Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-20
A Jesuitical Programme.

We recognize the just objection
which the Roman Catholic clergy
have made to some of the defini-
tions of Webster's dictionary. 1t
Is perfectly true that that sublime
religious order, the Jesuits, have
never formulated any such code of
morals as that the "end justifes
the MEANS" But, through big
otry which is rapidly waning, the
idea of treachery and dissimula-
tion, pure and simple, has been at
tached to an order which has
poured out, in an unselfish, even If
we concede unutilitarian manner,
more martyr blood than any body
OF men who have lived in this work.
a-day world of ours.
But we are not debarred from &C.
cepting the Websterian definition
Of Jesuitism because of its essential
Injustice as applied to particular
religious body. Webster's definition
Of Jesuitism reads:
I. The arts, principles and prac-
tices Of the Jesuits.
2. Cunning, deceit; hypocricy;
deceptive practices to effect pur-
pose-an offensive sense.
Not being Constitutional
''bouncer,"we are careful and defer
entail In suggesting any of these
definitions as characteristic of the
partizans of the new Constitution.
Least of all should We hint of any of
them as properly characteristic of
any performance of the EVening
Express. Aud yet our courtesy is
strained to avoid establishing per.
Zee. parallel.
The San Francisco Chronicle, of
the 10Th inst, had Damphool-
Doestick's friend-estimate of the
result of the election on the new
Constitution. The Chronicle made
it out that the Communistic "doc."
would roll up q majority of 25,200
in its favor.
Now we invite the attention OF
the public to the Erpress's jesulti-
cal handling of this estimate. AS
published in the Chronicle, Los An
geles county was set down as Civ
ing a majority of $500 in favor of
thu Kearney organic law. The E1-
press. In quoting the Chronicle,
should have quoted the figures ac-
curately. But the editor of the Los
Angeles journal which claims to be
par excellence, the friend of fair
play, knew that if Los Angeles
county were put down as being in
favor of the new Constitution to
the amount of $500 majority it
would be seen that Doestick's 5
friend Damphool was the author Of
the estimate. Consequently the
Erpress, while purporting to give
the Chronicles figures, lowered
them from 2500 majority in Los
Angeles county to 1900. That this
was no inadvertence is proved by
the fact that that journal also
changed the total formulated by
the Chronicle from 25,200 to "a, 200.
The estimate as the Chronicle
gave it was made by q sort OF
Damphool whom no association
with Doesticks could relieve from
his innate idiotcy, but the Express
is not doing the square thing ir
pretending to quote while it is in
reality garbling the figures of q
journal to which it Is profoundly
deferential of late.
The fact is that the new Constitu-
tion will be beaten by seven thous'
aud majority as the case stands to
day. We are not without hope
that robust visitation of common
sense will raise the majority tC
some where in the neighborhood O.
seventy thousand.
Let US all join hands to guarantee
the latter figure. 1t is perhaps
unattainable, but we work heartily
in common,as sort of forlorn hope