Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-06-14
Prince of Wales and bis set, In
this regard. So we may truly say
that honors are easy.

The Duke OF Sutherland and
party have come and gone. They
have visited Los Angeles, Santa
Monica, the Yosemite and San
Francisco and her surroundings,
and have passed through here
on their way back to England.
Diligent efforts have been made to
extort something appreciative Of
San Francisco from the party, with
the result. in every instance, of
signal failure. The Duke and his
companions admired the show of
horseflesh at Governor Stanford's
Palo Alto farm, and there they
stopped, IS close.mouthed as the
Egyptian sphynx or the Delphic
oracle when outgivlngs were not
the order Of the day at that center
of Grecian superstition. The HER
AID, which had exact information
of the movements OF the Ducal
party and of its utterances, and
whose every attache was careful to
stay away from every member of
the distinguished foreign visiting
party, stated that, when the Duke
stood on Fort Hill, and looked over
the Los Angeles valley, he doubted
If there was anything in Italy that
equaled the scene there displayed.
The party next went down to Santa
Monica; and, Duke and all, they
were in rhapsodies over that In
comparable beach. Knowing these
things. we simply reported them.
The United States, and all quarters
Of the United States. are absolutely
Independent Of the Dukes and Earls,
the Peers and Commons, OF Great
Britain. The Duke of Sutherland,
coming from England to this coun-
try, is precisely the same to US as
Mr.. John Smith, coming from the
same section. When an intelli-
gent gentleman of note chooses to
be enthusiastic about our town and
county, we gladly note the fact.
Certain pert and clipper up coun'
try journalists started in to
"bouncen the HERALD for record
ing u simple fact. We noted it
as matter OF duty. 1t was o
thing of verify, specially CRATE
full to US Of the Southern coun-
try. The probability is extreme
that, if the chronicle had been left
to the Los Angeles HERALD alone,
it would have been discredited. That
som nolent region Of The State of
California, viz, the Northern and
Central counties, would still have be.
lieved that provincial editor had
been getting up a "boom" for his
own section. Certain journals SUBJ
sidiary to the San Francisco Stock
Board would have INDUCED in a
volant enthusiasm of inyective, in
tended to dIseredlt and belittle the
Southern section Of this State.
But, fortunately, persevsring rep.
resentative of the San Francisco
Chronicle stuck his augur deeply
and persistsntly into the Duke,
with the result Of elicitipg an
opinion from that gentleman on
California. The Duke said he was
strongly impressed, in his visit to
this coast, with Santa Monica
and the Yosemite. He added that
Santa Monica ought to be q resort
OF worldwide significance and at.
traction. Probably, in view of the
Chronicles dlsinterested develop.
ments, the conductors of minor San
Francisco newspapers will be
brought to realize that the HERALD,
in reporting the Duke Of Suther.
lands lively and energetic prefer
ences for Los Angeles county and
Santa Monica, really spoke by the
card. The Duke and his companions
az noblemen merely, are nothing to
US. But an English Duke, who is a
thorough gentleman, and who has
reserved all his praise for our own
section and the Yosemite, natural
ly enlists our sympathies. Now
let somebody look for those utter
ances OF his which are eulogistic OF
San Francisco.