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blage and it is remarkable there was not
a rebellion against it long ago. 1t is an
offense against the women themselves
as well as against the men, for women
can see through them no better than the
men, and all women cannot sit on front
benches.
BEET SUGAR.
Placer County Republican: Califor-
mia should push the beet sugar industry.
Large quantities of sugar representing
at least $1O0,0OO,0O0 are annually i'm
ported, so there is no danger of over
production here for many years to
come, if at all.
THINK OF 1T.
Contra Costa News: From the year
1885 to the year 1895, a period OF ten
years. the enormous sum of S49O,610 IL
was expended upon the roads of this
county. JuSt'think of it, nearly $oOO,0OU
spent in ten years, and what have we TO
show for it. The county could be bonded
for 100000 and $1,000 spent for mac
adamizing every mile of it, and at the
present rate of disbursing road money
the whole indebtedness could be paid
up in twenty years.
STILL A DEMOCRAT.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: Senator Hill is
still a Democrat, but a fatigued and
down-hearted one The demagogues,
by their violent doctrines" ne says,
have driven every man of property out
of the Democratic party, and it is now
on the rocks of Populism.' He adds
that there is no gloom without its tai
low Dip" but acknowledges that in the
present instance the light is a very
feeble one.
BUTTE APATHY.
Oroville Mercury: If there is a coun-
ty in the State with more natural re-
sources than Butte. it has never been
pointed out on the map. The greater
trouble seems to be to get our own peo-
pie to understand and appreciate these
resources.
A PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Visalia Delta: The proposition to
form an organization of the newspaper
men of the San Joaquin Counties is a
good one Press Associations covering
whole State are usually unwieldy and
their gatherings result in little prac-
teal good, although they would be ben
eficial if there was less picnic about
them. There are many ways in which
publishers would derive benefit from an
interchange of ideas and as many ways,
by acting in harmony, they could ac-
complish much for the valley and the
people generally. The Delta" is among
those favoring such an organization.
TILL, INTNTICD NyU> DTIJ
Healdsburg Tribune: The bill to ex-
clude illiterate immigrants, which has
been sent to the conference committee,
is, with or without the amendments,
placed on the original measure by the
Senate, probably as good as can be had
from the present Congress, and ought to
be enacted
CHEAP BURIAL.
Placerville Nugget: Santa Cruz has
a burial association pledged to limit fun
eral expenses to S25. If they can do that
they can confer great boon upon many
a poor family forced into extravaganza,
by a foolish custom, at a time when
they can least afford it.
NEPOFISM
Pasadena Star: In view of the scan
dals attaching to political appointments
in the Legislature, would it not be we'll
to make any son of legislator ineligible
to a position as attache? Lots Of AS
semblymen have got their sons ap-
pointed and it looks so much like favor
itism as to raise suspicion of fraud.
There will not be the temptation to
create sinecures for relatives if those
relatives are made ineligible.