The record-union., 1897-08-24


treasury. kept there to redeem silver,
and on which the Government is pay
ing interest, could be poured into the
channels of circulation. Not only
would the amount of money in circula-
tion be increased by letting this vast
sum of gold flow in the arteries of
trade. but a great interest account
would be wiped out.
TUGBOAT MARRIAGES.
Alameda Argus: The Los Angeles
Judge who decided that tugboat mar
riages are of no force has performed
a long-felt duty. Tugboat weddings
have been very numerous. and tugboat
captains have reaped quite a harvest
by lending himself to what were sup
posed to be legal evasions of the law;
but no more will they do this; for af-
ter all the trouble and qualms of those
who prepare to embark upon the sea
of matrimony by taking a preliminary
trip upon a sea in fact, the proceeding
comes to naught.
WARNINGS
Alameda Encinal; The papers of the
| Upper Sacramento Valley, which have
the pest opportunity for learning the
city press to create a rush" into Trim
ity County. The facts are that that
county has all along been a steady
gold producer, and the recent develop
ments are nothing more than have
been going on in a quiet way for years
without attracting more than passing
attention. It is foolish to send a lot
OF people into the mountains of that
region in the expectation Of digging q
! fortune before breakfast To get gold
! in Trinity or anywhere else takes ex-
perience and lots of hard work
PROSPECTING
Nevada City Herald: New rushes
to mining camps generally prove dis
astrous to the majority, but they serve
the purpose of opening up new mines
and that helps the country. 1t also
distributes money among those who
need it, even if it goes out of the
pockets of those who need it just as
badly. Turn a couple of thousand
prospectors loose in any mining coun-
try Tor month and they are bound to
make discoveries which will eventu-
| ally be developed into productive
mines.
A gentleman recently from Redding
says a large proportion of those arriv-
| ing there on their way to Coffee Greek
! are utterly ignorant of the first prin-
ciples of mining, and if they do sue
ceed in finding anything it will be by
| pure chance.
There will be new mines found in
Trinity and adjoining counties long
| after the present excitement has died
| away. The field for the intelligent
| prospector in California will be good
| after the present generation are all
! dead.
MORE TROUBLE AT WHITTIER.
Los Angeles Times: The Whittier
Reform School continues to be a dis
grace to the State Yesterday no less
than thirty-six of the inmates escaped,
and Cor hours the country roundabout
was in furor of excitement and boy
chasing. The fact that all but three
of the fugitives We're recaptured does
not make the dereliction of the officials
less pronounced. The fact that they
escaped at all reflects upon the man
agement of the institution in a most
unenviable way.
Tt costs the State so for each es-
capped prisoner who is returned to the
! Reform School by an outsider Such a
wave of prosperity has struck Whittier
that the failure of the crops would give
the people very little concern, for they
could easily support themselves and
their families at the expense Of the
State by capturing escaped Reform
School boys.
The school as at present conducted is
an injury rather than help to the in
mates. INSTRUMENTATION is placed at a
premium. The rules and regulations are
| farce. 1t is impossible to teach the
| boys anything that is useful and prac-
| tcal While the present decentralization
! exists. The place is a school for vice
that is worse for the boys than the
vicious surroundings that led them to
! sin against the laws
1t is not necessary to go far to find
the cause of the scandalous state of af-
fairs that exists at Whittier. The mo-
ment politics was injected into the
management and the affairs of the in
! stitutiOn the trouble began. Governor
Budd has used his authority and con-
troll over the official positions at the
| school to pay his political debts
The people of California cannot af-
ford to let such a scandal continue.
The management of our public institu-
| tions must be taken out of politics as
far as possible. We cannot afford to
have the reputation of shutting ,lp our
wayward boys in a public institution
| for the purpose of running their young
lives. That sounds harsh. but IT is
| Just What the present state of affairs
/ at Whittier amounts to.
If Governor Budd has the proper
sense of his responsibility he will at
once set about to repair the evils that
his unwise policy has brought upon
one Of the most important of our State
| institutions.
DEALING A BLOW.
! San Francisco Wasp: w. H. Mills,
/ the land agent of the Central Pacific.
| is journalist, but evidently his train
! ing was obtained in a different school
from that which has lately cursed the
| long suffering community. When some
! of the daily newspapers began to bris-
! tie with reports of enormous gold
| strikes in Trinity County Mr.. Mills
! took an extraordinary course for
modern newspaper man. Instead of or
| dering Swim, the painter to decorate
! the outer walls of the railroad com
pany's building with letters forty feet
| high announcing the golden discoveries
in the most glowing language he sat
down and addressed cold -hlooded let
! ter to his agents in Trinity County, tell
| ing them to investigate the matter
thoroughly and report the bold and
l yac1y.