The morning call., 1894-02-21

advertising NAV become very offensive IN
the hands Of a company altogether beyond
lIe control OF the city, and the pest tnlug
10 De done with street rubbish is to get riu
OF Ii promptly, not to store 1t IN coceal-
ment.
Paris is scared over another bomD ex-
picsioD. This incident does not appear to
De due to premeditstion but to the accident
OF the bomb having been left at hotel OF
the poorest class. The landlord suspected
that parcel left by guest was question
able and sent for the police. but before
they arrived the explosive went of. There
may have been a time fuse in the pomD,
and 1t may have exploded simply by 1all-
ing OF a shelf. 1t is no satisfaction 10
the proprietor in either case. lie Is Daoiy
injured, and two persons VINO were Win
MIN are also sufferers. There Will pro Da-
Oily he more of these outIages before the
anarchists plots are broken up. LII is
hopeless 10 expect that these fanatics VIII
ever he absolutely cured OF their 1Oily,
put as often as they are caught they can
be punished with inexOrable severity. DIT.
Asquitb. the English Home Secretary. mas
declared against any policy OF EXCLUSION
upon charges of anarchist conspiracy. de
favors due punishment for overt acts. not
mere Grating. and the interchange oil in1or-
nation between governments as To the
movements of the common enemies OF So
ciety. This might be made an effectual
check.
The well-meaniDg act of The prison direc-
tors, who passed an order that footpads
should have some special punishment to
remind them of the reckless audaclty OF
their crime, has been declared invalid.
Attorney-General Hart finds that such
treatment of prisoners would be unconsti-
tutioral. There always seems to be some
refuge for rogues in defects of the consti-
tuition. But this failure TO checkmate
growing phase of crime does not stand In
the way of the Judges when they pass SEN
tence upon such prisoners making the
punishment exemplary. IL at all permits
sible by law the footpad who has LAID out
his victim with a sandOag or otherwise
violently should have few years added
to what would be the term for ordinary
robbery. They may with an easy con-
science be strict, for somehow prisoner
has many hopes of shortening the period
of his durance vile, and usually has some
grace granted.
One cannot but marvel at the resources
of the law. When Chris Evans came up
for sentence yesterday his counsel moved
for a new trial. After all that has oc-
CURED this action showed a sublime con-
hdeuce in the blindness of justice. But
the Judge had no weight on his conscience
in denying the motion, and he moreover
consigned Evans to the hospitallties OF
Folsom. The bandit seems to have pre-
ferred San Quentin, but his health will be
sufficiently cared for in the more secure
prison.
A Washington dispatch announces the
expiration of a number of patents which
have doubtless had a useful run in
the interest of the manufacturers il notthe
inventors, who very often part with a val
liable idea for the traditional song. These
patents are open to the world. but there
are usually two difficulties which prevent
much use being made of the privilege.
The holders OF patents usually make some
further improvements and secure rights
upon these. and they also enjoy the advan-
tages of having special machinery which
the newcomer may not be able 10 initiate.
1t Is edlfying to see the promptitude with
which the sentence of Boss McKane was
pronounced and disposed of 10 the face of
a number Of plausible reasons Put forward
for delay. To the last objection urged the
Judge said with imperturbableg gravity that
II could be brought forward as well after
sentence as before il. The boss goes to
prison for six years, which is moderate
punishment for man who debauched
both sides 0f politics. He Is good illus
tratlon of Swifrs sarcasm that party gov
eminent is the art of managing many for
the benefit of the few