Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-10-19

Henry George is coming to his senses He
hnds himseI! deserted In the midst OF his cam.
paign BY many of the respectable persons on
whose support he had counted. because they
cannot even appear to couuteuance such rant
- he has been INDUCING in at meetings of
foreign malcontents. He Is moved I'm view Of
this detection, to write letter to Mr. Hewitt
denying that he Is an anarchist, a nlhilIst a
socialist or a communist. Then what Is he do
ing with Justus Schwab and fellows OF that
sort for his leutenants. speaking from the same
Platform with him. and vouchiag for his pres.
snt opinions and future conducte And what
does he mean by his declaration, unaccompa-
MED by regret or deprecating word, that we
are on the verge OF a revolution like that in
France nearly century ago? The denial comes
too late. A better place and time 10 make it
would have been on the rostrum. when the
mob orators were Identifying him with their
cause. The accusation which he will have to
meet At the polls on election day. and which
has doubtless already, fortnight In advance,
Cost him thousands Of vQies. 10 not an inven-
ton OF the enemy. butt charge of his own
making. He deliberately forced the law.
abiding and self-respecting citizens Of New
York, thrifty workingmen well as rich capi.
talists. employed as well as Employer to
turn their backs upon him and vote TOT some.
body who. at least, stands as a representative
for government and good order.
AT last the biggest toad In the puddle has Tot
into the net. A dispatch from New York AN
nounces that Jacob Sharp, the Broad way rail-
road dnancier. was arrested this morning. This
fact Is worth more 10 the cause of good govern.
ment than the arrest OF twenty Doodle alder
men. When a grogshop politician accepts q
bride, he violates the law, but IL exctes no more
establishment than the discovery OF some other
PERSONS purse in the hands of a professional
psckpocket. 1t Is a thing to be deplored, but to
be xpected nevertheless. A big speeulator a
contractor rho handles a million to the bum
mer's hundred, Is a different being. When he
uses his money, not 10 buy stone and iron or
hire laborers, carts and horses. but TO corrupt
. common council and steal for the iurtherance
OF his own designs the votes which were al
ready pledged to the peoples service he
commits act which is not only wrony
but grossly di>gracefuI. The little scamp
can be put into the penitentiary twenty times
and the world will say, served him righi,' and
then forget his existence. Not with the big
scoundrel. When he goes to the peniteu tiary
his punishment is the talk of the day. He does
not belong in the common cunv.ct's social
stratum. Other big men who have begun to
take an easy-going view of their obiiga lions to
society are warned TO pause and reflect lest
they get into like trouble. Moraists are iur-
nished with a striking illustration of the perils
OF wrong-doing. Youth, whose characters are
In process OF formation reminded that
there worse misfortunes than poverty into
which men can fall. Pessirnists vino depiore
the decline of the world IN honesty as IL rises
In wealth, discover that even money has Its
Limitations, and that all judges and juries and
prosecuting officers are Not IN the market and
stamped with price. One Sharp made TO
suffer for giving brides would be worth a dozen
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