Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-26

Agitator at San Diego-A Mild Mannersd
Man There.
EDITOR HERALD:-Denis Kear-
ney, the agitator, arrived in this
city Friday evening and spoke in
the Rink last night to large au-
dience of ladies and gentlemen. To
say that every person in the audi
ence was disappointed in the speech
does not express it. They were
astonished that q man so utterly
ignorant, unable to present reas-
on and without the faintest concep-
ton of an argument, could have
become 30 notorious. For nearly
two mortal hours the audience sat
and listened to dreary waste OF
assertions, many silly, some ludi-
crous, others vulgar, and all show
ing the mans ignorance and egot-
ism. The almost unan imous ver-
diet was that while Kearney may
be on a level with the majority OF
the inhabitants of San Francisco,
he is entirely out of place in the
country among an intelligent COM
munity. Kearney is weed indig-
enous to vacant sand lots, and out
of place and an unmitigated nuIs-
anoe anywhere else. He eulogized
the horrible crimes of the Commune
and presented them as examples
worthy of imitation; and, in the
same breath, babbled of honesty,
virtue and justice. God save tie
mark! He charged in a general
way that school moneys were stolen
and the poor mans children robbed
of an education, and in the next
ridiculed education and intelli-
gence, and said the country had
gone to ruin because educated men
had administered the government
from the time Of Washington, leav-
ing us to infer that when ignorant,
uneducated men run the govern.
ment, purity, honesty and justice
would reign supreme. And so for
an hour and half he continued
with the weary balderdash, and
then announced he would speak on
local matters. He told us the rate
of taxation in this county, presum.
ably as piece of news, and told us
o few other things that we knew
much better than he did. But for
some reason he did not pitch into
any one of our citizens personally,
perhaps for the reason that "a burnt
child dieads the fire,n though he
was in no danger here. He merely
said that James Mccoy was the
best officer this county ever had,
and waited minute for response.
But no one spoke, and all appeared
to take it as genuine piece of
news. 1t turns out that Denis was
extensively interviewed on Satur-
day by parties who wanted him to
pitch into different persons, and
among the number Of callers was
the said James Mccoy, and it is
now generally conceded that James
got away with the works; anyhow,
he got Denis's endorsement, and
should be reasonably happy. But
Kearney did one cowardly, brutal
thing that brought the blush 10
the cheek of every true woman in
the audience. He said that "any
pretty girl can get situation as
school teacher in San Francisco by
sacrificing her virtue, but
a homely girl must pay
$200.n Can man conceive
of anything more cowardly, brutal
or Iow-lived? Undoubtedly there
are many honest, hard.working
girls teaching school In San Fran
cisco to support themselves hon.
estly. Perhaps some of them have
helpless ones depending on them
for support. Yet Kearney, cham
pion of the Workingmen and
Workingwomen, says in effect that
all the pretty teachers are prosti-
tutes and all the homely ones
paid $500 for their situation. Had
he made that assertion of the
teachers of San Diego county, he
would have got served worse than
he did at Santa Ana; and If the
women teachers of San Francisco
have any friends they will call the
slanderous scoundrel to account.
From Santa Ana has gone forth
the expression of the indignation
of its citizens at the beating Of
Kearney in retaliation for his in
excusable abuse Of decent and re-
spectacle people. 1t is denounced
as cowardly and outrageous; but
we have no long telegraphic &C.
counts of the cowardly and brutal
statements Of Kearney regarding
the women teachers of the San Franz
cisco schools. Perhaps it is not an
outrage; only an exhibition of
manliness and courage to thus as
sail helpless women, 1t certainly
takes a man Of courage or an un-
thinking brute to make such state
ments. I am told that Kearney
has made the statements referre
to, regarding the teachers, in his
speeches in San Francisco. If this
is true, shame on the men of that
city! "They be all cowards!" If
six or a dozen men fell upon Kear-
ney, overpowering him With num-
bers, and beat him, it is undoubt-
edly as cowardly a proceeding as
when fifty hoodlums, under the
Inspiration of Kearney, fall upon
and beat and maltreat one poor,
"long.tailed Chinaman." But
there are meaner, more cowardly,
more dastardly actions than these
that Denis Kearney is guilty Of.
Perhaps the outraged citizens Of
Santa Ana endorse Kearney's das-
tardly, cowardly assault on the
women teachers Of San Francisco
schools? Certainly they don't man
ifest any Indignation.
| But when, in the name Of good
God, did this fellow Kearney gel
his exclusive license to traverse
the country to assail decent citi
zens, denouncing them as thieve!
end robbers and repeating his vile
dastardly, cowardly ISLANDERS O