Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-21
where We stand.

temper. In taking up an untena.
BILE positien-a position In support
Of StAndfordism and Shylockism-
it must expect to be assailed. The
HERALD in opposing the adoption
OF the new Constitution Is simply
doing In Southern California, what
It, twin champion of monopoly, the
Record Union,is doing ia the high
or latitudes OF the State. We con-
cede that the HERALD Is more
plausible opponent; that its enmity
TO the interest Of the people is more
artful than the unequivocal, straight
and open hostility of its Siamsse
complement in Sacramento, but
they are identical in the objective
point-the perpetuatien OF railway
and other monopoly rule in Califor.
MIA. We disclaim any Intentional
slmpertinence" in these remarks.
The truth is too often impertinent,
often hurts far more severely than
q fAlsehoOd. The position 0f the
HERALD is perfectly understood by
Los Angslefios. We eyeh under
stand it here.
Aside from its mshopoly here
sizes the HERALD iswIth us . favor
ite. II 10 edited With ability-not
the mere ability of verbal engi-
neering, but the ability of infor.
nation, perception and sound
sense. Politically, the HERALD is
second TO no paper in California.
Az an exponent Of the capabilities,
industries and general condition OF
Deuthern California, the HERALD
ia the leading newspaper of this
section. As reflector of public
opinion on the leading monopoly
issues of such pre-eminent impor-
tance to the State, the HERALD is
utterly valualess. 1t simply re-
fleets the views Of the railways and
the bankers. That Is the whole
truth. We do not blame the HERALD
for Its monopoly tendencies. We
know the cause of the effect, and do
not regard the position of the HER
AID as at all phenomenal. On the
contrary, 1t 10 perfectly in keeping
with the eternal fitness Of things.
Any newspaper is occasionally
sxcusable fer entering into per-
sonal explanations. We cannot
consent to be damned with faint
praise" In the manner adopted by
the Times, however complimentary
the general tenor Of the com ments
may be. With us integrity is
everything. Since the HERALD
passed under its present manage
ment 1t has had no partiality to
corporations, railway or other.
Every one knows that the HER.
AID, prior to that time, was spe-
cial and pronounced advocate of
the Central and Southern Pacific
Railways, and favorite of those
corporations, and we will state a
further fact of interest that it was
toia very great extent the benefl-
ciary of that relation. 1t enjoyed
Job printing monthly to very re-
munerative amount. The HERALD,
under Its present management, has
never enjoyed dollar of railway
pap. The HERALD three years ago
espoused the interest of the rail-
ways with vehemence and con-
stancy. Any rival project, such as
Senator Jones's Los Angeles and
Independence Railway, was at
tackled with a fereclty and persist
encs which disgusted many of our
citizens. Without an intermisslon of |
y day the HERALD, under the
present management, has always
occupied genial and encouraging |
attitude to all competitive railway
enterprises, with the single excep.
-tion Of Tom Scott's Texas-Pacific.
1t did not advocate the latter be.
cause the editor had sagacity
enough to know that it would fail,
and there are few of his brethren OF
the press who now care to give him
credit for personal provision
which was absolutely, to a hair
line, and the minutest shadow of q
hair line, justified by the result
Scott was a humbug. His project
was humbug. It's issue is hum
bug. With this single exception,
there has not been, in our journal.
istic career, a single incident
which can be tortured into an iden.
tity with the Southern Pacific
Railway. We have been always
thoroughly just, and we have
recognized the energy of that cor
poration. Three or four years from
now, when our people have settled
their quarrels with the rail way, and
perhaps had a love feast and re-
placed their present enmity with q
tall fellowship, when prosperity
has replaced the snervation natur-
ally following upon undue infia-
tIon; when, in fine, they have
passed through the evils incident to
the disappearance Of mule teams,
AMI are reaping the long delayed
benefits accompanying transconti-
mental railway extension, they will
realize the impartial fairness of our
position on railway questions at all
times. By that time Scott will be
recognized as the "dead beatn and
falsifier Of promises he undoubtedly
IL, and the unwillingness of the
HERALD to enter into q losing fight
will not be rated below the outgiv-
ings Of other journals which have
shown far less sagacity aud been
invariably wrong in their snticIpa-
tIons.
We lpxite the attention of our