The herald., 1897-01-15
Shallow Sam Shortridge Never
Taken Seriously
A TRIBUTE TO PIONEERS
Senator BulIa's Speech Secondiug Mr..
Perkins
The Personnel of the Two Houses as
Viewed by The Herald's Cores
pondent-A Capable Body.

Especial Correspondence to The Herald.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 13.-The
senatorial contest ended just as every
intelligent person familiar with the sit
uation and unbiased by clap-trap ex-
returns showed that the Republican
party had carried the legislature it was
A FOREGONE CONCLUSION
that George c. Perkins would be his
own successor in the United States SEN
ate. And since the position must be
filled for six years more by Republi-
can, the legislature has acted wisely
In electing such a clean. bright, honor
able man as Mr.. Perkins, who knows
who will carefully look after them,
though never to the detriment of other
portions of the union
The nominating SPEECHES delivered
in both branches of the legislature yes
terday brought out many interesting
historical and biographical facts of
the remarkable career of the distin-
guished senator which reflect high honor
upon his character. The speech of Sen
ator Bulla of Los Angeles was equal
to the best and superior to all others.
with the exception of Senator Stratton's
opening eulogy.
A TRIBUTE TO PIONEERS.
In his speech Mr.. Bulla took occasion
to pay deserved tribute to the pioneer
heroes of California. He said:
I'm seconding the nomination of Mr..
Perkins I shall attempt no eulogium
upon his life or character. He needs no
such service at my hands before this
assemblage, or the people of the state
OF California, for vast as is the area
or our great commonwealth, there is
within its confines no hamlet so remote
but that the name of George c. Perkins
is household word therein. In every
community there are men who by their
industry, foresight and sound judgment
rise above the commonplace of their
surroundings and achieve success in life.
where men of less ability and force of
character meet only with failure. Such
men make history, and the history of
such men is the truest and best history
OF the time and place in which they live
And in modern times, at least, there has
been no more unique or thrilling chapter
of history indited than that describing
the experiences of those sturdy pioneers,
who, almost half a century ago. left
their homes of comfort or luxury in the
east and braved the hardships and perils
OF a Journey to the new E1doraco which
had been discovered on the shores of
the broad Pacific. Humor, pathos. bur-
lesque and tragedy were all enacted in
the lives of these men, and we Calfor-
mans of today who are ENJOYING the
marvellous results OF their courage and
determination owe them a debt of graf
itude which has been but scantily rec
ognized, and which can never be re-
paid"
III "A
When the joint convention of the legis-
lature held in the assembly hall TO-DAY
went through with the formality of de-
clar1ng the election of Perkins had an
opportunity to see and "size up" the en-
tire membership Of the two houses. ex-
cepting only few members absent on
account of having imbibed more of The
sacramento fog than their constitutions
could withstand. I have looked upon
many legislative bodies and distin :.
guished conventions, and 1 do not hesi-
tate to say that the appearances of This
joint convention was such as to pro-
duce favorable impression on the
mind or any person sincerely desiring
the political welfare of California.
brighter. more respectable or Intelligent
looking body Of men it would be difficult
to find among all the assemblages of
lawmakers now engaged in legislatinr
Aoi lic 'oVUV,uVU people whom they rep
resent. Doubtless there are some ig
roramuses and possibly a few knave-
ishly inclined members in this legisla-
ture. but as a body they are certainly
Intelligent and capable. BY their fruits
we Will know them, however. They look
we'll enough; ere long the people will
know what they have done and failed
to do.
NEW LAWS GALORE
A rather tremendous deluge of new
laws and amendments to old ones will
soon pour into both houses Propositions
of almost every conceivable nature are
being Matched in legislative brains,
which sooner or later will come up for
consideration. From all these some
good to the state should come and will.
In harmony with the prevailing senti-
ment here relative to the all-pervading,
all-searching, malaria bearing fog that
holds Sacramento an unwilling captive
day and night have indited the follow
ing lines which if not poetically beauti-
full. are strikingly truthful:
o, the fog, the fog. the malarial fog
Cold as the breath of an Oregon frog
Silently, steathily settling down
Into the streets of the Capital Town:
Breeding disgust and all manner of ills
Booming the market for powders and pills:
Why came the fog here?-when will it go?
An! these are secrets no mortal can know
! long for the sunshine of Los Angeles,
OF any safe spot with soft ocean breeze.
would willingly float on a raft or n loo