The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-06-14
VOICE. OF The PRESS.
State and Coast Qpinions ON SUBJ
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jects OF living News
Intexest.
| Alameda Argus Edward. Everett
Hale says that the people of the North
ern States are passing through an i'm
portant stage in. the methods of higher
education. He has been visiting cities
which are spending $500, 900 or $4OO, :
coo for high school buildings and are
carrying their courses of instruction so
| far that heads of universities are be-
/ ginning to doubt the value Of their
present freshmen classes and are cast
| ing about for means of abandoning
them. This means that the university
student Will be away from home three
years instead Of four. He will be at
home year longer learning home du-
ties and sharing the family life. 1t
means also that the diploma of a first
class high school will soon be of more
value than one from most of our MORT
bund colleges.
AMUSING.
| Yreka Journal: 1t is really amusing
to hear Democrats preach the civil SER
vice rules, but only for Republicans to
|
cratic Central Committee even forced
the discharge Of Republicans who
cleaned splttoons or washed windows,
and in the Federal positions fired out
every Republican to the lowest position,
whila now there are thousands OF Dem
ocrats holding office under Mckinley.
There is no particular objection to
partisanlsm on either side in a reason
able way, but to place incompetent men
in office to the detriment of the service
and accept any old trash in the way
LOT supplies for partisan reward, is a
practice that should not be tolerated by
any party. Such action is dishonest
and swindle on the people, irrespec-
tive of party, who put up the money
for this system of buncoing by politf-
cal demagogues elevated to power
THE FACTS OF THE CASE.
Stockton Mail: The other day the
Examiner stated that Supervisor
Kalben had confessed to one of its re-
porters that six members Of the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors had
been promised $1,000 each to vote for
certain street franchises the Market
Street Railway Company had asked for,
and that he himself had been made a
similar offer
AS soon as the publication had been
made Mr.. Kalben came out and denied
that he had so stated to the Examiner
Freporter. The reporter reiterated his
Iassertion, and Mr.. Kalben has again
Ecircumstantially and in detail denied its
truth.
We have read all that each has had
Ito say, we understand the circum-
distances of the case; we have had con-
siderable experience in journalism
know something of the inside Of it, and
have had occasion to watch the "Ex-
aminer's'' career with considerable at
tention for some years. and we believe
Supervisor Kalben. All the circum-
stantial evidence and all the probabili-
ties are on his side.
The circumstances appear to be
these: The reporter in the case had
just been "scooped by the other morn
ing papers on an important develop
ment in the railroad matter in hand
| and he blamed Kalben for not giving
him the news as we'll as the reporters
for the two other papers He was no
doubt in troubla with his managing ed
itor in consequence and desperate to
redeem himself and get a scoop in his
turn. So he went to Kaiben and asked
Kalben If he had not heard stories that
$4,000 each had been offered certain
Supervisors for their votes. Kalhen
lsaid he had, and indeed the ru5nors his d
already been printed in the evening
papers. The reporter tried long and
hard to get Kalben to say he knew this
was true, but Kaiben declined to say
whether he thought it was or not, and
said he knew no more than what lie
had seen in the papers about it. But
the reporter went back and nut in Kali
ben's mouth what was virtually con-
firmation of the rumors and an asser-
i ton Of their truth. Then came the
4 trouble.
Very likely the reporter and the lex
aminer'' believed the stories triie, but
| they had no pl oof of them, and they
1 are unable now to produce any proof OF
their truth to the Grand Jury, which is
in session and Investigating.
r - PROHIBITION.
Alameda Encinal: Berkeley is about
to try the experiment of total prohibit
ton of saloons. No more licenses are
to be issued and after October LIST next
no saloons will be permitted to be
maintained. The deficiency in revenue
caused by shutting up these places will
be made good by two gentlemen who
have pledged themselves to that effect
before the City Council The writer
has seen prohibition tried in several
places In this State, and has yet tn
see any such town where man not a
total stranger could not obtain all the
liquor he wanted. 1t may be possible
that Berkeley will prove an exception
and we shall watch with interest to
; see if it shall prove So
LABOR SHORTAGE.
Colusa Sun: H. J.. Corcoran, the
manager of the transportation COM
pany at Stockton, and. by the way
one of the brightest men in this State
has written a letter to New Orleans
saying that good laboring men were
scarce in California, and that a goodly
lot Of Industrious negroes could find
employment here. The dispatch from
New Orleans making the statement
says that they could be spared from
that city without any tears. 1t is 9
melancholy fact that good, reliable Ia
borers cannot be found in many of the
yocations in California; but it, is
fact never to be forgotten that it is not
desirable to import any other kind OF
labor into the State-especially If the
men are to become voters. The white
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