Marin Journal, Volume 27, Number 37, 24 November 1887 — An Old Correspondent Tans Up. [ARTICLE]

An Old Correspondent Tans Up.

Ed. Jodshal.—lt is with mingled; feelings of pleasure and regret that | after a lapse of several years I am! again permitted to pen a line to your paper. To those who have resided in Marin county it is always a pleasure j to think of San Rafael and its people; j and especially is it gratifying to learn that in the general boom throughout the State Marin is attracting her share of public attention. But while thus rejoicing at the business outlook on your side of the bay, I am somewhat amazed at the mixed muddle now be ing developed at San Quentin. More than all do I regret to behold valued friends, both personal and political, passing through an ordeal as terrible as was ever invented to try the human feelings or test the human character. Who but case-hardened sinners like Judge Ames, Capt. A. C. McAllister and Wm. Whitmore, in a calamity of this kind, will fail to feel a chord of sympathy in their bosoms in consequence of tills untimely family feud, that will render back music to the touch of feeling. At the very time that Gov. Waterman is looking for a mo! -hill upon which to erect the superstructure of prison mismanagement, a mountain looms up as big as Xamalpais, clad iu suspicious fog, in the very camp of the enemy. To see Democrats laying bare and violently unmasking its hidden deformity to a Republican Governor is as full of romance as the book of ; Amadis de Gaul.

Well do the people remember when the Senate committee came down from Sacramento 'like the wolf on the fold,' offering the price of the goblet of the Egyptian queen for Judge Ames' blood. It is needless to say it was shed, and that Paid Shirley and others took charge of the proceeds of the slaughter. And now to see these same fellows pass out of office umlc- a similar and more serious cloud than that which the Senate committee claimed hung over their predecessors is remarkable indeed. It shows conclusively that while the fickle old jade Retribution often travels slowly, and seems indifferent in the matterof righting wrongs, yet sooner or later little chickens will Come home to roost. Though the Examiner seems disposed to shelter the Warden, to-day's issue contains over a column of unanswered criticism of the laundry department and the chicken ranch. In-view of the serious character of the matter, the Examiner's comments seem as incredible as the absurd stories of Don Quixote's adventure of knight errantry. If the Monarch of the Dailies confines to feed its increased and increasing appetite for personalities, it will soon be able to exclaim, In the spirit of Manfred:

I am the rider of the wind. The fttemmer of the storm; The hurricane I left behind Is yet with lightning warm

Whether or not the Examiner is sincere in adopting the motto, "Let no guilty man escape," I am not able to answer. But one thing is certain: it has the ring of candor, and of late wherever crime has shown itself, its battle ax has been wielded on Democrats and Republicans alike. However, I am sorry to see the lemling Democratic paper of the coast so willing to aid Gov. Waterman in his crime against San Queutin. It is only those who have done duty there that are capable of realizing the painful solemnity of leaving those beans against one's will. The startling developments promised and prospective changes ooked for in the near future are important and vital questions, and will be looked for with anxious solicitude by manj'. It is to be hoDed that Gen. MeOomb will remember that since the ratilication of the new organic law no politics has ever been permitted to crop out at that institution, and that Cleveland's civil service order must be obeyed. True, all the employees are more or less prominont in politics, and prior to State elections are always engaged in warm disputes; but as soon as the result is known you can't find a man who voted for the defeated candidate for Governor. For envy, jealousy and rivalry San Quentin heads the list, and is a far more serious question for Gen. McComb to consider than the government of the convicts. A clear sky without stars could not look more odd than a guard who does not feel able to teach the Warden important lessons in penology and political economy. By the way, it seems to me I am about to run off the track, so I will close and try it again soon. B. C. S. San Francisco, Nov. 18th. ♦•♦■ Thirteen lives were lost by the wreck of a steamer off Cape Finisterre. The Eastern baseball clubs will play in the city to-day, the New York Giants playing two games with the local clubs at the Haight street grounds, while the St. Louis Browns and Philadelphias will occupy Central Park. New York is getting ready to fight the cholera. Navigation on the Mississippi is impeded by smoke from forest fires. It is probable that the Nicaragua Company will obtain an appropriation from Congress at the coming session. The Fiftieth Congress meets Dec. sth.

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