The record-union., 1897-02-15
Voice OF TIE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
Of the State and the Coast on SUBJ
jects of Living and News
Interest.

should be extended to March list, IL not
to the 10Th. 1t is our observation, in
common with Others that ducks are
more plentiful in February and early
March than at any other time.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The Californian: The Legislature
has been asked for an increase of rev.
enue for the support of the State Uni
verSity, and there appears to be but
little opposition to granting the request
There is none among the taxpayers of
the State, for the time never was when
this institution stood closer to the peo
pie than now. The additional sum asked
for will be sufficient only to meet the
increased expense incident to the
growth of the college, and there is no
economy in dealing other than gener-
ously with this institution, the progress
and prosperity of which means so much
TO the educat ional interests of the State.
SHERMAN.
Modesto News A year ago the Re
publicans of California had no more
confidence in John Sherman than they
had in Cleveland. Since it is an
nounced that the Ohio Senator is to be
Secretary of State under the new ad
ADMINISTRATION they have suddenly con-
cluded that he is really very great
and good man.
WANTED
Tulare Register: 1t would be a graf
flying relief to the people of California
If We could get a county government
law that would admit of understanding
and which would not require an over
hauling by each succeeding Legislature.
THE ROCK-CRUSHER
Contra Costa News: The State has
invested large amount of money in a
rOck-cruShing plant at Folsom State
Prison, and the inmates of that inStitu
tion are not only helping to support
themselves by their labor. but are max
ing it possible for the taxpayers to inn
prove the roads throughout the State
by means of cheap rock. a bill has been
introduced in the Legislature, the pas
sage of which will virtually kill the
plant. The DILL is in the interest of a
few little one-horse plants which could
not begin to supply material enough to
fill the demand. We call upon Contra
Costa's representatives to use their
power in defeating the measure.
EXPLODED STORY.
Pasadena Star: In briefly discuss
ing a bill in the Senate a few days ago
for prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors in the Capitol Senator Morrill,
said 1t is a popular misrepresentation
that there are saloons kept at either
end of the Capitol, although he said it
might be possible for a Senator to order
a bottle of wine or a glass of spirits in
the restaurant. which, however, was a
very rare occurrence. Thus it will be
seen that the echoes of the question
which agitates Pasadena at times oc-
casionally reverberate throughout the
nations Capitol.
STATE ROAD SYSTEM.
Suffer Farmer: 1t is to be hoped that
the bills now before the LEGISLATURE as
recommended by the State Bureau OF
Highways will be passed. The bills
propose line of road improvement ia
ken UP by the State similar to a law in
force in Massac husetts which has been
very efficient. II has been shown con-
clusively by carefully gathered Stats
ties, that the vast sums of money spent
in the State on the roads has been
largely thrown away as most of the
work has been temporary, requiring the
same outlay year after year. There
must be a change in the general system
of road making and the proposed laws
offer a remedy that should be given a
trial.
CATCHING THE TOURIST.
Stockton Mail: Until we provide
good streets. well sprinkled throughout
the dry season, and furnish other
means for the comfort and the enter
tainrnent of the tourist We cannot hope
to allure him from his present haunts.
He Is a coy bird and demands wooing.
Until Central California equals the
South in helping nature it win be
waste OF money to scatter literature
whereby to steal from Southern Cali
fornia the friends it has made by years
of expensive effort at home and abroad.
1t would be more manly to go East and
into Europe 10 catch tourists. but eth
er plan will end in failure so long as
the landowners of Central California
fail To make improvements and to
beautify their towns and villages and
continue the present policy Of indif-
ference and parsimony.
THE DUCKWORTH CASE.
Stockton Independent: If party veal
alone was involved it would have been
better served by incontinently dis
missing Duckworth without an inves-
tagation. The Republican party suffers
more from lack OF moral courage imam
from the exercise of il and in the pres
ent case the best that can be said for
it is that 1t appears no worse than the
other parties whose members are class
ed under the general name of fusion
lists. If they had not lacked party sense,
moral sense and ommon sense they
would have united with the minority
of the Republicans and thus earned the
credit of having condemned the dis
honesty OF Duckworth and his twenty
five Republicans apologists.
STATE HIGHWAYS.
Dixon Tribune: If the bill for build
ing the State roads becomes a law
nearly every county in the State will
be favored with a State highway. So
lano County will have a State road
RUNNING from Davisville to Vallejo.
This will be an advantage not alone to
the local traffic, but viii divert a great
deal of travel this way which now goes
in a different direction. AS Ii will be
built by competent engineers this high
way would serve as model TO county
road oyerseers and would in the end
be a saving TO the country, as one of
the greatest wastes of public money
has been the extravaganza of poor road
building.
TAKING BUSINESS MEN.
Colusa Sun: Senator Dickinsons bin
providing that no one soliciting or
ders for goods made in the State shall