Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-04-13

certain foul subordinate arrange.
ments. So the emigrant from
"Dublin town''became Lieutenant.
Governor and, in due time, Gov
ernor Of the good State of Califor-
MIA.
There Is no doubt in the world
that the bulkhead scheme, en-.
gineered by Levi Parsons and the
late John B. FELTON,, was as rotten
as gar bage In sewer. Those two
men unblushingly purchased both
branches of the Legislature. Dow.
ney vetoed the measure and has
ever since been applauded in San
Francisco for his action. Had he,
upon the expiration of his term of
office, retired to private life, and
nursed his i'll gotten gains, lie
would have descended to posterity
as an honest but stupid sort Of
fellow. He is still crazy TO preside
over public meetings, prefacing his
exaltation with silly platitudes,
couched In execrable English. He
still has his Iamentable itching for
making post-dinner talks equally
silly, and of seeing himself in print
over his own signature, fathering
stuff that, In matter and manner,
would call down fiagella,ion
upon street STRIPPING. Our
distinguished fellow citizen has no
education-no literary cultivation.
He is the unattired monkey clam
bering aloft as If eager to exhibit
the immodest parts of his person
parts that would not have obtruded
themselves upon the shocked gaze
of the public on plane. And now
we come to the point! That veto
message was replete with sound ar
gument and was couched in deco
rous language. At the time the in
quiry was, "Who wrote ii?" Every
one knew that Downey was une.
quail to the task; and yet, ever
since, this gobbler has attired him
self in peacock feathers on the
strength of it. What fashionable
lady's attire was that in which this
coarse demi rep decked himself?
After much controversy, public
opinion concentrated itself upon
Eugene Casserly as the man, and
he has borne the eclat ever since.
Really, we have never heen able
to appreciate the credit awarded to
our Ex-Governor for stamping with
his veto so dirty measure as the
San Francisco bulkhead scheme. 1t
was universally condemned. We
suppose the reason lies in the de-
pravlty of Sacramento at that time.
Is a man to be beslavered with en-
comiums for one single act of jus.
tioe? No matter! The Governor did
veto the bulkhead, but he did not
write the veto message, to its inf
mite advantage in style and argu.
ment.
And now We recur to our primal
inquiry,-"Who wrote the com mu-
nication, In late issue of the
Chronicle, bearing the ex-Govern-
or's signature? What was the price
paid by the Governor for this pre-.
cious brochureo" We have an inter.
ested motive in the question, for we
are not averse to entering the mar
ket ourselves. If his Excellency is
liberal, we should be inclined to
take hand.
1t was Aaron Burr who gave the
judicicus advice, "Say what you
please but don't a0rite." We give
the advice at secondhand to the
Ex-Governor, and say, with parrot
iteration, "lon't you Write-either
yourself or through a paid scrib.
bier" Positively, Governor, you
ought not to write, however por-
tentous your signature!
The matter Of this pseudo
Downey missive to the Chronicle
we reserve for further comment.
We claim the privilege of analyz-
ing this adulterate drug of an ex-
druggist.