The San Francisco call., 1907-03-06
WEDNESDAY EDITOPIAL P A GE 100
Views of Interior Press on
Removal of Capital

-HE time is not ripe for the re-
movaI of the State capital from
Sacramento. When it is and the
Il question goes to a vote OF the
people. Monterey will be in the
field. and there to win Never for a
moment have Montereyans given up the
idea of regaining the capital. and III the
not verv distant future viii the peopie
of this city start fght-and one .hae
they are bound to win-to secure 1t
Monterey Cypress
Having eliminated all the other pos
sible candidates. II appears TO US that
bakersfield is the only available place
for the capital-if it is to De moved
But as 1t won't be. we will try TO worry
along with superior advantages thal
come through having the finest lanos,
the biggest oil field, the rlcnest mus l.I'.
and the handsomest women IN al O"ii-
fornia.-Bakersfeld Californian.
Telegraphic. written and printed ap-
peaIs have reached us from Berkeley
ties who seem TO have worked tnem-
selves up TO the delusion that the state
capital should be removed from Sacra-
mento to Berkeley. Not lot us. We
want the State of SoEth California, and
will get 1t some /day. but We don
want the state capital any closer than
it is now.-Redlands Citrograph-
The move that has been started by
the business men of Alameda County Is
no pipe dream, and the people OF Sacra-
mento need not be surprised TO wake up
some morning and discover that 1t is no
longer the seat of the State govern
ment Such change Wouio
be the saving of thousands OF dollars
TO the people of the State every year.
and would place the State capital In
place that would be easy OF access 10
all-Martinez Gazette
Capftal moving is a serious question
and should be undertaken only where
it has been shown that the business OF
the State government has far outgrowh
the capital city and its accommodations.
This has not been shown In TINS IN
stance and for this reason we Woulu
advise the people or Berkeley and the
legislators to leave well enough alone
Nevada City Miner Transcript
The town Of Modesto was so named
because one of the builders of the
Southern Pacific line through the san
JOAQUIN Valley modestly refused TO let
the townsite agent immortalize him by
giving il his name. Had the name
QiVer of that great cOrpOIdllOh NHO" u
that in the year of dominoes 1907 that
village would put in a proposition 10
have the state capital removed TO that
point he would have anticipated the
gall of it's boomers and named II I'M
modesto.-Salinas Index.
The Union has not treated the ques-
ton of the removal OF the State capital
TO Berkeley with seriousness. 1t Is all
right for the boomers OF Berkeley 10
make their splurge and spend their
money in advertising. On the strength
of a little furor they may be able 10
make a few more real estate sales or
put prices up notch or two higher for
the time being No one will be the
worse for it except the investors So
far Sacramento does not Object.-Sac-
ramento Union.
Sacramento is not ranical over this
matter. and il is not resentful that
Berkeley should seek TO advertise itself
by raising this III timed and i'll merited
issue but it is resentfuI as to the
methods taken TO justify the effort The
wholesale slandering of Sacramento
and. inferentiallv. of the entire interior
valley. hurts Fresno and Stockton,
Marysville and Red Bluff. and all the
millions of fair acres contained between
the parallel mountain ranges. This
movement lies damnabIy about this en-
tire region. OF which Sacramento is
fairly typical. and tnen advertises the