The morning call., 1892-10-17


reader of those papers. 1t must also have
been noted by every reader who is an OPP
ponent of their policy. The local reports
were deemed sufficient exposition of the
situation. No regret was expressed at the
wicked course which was pursued Of adyo-
eating that the Non-Partisans should be de-
priyed of the rights to which other parties /
were assumed to be entitled. MOI Fair |
play is not the first and ultimate aim Of a |
boss election any more than of primary |
at which some clever men may vote twenty |
times in morning and at which reputable |
citizens find their names have been voted by |
scallywags unhesitatingly. Happily the de-
eisIon of the Supreme Court has turned all |
these plotters against justice under the sod. |
1t will be very singular II they are not left |
there after the election with the daisies |
growing over their feet to ornament their |
political graves.
Had San Francisco not been governed by
boodlers during many years, had 1t pos
sessed an honest spirit Of government in It's
various departments, uncontrolled by pow
erful influences outside, what strides Of
progress it might have made in every direc-
tion. 1t could have been made the most
perfect city in drainage, paving and SANTA
tion that the world knows. But with all its
advantages it is far below that pinnacle OF
fame. Many districts but for the trade
winds would be positively unhealthy. The
sewerage system IS without system-a
seamped. dslocated job. and fever may lurk
in the most reputable streets. fair 10 the
eye in fine houses on each side. A large ex-
penditure Will be needed to mend matters.
And then, what is the guarantee of improve
ment unless the bosses are eliminated from
thieying interference? Trade would have
fourShed under an honest municipal ad-
ministration, with no suspected Judges on
the bench. The revolt of the moment
shows that the apathy of the past among
good citizens was a mistake. Leaving the
administration to boodlers, the city was
bodied, and its affairs maladmi Mustered.
All went awry IN consequence.
The bosses OF polities-certanly not on
the Pacific Coast-are not men Of culture.
n OF one Of them could entertain an audience
OF two thousand ten minutes in thought or
speech, elegant or eloquent. To cut figure
on platform each would hire some writer
to supply him with a speech. and each
would have the vulgarity to ask that some
Latin might be dragged in, so that he might
make show OF learning by, in all pro-
liability, mispronouncing the Latin and
proving to all critics that he knows nothing
about Il, and is spoon-fed. The boss in
politics does not waste his time on prin-
ciples. He studies solely the debased side
OF human nature, and buys IL up and man.
euyers it for his market. He marshals the
votes of the debased, and pits them against
| the votes OF the conscientious and drowsy
| He hectOrs the creatures who are elected By
| his heeers, and thus by and by becomes
power, because so many needy or designing
men must have his services TO win. The
| boss is also the agent OK rich corporation
| mOnopolies. who would not scruple TO hire
! his Satanic Majesty if he were available in
| better shape than the terrestrial representa-
| tive of evil they do employ.
| 1t is probable that the heavy rainstorm
| yesterday morning has inflicted much dam
age upon the grape harvest. now general In
| California. Should that prove the case it
| will be serious loss in year which has
| promised to put the vineyardist aud wine
/ maker on their feet again through good
| prices. On ranches where grapes are grown
/ for the table tn e injury from moisture is a
serious depreciation. The ripe fruit bursts
| and much OF ii is unfit for shipment. Wine
| makers have arts of blending which should
keep them out of the difficulty. AS meteor
| olOgy now appears to drift, and early au-
| tumnal ralnfalls are becoming seasonal, the
| yineyardist may have TO apply his wits to
the selection of grapes which mature early.
! In this climate. by judieions cultivation. al
| most any changes can be effected in vegeta-
| bic gr0wths. There is abundance of solar
force to stimulate the experimenter, and
! such storms as we have at any time would
! not alarm anybody in the East or in Europe.
| Hailstorms are almost unknown. Even
after nights t0rrential rain the sun breaks
out in genial warmth In serene sky.
In France this year the vintage is mixed
success. II is fair down In the Bordeaux
| district where the cheap red wines are pro-
| duced as well as some famous wines that
help inferior qualities up by their contigu-
| Gus celebrity. Butin the champagne country,
| which does so much for France abroad, the
crop has been attacked by disease. The
sparkling beverage Will neither be so good
in quality nor so abundant, and, of course,
| there will be an effort 10 raise the price.
| But the enhancement of price may not sue
coed. The wine-dTinking classes Of England
are moderating their consumption in c0nse-
| quence OF prOstration OF business. America
| 10 prosperous in business, but will not on
| that account increase its consumption. We
| are not a wlne-drlnkina people in anything
/ like the sense the French, Spaniards or
| Italians are. California has this year an
| opportunity to push us wine trade III the
| East or in Europe but 1t should undertake
! the business by lis own agents, and not
| leave il to the general trade, which does Its
mixing and labelling with no eye to the ad-
| vantage OF California.
Andrew Carnegie remarked the other day,
setting out upon tour. that there is only
| one country thriving at this moment, and
he contrasted this prosperity with the dis
| nal outlook in England. Things are in
deed very gloomy in Great Britain from the
vast falling off in trade. III the foreign
! markets will not absorb English manufac-
| lures as eagerly as production is anxious to
supply them paralysis overtakes many fields
| of labor. A great strike or lockout now
| threatens in the cotton industry Of Lanca-
| shire. Sixty thousand persons idle may
| represent coo or 100000 in family life.
and in few weeks starvation will be i'm
minent to many Other industries, such as
| coal and iron and Notwithstanding, are
much dependent upon the prosperity of cot
ton, and so the struggle between labor and
capital will have many exemplfcations
An extraordinary robbery has been CON-
mitted in the postolfice at Dublin. Thieves
extracted mail bag. which may have con-
tanned substantial cash, but which also con-
| tanned a number Of letters addressed to the
Lord-Lieutenant and to Mr. Morley, the
real governor of Ireland. II the robbery
was made for political purposes it is extreme
| ly probable that the plotters are dSappoint-
cd. Lord HouRhton is not likely, in the first
place, TO be entrusted with many secrets of
government. Official correspondence to Mr..
Morley IS transmitted in sealed boxes or
! bags by special messenger. Any letters In
the ordinary bag thus appropriated would
| be OF personal character. The story Is a
trife sensational. but il is not likely TO last
| long.
At least they can punish boodIer in New
| York State. Jaehne, leader of the Alder
men who pocketed $4,000 each as a bribe
for the Broadway surface railway franchise,
| has just come out OF Sing Sing after an in
generation of over six years. He is believed
| to be In good circumstances and he talks
about setting up in some honest calling out
| West. AS he will probably not change his
| methods he may change his name. Possibly
he may settle in California. where a bo0dler
| does net stand much in awe Of the courts