Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-03-04

4 Remerabie lafamy.
he HERALD steadily assumed
/: ~ oosruptlon Of the present and
~ last Legislature Of California.
While The preceding body Of hap
~ memory was debating the De-
! ~ ouactmsnts We said that the
III would become law. During
~ session Of the California Lsg.
61atugo the lobby was numerous
) ~ solve. As . matter Of com.
- noeorlsty the debris clique
soJ4so represented by five dollars to
s - ehat the other collective inter.
- seeking corrupt legislation
oould mustsr. We knew the men
no ~ ct Sacramento, and were
ooeeain that they would fall down.
go fAll prone they did. Gov. Per.
klne, to the regret Of his true
f1rfsnds, and to the lasting conapro-
aiso Of his whole political career,
6sened the bill and it became q
Nv.
when the present Legislature as
oSnblod " knew that every cor
tuDe end rotten scheme which
nleAt bs introduced into that body
vool1 70 through. We knew, to q
cnoeal certainty, that the Debris
< n6peal bill. whose passage was
0g1ently desired by nineteen
tUoutteths of the people OF Callfor-
nla, would fail. The role OF II
IA you sou 10 . melancholy and
nFueeless but In this case was q
1 sempulsory ono.
The whole efforts Of the lobby
< Woee reduced, 1t the last stage, to
i. euttlng . scattered Democrat, here
4 ~ there, to oppose repeal. They
1asdsurably succeeded. A few seal
laWags from San Francisco were
n pGewoded to antagonize the wishes
q The people aud notably those of
their own constituents. A scatter
~ Democratic rural rooster. here
and there. land very few of them
festunately) was induced to
s tolIow suit; and. presto,
The leading Republican organs
. turn round and face the people OF
California with o sublime effont.
cry and claim that no party re-
eponslblllty attaches TO this iniqui-
toas legislation ami to the lament
able dasco Of the whole session.
The few Democratic traitors to
the public veal will be accorded
short shrift. They will be pitched,
neek and heele, into the muck
heap made up Of political Parlahs
" al parties. They will never
again draw the breath Of political
llfe. The HERALD launches at
thsm, one and all, the greater and
the lesser accommodation.
+ "Anathsma,' "Marantha," are
the best words we have for the best
3 cs them: Senator Ryan, of Hum
boldt county, voiced the senti.
nents OF honest Democratic legis-
lators when he said that, although
\ BE- had voted for the Debris act,
following his personal opinions, in
the last Legislature, he respected
10 highly the sentiments of his
oonstituents and the whole people
ct CaIiforuia to fail to vote for its
rspsal.
A. the Democratic party Intends
70 punish the corrupt men, few In
4 uambsr. who have betrayed the
pablo interests In this Debris mat.
~ It Il proper to analyze the atti-
tnde Of the Republican party a. re-
epects this overshadowing Issue.
In the fret place. California is
Republican III all departments Of
ths State government. 1t has Re-
publican Governor, Lieutenant.
Governor, heads Of Departments, a
Republican Senate and Assembly.
Is was In the power of the Repub-
jicau party to have controlled
eyery losa Of legislation, .s,ld .tq
lveelf. A. . matter of fact
tie Republican Governor, dur.
1ng the present session of the
4eDlelature, sent to that body a
peolsl "siicksns" message, in
Which he was at great pains to
loqd the scheme 10 the skies. As
e With the view Of leaving no pos.
eible misconstruction on the sub.
jeets Gov. Perkins figured up the
ultimate cost of the scheme at So.
~. 900.
Never since the United States
- Z nation has there been a fail
m e hold party which possessed
~ TIE departments of State gov.
espment responsible for the laws
e1aetod under such circumstances.
ne 1epubIioan papers. which are
ssyinG 20 claim exemption from
popsibllity, can scarcely avoid
41Iglng In . broad grin while
MIG %. They all know that .
6en memorable for corruption
~ betrayal Of the rights Of the