Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-03-28
70 r,e. 81 OPINION.

u000 WOrk anu o2peuition
1111od upon at this ONCE.
~ T1as % Opinion.
- subject can approach in in
ne question as to whether
mia Il to be stranded as q
by the adoption of the new
I1utkon, We shall make no
- 70 our readers for copi-
l>ouGlion Of that instrument.
= Dot Intend to do any Of the
10 of the Convention q per-
1njustice. In the COM
1lpG Of the new organic law
<sok them who was character
~ any intellectual activity
I'd The part enacted In certain
Ming Of the Gods from which o
ocoo Goddess sprang. Each had
oWn contribution to the instru-
~ and some Of them, besides,
rnght the surest title to political
5oess In this State, for some
nt> to come, was that he should
- The 5D.prjnsattr Of the Right
Ioo. Denis Kearney. r. r. A.,
Gootenant- General Of the forces Of
iofnle In California. and lineal
ssoondant Of Bottom the Weaver,
hepe forte (not political, 1t is true,
s sllll arche.typicaD was that of
-; and who assumed the lions
ISt beeauss he could "roar you as
ntIy = q any sucking dovs"-
oarney's role In Southern Califor.
slace he left Santa Ana, the
etss of holy, not to say happy
omory.
glnoe our last review Of the Con.
)ltutienal question several strik.
lne thIngs have occurred. Inn
1lmie, the exact moment in which
~ QhroNjcle was evidently con-
CnplAting q new departure, and
- coquetting with the elements
UAieh do not desire to see the State
mined, was very badly outlined.
Ne know a 'shawk from a hand
SnNn when the wind IL either
1oQtherly or sou' by sou'-east, and
~ knew that the Chronicle was In
~ attitude Of the coy virgin who
Ehlnks that certain things may be
1aughty but who entertains a
|yague feeling that they may be
nloe, answering to Miss Prue in
Gengreve's sprightly comedy. The
Ekronicle made pretext of bounc-
lag WeIlock because he called
Ghrist = bastard and his blessed
Gother something indescribable.
4his same Ohronicle, all the while,
- perfectly aware that the Right
lpn. Denis, "of plous and immor-
~ memory" had announced him
nolf a. - better man than old
Christ" but it prudently left that
1Aet In the background, to be resur-
gootsd and elaborated upon If its
blandishments and sleeps eyes
had captured certain combinations
With money, which desired to
save the State and lay out, at the
Same time, the great Denis. Ru-
NOR says that the Chroniole's fig
ure-S100, 900 = was, however, re.
gardsd as extravagant, and the
'slive paper" to its own infinite
1lsgust, fell back into the ranks of
hose who wanted the Constitution
ed0pted, and who recognized
kenrney as their political "beil-
vether.n 1t withdrew its entering
wedge, Wellock, and to- day the
nncharitable say 1t is cursing its
luck, In bitterness of spirit, at
to champion anarchy for
aud to trail gratis as the
tall end Of the Kearney kite, be-
sidss. Being vigorous and enter
prising newspaper, 1t is unioubted-
y rsstivs at having to drink go
much "small beer"
Since we last alluded to the atti.
tuds Of the press, the Bulletin and |
Post have pronounced in unmistak-
able terms against the new Consti-
tution. We do not wonder at this.
Both journals have always as
suned to have at heart the best
Interests of the State of California.
Those interests cmphatically call
for no doubtful attitude when an
effort Il being made to secure the
adoption Of an organic law whose
would simply bring
about the reign of chaos and the
ealamlties Of Industrial and com.
mercial paralysis in one of
the ilnest quarters of the
Sootstool. Few doubted what the
ultimate stand of either would be.
The Post is a staunch Republican
Journal, and to suppose that it
would lend its help to bring about
the dominance Of the Kearneyites
would have been strainIng the pos
abilities. Tt knows perfectly well
that, should the new Constitution
go through, the effect would be
dlsastrous and the natural conclu-
sion would be that both Democrats ts
and Republicans had been served
With Z formal notification to take a