Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-24
A Workinqman on the Situation.

EDITOR HERALD: The new Con-
stitution is now adopted as the or
ganic law of the State of Califor-
MIA. But what means all this
outcry of parties in our midst, dis
turbing our usual peace? We have
no less than five different political
organizations In our own city, with
their leaders smelling after the
flowers of Office. First, we have
the two old parties; next the
Workingmen's party; and, at their
heels, Alfred Moore's Greenback
Club. which, If We accept that gen.
tleman's opinion, ia, like Aaron's
rod, to swallow all the others, both
roots and branches. But the last
batch of office seekers that has
sprung into our political atmos-
phere is the Constitutional party,
composed of old worn-out fossils,
who have long ago been kicked out
of all other parties as dead weights
and not fit for use. These "Hon-
orable Bilks" form a kind of COS
mopolitan party. They invite us
all to come within their pale, no
matter what our political standing
may be, with the promise that we
can return back into our own ranks
after electing them to all the Of
fees. Surely, these worthless are a
fine set of fellows! They remind
me of man once knew who had
n great thirst for fighting roosters.
He put lot Of game eggs under a
hen, but some mischievOus fellow
took them away and replaced them
with duck eggs. The poor man
patiently watched for the Matching
of his brood, and said, when the
celebrated warriors made their ap-
pearance, "Well, you seem to be
an indispensable troop for the
wars; you are spoon-beaked and
web-footed; his Satanic Majesty
himself can never strike you
downW When we look at the
motley tribe who come before us
under the plausible name OF the
Constitutional party, we cannot
help but see at once that there has
been some mysterious mistake in
the hatching of the mixed brood,
They would have us believe that
they alone are the principal pro-
moters of the new Constitution
aud that the safety of the instru.
ment is exclusively in their keep
ing; that, should we fail to elect
them, all will fall to the ground.
But birds are known by their
feathers, and these political hybrids
leave the print of their webfeet be-
hind them, while their long necks
are stretching into the milk-pail to
spoon out all the cream. :,
These wonderful ducks are call
ing the Workingmen to the rescue,
but they must cooperate With the
Constitutional party. These, of
course, are to take the lead and
nominate the candidates; as to the
| Workingmen, all their share in
the business is to be simply voting
these worthless into office. The
Workingmen know all this by
past experience, and they are
closely watching their new allies.
The Workingmen have strong
working party of their own, and II
these WORTHLESS were honest in their
purpose, they would at once fall in
with them. But / suppose that
this would be too mean q nest for
all these titled gentlemen, such as
ex-Judges, Colonels, Generals, law.
yers. capitalists-O! give us q rest!
but 1 may add the title that Denis
Kearney gave them-"Honorable
Bilks."
In conclusion, I am sorry to say
that there are some office. seekers
in this city, calling themselves
leaders in the Workingmen's. par
ty, who seem to lean little toward
this Constitutional scheme, and
would very willingly use their in
fuence to elest their candidates to
the big offices, If they could only
ride behind into the little ones.
But 1 believe there are those in
the movement who are sharp
and honest enough to look after
such fellows. Yours truly,
| A WORKINGMAN