of State Constabu-
larry.
THE WOMAN AND THE MAN.
San Diego Union: Now that the long
crusade against the big hat in theaters
is beginning to bear fruit, and in sew
eral cities the fiat has been issued that
| the Objectionable headgear must be
banished, the playgoing reformers are
l,turning their attention to another very
| common nuisance at places of amuSe-
ment-the man who goes out between
acts and on his return breathes alc0-
holic fumes upon his neighbors. He Is
not intoXicated-at least not notlceably
sO-but tor all that he is about as
agreea BILE a neighbor as a distillery III
| full blast, and he does not make him
! self any the less obnoxious by adding
! the fiavors of cardamOn, cloves, coffee
or lemon peel TO the spirituous atmos-
phere which he generates.
THE IMMIGRATION BILL.
San Jose Mercury: The immigration
bill. in the form agreed upon by the
| House and Senate conferres, escaped
defeat in the House by only few
votes. yet the principle contained in the
bill has behind it the united sentiment
of the entire country. The need Of re-
| striCtion has been for several years
| iterated and reiterated by the people
the press and the statesmen of the
! Union, and it is not creditable to the in
| telligence or to the patriotism CT the
House that it should have been antag-
| oniZed by nearly half the members Of
| that body. Party organizations are
cOWardly, as rule, and carefully avoid
in their platforms any declarations OF
statements that would be likely to lose
them votes, but both the Democra tic
| and the Republican parties have pub
| lcly and emphatically denounced the
evils connected with the present loose
and almost useless immigration laws
and have demanded restriction. Under
the circumstances the opposition to
the measure is a matter of surprise.
MUM AND DUMB.
Los Angeles Times: The Inter
Ocean" says that Senator Hill made
nothing by being mum and dumb IN
the late campaign. Well. he made
quite as much as did Mr. Bryan, who
| would have talked a blister into the
curls of a bulls forehead if the bovine
would only have stood still during the
| operation. Commenting on this the
Fresno Republican says: The signs
were not right for profitable remarks:
had they been the voice of Hill would
have been heard. David is a good
political speeler, but he vaunteth not
the merits of the fat lady and the edu-
Gated pig when the show is in the hands
| of the Sheriff.
THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL.
Redding Free Press: The California
Press Association at its last meeting
| in Vallejo unanimously Endorsed the
proposition to ask the Legislature for
an appropriation of $4,000 to make
an exhibit Of the products of the State
at the Nashville Exposition. We under
stand that a bill appropriating that
| amount has passed the Senate and is
now before the Assembly Those who
| are familiar with the results obtained
! by similar California exhibits in the
past must favor an exhibit of our pro-
ducts at Nashville. Nothing advertises
the State better than to show the peo-
pie of the East and South just what
| California is capable of doing in the
way of products, and by appealing to
| their sight as well as their hearing
We make an impression that does not
soon fade away 1t is like bread cast
upon the waters; it will return sooner
or later. AS the proposed exhibit will
be managed by the State Board of
Trade thsre is no fear of the money
appropriated being misappl!ed.
THE ROCK-CRUSHER.
Marysville Appeal: The Gripping Of
ference with the rock-crushing plant at
Folsom would be one of the most I'M
wise steps the Legislature could posi-
bly, take. That commission has really
done much and is rapidly getting into
a position to do more for the roads
Of the counties and the streets OF the
cities. To do away with the rock
crushing plant would mean that places
like Marysville would consider the first
cost of privately made material too
great to push along much street i'm
provement. The price at which it can
now be had acts as an inducement and
incidentally gives free labor more OPP
portunities. a hundred to one, than the
privately owned crushers possibly
could. The Senate has shown a dis
position to kill the adverse measure.
1t is 10 be hoped that ii will die in
both houses when it comes TO a vote.
A JOB.
Oroville Mercury: 1t looks as If the
job to break up the rock-crushing plant
at Folsom was put up by contractors.
who wish to furnish the rock them
selves. The very cheap rock the rock
crusher has furnished has stimulated
road building in the interior and ii
will be too bad if it's source CT sup
ply is killed. To cripple the plant is
to cripple the State.
BRADLEY MARTIN
Sarta Cruz Sentinel: While Mrs.
Bradley Martin is spending $500, 900 in
a masque ball In New York City
thousands Of people in the blizzard
cougBtry are starving to death. But,