Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-12
Our esteemed San Francisco con-

OUR esteemed San Francisco con-
temporary, the Call, INDUCES in a
few speculations as to the political
complexion of the next House of
Representatives. Its opinions are
characterized by sententious wis
dom which would do honor to a
Polonius or Bunsby. 1t does not
venture to commit itself as to
which of the parties is likely to
have majority of the next House.
1t simply hazards the adventurous
supposition that if the Democracy
having majority of fifteen in the
present House, can retain all the
districts carried by them two years
ago, they will have majority in
the next House. On the other
hand, If the Republicans can carry
enough Democratic districts to
overcome the Democratic majority,
and few over, why then the Re-
publicans will control the popular
branch of the next Congress. We
are positively obliged to hold our
breath when we encounter such
Delphic wisdom as this. The Call
will soon lose its reputation for con.
sentative opinions. The daring
which led the soldier of Alexander
the Great to strike the statue of the
Egyptian God is needed to enable
an editor to formulate opinions OF
such robust and masculine char
acter as those to which we refer as
having been uttered by the Call
with respect to the next Congress.
We gave, about week ago, the
grounds upon which we based the
belief that the next Congress will
be handsomely Democratic in both
branches. The United States Sen
ate, it is admitted by every one
even the Call, will be Democratic
By a satisfactory majority. Nc
casualty of politics can prevent
that. The present Democratic ma
iority in the House of Representa-.
tives is likely to be increased
rather than diminished. 1t il
pleasant to know this, because, as
American politics have been vol
UNFAIRLY reduced, by the "God and
morality" party, to taking all you
can get and conceding nothing tc
your opponents, we watch with
great interest the accumulation o.
the signs that the Democ
racy, in the long years tc
come, will be the winners in this
selfish and rather ignoble game
In deal of politics in which
only the most primitive in
stincts of mankind will be al.owed
a place, it is good to know that the
machinery of the government will
shortly be hopelessly in the hand:
OF men who have stood oppression
with forbearance and sagacity
that augurs them TO be worthy Of
long years of success. We often
feel inclined to think that the Dem
ocracy, instructed by their oppo-
nents, will yet have an opportunity
of putting in play machinery con.
structed to prosecute them and de-
fraud them out OF their rights.
There is good deal Of human ma.
ture In all ages of the world. One
thing is quite apparent, and that is
neither the men nor the measures
of the past eighteen years will he
in the ascendant in the decade OF
our politics which will begin when
a Congress, Democratic in both
branches, shall sit in Washington.
The mere fact that one branch OF
Congress has been Democratic for
the two last sessions has saved the
people of the United States one
hundred millions of dollars. These
savings will be enormously in
creased when an obstructionist Re-
publican Senate, attached to the
extravagances of the past eighteen
years, has been got out of the way
for aye.