Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-06-29
The San Francisco Press and the
Election.

The conduct of the majority of
the San Francisco papers since the
election has been calculated to con-
firm the impression that Denis
Kearney is the master of that city,
and that its journals are actually
afraid to tell the truth when it is
offensive to that worthless dema-
gogue and his ignorant followers.
The Bulletin and Call did at first
manifest a desire to deal with the
result of the election candidly, but
1t has seemed an unthankful under
taking, and they have latterly
rather Stunned 1t. The Post en-
deavored from the first to figure
out sweeping Kearnyite victory,
and not being able to succeed, has
also dropped the subject. AS for the
Chronicle, it appears to have
thought it possible to serve the
Kearneyites by deliberate and per-
.siatent Misrepresentation, and day
after day it has Invited the con-
tempt and ridicule of its readers
by making assertions editorially
which Its own election returns fiat
ly contradicted. No later than
yesterday this servile but stupid
organ of Kearney attempted to
throw dust in the eyes of the pub
lie by pretending that some ''causes
not generally understood until
within the past three or four
days" have mystified the situation,
s'and left the matter in such
state of doubt that only the officisl
count can clear it up perfectly"
This is all humbug. There is no
mystery about the result. 1t does
not require the official count to de.
termine the general outcome. The
truth Is that the Chronicle has
made o mess of its attempts to
pander to Kearneyism. 1t has
tried to tamper with facts, and 1t
finds the facts unmanageable. If
it had made one honest endeavor
to set the actual results of the elec-
ton before its readers its own re.
turns would have compelled it sew
eral days ago to point out that the
Kearneyites had been defeated in
the State. 1t knows this, and has
known from the first; but in order
to curry favor with the blather-
sixties it has ignored its own con.
elusive exhibits, and while pub
fishing on one page the returns
which indicated Non-Partisan
victory, on the other it has contin-
ued to pirate about Kear-
neyite n ajority in the Con-
vention. The Workingmen will
have less than one-third of
the Convt ntion, as every one
knows who has examined the re-
turns. These returns demonstrate
that the Partisan delegates at
large will have a majority in the
State of at least 5000; that eighty.
five Non-Partisans are elected; and |
that only fifty Kearneyites will |
have seats. One San Francisco |
las done its full duty to |
the public in publishing the facts,
and in Analysing and pointing out
their significance. We refer TO the
Altd, which has printed carefully
exhibits from day to day,
and which demonstrated the ex-
tent of the Non-Partisan victory
days before the Chronicle had come
to its senses enough to abandon the
claim of Kearneyite
majority in the Convention. The
Alfa indeed deserves the thanks
and gratitude of the community
for which it has been published. 1t
has consistently supported the
cause of law and order and deeency
throughout. 1t has never truckled
10 Kearneyism, or hesitated to tell
he truth about that movement.
IL has defied the roughs and the
iemagogues, and we only regret
hat Its manly and vigorous course
Mould have failed to arouse
he sluggish voters of Saa Fran
,isco to a sense of their duty and
heir interests. With this nota.
de exception, however, the lead
ng press of San Francisco seems to
,e divided between papers hich
'penly toady to Kearney and seek
lis favor and support, and papers
which are afraid to uphold the true
interests of the community, lest
hey should sustain some imagin.
ry business loss. Never, surely,
vas q great city so Ill served by It's
ewspapers as is San Francisco at /
be present moment. A dispatch
q our second edition of yesterday
lated that some of the Keainey. /
Tee, slowly realizing that they
'ere beaten, are beginning to raise
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