The record-union., 1897-01-24

pet schemes for reform Most Of his
propositions for improvement have been
good, but he has not always been for
tunate in the means adopted to carry
them out. The Code Commission was a
pet means of condensing the laws of
the State into compact form, divesting
them of rubbish and Inconsistencies and
making them so plain that the average
citizen could understand them. He was
not perfectly fortunate in the work
the commission did and seems not to
have counted on the election of a Legis-
lature that would do anything but enact
the codes as the commission revised
them. Here is where he made his mis-
take and the legislators will not be slow
Code Commission to get back at the
Governor. Members of the Senate have
already sharpened their pruning knives
for the work of cutting the report of
that commission if not for cutting off
the commission also They profess to
see bugs" in the bills reported by the
Commissioners and are giving the Gov
ernor the credit or 6iscredit of the work
of incubating them. Whether the Sena
tors are right in their sweeping cOndem-
nation OF the commission as useless or
not, that body has certainly failed to
show itself a highly useful body. The
little of it's work that has come to light
does not promise much for the whole, for
which reason few will mourn II the
threat to abolish it is performed. While
the Governor has been talking for econ
omy the Republican legislators think his
| talks have. not been as thorough as
| they should be and propose to improve
his suggestions by reducing the salary
| of his Private Secretary, as mere OBJ
| iect lesson in the reduction of theory
| to practice Now if the Governor would
| lay aside his personal preferences and
admit that the Code Commission is a
failure and that his Private Secretary's
salary is too high, what a grand-stand
play he could make! Such an act of
candor and unselfishness would cleo
| trify the people, relieve him of the bur-
den of responsibility for the failure of
| the commission and almost obliterate
| the ridicule he earned by his holiday
| proclamation folly.
NEW COUNTY.
Riverside Press: The Los Angeles
| Times" seems to receive with approval
| the suggestion for a new county in the
desert section which would cut off the
northern part of that county, on TIE
ground that it would hasten the project
for a city and county of Los Angeles.
ADVICE.
Oroville Mercury: A succession of
| several Improbable years will teach
farmers and others how to appreciate
all the more fully prosperous year,
such as 1897 is to be-
FOOLISH.
| Healdsburg Tribune: The opposition
to an extra session of Congress which
few of the Democratic papers are still
making is rather foolish. There are two
reasons why the tariff, which is the
melting cause of the session, must be
changed-the necessity for furnishing
more revenue, and more and better ball
anced protection. The Democrats may
doubt the need of greater protection,
but they are as fully impressed as the
Republicans with the necessity for
more revenue.
POULTRY.
Pasadena Star: The Record Union"
thinks that with such excellent show
ings as we have at poultry shows 1t is
strange that we cannot raise enough
poultry and eggs for home consump-
ton. Ii does look odd, and 1t seems
as if the business were more fapciful
than practical
ECONOMY AND DUCkWORTH.
Visalia Delta: There is a general cry
F~,- ~, T oil md
constant introduction of bills calling
for immense appropriations. Most Of
these appropriations are too large al q
are introduced with the expectation
that they will be trimmed down. A
good portion of the time of both houses
viii be occupied in cutting down the
appropriations called for, even though
no others be introduced. Good faith in
the line of economy will be shown by
disciplining and firing the champion
Duckworth.
FRISCO"
Oakland Enquirer: The fondness OF
the Eastern people for abbreviating the
name San Francisco into Frisco is
rather singular, when it is borne in
mind that the contraction is seldom
heard here, so much nearer at hand,
where, if anywhere, familiarity would
naturally be looked for. CalifornIans
| may once have said Frisco" but they
hav ceased to do it, and now regard the
term as vulgarism. But in st. Louis
one may see a leading railroad-the st.
Louis and San F'rancisco-advertlsed
everywhere as ''the Frisco line" acd
the name is even painted that way on
some of the cars.
THE TALL HAT.
Red Bluff News: The all, widespread
ing hat is an abomination not only in
the theater but in any public assem-