Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-11-29

of a Republican Mayor in the city
of churches.
California has perhaps more
demonstratively than any other
State of the Union been the thea
ter of these hot-headed quarrels
amongst men who ought to have
been fellow partizans. In 1850 the
Lincoln electors were chosen by q
scratch, Notwithstanding the fact
that the combined vote for the two
Democratic candidates for Gov.
ernor that year was within q thous-
and or so of being double that re-
ceived by the successful Republic
an. 1t is true that, In this State,
the Republican party has been the
victim of internal partizan quar-
rels to an almost equal extent.
Haight and Irwin both owed their
election as Governor to this fact;
SO that, as far as purely State poll
tics are concerned, the Democracy
can claim more than a stand-off.
But, as respects the Democratic
party, these squabbles have in
this State been carried to great
minuti@, and the city Of San
Francisco has been the arena OF
more fierce fights in the Demo-
cratic ranks than were ever record
ed in New York City itself. Who
can have forgotten, prior to the
late municipal election in that city,
the intsrminable din and conten.
ton between the Manhattan and
Yosemite factions, to say nothing
of the chickering's of the innumera-
BILE clubs and organizations which
were offshoots Of both, the Work
ipgmen's discordant howl being
added to all2 During the long
Incubation of that unfortunate
ticket, which was so m ercilessly
sacrificed at the polls, chaos
seemed to sit as umpire and by his
decisions more mbroiled the fray
until, prestol after weeks OF
wrangling, the losing candidates
were named.
1t is a mistake to suppose that
the American people care baubee
about administrative purity, re-
sponsibility to the masses, honesty
and the collateral political virtues.
The retirement to private life OF
such United States Senators as the
Messrs. Thurman. Eaton and Ker.
nan, and the Introduction to the
Uuited States Senate OF such men
as Wood Pulp Miller, "Honesp'
John Sherman, and others Of that
ilk, show that oil talk about politi-
cal morality in this country is the
verlest rot. What the American
people really admire, what they
will do ell In their power to helE
along, is audaclty and dash anC
that unity Of purpose which insure
success, no matter by what means
or at what sacrifice of Republican
traditions. To-day the splendid
work accomplished by the Demo
cratic majority of Congress in ar
resting jobbery and corruption Il
as completely forgotten as though
1t had never been performed. Th
enormous squandering of the pub
lie domain, the scandals and IN
famies for which the Republican
leaders can be justly held response
bic, have also quite as fully passed
out of the recollection of the voter
United, and with harmonious
councils, the Dem ocratio party has
success within it's grasp; but
throughout the whole country, and
at once, the work of re-organiza'
ton and concert of action should
be undertaken. Only by pulling
all together, In California as in the
Empire State, in San Francisco as
in New York City, can success BIZ
looked for. The squabbles Of the
past should be repudiated with in
effable disgust They furnish ar
instructive chapter whose moni'
lions should be acted upon.
If these thing are not done, and
done at once, only through huge
split In the Republican party.
which now seems not improbable
in the near future, can success be
possible. But it is far safer to cul.
tivate union amongst ourselves
than to sit down and walt for dis.
sensions amongst our adversaries