The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-14

CT government. No one should over
look the value Of this chance for flex-
Utility and improvement. The chang
ing conditions of life are sure to make
change in government forms necessary
to meet the demands of progress. In
flexible local system of government
this requirement is provided for. The
system should be easy, simple and as
Inexpensive as is consistent with safe
ty. A cardinal tenet of Democratic
doctrine is local self government to the
point where the force of the nation is
preserved.
A WORD FOR BRIGHAM.
Mother Lode Magnet: Utah desires
to be represented in the national gal
lery at Washington by a statue of Brig
ham Young, and a howl of Indignation
goes up from the people of the East.
And yet if the gallery of sculpture was
intended to commemorate the State
builders, there is none more worthy to
occupy a place in it than Brigham
Dung. 1t is true that he was in OPP
position to certain national statutes,
but, as the absolute leader of the Nor
mons, he found Utah, developed it.,
built one of the most wonderful cities
that ever was built and transformed an
arid waste of land into garden OF
smiling plenty.
THE INNOCENT SUFFER.
Tulare Register: The trouble with
the sensational press is that it tarS
every other paper with the same stick
that it is itself tarred with. There
are papers that are dignified and hon
cradle. There are correspondents at
Sacramento who tell the truth and
nothing but the truth, and yet all suf-
fer from the rascally conduct of the
Examiner" and the many examples of
legitimate journalism seem to avail lit
tie in offsetting the examples set by
such papers as the Examiner" The
| ..Record-Union" for instance, has re-
ported the proceedings of the Legisla-
| ture with the utmost fidelity, and so
has the Oakland Enquirer" and yet
| their example, with others, have not
| sufficed to admonish the legislators that
| al newspapers are not such as the
Examiner all reporters not like Lev
| ings or all Managers like Lawrence.
The newspapers in this State need for
their safety certain changes in the law
of libel, but the Examiner" incident
| has made such changes impossible at
| this session and the whole craft suffers
| in consequence. The Examiner" is a
curse to the State and the people there
| of. 1t debauches the public mind and
| brings into discredit an honorable and
| Useful profession.
IS THERE NO ONE?
Stockton Record: The Record
| Onion calls attention to the fact that
| cut of eleven important recommends
lions for important positions made by
| the California delegation, eight are
| residents of San Francisco. There are
seven Congressional districts in this
State and each of them contributed
strength to the Republican Legislature
! that elected Senator Perkins at the
present session and two years ago, but
| every interior district contributed a
| much larger proportionate vote than
| San Francisco. Yet Senator Perkins,
who is supposed to have chief voice in
distributing offices, is rewarding prin-
cipally the community that gave him
the least support. 1t would appear as
though the talent and efficiency of the
| Republican party clustered about the
Bay. Is there not someone in the San
| Joaquin Valley endowed with suffi-
cient capacity to fill Federal position