The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-17

! ing Republican office holders and put
! ting in Democrats. For our part we do
not hold this against him. To the
victors belong the spells" and again,
Budd was elected by Republican votes
and it serves the Republican party just
| right to give all the offices TO Demo-
Gratis. If the Republicans. had been
! faithful to their party as Budd Is to
his, Governor jim would now be prac-
| ticing law in the Slough City
FIESTA WEAKNESS.
| Oakland telegram: The merchants
of Los Angeles appear to be tired of
| the fiesta The festivals which have
been running in some of the towns
| have been projected on the theory that
they would contribute in some sub
stantial manner TO their growth. This
is not true and never can be in the very
nature of things. Chicago had an ex-
perience of this in the Worlds Fair.
| SOME BOSH.
| Los Angeles Herald: The attorneys
for Theodore Durrant are keeping up a
most ridiculous clamor over the con-
viction of their precious protege. Dur
rant murdered q beautiful school girl
more than two years ago, and was duly
1 convicted and sentenced to be hanged,
and the Judgment was affirmed by the
| Supreme Court. His counsel having in
| their way exhausted every expedient
known to the law to save the fellows
| life, are now engaged in advancing ex-
pedients unknown to the law to the
same end. Among other things they
| say that they will notify the officer
| charged with the execution OF the SEN
tence that he must disregard the SEN
tence of the court and if, after such
notice, he should still perform his duty
and hang the convict, then he will be
arrested for murder. We have heard
of young legal f1edgings advancing
some such proposition in our local Po-
| lice Courts from time to time. but In
| this neck o the woods we never seri-
| ously regard that sort Of timber as be-
longing to the legal profession. Verify,
there is a sphere of action for the dis
| culinary measure that was voted at
the late session of the Legislature.
QUEER.
/ Alameda Encinal: 1t looks little
queer to see appeals made to the pub
| lie to raise thousands of dollars with
which to send food to England's starv-
| ing subjects in India. This country
having given the food free of charge, it
would seem as if common humanity
would demand that England herself
furnish the transportation. That is the
least she could do under the circum
stances. At this very moment Cali
fornia is seeking to devise means for
the relief of the suffering within her
| own gates, and it would seem as
though some slight heed should be paid
! to the old adage that charity begins
| at home Evidently that is the govern
ing principal with England in this mat
| ter.
THREE KINDS.
Humboldt Times: The lobbyists, the
| Populists and the Democrats are the
three classes of people who are COM
planning because Speaker Reed has not
appointed his committees. The lobby
lists wants the committees appointed so
| that they can influence legislation in
favor of their schemes, while the Popu-
lists and Democrats want an oppor-
tunity to air their eloquence and nag
the Republicans by pressing their cur
rency and other vagaries before the
committee and Congress.
DEUCE TAKE 1T
r
ldeuce take the kaleidoscope, or whatever
latest name you call it. If it is going to
unlimber the paws of Corbett and Fitz-
| simmons on the suffering public once
more! They say the camera proves that
Fitzsimmons gave Corbett foul blow.
Then the camera ought to be ashamed
of itself A machine of its native intelli-
gence ought to know too much to start
that duet of tongues afresh. But it has
done it. and the outlook for the long-en-
during people is gloomy.
ROBBING TRAINS.
Oakland Enquirer: Another Southern
Pacific train has been held up in Texas,
and the job was done by three men,
who are said to have secured $4,000 as
the reward of their efforts. They found
the safes locked, as they seem to have
expected. for they were prepared to
blow them up, and did so with success.
Apparently it would pay the railroad
and express companies better to carry
guards of armed men on the cars than
to stand these continual losses. For a
time a heavy locked safe was a suffi-
icient protection against the train robber,
but the robber has now discounted that
trick. and nothing but some means of
heating off the bandits will answer the
purposes of safety. 1t was so found in
the days of stage robberes. and, though
the TRANSPORTATION companies are reluc-
tant to hire guards for trains. they must
come to it, We think it might not be
out of place for the Government. on ap-
lplication, to furnish a number of soldiers
to perform this duty, for there is no
more sacred obligation incumbent ON
Government than to render the high
ways and byways of transportation safe
from unlawful violence.
SIERRA CLUBS.
| Oakland Tribune: Every encourage
ment should be given to Sierra Clubs in
this State California has no more price
less possession than the forests of the
mountains. without which the winter
less would not be stored I'D In natural
reservoirs, to be given out through the
long summer. but would rush down into
the valleys as destructive floods, carry
ing off the soil and running good agrl-
cultural land One of the main objects
of the Sierra Club is to cooperate with
the National Government in systematic
efforts for forest protection.
RUBBER TIRES.
Humboldt Standard: The seffete East
is busy Quitting its carriage wheels
with rubber tires. Such triumph mas
this luxury become in New York. City
that a public cab7wfthout rubber tires
is esteemed ancient and second rate,
1.-The inefficiency of fresh varnish to make