The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-10
AT LAST.

The law and order elements Of San
Francisco have at last been forced to
assert themselves. The manifesto
appears in our Geographic columnR.
The language employed is mild, but
earnestness and determination are ex.
pressed in every sentence. 1t must
be clear to the ordinary reader that
the authors of the manifesto mean
what they say, and that they are bent
upon putting a stop TO the reckless
agitation and threatened lawless-
ness that have &c nearly |
brought anarchy into the city |
and state. During the past six
weeks over 100000 in gold have
left San Francisco, the most OF it
having gone to find place of safety. |
The industries of the state are at q
stand still. and business Of all kinds
is rapidly approaching the condition |
of complete prcstration. And not
alone is capital timid and en- the point
of flying awsy. The people them
selves are excited and alarmed. They
do not know what minute riot will
break ioIta, and no one feels that degree
ofsafety of person that is necessary TO
maintain the confidence of individ- {
uals in the power and force of the
government. The city is officially in :
the hands Of an irresponsible mob, ?
reckless bla!heTskites snd vide
mouthed demagogues, placed there T
by that disorganizer Of society, Denis 4
Kearney. The officials. isom the -
mayer down, are responsible only to a
KearEey. They do his bidding and +
act according to his will. WHAT they y
are they owe to him, ard they dread .
his vengeance SHOULD they go against n
his wishes. [
The good and intelligent people of !.
San Francisco have too long been Il
in political matters. They
have let things run at loose ends.
The demRgogues and professional
politicians have had full sway. The I
result of this non-action on the part of ]
tha conservative, industrious element
is now seen in the control of the city
By toodlums and semi i despe-
radces. The time has now a
come when looiety must regulate q
itself, or go to pieces entirely. ci
The point has been reached where a
there must be sudden halt and "
hasty retraoing of steps or a wild and y
destructive dash over the precipice. Il
Just such an epoch in the history OF g
San Francisco, occurred in the early g
days Of the city, thirty years ego. j
The bad element then was more y
desperate in action than the Kear. 81
neyism OF today, bat it was not more Vi
subversive OF society, nor threatening "a
to the good order of the community. :,
The better people Of the place banded d
together then, and rescued the city az
from the terrible fate that threatened lie
1t. 1t coat blood and money then TO o
establish law and order, and make ~
life and property safe. It may be a
necessary now for the conservatives h
-vigilantes-to employ harsh meas. q
ures in Wrestling the city from -
mob rule, and restoring things Dl
70 their proper condition; but fol
few lamp-post executions are an
needed, and summary punishments al,
.equlred, in the reassertion of civili- tn,
'atlon and law, these desperate ex- su
'edieHts had better be employed nov an
han later. Kearneyism cannot be WI
lowed TO thrive on American soil. s s1s
nd the sooner It is suuelched, at chs
'hatever cost, the better will it be for yet
Il our Institutions. L
The sentiment o. the American OI
eople is opposed to vigilance com. def
alttees. hut that same sentiment JUS pre-
lies, at times, the organization and will
peration of this banding together ab;I
men for the accomplishing ofIin I
ome purpose that cannot Otherwise Chi
g comprised. This is one bier
i those cases where the Ameri- IIoa l
IN public will heartily commend o nont
le course adopted by the citizens of dare
IN Francisco, and will bid them able
od-speed il the work they have set OF
It to do. i poul