The record-union., 1897-04-13

ingratitude; and the favors she mas
hitherto monopolized and abused have
Injured by rule of even handed JUS
tice to the rest of the State Having
closed her own gates against the fes-
tive excursion train, as it goes speeding
and whistling away to more favored
places, she realizes how blessings
brighten as they take their flight. And
having no grievance with which to
bless herself, or to excite public SYM
pathy, her repining and ratified appeals
to the people of the State have thrown
them into commissions of laughter
SALT BUSH.
Oakland Enquirer: If the man who
makes two blades of grass grow where
one grew before is entitled to be called
blessed, what shall be said of the Uni
versity, which causes heritage to grow
beautifully where none was possible be-
fore? The Australian salt bush was in
troduced to the farmers of this State by
the Agricultural Department Of the
University of California and was spe-
cially recommended for planting on the
alkali lands which are so extensive in
the San Joaquin Valley. Farmers We're
slow in taking to the new forage pro-
duct, but all who have tried it appear
TO be surprised by the readiness of it's
growth on the dry. dusty plains and
also on lands which are so charged
with alkali that very little else will
flourish there, While they are Gratified
with the appetite which cattle manifest
for the brush. 1t looks as though
plant had been introduced which will
be of great advantage to the State and
tend to increase the value of lands
which cannot be irrigated or which,
owing to alkali, We're formerly of little
account.
THE TARIFF MEASURE.
Mother Lode Magnet: 1t begins to
look as If the tariff question is to be-
come sectional issue, with New Eng
land arrayed against the rest of the
country. The Charleston News and
Courier" points out, in commenting on
the Dingley bill, that while cotton is left
on the free list, cotton ties and cotton
bagging are removed from the free to
the dutiable list in the interest of North
ern manufacturers. influential Repub-
lican journals all over the East have
been outSpoken in their opposition to
the wool clause in the bill. One in par
| ticular, the Philadelphia Record a
high-tari advocate of the extreme sort,
in its hostility to the protection of wool,
claims that the new duty on this staple
costs the people So for each and every
sheep in the country. With a niggardly
concession to the wool growers, and
nothing in the way of protection for the
silver miners. the people west of the
Mississippi River can't be- expected to
enthuse very much on the tariff issue
THE CHICAGO ELECTION.
Tulare Register: The Popocratic or
sans are finding much announcement in
the fact that the Republican city of Chi
cago has elected Popocrat Carter Fl.
Harrison Mayor of that city by a small
plurality over all contestants but that
victory signifies too much CEer H.
Harrison represents, as did his father,
all the elements in Chicago politics
which are Objectionable. He has the
saloons solidly behind him. He has
promised, if elected, to override or anuuI
the civil service system in that city, and
he is socialist of the Altgeld stripe. In
opposition to him We're two Republican
iNN-NNAN~S~~|t
split in twain and torn into factions over
local matters which made the election
of either of them hopeless from the start
and so prompted many to get in on what
was manifestly to be the winning side
st. Louis, on the other hand elected a
full Republican ticket because the Re-
publicans were organized and working
tremendously. However, Mr.. Bryan and
his associates have few crumbs of COM
fort falling to them and we ought not
to begrudge them the few they have
| GLORIFICATION OF HIGHWAY
| MEN.
| Pasadena Star: With all respects to
the immense and prepondering press of
/ San Francisco, the Star" would suggest
that it's literary features are running
/ too much to the glorification of the
| highwayman. We have just been pc
rusing one of these sketches which puts
up an Arizona terror as a man of so
many noble qualities that he entirely
overshadows all the honest people we
have ever met. The wonder is. under
the circumstances, that there should be
anybody left in the legitimate walks of
life, when we can get pictured out so
nicely as q thief and murderer. This
is not wholesome literature, not a good
example for the young, or anybody
| else, and Will do a whole lot more
good in the waste basket than in the
story column Of a family paper.
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