Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-02
rAs r.-aev.rnes Again.

/1Kl0R nuOt0er Wnack ~ seh'"n-
.noonced, sell. lf.pronounced publicist,
ohe has invaded the columns Of an
o1onlng paper. Most Newspaper
'6Snlributors, with, under the cir
1umotances, . foolish sort Of mod
ooky, withhold their names from
~ public. There is Snug con-
oolt, which We do not admire, that
oeoastonAlly invades this rule, an
1nvaslon dictated by personal
no]f.assertion. The literary lucu.
kratlons Of these gentry are, for
tnnately, enforced by the solemnity
ef their signatures. Some such
signature 10 that Of our esteemed
(blloW-cltlzsn who was made Gov
oRnof Of California, by the desire OF
Milton s. Latham, on q certain
rnsmosable occasion, to be elected
Z g the Senate Of the United States.
We ara somewhat startled by the
I 1not that cruelty is involved In
!, conmsnting upon the style Of this
nrotsntious publiclst. Yet we are
6onsoIed by the other fact that any
hosactsr Of comment or aniamad-
xorslsn must be pleasing to one
Who manifasts such q greed for no.
tofiety. The Ex-Governor suggests,
IA his communication to the Er.
prsse, that sit may not have occur
~ to the fault-hndIng that we
have not any organic act"
The IL . revelation, and we can
Stand revelations, If we are pushed
% it. But we are not left to o gen.
sal indsfiniteness Of literary and
loeal delivery upon the part Of our
distlpguished fellow citizen. We
~ told that the new Constitution
oooms to be framed ''in letters Of
gold and to be hung" etc.
ThIs, really. seems to US to be In.
tondsd - . vain rivalry, in senti-
n,ent and expression, to that fine
simils Of Solomon, in which he re-.
1srrsd to apples Of gold enclosed In
pltohers Of silver. We cannot tell
vhethsr the Ex-Governor intended
( 20 rival this bold and then original
oimile; but, IL he failed In the rival
~ he evidently aimed at SUCCESS
] . sort Of excelsior impulse which
stopped At the foot Of the hill.
Failure in this ambitious effort.
q which Mondays issue Of the
lsprsss IL full, ought to insure
naegelatlon to any boy of fourteen
IN any Oonnaught school.
Having dispatched style, we must
come down to matter. In his eagle
pofusal Of the new document, the
ext -Gevsrner has forgotten, or has
overlooked, the new.
1--WE are prohibited from allow
s'ing," says his ex-Exce llency.
ssocunties and cities from creating
ss:ndsbtedness, beyond q certain
ssIImited amount"
In this outgiving the syntax is as
bad ~ the sentiment. There is
really no such provision In the old
Constitution.
Again: This self constituted
pundit says: 1--WE are prohibited
from creating an indebtedness be-
yond $500, OOO."
It IL . matter of languld curios.
ity to tho reader as to who was pro-
hibited, the State or Ex-Governor
Downey!
II the Ex-Governor deigns to
mean the State, we assure him
that, though creature of autono-
NOUS Importance, 1--WE confess that
We don't know, in this portentous
phrase, whether we refer to the
ex-0overnor or the State of Cali
fornia) there is no such prohibi-
tlon In the old instrument. We
really think that this champion of
the new Constitution (above his
own siguature) should display less
rscklsssness. We doubt II the
Governor has read either the old
Or the new Constitution. We re-
gard 1t as absolutely certain that
be has not read the old one, and it
b fact that he has yet given no
Indication that he has read the new.
A. least he has given no other In
dlcation Of having read it than q
general and school-boy panegyrlc
Of Il, couched in most execrable
English. Something more than
Eneyolopediac excerpts about Hun
gary and Poland and King John
are needed to establish the ex-Gov-
ernor's conversance with the new
document. Such puerils illusions,
mot even excepting Codric
The Saxon, do not become
the statesman or the scholar.
We summon this pundit to
The tribune. "Come. venerable
and learned ex-Executive, when
have the sacred provisions of our
flrst Constitution been disregarded
by the Legislature, the executive
and, most Of all, by the Courts :?
Conosding the truth of what you
aoy, be kind enough to inform us,
\ Governor, IL the new Constitution
he's : panacea for mineral Legis-
Iaturss, and Courts, and Governors,
NE latter less impecabIe than your
! immaculate self?