The morning call., 1894-04-13
THE INDUSTRIAL EXlLES.

1t does not appear that Mayor Brough
of Ogden and Judge Miner of Utah
have made much progress. toward the
solution of the problem of the In
dustrial Army. The latter has issued
an order of court directing the Terri
terial officials to use force, ii neces-
sary, to put the army out Of the Territory;
while the Mayor, 10 more practical way,
proceeded to the Industrial camp with
bugle and flag and marched the Indus
trials seven miles out of town on the road
to the East, where they seized Union Pa
eific freight train, which was probably
meant to fall into their hands, on which
they are rolling eastward. What will hap
Den to them at Eastern points remains to
be seen. Probably in one way or another
they will get on until circumstances dis
perse the army.
One hundred and twenty-seven years
ago King of Spain expelled in one night
all the Jesuits from his dominions The
priests were hustled on board ships with
barely a change of linen. and the ships
cleared, as grain ships often do now. for
Cannes or market. In the case of the
Jesuits, unhappily, there was no market
Nobody wanted them at any price. Genoa
refuse d to letthem land; Naples threatened
&c open fire on them; Algiers would only
receive them on the condition that they
would row in the galeys; Tuscany drove
off the vessels; the Pope would only let
the exiles land on condition that the King
of Spain guaranteed so much money per
month for their support in the Papal States,
and the end was that after knocking about
fr,- - hes . Nk,1
wretched priests were dumped on the bar
rem coast of Corsica, where the aged and
infrm died of exposure and privatioD.
The transaction has always been regarded
as blot on the otherwise creditable ad-
minstration of Charles III. Let us look
to it now that we do not repeat his blunder.
The law is clear that each locality must
take care of its own paupers, criminals
and SICK We refuse to receive these
classes of persons from European nations,
and among ourselves the rule applies to
States and counties. The right OF transit
across State or county cannot be denied
to any class OF American citizens; but no
body of paupers, insane or criminals can
be decanied from one State or county
into another except in transit. II was on
reliance upon this nciple that the State
authorities required the Southern Pacific
to carry the Industrial Army back to Cali
fornia. But the Territorial court and the
citizens of the Territory were in error as
to the facts. The Industrial Army did not
consist of Californians. 1t did not hail
from California. It's recruits had acquired
no domicil here. 1t was a gathering of
Eastern men. unemployed mechanics and
laborers, idlers and tramps, who had
drifted across the mountains In wild idea
that work was always to be bad here. and
that, at any rate, the winter was less in
clement here than in the East. When
they were hungry here we fed them.
though that duty properly belonged to the
States from ~hich they had come. Sa n
Francisco spent thousands of dollars to
support men who had no other claim on
it's bounty than that they were human
beings. We did not try to expel them.
But when they voluntarily concluded 10
return whence they had come, we assisted
them in the enterprise. and we have right
TO resent any effort by community east
of us to throw them back on our hands.
Now that Utah has got rid of them there
is no practical issue between her people
and authorities and our own. 1t is only
desired now to set the facts In their proper
order. Another exodus eastward may
take place before long, and California
must not be held responsible. for these
are not Of her own people who go oul
from, har