The morning call., 1892-09-06

Evans and Sontag, the train-roboers, are
still on exhibition as perhaps the coolest
desperate thieves California has known for
at least few years. The California soil Is
so encouraging, however. and there are so
many fine examples Of highway crooked
ness among its millonaires, that the breed
is not likely TO run down. but will probably
evolute into something still tougher in GRIM
inslity. Evans and S0ntag, for whose bodies
alive or dead there has been so much detec-
tive hunting, are a spectacle entertaining
themselves at the h0uss OF Supervisor Ellis,
IN Ellis presence, who short time ago was
securing the country after tbem-a long way
after them-Hi!h shotgun. They over
awed Ellis on this occasion, and borrowed
on easy terms without interest horse and
buggy. They even isolated, in apathetic
contemplation, certain visitors to the house.
Oace more Sheriffs and deputies are in pur-
suit. They generally spur along fast In the
wrong direction. and Sontag and Evans ap-
pear to be able to pass the night quietly,
nmolested and undisturbed. save by the
coyotes, anywhere they please. The out
laws, of course, will shoot down all they
can before they are taksn dead. That
means check upon iDdiscrimnate bravery
on the part OF men who have O family,
homestead. and a savings bank account.
1t is f0rlorn hope enterprise, with slender
glory when successful.
The Kentucky corporation, alias the
Southern Pacific, alias the Central Pacific,
alias everything rotten and criminal In poll
| tics and commerce on the Pacific Coast. Is
| getting properly roasted over its fiye-cent toll
robberies. out OF which 1t is fleeing this
community out OF a cool million a year.
| The State. perhaps, gets tenth OF this i'm
post which is levied for the purposes OF the
State In San francisco harboT This greedy
| corporation, Unsuitable in the lust of theft,
| pockets nine-tenths and smites for more
| The smiter is being smitten, however, at
least in logic, which probably trickles down
| the backs OF the coTmorants like water on
| ducks back. The company once had the
! imppdence to describe San Francisco as a
| toll-gatherer at the Golden Gate. 1t omitted
| TO describe itself as highway robber with
bigger shotgun than that usually shoul-
| dered by footpads. 1t is the organizer of
| the flthiest and foulest corruption known
to American history, and money is the sole
| motive. OF all the mean deeds known to
| knavery, this five-ceDt swlndle, by which
! 80 cents may be pocketed out of dollar. is
the lowest in the scale Of larceny. 1t is a
| pretty discovery TO find out what fve-cent
| toll can do for such gang.
The bankers are in session in San Fran
| cisco. Yesterday was Labor day. Labor
is the source Of wealth in the transportable
commercial sense. 1t is significant that yes
terday the Hibernia Bank, which owes its
| supremacy Of prosperity to labor, and very
hard-fsted labor. too, was getting ready its
new premises near the City Hall for bust.
ness to-day. 1t is also significant that the
| building Is by far the hsndsomest business
| premises in the city. The architect got his
| principal ideas from the Greeks. He has
| the taste to select good models. Also the
| contractor has been kept down TO his con-
| tract. and there has been no slpshod work.
| The building puts to shame any structural
| qualities in the new City Hall. Labor is
therefore well represented in this progress
| Of the Hibernia Bank.
! The Gar has given orders to bis generals
! in the Pamir region not to tease the British