The morning call., 1892-07-17


has not been entirely set aside by the acci-
dent near Bakersfield. The 1000" has coue
out of the collision manRied beef. and the
locomotive is mangied iron, with enough OF
identity left to decipher its number. The
rest of the train is badly smashed, and
more or less irreparably useless; there is
considerable destruction OF freight, ana,
unhappily, human life has suffered. As
usual on freight train, there are few
tramps who have been caught between the
ends of the cars, and have had the thin
spun thread of life shipped. Also there are
a few employees who are MANNED for life or
are already brought to the gates OF the
cemetery All because a cow gets across
the line. and is neither scared of by the en-
gineer's whistle nor thrown of by the cow
catcher 1t may some day pay the CON-
pan es 10 fence in their railways and keep
cattle out. This accident Will cost the
Southern Pacific goodly sum.
Rear-Admiral Daniel Ammen, ia the COL
umns of the Baltimore sun, has been en-
tightening the East on the traffic situation
in California. The admiraPs wrath ap-
pears to have been aroused to the boiling
point by the assertion so insidiously and
sednlously circulated by the Southern Pa
cifc Company that the Nicaragua canal
can never be made, and ii made would fail
TO pay. be asserts with positive truth in
many respects that the Southern Pacific
to the Nicaragua canal project that remain.
They are selfshly and palpably interested
in staving off any kind OF competition so
that they may remain dictatOrs OF the traffic
of the Pacific Coast. Once let canal be
formed and the Transconnne1tal Assocla-
ton of railroads is weakened materially In
power. unless il can secure control OF the
canal The admiral urges comp elton OF
the canal and defiance of the railroads. IL
they saw any advantage IN the canal 10
wOni1 a :
the prospects stand they would rather I'LL up
Lake San Juan and the Gulf of Mexico than
be a conserving party TO the project. Dog
in-the-manger policy has its day eventually.
A very pretty idea during these election
times has been started in the apparent in
tereSt of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Compa ny. 1t is that land monopoly stops
the way TO progress. This comes from the
railroad which has gobbled up immense
tracts Of valley and positive kingdom in
Sierra timber land. The four or FIVE indi-
viduals who illuminate laws for the South
ern Pacific ought to know something about
land monopoly. Tie Tehama ranch owned
by Senator Stanford extends to $4,000 acres.
A few whites snperintend operations, and
the rest OF the employees are Chinese. This
ranch is now part Of the endowment or
falo Alto University, and as it Is an eduea-
tiOnal ranch. entitled 10 privileges OF nom
taxation. ii pays no taxes. Another large
SIZED ranch IN another county Is equally
exempt from local or State burdens. In
these ranches there is a considerable amount
of land monopoly. There would be much
less of it were there three or four eOmpetl-
tive railroads cr0ss-cutting the whole in
terror of the State, for then immigrants
would be encouraged 10 come here and
settle. What an lntOlerable situation IL Is
that north and south of this State there
should be good business facilities, while
here. at the very heart of the State, trade is
being straDgled by greedy policy.
After being rejected for a division of
Londonderry, Justin Mccarthy, the leader
Of the Irish party, who used to occupy the
position Of vice-president under MI Par
nell. but who cut adrift from the latter after
the 0'Shea exposures, has found county
seat in Longford. lie will, therefore, be
able to give Mr.. Gladstone sincere help in
establishing himself as successor To Lord
Salisbury. fact now assured beyond con-
tToversy. Under ordinary circumstances,
with complete recOneilement between Great
Britain and Ireland, position in the Cabi-
let would be due to Mr.. Mccarthy and one
or more Of his lieutenanis. but the attitude
of the Irish party toward both Che great
English parties forbids fusion 10 the extent
of party Office holding and responsibility.
Ireland must have many things set right be-
fore her representatives viii consent To be
part and parcel of an English Cabinet at the
command of the Prime Minister and his
majority.
Mr.. Justin Mccarthy is a literary man of
eminence. He is novelist ana historian.
and what he writes is always read with
pleasure, for he has style, and is paiusta X
ing in matters of fact and imaginative
without extravaganza, in establishment
As a literary man he is tOlerably well of.
and he has steady income as editorial
writer Oh Parliamentary affairs for the
London Daily Netcs. Time was when lie
sat in the press-galiery for his editorial
comment, but for number of years lie has
had the privileges Of Parliament as men,
Der, and could flash of his thoughts where
he pleased. His son, j. Huntly Mccarthy.
IS also literary, and also legislative, ami he
has made an envioUs name in dramatic
writing. There is no lack Of talent IN the
Celt race.
One Of the embarrassing things in the
English elections is the return Of Sir
Charles Dixie by good swinging majority.
He is a man whose ability no one questions.
He is an able speaker, a clear thinker. a
student Of the world, an author of note and
the proprietor or a literary paper, the
| Atbeneum. He has been Under Secretary
| for Foreign Affairs, and might well have as
pired to lie Foreign Minister. for no one
| has better knowledge of foreign relations,
! and few have travelled as much. In addl-
ton to this, no one in England knows
French as a scholar and conveTsatiOnalist
better than he. But this man has had the
misfortune 10 wash dirty linen IN the d.
voTce court, and the moral tone OF England
! is such that a discovery of this nature is
! death TO ambition. Gladstone will not VEN
ture to propose Dixie for any position, il
| may safely be said. Very likely Queen
| Victoria would storm at the notion. Yet
| Dixie will not consent TO be nonentlty.
| He may be Turk. but he will certainly be
| Tartar unless considered.