Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-22
Ihe Rssuls-An UpheavaI fu Favor
or she Old Consultations.


Readers of the HERALD have
probably seen that this journal has
bee a conservative and cautious in
its vaticinations as to the result OF
the election on the new Constitn.
ton. We have an extreme reserve
In venturing precipitate opinions.
Too many mistakes. in judgment do
not inure to the reputation Of a
newspaper as forecaster of pollti.
cal events. When the present
management of the HERALD took
charge of this paper, the Tilden-
Hayes campaign was at its height.
We promptly announced the sue
cess of Uncle Sammy" OF
course we could not plunge into
the dim adu mbra of the inner con-
sciousness of old Zach Cha ndler
and discover that he would under
take to bull-doze the Almighty
American nation. Our estimate Of
the result of the Presidential elec-
tion was an absolutely accurate
one, with the Eight to Seven Com.
mission left out.
Next came the county election.
The most extraordinary campaign
ever made against the local Democ-
racy was made then. Our news.
paper opponents had the Republic
can ticket elected by satisfactory
majorities = all of it. We an
nsunced that the largest average
majorities ever recorded for local
Democratic ticket would be the re-
suit of that ele ction. 1t is unnec-
essary for us to say that We were
again exactly right.
Any man who had common
sense saw that the HERALD had
no hope for the election of Mr..
Cohn as Mayor of Los Angeles.
We expressly advocated the nom-
ination Of Democratic ticket in
the city of Los Ang eles and of
delegates to the Constitutional
Convention for the county on the
ground that q great national party
should keep its lines sharply de-
fined, and not because we thought
success assured in either event
Ordinarily we dou't care for sue.
cess. We have often ostentatio usly
cultivated an affiliation with mi.
norities. We energetically depre-
Gated the Non-Partizan movement
to the last moment, beca We
foresaw that the elect OF such by.
brld organization would recognize
no responsibilities and gravitate
towards demagogy by natural
aud ire sistible instinct.
It is, again. not necessary to say
that we were right.
Having earned the right to
speak with some degree of saga.
cious provision as to the result, we
have no hesitation in expressing it
A. our opinion that If the election
were called tomorrow the new
Constitution would be defeated
There never was. in the history ol
politics in this State, such confes.
sion Of we akness-such bald pre-.
tence Of brag--as in the Chronicles
estimate Of the result the other
day. Some of the items in its table
read like the rawlings ofa compound
Of Munchausen and Jules Verne.
Los Angeles county, which, as the
case stands, we concede to be in
favor of the new Constitution by
from four to eight hundred major
ity, was set down for 500, San
Diego county for 800 and San Ber-
nardino county for 450 majority.
The fact is that later Information
leads US to reduce this conjoint ma
jority of $3.50 to 1900. In the
Chronicles estimate counties are
set down at from 800 to 800 majori-
ties In favor of the new Constitu-
ton which Will really go against it
by the same figures. San Francis
90 Is put down by it for a majority
In favor of the new Constitution
which will be doubled against that
Instrument.
Dropping the role of political
prophet, in which we desire to be
accurate, and taking up that of
mere. .speculator, to which is ac-
corded the license Of a sanguine OBJ
server, from all Indications the
new Constitution ought to be de-
feated by tremendous majority.
1t probably will be. But miss is
as good as q mile. Seven thousand
winch we snail surely get-will
answer the purpose as we'll as sew
enty thousand.
But, for special reason, we en-.
treat the friends of law and order
to make the majority a "cincher."
Two good body beatings, which he
met like coward, and which re.
suited in nothing worse than a
bloody nose and slightly cracked
sconce (his skull il too thick for
permanent injury have re.
tired Denis Kearney to pri.
vate life. His prestige hae
evaporated into thin air.
The desideratum with those
who wish we'll to California should
be to see Denis Kearney's nav Con.