The record-union., 1897-02-25
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Extracts From Editorial Expression Of
Journals
or the State and the Coast on Sub
jects of Living and News
Interest.

| Kern Echo: An effort is being made
| to get the Legislature to appropriate
| $4,000 to be expended by the commit
| tee in charge of the Golden Gate carni-
val. This amount, the committee urges,
will enable it TO make a display that
| will attract thousands from the States
| who Will make their homes here. 1t
would seem at first thought that car
nlVals are entirely too common to at
! tract Immigration. An appropriation
OF this size may be expended to betSer
| advantage in a thousand ways, which
will result in bringing thinking people
| here to make their homes. Those who
are not of the thinking kind we haven't
| much use for.
SUNDAY AND THE WHEELMEN.
Fresno Republican,: In California We
have little of the Sabbath IN the orthu-
dox meaning of the word. If your
church member is particularly busy he
not infrequently keeps on with the
| work when Sunday has come; and. so
With your non-church member, Sunday
| ordinarily is his play day Perhaps
this is all right: possibly to make Sun
| day day of general relaxation would
| be to put the day to its best use. At
any rate, the condition is typical of the
form of civilization which We have at
tanned, and the Republican" feels no
| particular disposition to enter protest
against it. But in this matter of the
wheelmen the question is AN entirely
| different one; here the issue is square
! ly drawn between regard and disre
gard for religious sentiment. Generally
speaking, they may still have such
manner of Sunday as they please. They
may ride their centuries, scorch or run
races other than under the leagues
sanction. The sole question before the
! league was this: Shall this body Off
cially recognize and indorse races
| which are Objectionable to millions of
! American citizens? 1t decided that it
should not, and if there were not
| a Ghurchman IN the league it might
well have reached the same con-
clusion; to set amusement to one
side in regard for beliefs that
| are sacred to many, is a commendable
action. If for this reason, and none
other, the California wheelmen sever
themselves from the league, they will
have done not a little toward adding 10
the prevalent opinion that this is a
State where crudity and lack of respect
for the religion of others go hand in
hand
CORRECT.
Los Angeles Herald: The bill to au-
thorize cities to enumerate their popu-
lation annually has passed both
branches of the Legislature, and now
awaits the Governors signature So
far as Los Angeles is concerned it is
h. hi hot Ia
become a law Under the Federal CEN
sus of 1890 Los Angeles is still city
of the second class, and all Government
offices are rated accordingly, but cor
rect census would now give the city the
rank of frst-class, which would in
crease the yearly disbursements by the
Postoffice alone fully $4,000, and
greatly improve the service. Without
an official count such as the bill re-
ferred to provides for, the Government
will continue the city in the second
class list until the returns from the
census of 1900 are in. Let us hope
that the Governor Will approve the
bill
THE STATE FAIR.
Fresno Expositor: The Oakland lob
byists who are trying to induce the
Legislature to remove the State Fair
and the headquarters of the State
Board of Agriculture from Sacramento
to Oakland, are engaged In the promo
ton, of a needless public expense. The
people of Sacramento furnished the
State a pavilion for these uses free of
charge for nearly quarter Of CEN
tury and paid half the cost of the
present agricultural building. Sacra-
mento is centrally located, its generos-
ity has deserved to retain the State
Fair and the State Board of Agricult-
ure, together with all other State
boards should be required to have
their headquarters at the State Capt.
tai. This does not apply to Boards of
Trustees governing State institutions,
such as the four scattered insane asy-
lums. We already have a travelling
Supreme Court, and numerous boards
and commissions occupying undscov-
erable rented rooms in various parts of
the State The State Capital should be
the place where all the States business
is conducted. Citizens of the State and
visitors from a abroad having business
with the State would then not be
obliged to search the directories of half
cover the headquarters of some COM
mission 1t would cost the
State a large sum to remove the in
stftution to Oakland and present struc-
lures which cost many thousands
would be practically a total loss. These
are not times when State taxes should
be increased or State property i'm
providently managed. Besides the
scheme seeks to further scatter the
parts of the State Government machin-
cry and hence deserves swift defeat.
The chances are that some coast jockey
club has originated the scheme for
greedy motives. and that is another
reason why 1t should be beaten.
WHY?
Colusa sun: Men, by some hook or by
some crook, must be gotten out of cities
instead of being rushed into them. They
must learn to look to mother earth for
a living When our forefatherS went
out into the forests to carve themselves
homes they had no market for their pro-
ducts. but they lived. Then for the
Lords sake why keep telling people to
keep away from the land because there
is no profit in it. and induce them to go
to the cities where starvation is certain
" to be faced? Have the single-taxers
got the only correct theory?
RAISINS AND TARIFF
Stockton Mail. The Fresno "RepubIi-