Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-11-04
s~oCIALlsrIo CsAnKs.


soClALlsrl0 CRANKs.
Those fellows Who are eternally On
vious Of their supsriors in anything and
everything. and especially Of any man
Who BY superior business talent. energy
or good fortune has managed to sccumu-
late wealth and property are too nunsr'
Gus altogether for comfort and safety.
Not having the disposition or ability 70
carve thar own way to sminencs In
anything. they frittsr away their shift
less lives in growing envy and breeding
hatred Of their superiors. They can be
found among the Socialists. Nihilists
and sgitators Of Europe. and from time
to time they crop out In this country.
Guiteaa 10 . specimen Of them. he
broodsd over his imaginary wrongs and
the neglect Of his ~supsriors. or the gov
eminent. to recognize his claims TO abil-
i.y, and reward his fancisd political
services % his ambitious. seotistisal
vanity suggested that he should b
rewarded. And thus II vas that no on.
oludsd to make . desperate move for
special ~.otoristy and crafty his swn
rsvsngsial lust BY killing . nan who
had never harmed hin. hut vho repre-
scented that superior element to whose
charmed circle he could only aspire.
There are Toe many 0uitsaus In this
country; more than ID generally sup
posed. and In fact they are only knswn
- they manage 10 develop themselves.
They have appeared from time to time.
and are recorded In past Political his
tory. They are pspularly designated -
''cranks," not that they are considered
crazy or dangerous, bat because Of their
peculiar eeosntricities; yet thsss very
fellows are the most dangerous OF al,
BY reason Of their liability to develop a.
such and Unexpectedly perform some
desperate decd. No man in high public
position 10 safe from them. Il has been
Justly boastsd that the President Of the
United States could 60 wherever he
pleased among his people with perfect
safety against any sort Of personal
harm. bat protected and honsrsd BY oil.
And 90 Il would bs. were Il net for the
now toe-wsll recognized possibility Of
injury and death at the hand Of some
snvious, irresponsible. murdersus crank
Two Of the best Presidents our coun-
try has ever known have been most an-
sxpsetsdly and brutally asssssinatsd BY
these eeld.bloodsd. m~sthodieal. hsartlsss
wretchss. To DO elected to the highest
and most honorable Office in the gift Of
the American Rspublic involves the La
bility to be made the target Of some In
fsrnal crank. Even Arthur. made Prssi-
dent by the assassination Of Garfield. 10
himself not safe from assassination.
Yesterday . rsspsstable-loeking cid gen
tlsman presented himself at the Capitol
at Washington. saying that his name
was Thomas Jefferson, and claiming 10
b elected Vice President. and II 10 only
the ether day that . burly crank with :
ssven-barrslsd revolver presented him
self Of the White House. demanding id
mission. and to see the returns Of th'
last Presidential election. 1t tosk Stew
ard Crump and three or four other usr
70 reduce the fellow to proper SUGGESTION
and secure him. He was well drssssd
and had been stopping ct . hotel II
Washington for several weeks. VIVA
hs would have done or intended to do
can Of course only be imagined. 20
such - these are the assassins Of Prssi
dents. 1t 10 easy to say that all such
men should DO carefully put 10 death a
. measure Of public safety, before the,
can do any harm. yet who Is to decide
that they really are dangerous until they
have committed some desperate over,
act proving that they are sof
Most undoubtedly - ssoa a. theiI
nurdsrous proclivities are developed
they should Be speedily disposed Of In
the most. summary and business-lks
manner. the same a. an Infatuated bull,
mad dog or . wild beast running loose
among the community. Even the long
delay in visiting just rstribution upor
Guiisau 10 an encouragement to othsI
internal crasks. and should no through
the qaibblss snd technicalitiss Of the Law
escape legal Justice. ID would Be prscti'
sslly Q license 10 him aud all OF his kind
to continue their nsfarious deeds. Had
he been promptly ~stransled directly sfts'
accomplishing bis brutal, eowardly deed.
II would have been . salutary warning to
all such useless wrstehss. but, % before
remarked. the delay Of justice In his case
operates only n an encouragement to
the desperate cranks and assassins.
The Bishop Creek Times 10 the name
Of the new weekly Newspaper just
started at Bishop Greek. away down
South in the Bodis region. by Fentscills
4 Julian. two we'll and favorably known
typos. L. is a sOod-sizef. .ss,ly.printsd
twsnty-four column Journal. full Of e.
esllsnt reading matter. not only editorial