Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-13

His name is George Newton. He admits him self that he was driven out of Texas, and a price put upon his head. He has plausible way of explaining it all of course, and loves to do nothing better than to curse the United States government for permitting his proper ty to be confscated. But somehow when l hear that mau is elected from Texas, expla- nations don't go far with me. I know of only one place this side of the "Plutonian shore" that is left for such man, and that is Port Said in Egypt. But let that pass. MT. George Newton is Havana, where he mends watches and con- duets 8 limited jewelry business. His great forte is preaching Socialism. Let him get started on this unsavory topic, and all the watches in his shop will run down before he begins to get tired. It is dangerous to let him get thus started, but I tried the ex- pertinent one afternoon for the benefit of those of your readers who sometimes wonder what sort of Americans have settled down in these foreign countries. It happened thusly: had been for a long walk in a remote dis trict of the city, and as I was returning to the hotel, very tired, I spied seductive looking rocking chair right in front Having been introduced to MT. Newton on a former occasion, when I had discreetly pur- sued policy of conservatism with him, I merely bowed through the window, and en- sconeed myself in the chair. Evidently MT. Newton could not resist the temptation to air his radical views, for presently he dropped the magnifying glass which had been held in place by squint of the right eye, and bringing out another chair seated himself by my side prepared for an argu- ment.
 This is how he began: "Do you see that lightning rod up there?' he asked, pointing to the summit of church tower across the way EEThat stan6s fOr tfa pnDius of Rem min Franklin, man who didn't believe ill God or devil, or spooks or anything of the kind. And yet these religious people can't build themselves place to worship in with out crowning its loftiest point with tribute to his superior intellect.''
 But was bound to let him do the talking on this occasion and so I did not chal- lenge his statement by championing the cause of the religious people, "I main tain, " he continued S'that no man who claims to believe the story of Genesis has a right to serve on jury, for he is either sneaking hypocrite or fool. If the former, he is conscienceless; if the latter, he belongs in lunatic asylum"
 ''You deal in somewhat sweeping condem- nations'' 'EYea, that's the worst of it. The world is full of gawkies who let few schem ing villains do with them as they please. I've got book coming out one of these days" sinking his voice, "that's going to ex pose these injustices. Gould or Vanderbilt, either one of them, would give half they are worth rather than have that book published"
 ''What is the subject of the book!" Money, and the way the laboring man is manipulated and defrauded by capitalists, particularly the bankers. As I said in speech in Liverpool year or two ago, we have got the most appropriately named flag in all the world-the stars and stripes. I've felt the stripes and so have nine-tenths of my poor suffering fellow countrymen; while few infamous, devilish, fendish, demoni- acal, diabolical monopolists wear the stars"
 I cannot convey any idea of the extrava- gance of MT. Newton's language. The sim plest and most commonplace assertion backed up by a lurid streak of rhetoripal py rotechnics.
 ''Would you favor dividing upg' ''Most certainly 1 would, and Pm ready to begin myself at any time. And if the time for division don't c, me soon I favor dynamite to pass. O, I tell you we're on the eve of great revolution in our country"
 ''Do you really want to see era of dyna- mite inaugurated in the United States?" Certainly. Dynamite ought to have been used to avert our great civil war. The gov ernment should have blown Jeff Davis, Bob Toombs and about fifty of their confreres sky high. The needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent men attest this Those that do the quarrelling should do the fight ing"
 And so he went on at furious pace, talk ing so loudly and gesturing so violently that every passing pedestrian half stopped in wonder This same bitter Communist, I have been told by many, has way of rub ping his hands together. when you enter his shop at the close of the day. ''WeIl, I've made so many ounces and so many doubloons today" (An ounce is STD One American resident at Havana told me that this worthy to&i of bo o1a fbo protection of the United States as an Amer ican citizen here, actually asked what would be thought of him if he assassinated Presi- dent Arthur EMILE.