The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-16
KEAREEY CONVICTED.

AEhA4ts Jun k-G4EO.
Il must begin to appear TO the
mind of Denis Kearney that his race
as an agitator is fast drawing to a
close. Astonished at his own success,
and swelled up with the idea that he
was g great man, be forgot that he
was an ignorant drayman, and a
dirty-mouthed blackguard, who could
incite men 10 evil, but not to good.
The laws snd customs sad sentiment
of the country that allow the widest
latitude to speech, have permitted
him to 90 ahead in his s0ciety-Euin-
ing career until the check had to be
put upon him before all was lost In
mad chaos. When it was determined
to stop him how easily and quickly the
work was done. The fellow has
Just CROUCH sense to understand
that when soeiety spoke it was in
earnest, and he is so great 3 coward
that be at once settled into his boots.
In San Francisco court, on Non.
day, the judge declared Kearney
guilty OF using language melting to a
violation Of the peace. 1t was strongly
limited that the court would not dare
to convict Denis, but the result of the
trial proves that the voice OF the
people there has had It's eifsc. upon
the Law officers as well IS upon |
the agitators. In view OF the mani
festo CT the better element of San
Francisco, it might prove personally
unsafe for a Judge to turn Kearney
loose without punishment, when the
guilt OF the man is SO plain as it vas
made il this case by simply reading
at the bar the incendiary language.
Kearney's sentence has been sus.
pended, but whatever the punish
ment inflicted, be it light or heavy,
tie main object has been ecccm-
plished; the moral effect Is al that
was aimed at, and this will be good.
Hereafter we will probably hear
very little of Denis Kearney, whose
temporary occupation hiss been taken
from him. he will no longer appear
as al agitator. and in = short time
his hundreds Of dupes viii wonder
how they could have beer go dsaed as
to be led by the ignoramus. 1t will
De long time before one phase of
Kearneyism has died cut in Califor-
MIA. There is serious need for a
revelation in the Golden state, and
that revolution must come before the
community and its institutions will be
like those IN other American
states. There is much that ia wrong
in California that must be righted,
and which can only be rectifed
through popular agitation. Capital
must be more c0nsidereta of the rights {
Of labor; wild speculation mus. ret be
the distinctive characteristic off
finance. and monopclies that are t
crushing the masses while eariching
the few. will have 10 be liberalized
and overcome somewhat. Bat to
bring about the necessary changes in
methods, customs aud institutions. {
lawful and reasonable means must be 8
employed. Kearney's plan involved
the destruction ois both good and bad :
and the complete disruption aud dc q
struction of society, vita ell the laws tC
and rules that it has established for c,
rs government and protection. Orig y
nslly, in theory. Kearney was right. al
He knew that great evils existed and OF
hat they should be reformed Lat. b
erly, in practice, the agitator has al al
zen dangerously wrong. He would by
ave replaced the evils by ha
theirs ten times worse in their effect sill
nd replaced q semblance OF order uuee
nth absolute chaos. The milder pr,
orm OF agitation, that which has on
Intelligence back OF it, will proceed an
ntil many of the evils and abuses we
ON attiicting other classes, as well a. tai
ne followers of Kearney. are re.
'rmed; but there is reasonable
round for the belief that San Fran
SEQ and California will not again sen
idulge in so violent, expensive and usy
linous an sgitstion as that which !
is been going on for the past two ant
'ars, and which has been attended rec
such serious consequences, socially ~ W
ID financially. \