The record-union., 1897-01-08
Voice OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
VI the State and the Coast on SUBJ
Iects of Living and News
Interest

winters Express: A political senSa-
uon has developed in Sacramento. L.
M. LandSborough, Deputy County
clerk and Populist Assenblyman- elect,
mas confessed to robbing the county by
means of raised bills of jurors. He
would pay a juror whatever was due
Nun at the time of his service, taking
an order ON the county and collecting
his money when the Supervisors al
lowed the bills, butt he had a bad habit
OF making the bills much larger than
they should be, and pocketing the diff
ference. Mr.. Landsborough was elected
over a popular young man on the plea
OF his age and service to the people
a tried and trusted servant against
youth and iIexperience. Sacramento
had better have trusted the young man.
WHAT HAS BEEN.
MarysvilIe Appeal: The Cuban in
surgents must not cultivate too highly
the art of backing away from a battle.
General Jackson improvised an army
at New Orleans and inflicted upon the
British forces, 5000 strong, a loss of
2,117 killed and wounded, while his
own loss was but six killed and seven
wounded. The Duke of Wellington re-
fused to believe the first report that
the finest soldier in the British service
had suffered such a crushing defeat,
but it was true all the same.
MUSTARD.
Redlands Citrograph: California
grows the finest mustard in the world
and grows thousands of tons of it.
When lit is grown we ship it to England
for the English to grind up and adul-
terate to their satisfaction, and then
we buy it back in BOTTLES and cans
When will California quit this foolish
ness? We ought to grind and prepare
it for the table right here, and then ad-
vertise it to such an extent as to alb
sorb the home market exclusively-and
ship the balance abroad ready pre-
pared. Absolutely Pure California
Mustard" ought to win and retain the
market against the world
THE GROWERS OPPORTUNITY.
Fresno Republican: The raisin-
growers of California very justly claim
that the Wilson tariff does not give
their industry fair treatment, and that
the present duty on foreign raisins,
currants and dried grapes should be
doubled in order to put them on an
equal footing with the foreign growers,
who have the advantage of cheap la
Dor, and cheap water transportation
in placing their product in the principal
markets of this country. The Califor-
MIA raisin grower asks only that to
which he is entitled, but that fact can
mot be expected to count for much un-
less it is laid before Congress in a con-
Vincing way. We fully understand the
situation here, but members of Con-
gress from Nebraska, Maine, New York
and other distant localities do not un-
derStand the needs Of the industries
in their localities; and our representa-
tives are not fully prepared to properly
present our case unless we furnish
them with reliable and convincing data
to establish the merit of our claims.
INSURANCE BILL.
Alameda Encinal: At this session Of
the Legislature another effort will be
made to pass bill requiring insurance
companies, in event of loss, to pay the
full face value of insurance policies re-
gardless of the property destroyed. The
object of the bill is to prevent the ac-
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the property has been overvalued and
il strikes us as being erninently proper,
as under present methods the insurance
people have the big end of every case
where insurance money is in question
and the policy holders have to take
what they can get.
NOT SIGNIFICANT.
Oakland Telegram: Bank failures
continue at the East, but no symptoms
of a general financial panic appears.
The managers of the heavy banking in
stitutionS consider the closing of the
smaller concerns only the progress Of
the wedding out yrocess bound to come
sooner or later, and the result of which
Will be a more general restoration Of
business confidence. Comptroller Eckles
sustains this view of the situation. He
recently said that on the whole 1t is
evident that the natinoal banks are as
stable as they ever were, and the spas
modic failure of a bank here and there
is of small Importance, wholly without
general significance.
ICE PALACES AND ORANGES.
Oakland Tribune: The ice palace
which is receiving the finishing touches
IN Truckea, is in strange contrast with
the rose festival at Pasadena, and the
daily shipment Of thousands of boxes
of oranges from Southern California.
And yet these contrasts add greatly to
the interest of the State. People at a
distance VIII never quite understand
how these contrasts exist How can
there be eight to ten feet OF snow in the
Slerras, the mercury from five to ten
6<2l0syT FTT~r1rkexa and
oranges ripening at the same time?
IT is a part OF the wealth of Califor-
ria that 1T has many climates. While
five degrees below zero and the ice pal
ace glistens in the winter sun, people
enjoy bathing along the coast from
Santa Barbara to San Diego. Eastern
tourists come 5000 miles to escape the
rIgors of winter at home, and many
people here delight in the splendor Of