Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-03
THr game Of politics is qusel

The game OF politics Is queer
bne, and we propose to glance at
ono aspect of 1t which is calculated
- make the judicious grieve, and
Eo curb the indulgence of purely
Sentimental politics. Such a
Thing as gratitude from the
average voter seems to be out
~ the question. For nearly
one hundred years the Democratic
party has stood forth as the cham
Fplon Of the Workipgman. That
|pafty has taken pride in identi-
<ylng itself with the poor man.
The period during which the DEM
|oorAtic party has been debarred
from power has been signalizea by
an appalling abandonment to the
|slIghtest wish of the capitalist
class. It is only when the Demo-
cratic party partially regains the
control of the nation that any re-
xard for the interest of the masses
II shown. The Republican party,
which cloaked selfish and ambi-
tious designs under professions of
= very ETHEREAL devotion to liberty,
has never neglected an opportunity
% showing its subserviency to the
moneyod men. Under q nominal
and hypocritical profession Of de-
votion to the rights of mankind,
that party is ready to welcome to
che United States any class of la
Dor, however degraded, which will
lower the price of fair days work.
It 10 pleasant to cover up this sell
nah policy under the euphemisms
OF an extreme humanitarianism.
Tits only now that the Democratic
party is on the threshold of power,
with all the real efficacy Of legisla-
tIon In its hands. that the oppres-
I'D workingman of California be-
gins to discern the prospect of re-
lief from the grinding competition
OF the Chinaman. 1t pleases Dem
mis- Kearney, the arch agitator, to
think that the people of California
are Indebted to him for an activity
on this engrossing topic which
promises remedial legislation.
The fact is, however, that
the Democratic National Con-
! vention, which met at st. Louis
In the summer of 1SI6-fully two
years before Dennis Kearney was
ever heard of-took this problem in
hand and promised the people re-
lief. The Democratic House OF
Representative has redeemed the
pledge of the party by inaugural
ing remedial legislation, at the
same time that they are perfectly
independent of, aud Indifferent to,
the very existence of Mr.. Dennis
Kearney.
Any Democrat who should now
suffer himself to be detached from
the Democratic party would SIM
ply show that he can be Indifferent
to the battle for the rights of the
poor man which has extended
through a period of fully three
generations. Such movement, il
countenanced by Democrats, would
be simply in the interest of the
Republican party; and, If it should
result in attracting large Demo
cratic following, it could only
have the effect of continuing the
Republican party in power, with
an ability to perpetuate its class
legislation from which the work.
ingman nov suffers so cruelty.
With the Democratic party re-
stored to power in the nation, all
Just demands of the workingman
would receive instant and sympa-
thetic attention. Only from such
a restoration can the laboring
classes hope for the enduring and
sweeping reliefof which they stand
so much in need, and of which the
Democratic party has been such an
uncompromising and unflagging
advocate.
MR.. EUsTIS, the gentleman who
succeeded in getting the seat in the