The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-26
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Brooks assaulted Il { narlrs sum
ner in the capitol, has a personal en-
counter between politicians so per-
turbed the entire country, rs tho De-
Young-Kalloch affair in San Francisco.
Were it not for the fact hat public
opinion in California, and all over the
country, too, has been worked up re-
speeding the rights and wrongs Of work.
ingmen this assault would pass quietly
by. But In California, where the work.
ingmen claim-however true that claim
may be-that united organization at
fords them the only hope of self-preser-
walton, the whole affair is looked upon
simply as part OF a general scheme to
crush them out. Kearney himself says
as much, and has succeeded in forcing
the belief upon his sand lot followers.
The bond OF sympathy subsisting be-
tween the workingmea of the east and
California has been made sensitive by
the same opinion. Hence we find that
in all Of the meetings Of workingmen in
Chicago and New York, ETC., held since
the shooting, the sentiment prevailed
that Charles DeYoung represented cap
ital, and was a tool to assassinate the
rights and liberties of the workingmen.
1t is most lamentable that such i'm
preston should generally obtain, for it
is undoubtedly erroneous. While the
capitalists Of California have stinted
neither fraud nor money to carry their
point at all times, 1t cannot be success
fully charged that they inspired the
cowardly act Of Charles DeYoung.
That was a private matter, but with
public consequences. The San Fran
cisco Chronicle, DeYoung's paper, rep
resents the vilest phase Of personal jour-
nalism, viz, personal in its dealings
with men. 1t has the disgusting fea-
ture Of q private detective skeleton
hunting system. In the natural course
Of villifying everybody opposed to it.
and filling its columns with putridity,
the Chronicle attacked the father of Mr..
Kalloch by bringing up charges dis
proved a generation ago. Even II true,
they in no wise affected the present
candidate for mayor. But the scandal
was ''meat for the Chronicle, gray
haired and decrepit as it was. Having
said this much the DeYoungs might
have expected equally severe charges
against themselves. They struck a foul
blow, and revenge was the most natu-
ural consequence. 1t came. With too
much truth to be tolerable, Mr.. Kalloch
retaliated against the DeYoungs. The
account was then squared. Then fol-
lowed the shooting, with which our
readers are familiar.
1t is immaterial to the outer world
whether the charges and counter
charges are true or false. 1t is wholly
a private affair. 1t is unfortunate that
Kalloch should be the representative of
the workingmen in San Francisco,
while the Chronicle represents those
who are most intensely opposing them.
True, the trouble arose out of the gen.
eral ourse of opposition in the bitter
campaign now in progress, hence the
political Importance attached to it by
workingmen everywhere throughout
the country And even out
side of this the workingmen
insist upon applying the theory Of
the oppression of capital on labor. This
is where the Importance Of the affair ap-
pears. 1t would be useless to discount
the intensity Of feeling among working
mems parties in the country. They are
stirred to bitter depths. Prejudice is
nourished and reason is blinded. They
would the more likely, therefore, break
out in case Of strikes ETC., such as
swept the country in III. The danger
to be apprehended lies in this contin-
gency. That avoided, no trouble will
be experienced. However, the assault
in question will be nursed at any rate
and applied at the first opportunity.
This is the bearing in which it must be
considered by people outside OF Califor-
MIA.
Another broad effect will be to give
a new streak Of life to the enervated
workingmen's parties throughout the
east. They will assume the grievance
as they have none Of their own. OF
our they will overdo the thing as 1t
has been overdone already in Califor-
MIA. Converts will not be made: the
old members will simply be revived.
In California the occurrdnce is being
made the most OF. Every political
twist that can be rung in is being
made. In justice to Kearney it must
be said that he has shown himself to be
a true leader and a consummate politi-
clan. He acted temperately under try
ing circumstances, when a word from
him would have precipitated ~bloodshed.
He took the political advantage of the
affair by counseling obedience to law
and q renewed devotion to the party
whose leading representative was assas-
sinated. II properly handled, the SEN
nation may yet assur the entire sue
cess OF the workingmen's ticket.
At all events the shooting and its
bearings afford the leading topic Of
discussion, and is now the most import
ant question for the time before the
country.