Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-05
I,..s,s.. c.,. .. .A. C...,lsu,'os.

,rn sDeas Cese On she Csnstltustos.
The new Constitution has al
) z6ady produced startling results.
ohort time ago Denis Kearney
- ! filthy vituperator-ofshoot
s - the slums Of San Francisco
roper representative Of the idle
Sohomefs and agitators of the
AstropolIs. Denis blatantly, and
ender proper pay, commends the
new Constitution. Presto, change.
HIs excremental utterances are
now only s'scolding."
A political revolution threw to
! The surface very small fish. No
man was more thoroughly vilified
Is the columns Of the San Fran
! sisno Chronicle than Cornelius Cole.
Hfo was not even accorded the
3 n1orlt OF mediocrity. Criticism
supon the ability Of public man Is
1eeltImats. Cole was nincompoop
a fhe Senate. He was lashed with
1 pooullar venom, and held forth as q
/ 1nOral leper-a Callban monstrosity.
Well, : Chronicle interviewer way
loys the ex-senator, finds him af-
0icted with bad cough. But these
lnterviewers are inexorable. For
= sick man he talked long and We
hsmenily and far better than when
onvsloped in the Senatorial toga.
ssIn conclusion the Senator ex-
pressed the warmest admiration for
the Qhyonicles bold and earnest
advocacy Of the new document"
Are not the public heartily sick
of this balderdash of interviewing?
The presumption is that some one
connected with the Chronicle en-
counteresl the ex-senator upon the
street. "How are you, Senatorf"
skprstty WE'LL" is the response, with
dignity. "Come, Senator, let bye
cones be bye-gones. Here's my
5 hand. If our paper can do you
good turn, let US know. We are
having hard fight for Kearney
aud the new Constitution. It Is a
rough road. But Stanford and
Crocker wouldn't see us, and we
must get even. Our trick is to
jump On everybody that favors the
old document. How are you Oh
Constitutions?"
After . brief pause the ex-Sena-
tor admits, under the circum-
stances, that there are some good
things in the new Constitution.
ssThen we can use your name
eh?''
Then floats upon the public an
elaborate Interview fact, q re-
hash of the rapid and off.hand po.
sitions OF the Chronicle In favor Of
that wretched mass of absurdities
known as the new Constitution.
We have but space for brief COM
ment upon the Chronicles views,
interjected into ex-senator Cole, in
reference to the Railroad Commits
sion. The ex-senator is forced to
say: "The Railroad Commission
was one of the best provisions
1 IN the Constitution. Itsimply sub.
stitutes for the interested trio
Stanford, Huntington and Crocker
who now virtually control the
Central Pacific Company, three dis
interested men elected from the
different districts Of the State. The
result would undoubtedly be bene-
flcial." He will not hazard the
Z assertion that the late Convention
Was domineered by the railroad
magnates, though such charges
were quite fiippant in the Conven.
tIon; but we will venture to say
that had the Convention submit.
ted to Stanford & Co. the provision
In reference to the Com m ission, ii
would have received their hearty
approval.
Three several Legislatures have
been agitating the question of fares
and freights. The legislation upon
the subject has been abortlve. A
namby-pamby Com mmission, first OF
three members and now of one, has
been the result, drawing large pay
but powerless for good or
evil. These gentlemen make
pleasure excursions and then
retire upon tteir sinecures.
And so people say that Legislators
and Commissioners are the thralls
Of the railroad kings. The argu.
ment of the Chronicle and its rus.
tic satellites Is that a com mission oi
three is less assailable than large
legislative body. We cannot see it.
There is comical absurdity In such
: position. We say there never
was such power delegated under o
Constitutional government as is
awarded to the Railroad Commits
sion under the new Constitution.
Read . moment:
''6aid Commissioners shall have
the power, and 1t shall be their
duty, to establish rates Of charges
for the transportation of passengers
and freight by railroad or other
transportation companies, and pub.
lish the same from time to time,
With such changes as they may