Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-04-17

Absus Appersassne.s. state ana
Congressional.
The Republican press 10 not
afraid to face the people Of Califor-
MIA with the announcement that
they expect to 90 gerrymander the
etate ~ to do injustice to their po.
litieal opponents. Fortunately the
Republican scheme of State sppor-
tionmsnt 10 30 outrageous In all
IL features that 1t cannot com.
msnd the support Of all the mem.
bsn Of the Republican majority in |
the Assembly: We accept the dec
laration, made BY the Republican,
themselves, that their party lead.
eEs are willing to do injustice for
partixan advantage. Very we'll.
II now gives 10 infinite pleasure to
tell these people that they cannot
get through their infamous appor-
tienment bill. The real effect of
their hoggish programme will be
- defeat any appropriation what.
ever. AZ . result, we find the fol.
loving dual interesting state of
things. one branch Of prime inter-
ct 70 the people Of the whole State
Of California, and the other of ab.
serbing concern to the people Of
Los Angeles county.
Amongst the last acts Of the For.
ty-sixth Congress, . body Demo-
cratic In both branches, was the
passage of q national apportion-
mont bill which gave California
elk members Of Congress. The Re.
publican party saw fit to prevent
this equitable measure from be-
coming law. By this bill Cali
fornia received some portion of
that need of recognition to which
she was entitled. 1t is just possi-
BILE that the Forty-sevsnth Con.
gress, Republican In both branches
through the trsachery Of Malone,
may choose to give US only five
members. Should we suffer by
this laches Of q Republican Presi-
dent and . Republican Congress,
California Republicans will fnd 1t
very difmcult indeed to stand up
against the tide of righteous indig-
nation which this invidious dis
crimination will unloose in the
Golden State.
Now - to the second branch OF
our topic. For fully eight years Los
Angeles county has bad ratio of
population which has entitled her
- two State Senators and to from
three to four members Of the AS
ssmbly. Nevertheless, we have
been obliged to get on, as best we
could, with one Senator and two
Asssmblymsn. To-day our just
claims. by fair ratios, swing be.
tween two Senators and from three
70 hvs Assemblymen, according to
the Agures established by Nc.
Clure's Republican gerrymander.
ing bill for other and more favored
sections Of the State. Ifthe Repub.
lioans, through spirit Of partizan
unfairness, have 50 pitched their
appoftionment that enough fair
minded Republicans decline to
support the scheme to insure its
defeat, the people Of Los Angeles
county may thank the Republican
party for being still obliged to
struggle along with one Senator
and two representatives.
While upon this subject of ap.
portionment, and recurring to its
Congregational phase, we should
not bswail our lot one whit If the
Republican scheme for the elk dis
tricts were to 60 through. Three
thousand Democratic majority, by
this scheme, is massed in . single
district. OF course, this lie q con-
templatsd disgusting outrage. or
the remaining five districts there
10 IN average Republican majority
Of ak hundred in each. The best
laid plans Of politicians, az Of men
end mice, :'gang aft aglee." The
demsntsd partixsns who have ar.
ranged this Intentionally unfair
end Ubiquitous programme might,
under its practical operation,
wake up to find that six Democrats
bad been elected from Cali.
fornia. A change OF three hundred
and odd votes In each of the gerry.
wandered districts would do the
business, and there would be
poetic Justice in its being
done. The fact is that
The Republicans will show
themselves unspeakably unwIse
they break the solid phalanx Of
Pages district. They forget that
The next Congressional elections
take place In the famous 'off
year" when the national admins.
trAtion always suffers gfievsusIy
ffem persenal disappolntments and
shagsin. They forget, also, that
The peopls of the United States
Would far rather have had Hancock
President than Garfield. A. the
oountsy was highly prosperous, the