Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-05-07
OIla-Podrida.

When political affairs assume q
grave aspect aud danger menaces
the land, such light aud trltling
things as grace the columns of
OLA -Podrida are sadly out Of time.
The kings Jester and the court
clown were nev,r called in when
their mOnarchs and courts were
considering those serious questions
that disturbed the throne or con.
vulsed the nation. But when dam
ger had passi d then came the court
fool with hIs "wise Jaws and mod
ern INSTANCES" conveying some-
times grave maximS and deep
philosophy under The guiss of u
merry trifling. The appearance
again Of Olla-Podrida evidences the
fact that in the opinion of the wise
men who control the ArgonQut
the danger is passed. TIE new Con.
stltution will not be adopted. The
old one will remain the we'll and
fountain of our judicial knowledge
1t will continue to be the chart aud
compass to guide us; 1t Will bs the
sheet anchor to hold the ship Of
State, and The sun will continue to
shine, and the grass to grow, and
California to prosper as In the
olden time, and Kearney will not
be Dictator, and Terry will not be
Chief Justice, and Clitus Barbour
will not be Mayor, aud Beerstecher
will continue to sell beer, and Bon.
net to frlz hair, and Vacquerel to
cook. and Volnsy K. Howard will
raise oranges in the semi-tropical
climate Of Los Angeles; all
the luminaries OF the late C0nven.
tion will go into eclipse, aud this
new crop of demagogus politicians
will be nipped in the bud.
It seems almost too bad that all
the fond anticipatlons of these old
political fossils like Terry, Howard,
Sam Soule and Piper should come
to naught. 1t seems toe bad that
Judge o. G. Pratt cannot be revItal-
lied into judicial existence. 1t IL
indeed melancholy that Paul Nor
rill and John Lord Love should be
still left In the dead valley OF polit-
ical dead bones, or that
Ex-Governor Downey should
have no hope of political
resurrection, aud that the trump of
the archangel should never sound
the recall to life of old, dead, dried
up and withered political and social
malcontents that under the warmth
OF the sand lot have made this
last spasmodic wriggle for life. Poor
old Tompkins aud poor old DR..
Wozencraft, and Bradford and
Alexander Campbell, and Estee,
and all OF those OLD "three.time
losers" on the green cloth Of lifs's
faro tablet" We are sorry fol
them. "lhe times have been that
when the brains were oat the man
would die" but this melancholy
collection Of prehistoric fossils have
been galvanized into a spasmodic
aud final kick. 1t Is a common ex-
pertinent al the dissecting table to
apply the galvanic wire to the toe
OF corpse, give the battery a turn,
and under the influence of electric.
ity 1t will start into life. rise to its
feet, give one ghastly grin, ard
then relapse into the very dead con-
ditiOn 1t was In before the expert.
ment. This uprising of the slums
has acted like galvanism on these
old political corpses. Every iisal.
pointed politician; every played
out, burned out, kicked out, hanger
on of party; every bursted stock
gambler; every broken banker;
every old, soured, dyspeptic, un-
happy, social malcontent has shown
his face, grinned his grin, grum-
bled his grumLle. and we now hope
he will lay himself down again to
the quiet repose Of his political
death. 1t makes US sad to see these
skeletons walking among us--these
ghosts OF old ambitions trooping
BY, --Ar0OnQut,