The San Francisco call., 1907-01-22

Even the long -eared, long halfeu SUI
fering voter has no unlimited supply
Of natiepce. Though he may joke about
the railroad rule over the state be-
cause he fails to see the working out
of the orders issued from Southern
Paci..c headquarters, he can and does
see that to expend s150O0O in ten weeks
simplv to reward political heelers and
hangers-on is theft, barefaced. open'
scandalous theft, inexcusable extrava-
gance and criminal squandering OF
the taxpayers money at time when
the State needs to hoard every cent II
has for rebuilding.-san Bernardino
Index.
BY their vote for patronage-an ac-
tion which is not only contemplate. Dut
politically unwise-the members OF the
present LEGISLATURE seem to disregard
a future in which they will be held re-
sponsible for this abuse of power.
The country will not continuously toll
crate the scanda1ous abuse OF patron
age-vacaville Reporter.
It is a well known fact that many
persons having their names on the
payroll will not be in Sacramento durr
ing the session This order of things
must and will be changed sooner or
later, or those who are responsible
for it will be relegated to polltical
Oblivion, which they deserve.-Sulsun
Republican.
No language could fbe too strong to
characterize it. and if there is any
stronger word in the language than
/ Iaf Oh % .QnnIin0
it. The whole grab is a loot, and the
members who engineer and favor it are
/ thieves.-Fresno Republican.
The cost of the last Legislature was
a public scandal Its extravaganza,
waste and downright robbery were
held up to the scorn and detestation OF
! the general public. But in this dis
/ graceful pre-eminence the present Leg
/ islature promises to take the crown
I from the head Of the last. We
hope the time has come when all graft
/ ers and plunderers of the public treas
ury will be forever relegated to private
/ life. If nothing worse is done TO them.
San Jose Mercury.
| The so-caled patronage grab. con-
! ceded lareey, viii continue until the
State provides adequate salary for
members of the Legislature and there
( by makes il possible for representative
men of affairs 10 drop their business
and sustain the loss of time and money.
/ in a business way, involved in making
/ a campaign and attending the ses-
sion.-Modesto Herald.
1t is too early yet to figure accurately
how much Of the taxpayers money is
! TO be wasted upon useless attaches al
/ the present session. There re-
mains at the capital great army of
| hungry ones clamOring for places OF
profit. and some at least OF these as
/ pirants have the necessary pull" to
/ land it. The old, costly farce Will prob
ably be repeated. and while the people
may grumble they viii foot the bill
San Diego Union.
| OF course it was too much to expect.
II would have been credulity
I little less than sublime as we'll as
ridiculous for the good people of the
/ State to have 1ondly cherished the
/ hope and belief that their ostensibIe
| representatives. would be content to
i forego the conscienceless looting of the
] State treasury In the guise OF daily
contingent expenses. With
/ shameless voracity the polluting parley
went on even before the Legislature
was organized. Before all else the
/ cormorant seIf-seekers who lay claim
to patronage-heaven only knows upon
what tenable ground-must be salts
l fed. Then, and not till then. was any
attention given TO the weighty legiti-
mate affairs of legislation. It is a
sorry spectacle.-Pasadena Star.
If Governor SiIlett has a big stick he
might use it to advantage on the Leg
/ islature.-Woo Democrat.
This action OF the Legislators will
undoubtedly bring upon them much de-
served criticism They show an utter
I lack of any consideration for the voters
who elected them to office in making
/ this latest salary grab. Their action
/ is all the more indefensible when il is
remembered that some time ago an
/ economy law was passed, the object of
which was to cut down the expenses
/ of the lawmakers. which were consid-
/ cred altogether too much. In the light
OF the action OF this Legislature that
law becomes merely a jOke.-Visalia
/ Times.
! The eagerness with which the new
{ Legislature dips into the treasury
/