The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-10

The results OF the sales Of the first con-
signments of Florida oranges to London
are not unsatisfactory to the producer.
There are some things to improve upon.
The sound fruit sold well. but a good deal of
the fruit arrived in a buffeted and damaged
condition on account of the tempestuous
nature of the voyage. Now, an Atlantic
voyage In December almost always is
stormy. The shipper must be prepared TO
face storms. But with little management
there is no reason why the oranges should
be jostled about in the boxes and bruised.
and none why the boxes should break bulk
The remedy is good storage. Vessels
carrying explosives overcome these effects
of pitching and rolling in sesway, and so
can vessels carrying oranges. With little
care Florida will succeed in this trade, and
hold her own with Spain, Jaffa, Algeria
and the Azores.
The confessions of the Hoosier poet, Mr..
James Whitcomb Riley, are delightfully."-
straightforward. lie acknowledges that he
has lack of education. He did not 90 to
school enough. nor to college at all and so
he imagines that he has missed three or
four Tungs on the ladder of fame to which he
might have attained. But he is mistaken.
He might have failed as a poet had he been
branded and broken by the professors.
Burns described the collegiate train ing of
his day correctly when lie said. They gang
i'm stirks and come DOT asses" The ferment
of genius is not sown in university. 1t
may be encouraged to grow in university.
but as often as not il may be stfled. What
Gid Darwin gain from a university? Or
Huxley. or Faraday? Mr.. Riley cOnfesses
that he does not know rule of grammar.
AS he writes correctly he may be excused
the ordeal OF wading through the mud OF
definition.
1t is good news that the Panama Railroad
Company has begun the fight in earnest
against the Pacific Mail Company by char
tering two steamers which win be placed
on the route between New York and Colon.
and will begin to run on February 1. 1t is
the trashiest buncombe TO represent this as
nOn-patriotic in the sense that it puts an
end TO the monopoly of an American COM
pany. The isthmus should long ago have
had broader uses for The whole of North
and South America, and il may fervently be
hoped that never again will il fall into the
hands of ring bent by diverse interests
uDon strangling trade across the neck of
land. The company has now the oppor-
tunity TO improve the trade along the Pacific
Coast, and 10 has c0nSummate advantages if
il pursues the right policy of obliging all
traders and favoring none. The Panama
railroad route may eventually be n valu-
able check upon any rapacity on the part of
the Nicaragua Canal Company, should IN
fortunately matters comeito that pass through
sign. But If the United States Govern
ment gets control OF Nicaragua. commerce
on equal terms will not be oppressed. That
is hat should be secured. and then the
isthmian railroad need net be held to be
factor Of any value.
The jury system is one or the most per-
picking OF modern problems. Under our
laws we require unanimous verdict Free
quently unanimous verdict cannot be OBJ
tanned. One juror hangs the jury. The re-
suit is disagreement, the discharge OF the
jury, and the renewal Of the tedious pro-
cess of impaneling. A frightful amount Of
injustice results from this practice. Large
numbers Of persons will not prosecute in
jury cases. They regard the whole pro-
cedure of law from bench TO jury and Sheriff
as dubious. Why should they waste their
time and end their labor in uncertainty?
Prosecutors are not exempt from exDendi-
ture of various kinds during the preliminary
appearances and wTangles. So. no wonder
that many who are injured let rogues go
free rather than fight for the common
wealth, and honesty OF conduct One cOun-
try. Scotland, gets rid of these difficulties
| in two ways: In criminal case there are
fifteen on jury. A verdict OF mot proven"
is acceptable. Many juror saves his con-
science by that verdict Of mot proven :"
But verdict OF acquittal or guilty is also
accepted by certain majority, and the re-
suit is excellent The verdict by majority
is The asc ertainment of common-sepse judg-
| ment II is better than verdict OF una
nimity starved into submission by the
quslMs and pangs of the stomach, and the
tremors about heartache through disturb
ance of the circulatory system. In the Cur
It's case the death of juror has stayed pro-
| ceedIngs. The jurors are free TO 20 to
| fresh woods ana pastures new" SO the
| end of this case is nightly delayed by our
system of jury law.
The ghost has now vanished from the
| Shively inspiration, and the Shively COM
| plant before the Railroad Commissioners is
about as dead as moonshine, or as unsub-
| stantial as one OF Professor PETERS appa-
ritons, in which optical illusions become
material solids. The Shively complaint
| before the Railroad Commissioners now
| stands in naked skeleton before the public.
| A very pretty spectaclei 1t will figure in
! the next Legislature. Ii will be paraded as
| the old bones Of corruption until laid to
rest, never To be resurrected. Colonel Nor
| gan cannot escape the Obsequies- Neither
can MIR. Rea nor Mr.. Stubos and others
who have galvanized this ghost of fair play
| for the Southern Pacific. Traffic Manager
| Leeds carries away from the fray a CORY
| sideshOw of scalps. which he will no doubt
hang up in his office and label appropri-
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