The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-12

CONCERNING CALIFORNIA,
Kearney snd KaiEOeh Crit.
cised-VigiIance Com
mIffee AnDrOyed,

/ L
loch, who was elected by men Of the
sand lots, vehenent'y declares that no
violence is t. be feared from those who
are usually c!sssed as Kearneyites, and
that the vague insinuatOns and open
charges contained in the address of the
| Citizens Protective Union are false and
] slanderous. Thus the issue between the
| chief municipal officer of San Francisco
and the substantial and pesceful citizens
Is clearly drawn. Kali chs sympathies
are avowedly with the creatures VINO
counsel the hanging Of prominent bust
ness men and the Institution ola reign of
Lynch law. This cOmplicates the diff
| cultles of the situation, and iBcrelses the
risk of violent collision.
The Herald says: The truth is that
the preparations for putting down these
disturbers are so efficient, and the order
loving citizens of San Francisco are so
determined, that intending rioters are
cowed and forced by their fears to dis
avow their incendiary threats. Their
cOwardice makes them pose 10 the ride
ulcus attitude of martyrs and injured sup
pOrters of peace and order. 81 vOuch to
the world for them," says the virtuous
Kalloch, ''that they will so continue"
Since they have so far sobered By their
fears, they contemplate nothing more
horrible than to try their political luck |
again in the next election, we are JUS
titled in concluding that the crisis is past
and that there will be no disturbance Of
the peace in San Francisco. There will |
continue to be great deal of swagger
ald braYado, for demsgogues know that
speech Is free III this country so long as il
does not lead to violent action. No doubt |
some means will be found through the
courts or otherwise TO annul the action of
the Board of Health declaring Chinatown
/ nuisance. There are nearly two weeks |
before the date fixed for abating the
and the resources of law must !
De equal 10 such occasion. We are glad !
hat the trouble is likely to end without
resort to extreme measures.
The World says: Kearney and Kali
och, it seems, have gone about as far as
he decent people Of San Francisco will i
PERMIT them to go. The Citizens Pro- !
ective Union of to-day seems TO be very /
much like the vigilance committee of q
arly days of California, and there are =
nen who were inadvertently permitted to
urVive the searching grand inquest of
he first vigilance committee of San -
francisco, who can tell Mr.. Kearney
hat he will find the vigilance committee
1 that city 10 be the most serious and |
usiness like body, body which does |
OF seek for any votes, and upon which :
therefore, the elOquence of Kearney can 81
OF have he slightest effect. No doubt
ecent citizens of San Francisco are
luch to blame for permitting the cleo
on Of q man like Kalloch to the mayor
lily. They Rave already paid for that
-rOr in the disgrace which Kalloch has 4,
rought upon the city, and they are evil
emily not disposed to pay any more for
either in purse or in person. For this o:
ley can hardly be blamed. They have hi
aited until the breach of the peace was
.riously threatened, and until the breach
the peace had been encouraged by the
Iayor of the city. They have now given
arning, without bluster, that the peace y
lust be kept, even though the constituted =
liberties refuse to keep it. Kalloch's ar
which is published to-day, =
, on the other hand, an evident peace of
ulster. 1t Is safe enough since there Is
} intention on the part Of anybody to ! III
-eVent Kalloch and Kearney from say
e whatever they like. 1t Is not in the =
asst likely, however, that after the warn
e they have received either of them or :
ny of their confederates will take any
tactical steps towards abating the :
uis of Chinatown by means OF mobs =
hoodlums to-day.
The Times alleges that the reason for
moving the arms from some of the San n
armories was distrust of the n
ilitia. Various conciliatory excuses 81
r this act and for other acts putting the 81
ilitia under surveillance have been 81
wen, but the real reason unquestionably 8
fear, either that the disarmed troops | 81
ould side with the rioters or else II
lat somehow the rioters would gel
OssessiCn Of their arms and equipments.
he local militia are thus in part dis z
listed by the authorities whom they are '
0und to uphold, and the people whom
ley are bound to protect. The same Z
sson IVES taught in the railroad riots of
81. b
The Times argues from this un- |,
of our national militia =.
emergencies, taking all the . =
of selection and in Z
Heating all possible lessons of n
mple soldierly obedience, it is yet clear ,
lat our militia troops are liable to be .
gsyed by local or temporary excite q,
TENT and may not always be willing to 4
re upon kinsmen and neighbors with ~ 81
HON they sympathise. 1t is beyond y
lestion thst to-day there is everywhere :
feeling of greater confidence in the
.iumph of law and order in San Fran
SEQ from the knowledge that detach-
tents of the army are there.
The Commercial Bulletin declares
10 growth of the communistic element
/ California is due to the Indifference Of
le better class of the community
, evil. In its incipient stages, with half
be energy merchants and business men
re exhibiting now to suppress them, the
and lot statesmen could never have :
made such Roadway. We have q strik-
ag proof of their ability to put down the
dangerous element when they so deter
nine in the result of the election at Oak
and on Tuesday. Let men OF property
nd capital and friends of social order
erform their full duty as citizens on all
roper occasions, and no such quasi.reign
Z terror as now impends in San Fran I
isco would be possible.