Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-22
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nopuDaaeen Thinblesig.
E A1&ontion 70 matters which
G1A1une1 euR special regard has pre-.
5DnoDo1 -, for some days past,
onn giving due heed, In the edi.
4 Noe1nl eelumns Of the HERALD, to
o11tleal svsnt Of great and 10.
nnntAble magnituds. Imnsrssd
= apooalatloAs which related to
oleeod transcontinsntal rail.
~ nnd ln the details Of the coun-
~ Whloh intervsnes between Los
lGoaoo and El Pase, We have been
M - postpsne our comments
1on ~ oarrendsr. BY the Rspub-
- eGolals Of California. Of the
nGnxy ef the state to the debris
6voDI Any comment upon this
Dq1lleoe transaetion should be
5 1lo1need by the Just remark that
s IS haye seen achieved in Califor.
rs : ohamelassnsss and hardihood
l nalvoesAtien, psoulation and
tAoey which were developed at
s ntago ef the Tweed regime In
Nv York. Tweed and bis associ.
1oo peooeoded In their malign
~ eaullousIy and by graduated
- sneoeeslvs stages. They feared
Do11le tplnion ct least TO the ex.
>ont Of not shocking 1t In the
omp, - Il were. They would de-
9oIop . scheme Of public improve.
nents which would involve the
1 Seeeotion Of great and expensive
OQblIe bulldings; button their face.
>Aols nevsmsats would be honest
NJ shove board. The buildings,
- evsry ease. were real public ne
g ositiss. The steal would come In
vhen two prices were charged for
~ work.
The dominant Republican ring
u ~ State Of California have not
o1eaght Il necessary to cloak theiI
1o1bssy Of the people under the
!; oeoo Of decent pretencss. They
3 1o0o dIsdained to assume . virtue
vAon they had it not. They have
cnought that they could strike q
bo11s fresbootsr role of villany,
d which they could with impuni'
~ present : pistol at the head Of
Ne masses, and call upon them tc
eta1d and deliver. They have svi.
1ontly believed that they
Vore dealing with q relaxed
>and nutten-headed populacs rs to
+ Nhea prstsncss and indirectiou
\ Wose - much labor thrown away.
Appalled, by the profiigacy Of the
lete Legislature, number Of tax
s payofs last Saturday week initiated
eenit In the Supreme Court Of Cali.
bofnlA which should arrest, until
eeetaln constitutional inquiries
~ bssn made, the process Of rob.
blng The people Of the Common.
A wealth which had been devised
With the name, style and title, to
ounploy the expanded and verbose
phraseelogy Of the law, Of the De-
esle Act. The Attorney. General
& the State appeared at the argu-
nont On the motion and asked for
(: delay until Monday. To the alls-
gasion that such delay might be
Ne means Of depicting the State
Treasury Of several hundred thous-
and dollars, Attorney General Hart
soplied that. at the outside, only
$4,000 or $4,000 would be in
volvsd; and, with the nnesse of
eho profsssional thlmbls.rigger, he
tmpreoeed the Court OF last resort
VIII the idea that NO harm could
eaeue 70 the people by the delay
- asked for. On the assump ption
Mat this omeiaI, who was, par s1.
violence. the legal representative
of the people. was honest, the
Ceort was warranted In extending
~ oourtesy Of . brief postpone.
Amont.
What was the result? 0ullsd by
Attorney General Hart's infamou
lles the Debris vulures gathered
1pem every aide, and, eagerly facil.
eote1 by Republican State oflicla ais,
StAe otate Treasury was dsnudsd Of
~, 900 IN On incredibly brief
tlone. The State Treasurer, We'll,
leat himself ~ an active and CO..
opesatlvs stool-pigs,n to the Re.
DQbliesn Attorney. General, Hart.
- The following Monday the Hu.
cene Court granted the injunc.
e1oo which should postpone the de.
D1otlen Of the Treasury until the
0save Constitutional questions were
1oossmlusd. ALI day Mon.
~ the Republican State
4eoaenrer Was diligently engaged,
VIA eelicitous haste, in paying out
cneenoas sums to the Debris har.
oA although advised, by tsls-
49, that an injunction had been
oneo6 by the Supreme Court.
- were resolved, one and all.
- ehe telsgraph should net b.
oentivo in The intsrsst Of the pee
ojeheugh slsotriclty has been
+ 1Gg1o thought to be 4 ussful