The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-12-02
LETTER FROM G. I. sHUMwAY.
Some interesting Facts About California
From Former Kenosha1te.

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From Former Kenoshaite.
Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. IL, 1897
Editor TELEGRAPH COURIER Since
| wrote last many events have trans
PRED here and elsewhere of interest to
the people of this great republic. Ten
years ago the population of this city
was $4,000. The recent school census
gives the population 100000. In
buildings, street improvements, cleo
trio lights and electric street car lines
and in the erection of thirteen new
school buildlngs:the ethyl has kept pace
with the increase of population. An
election is called for Dec. z to vote
$3.50, 900 additional school and $130, 900
fire bonds. The business of the city is
on firm basis. and failures are very
few. The year closing has been pro-
life one in all kinds of crops and fruit.
In fruit there was some loss to the
producer, as the crop was so immense
it could not be handled, and hundreds
of tons Of peaches rotted for want of
care and a market, no buyers at $6 per
ton. Oranges are maturing rapidly
and are heavy crop. The weather is
just lovely, 78o in the shade as write.
Tive quite heavy rains in October in
jured the raisin crop, as immense guam
titles we're caught in the sun driers in
the vineyards. The rains made early
blowing possible, and now many fields
are green with the new sOWn barley.
Strawberries and raspberries are in the
market, as are all summer fruits and
vegetables.
Roses and other flowers are in bloom
in the greatest abundance. The city
is filling up with winter tourists, and
those who come to seek some avenue of
employment during the winter months.
1t is mistake for the latter to come
without ample means, for while build
ing and all other Improvements, as well
as business, goes steadily on except
when it rains; yet it is fact that there
are residents enough to fill every niche,
in any, all departments, and they must
have the preference over strangers.
Those from Kenosha county living
here, so far as known, are well and
dong WELL
Politically, there is great unrest and
disqniet, in fact, lone hardly knows
where he is at" California is at the
jumping off place of the q. S. She is
1000 miles west of the great market of
what she has to sell, as we'll as to buy,
and unfortunately is at the mercy of
railroad monopoly, which stabs her in
front and rear. She wants the isthmus
ship canal, and the railroads do not.
She wants the harbor at San Pedso,
for which a large appropriation was
made, speedily completed. So far have
the railroads controlled the admins
tratiOn, that not move is made, and
a whole year is lost. The republica MS
Of this end of thel state are badly di-
vided. Otis of the Daily Times, ire
publican, or gold or silver, just as it
pays best) was candidate for the st.
Louis convention and also for assistant
Secretary of War, but obtained neither.
This city, county and congressional
district is silver republican. A major
ity desired the return of Congressman
Mclaughlin at the last election. He
was popular with the patriotic orders
for his opposition to sectarian
appropriations. and for his posi-
ton on foreign immigration.
He received the nomination and began
the campaign, being as silent as posi-
BILE on the money question. Otis re-
fused him the support of his paper,
unless he spoke for gold, his defeat da-
ted from this move. Today there are
half dozen secret and open political
republican clubs, cutting politics for
the next state election, beside as many
secret political patriotic orders. Be-
side the governor there is member of
congress and United States senator
to be elected. The Times claims the
latter from this end of the state and
the right to name him, and virtually
threatens to endorse and support, the
present incumbent, Stephen M. White,
as he did before, if he cannot name his
name. California has three Vatican rep,
resentatives in congress and the cabi
net. The great mass of the American
born citizens of the state oppose
McKenna in the cabinet and would
more so, as member of the supreme
bench. In addition, though a gold
state, California would vote for silver,
and would at the presidential election,
had that been the only issue. The
state isssfor Cuba and Hawaii. Though
the Vaticanites oppose the former, and
Spreckles and Havemeyer, the sugar