The morning call., 1892-09-19
BLIND LEADERS.

IItSlueEtldl anu ' lCS-I IeSlGeDtidl
dates of the Peoples party have addressed
to the people of the country furnishes sew
eral good reasons why these gentlemen should
cease to act as allies Of the Democratic
party. The letter expresses the belief that
at the recent elections in Alabama their
candidate for Governor was elected by over
10000 majority. and yet his opponent was
counted in by 10000 majority. In Arkansas
on the 9TH of September it is stated that
0,000 of the qualified voters of the State
were deprived of the right Of suffrage. This
is a lamentabie condition OF things, for
which the Democrats do not propose TO find
a remedy. 1t is, in fact. condition created
by that party to enable it to maintain poit-
ical control of the States after a majority
has gone over to the other side. The Re-
pubGcans do propose to secure every quail
fed voter in the right TO vote. They pro-
pose to accomplish this purpose by means
of non-p partisan commission, authorized
By Congress to report a bill which shall give
to neither party any political advantage
The Peoples party leaders will admit the
necessity for some such measure. and yet
they are doing all in their power to elect
Cleveland 10 the Presidency. The letter
says: I'VE hold that the right of a free
ballot and a fair count are the rights pre-
servatve Of all rights, and upon their inyi-
olsbility rests the perpetuity Of free insti-
tutions and representative government"
Having given expression to this admirable
sentiment Messrs. Weaver and Field pro-
ceed to carry out the terms of alliance with
the party which, according to their OWE tes-
timony, withholds these lnalienable rights.
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The British emigrants affection for Can
ada as a region where he may push ahead in
life is not very deep. He is doubtless
guided by his material interests rather than
by sentiment. In a speech delivered re-
Gently, Lord Brassey stated that he had
bought great tracts Of land in Canada and
Australia for the purpose of giving the sur
plus labor Of England fresh outlet and
new start He picked out laborcrs and
other working men and sent them straight
to their destination in the hope that they
would be happy and become independent.
But he soon became diSenchanted about
this dream of benevolent colonization.
Most OF the groups he sent out to Canada,
800 persons in all, soon became dissatisfied
and left their farms for other employment.
They had no stomach for the plan of pay
ing installmeDts and preferred other OPEN
ings. Many OF them would doubtless cross
the Canadian border into the United States
MHtI0 tilt CoIultlUUo VI RIOSpcllty are III
contrast with the stagnation of the do
mini0n. Lord Brassey now prefers to see
children sent out TO Canada-such children
as Dr. Barnardo's homes supply.
1t is bad enough when naval officer runs
his own ship ashore. but it rarely happens
to the most distinguished OF men to be re-
sponsible for imminent danger to three
vessels. Snch, however, is the unique
10 TO- nfoi- TIs,lt In II +
n. NJ. cruiser Forth. During the recent
naval maneuyers he was senior officer in
command OF small squadron OF fast
crnisers-his own vessel and the Apollo
and Naiad, which cost about million
sterling. He was of the wild coast OF Kerry.
running az a speed of thirteen knots an
hour in a fog, and his directions TO the
Apollo and Naiad were that they should
steer by his course This they did most
faithfully. In the morning the Forth had
to back engines to avoid crashing upon the
SkelllDgs, wellknown rocks with a we'll
known lighthouse. 1t was narrow escape.
The other vessels were not so fortunate.
They ran ashore and their sides were badly
gored. At the court-martial Captain Hutton
was beautifully whitewashed. He was
merely reprimanded. He provided current
TO accommodate his bad steering, and as to
maintaining thirteen knots in fog, he eX-
planned that the enemy We're after him. 1t
he went below for eight consecutive hours
and was not on deck when the disaster oc-
CURED. On two other occasions this officer
ran a ship ashore. He is otherwise notable
for having been rstlieutenant of the Serapis
when it took the Prince of Wales 20 India,
and he holds few campaign medals with
out having seen any actual fighting or smelt
anything but salute powder. lie is now
recommended TO play the gentleman ashore
without ship.
An oil we'll is said to have been discovered
at Sausalito by an intelligent man who here
tofore has made his living out of bread. 1t
is very valuable discovery il genuine, for
the possesser of the well will not require
to be at the trouble of refining it. The oil
bubbles up In a refined state Git for immediate
use. and no such sef-refnng oil is known
elsewhere in the world. Naturally there is
skepticism as to why Sausalito should be
favored IN this important respect. and neigh
bOrS will await developments before doing
any digging on their own account.
The attempt ON the life of Governor
Flower with dynamite must have some
description of motive behind it, but 1t Is not
yet revealed. Probably it is some Iunatic C
who has lost his senses in excitement about
the cholera scare and the measures taken to
keep the epidemic out of New York. 1t
might be the act of an anarchist not insane,
but wild In his ideas as TO how affairs mum
dane may be improved by little more muir
der than occurs. To suppose that politics
has anything to do with the dastardly act is
foolshly rash.
On the whole boxing match to settle
question Of honor is preferable to duel
with pistols or swords. The vanauished
lives to fight another day, and there is just
as much glory in fsticuffs as in deadly
weapons aud very much less regret after
ward. Two young society men of ST. Louis
have just reconciled a quarrel in this man.