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New California Constitution Criticized as Mild Socialism

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 15, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 20.

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New California Constitution Criticized as Mild Socialism

The new Constitution, adopted in California, the N. Y. Times describes as a mild form of socialism. Many of its requirements, it says, “are impossible of execution. Others will be evaded by corrupt officers. But enough will remain to bring disaster and financial distress upon the people.”