Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-29
EDITORIAL ORREsP0NDENCE.
A Diso-ganis,d Party-Blains Men in the
Ascsndancy-Ths Thsaters.

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DEAR HERALD: As this IL the
last letter l shall write from the
metropolis of the Pacific Coast l
shall say something about the
state Of public opinion here ou mat
ters political. Republicans are
dem moralized, as we'll they
might be. However the gentle
men of the press may strive to
make light Of Republican response
bility for the doings of the last
Legislature, none of them believe
Q word they pen. Que aud oil dis.
cern the hand WRITING on the wall.
In personal conversations the men
who write the most CHEEKY and
hopeful articles which appear on
the Republican side admit that the
party Is doomed in this State for
the time being, and some Of them
add, with great bitterness, that it
ought to 90 to the wall.
In national matters most Of the
Republicans side with Garfield and
Blaine, although the folio wers o,
Conkling are not a few, and they
make up in weight for their lack
of numbers. The great mass Of
Republicans, however. dep!ore
the whole affair and admit rhat,
with such chasm opening in their
ranks, the days of the a.cendancy
Of their party at Washington are
numbered. The San Francisco
Post most ably champions the
Conkling side Of the CONTROVERSY,
and daily pours hot shot into the
administration ranks. The ChrOn.
icle which, prior to the Chicago
Convention, was stalwart to the
backbone, now represents the
Blaine wing with considerable en-
ergy. Democrats are in stale Of
high glee and take no pains to dis
gulse their feelings. Itis certainly
q pretty mess and the interest tax.
en in the great squabble is quite as
pronounced in San Francisco as Ia
Washington or New York.
THE THEATERs.
There has been a decided revival
in the theatrical business, of late.
The actors are no longer d.scourag.
cd by the slim attendance which l
noted nearly four weeks ago. The
arrival of Keene has given flavor
Of the legitimate drama 10 the va
riety line of business which WAS in
vogue before. All that a liberal
use Of printers ink and fiarIng
handbills could do to make the
public accept this old member Of
the California stock company as
great tragedian has been done, but
certainly complete success has not
crowned the effort. He has started
out on a most ambitious career,
and aims to rival Booth and Nc.
Cullough in such characters as
Othello, Richard III, Hamlet,
Richelieu, and be has, in fact, ap.
propriaied Booths whole repertOry.
That he is u fine actor is unuues-
but that his powers are
equal to the vaunt of his posters I
take leave TO doubt. A tense, en-.
ergetio and intellectual man aud
hns declaimer KeeDe undoubtedly
IL, but bis support Is not such ss it
ought to be AMI his success is not
overwhelming. No thsater goer
can have failed to remsrk, of Iaie
years, that tragedy is caviar 10 the
IL is "The Man Who
Laughs" that, on the stage as else
where. captures the multitude.
John I. Raymond holds the
boards at The California in q most
lsughable extravagauzl called
"Fresh, the eAmerican." There is
more undiiuted nonsense in this
play than my sane man would
think could b. crowded into any
given three hours. 1t is broad
farce, aud the loud laugh that
speaks tue amused If not the va
cant mind, is heard all over the
house as it progresses. All the
situations are so supre mely ridicu-
lous and silly that one wonders
that he can sit the thing through.
Raymond is getting to look very
old. By The way, ashort time ago,
he got Judge Daily to dlvest him of
that dBe old Irish name O'BrieD.
This act shows him to be a snob 10
his old days, and Is calculated TO
diminish the respect one might
otherwise have for him.
A new and charming resort In
San Frrncisco IL the Winter Gar
den on Dupont street, which hus
lately been opened under the aus.
pices Of that genial gentleman and
capable actor and manager, Mr.. M.
A. Kennedy, who is pleasantly
known to many of our people. The
staple of the evenings am use cut
consists Of light and sparkling
operettas. "Biliee Taylor" has