The oasis., 1896-11-21
DISCIPLINE IMPENDING.

minent citizen Of Stockton, Ieo. B. Spcrry, was lieutenant colonel aud aid-de-camp upon the stan of Governor Budd. As commandcr-in-chief of the military forces of the commonwealth Governor Budd was, of course, the superior officer of Colonel Sperry. In childhood the incipieat governor and the germ of a lieutenant-coionel made mud pies together on the bye streets of Stockton, in youth they attended the same school and in adolescence they llirted with the same girls. How ever that has nothing to do with this stern tale of war. At the same time that Governor Bu1d endowed the chum of his early life with commits sion as sleutenant-colonel he also made him Yosemite park commissioners Which also has nothing to do with the military drama now enacting; but is simply thrown in here to show that Sperry was to Budd as was pythlas to Damon or Jonathan to David. But for all this devotion of lifetime-or rather two lives timeS-when the democratic party split upon Bryanism, Colonel Sperry went off with the gold bug wing, while his superior officer. the cOmmander-in chief, e.ected tore main with Bryan. And the governor "whooped it upr for Bryan around the state, making sixteen to one speeches and himself generally ridiculous. ln one of his speeches in San Francisco Governor Budd charged that the plu- tocrats lof whom Colonel Sperry was ''one of whlch''l were coercing their employees to parade in the monster Mckinley procession which was being arranged for the Saturday preceding the election, and he advised the men to march but vote for Bryan Colonel Sperry indignantly resented the inn putation that the men were under CO., ercion, and he administered public rebuke to the governor for so assert ing. He also resigned his positions on the governors staff and the Yosemite commission. But the governors or gan, the Stockton Mail, asserts that Colonel Sperry will not get of so easily: he will be court-martialed and dis missed for using disrespectful Ian. guage to his superior officer.
 Now this tempest in the militia teapot in California, although so far away, is of profound interest right here at Nogales: for if Governor Budd courtmartials and dismisscs Colonel i SpeTfy twillii create precedent which may possibly bob up to work bit Of 1 discipline in Company c. AS every one here knows Corporal WillJ. EKey and Sergeant Harry Lewis of Company
 f, are chairman aud secretary respec- lively of the local representation on the alleged republican county central committed Sergeant Lewis and Cor poral EKey both think that their superior officer, Captain Bird, is ''d-d small potatoes and few in a hill" speaking politically and otherwise. On election day the two non-coms named issued proclamation reading out of the alleged republican party their captain and superior officer
 Their illumination was fully as disre- spectful as that of Colonel Sperry against Governor Budd and equally subyersiye of good discipline. Now should Governor Budd be successful ir ..puttlng the bud" to Colonel SperrJ
 oy courtmartial, would it be unreason
 able to suppose that Captain Bird vii
 siege upon the precedent thus estab
 lished, to have Corporal EKey anC | Sergeant Lewis court martialed ant sentenced to 'three days in the GO
 nun with their heads down th' l