The record-union., 1897-04-06
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
Ut the State and the Coast on SUBJ
ieCtS of Living and News
Interest.

Woodland Democrat: One of the last
bills signed by the Governor was the
county government bill. There is much
to be said in its favor and there are some
things to be said against it. Upon the
whole it is an Improvement over the old
law.
NOT FAR DISTANT.
Mail of Woodland: If the advance
agent of prosperity would collide with
some people with cyclone force they
would swear it never touched" them
There are a large number of people, gen
orally known as Demopops, who are
like the hobos looking for work and
praying that they will never find it; they
could not bring prosperity themselves
while in power and they are stralnine
every nerve to prevent the Republicans
from doing so. The day is not far dis
tant when they will have to take theil
medicine with a strong protection flavor
BUDDi BUDDERi! BUDDHIST!!!
Breeder and Sportsman: Notwith-
standing the surprising news that Gov
ernor jimbudd has vetoed the district
agricultural fair bill, which, as everyone
knows, passed both houses almost unan-
messages from breeders, saying: 1--WE
never had better prospects for better
times in California The horse interests
never looked brighter and we will hold
race meetings this year, Budd, or nc
Budd.'' The blow was a hard one TIC
bear, but when we consider the condi-
lion of the thing who delivered it and the
haste with which he wants to sneak out
of the State, there is not much left to
be wondered at. He can do no more
harm. He never will be Governor again,
that's certain, and it is a question il he
could be elected poundmaSter. He
might try to fill the position of shyster
in a Police Court or sell patent rheu-
matte medicine on the corner, which he
is better fitted for, but to be Governor,
or Senator bah
SHOULD PROTEST VIGOROUSLY.
Tulare Register: The brave General
Rivera, so the papers tell us, is to be
shot by the Spanish after going through
the farce of a court martial and Colonel
Baccaloa, who was captured with him
while trying to carry his wounded chief
off the field, though wounded himself,
will be shot with him. That is the Span
ish way of doing and if the threat is car
ried out no more prisoners will be taken
on either side. All will be shot and the
work of determination will begin in
earnest. Our Government should pro-
test with vigor.
GOOD WORK POINTED OUT.
Stockton Record: Governor Budd has
approved the bills creating a depart
I1ent of highways, and thus is inaugur-
ated a scheme of road Improvement
which, We hope, is destined to redeem
the State from perennial mud and dust.
The Legislature has adjourned and all
of its work cannot now be even Summar-
lied but in the passage of the State
highway bills, the Torrens land title
Act and the dredging bill, new policies
are inaugurated that may mean a COM
plete revolution in the affairs of the
State. This Legislature passed more
useful legislation than any session that
has assembled since the new Constitu-
ton was adopted.
GAVE IT UP.
Stockton independents: Two Oakland
women who set out to tramp to Los
Angeles have given up the struggle and
decided that women canot compete
with men" in that line. They are of the
kind who. ignoring plain evidence, de-
mand experience to convince them.
They can hardly plead necessity for
taking to the hobo route for there is
no California community so niggardly
that it would not furnish transportation
to two worthy women to places where
they had reasonable hope of finding
means of canning their living.
pacific PT OCKADE.
Oakland Telegram: The words ''paci-
fic blockade - used by the great Powers.
have delightfully."- amicable sound The
man who sits on your doorstep and
promises not to shoot you until you
come out to get something to eat is
pacific enough so long as you can en-
dure the peace" and restrain your ap-