Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-11
The Herald and the Post.

We are pleased to say, and to be
able to bring forth the evidence to
prove, that the Los Angeles HERALD
is not favorite with the San Fran
cisco Post. 1t is not to be expected
that there should be anything in COM
mon between the two papers. The
HERALD is an Independent journal,
existing on its legitimate business,
and is owned by farmers, merchants
and mechanics; its stock is scattered
all over Los Angeles valley; it advo-
Gates such measures as it believes are
for the best interests of Southern Cal
ifornia, and supports such political
principles as in its Judgment will pro-
tect the rights of the many against
the aggressions Of the few, thus secu-
ring the greatest good to the greatest
number. The Post is trimmer-the
San Francisco Chief of Police says, a
blackmailer; it never had q legitimate
paying business for a single day; it
has no political principles, and it has
the reputation of advocating only such
men and measures as pay for it's SER
vices. 1t has sunk one hundred dol
lars for every dollar it legitimately
earned. We have no sympathy with
the Post or its crazy, impractIcable
theories, nor do we court contro-
versy with it, but as it seems inclined
to provoke a bout with us we shall
not avoid the contest, and when We
once get into it will say things about
the communist organ equally as ugly
and more in extenso than were
given to the public by Chief COCKER.
ELL. In the Posts issue of the 8th
instant we find three different articles
concerning the HERALD, of which the
following is one:
The Los Angeles HERALD is earnestly and
enthusiastically and tumultpously advising
the Democracyto to nominate Findley for Gov
ernor. The Southern and Central Pacific
est In the HERALD.
AS is well known in Los Angeles,
the Southern and Central Pacific Rail-
road Companies do not own a control
ing interest nor single share in the
HERALD, and as is we'll known
throughout the State no editor in it,
not excepting SAMUEL SEABoUGH,
has made more incorporating or
effective fight against those corpora
tions than the editor of the HERALD.
The HERALD has said some kind
words about FINDLEY, and it has also
spoken fairly of ROACH, FARLEY and
other Democratic aspirants for Cover
nor. These comments belong to the
editor. He made them without the
advice or suggestion of any one, and
without the knowledge of the gentle
men named. Not even the Board of
Directors have the right to dictate to
him on this subject. The next article
would never have been written had
the advertisement in question been
ordered in the Post. 1t reads;
The Governor, not the Secretary of State,
has the designation of the three papers In
which the Constitutional amendments are to
be advertised. He has designated the Sacra-
mento Record Union, the San Francisco Chron-
icle and the Los Angeles HERALD-the first
two Republican and the last the property OF
the railroad company, which is about the
same thing.
In selecting the papers in which to
publish the Constitutional Amend
ments, we presume the Governor Sc
lected those which he believed would
lay the matter before the greatest
number of people. Had he desired to
place the amendments only in the
hands of the Communists and fanatics
in San Francisco, he would undoubt-
edly have chosen the Post in place of
the Chronicle. The third item is in
the facetious vein:
Judging from the eulogistic notices of Find
ley in the Los Angeles HERALD, one would
taking off his coat. Z" He took off his coat"
says the HERALD man, and went to work in
1919; "he took off his coat to put things to
rights in the State Treasury" and "took off
his ceat' to perform many other commenda-
bic acts. We trust his Los Angeles eulogist
will not follow his example this hot weather,
but If he must divest himself of any superflu-
Gus clothing in making Findley's fight, let us
fondly hope that 1t won't be his boots.
We have seen the time when our lit
tie friend of the Post did not need to
take off his boots to produce just the
effiuvial phenomena he affects to fear
would follow the removal of ours.
He's too "stout" for cowskin. But,
pleasantly aside, we seriously regret
that the Post cannot resist its inclina-
tion to quarrel with the HERALD, and
we regret it all the more because its ill
feeling seems to grow out of failure
to effect satisfactory arrangements
with Mr.. FINDLEY about advocating
him for Governor. The failure Is good
for FINDLEY but rough on the Post.