Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1883-02-18
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inc eonviction u strengthening anu
broadening that the Democratio party
as represented py tho oaiiiorhia heg@
iature, fuiiy intends TO carry OUT i's
promises IN inc ia'e campaign anu 'nA'
inc PROFESSIONS Oh 'he oan JOSS Son'en
t'on were honest ones. Inc iAhAlp
mas no luminosity to"arus the men VINO
puiit up inc superb system o' oaiiornin
railways. On the contrary we shouid
be falss TO our section were we not 10
acknowledge the splendid development
brought about by their agency Du'
the HERALD, while oonceding tho energy
and enterprise OF these gentlemen, ana
while recognizing the wonderful results
brought about by railroad extension IN
Los Angeles county ana In southern
California generally adheres, Win all
ITS heart, TO the Damocratic doctrine OF
regulating corporations by tho people
II rejects the sssumptioh' however
plausipiy argued that ownership IN
railway or q canal Is like ownership IN
farm OF q oeit Oh thnoer iahu' "itnout
the slightest desire 10 Cypress the rail
ways we are hrmiy convinced mat tine
struggles oil the next ton years VIII
result IN establishing the supremacy Oh
the people In oil questions oil transpor'
ta'lon all over inc United states, Always
promising tnaI the people ask only Wha'
r'gn'' ana tnat tneir local representa-
ives IN the nation ana IN inc states
pass no laws ihvaiidating existing CON
,rac's' Aitnougn tue Legislature Vi
oai'iornia may nave "aS'eu s'nh'
oi ics 'i'ne' II has now oehe uowh W 's
sups'ah''"i worh III earhoS'' no io"i
went up prematuroiy' amongst q por'
'ioh Oh inc nepupiicah press Vi oa'hoi
MA that the Democratio Legislature
would prove ialse 70 'ne pledges Oh 'he
party made at pan jose In lus''ce 10
that BODY II should DO stated .na'' 'huS
iaf, tho nc mas oeoh given W 'nos' o"'
goings' In iact' the Assembly mas
shown disposition to more than iuihii
the utmost limit oil the party profess
IONS, and both branches nave honestly
tried TO iuihli the WORD oil promise not
only to the ear put TO the nope In It's
zeal to outstrip the legitimate expecta'
lions OF the people, the Barry bill IN the
Assembly simply attempts to do impos'
sible things and to countervaii the red
erai prerogatives' But II Is an honest
misdirection, and shows the warm ana
spontaneous response OF the peoples
representatives. to the slogan oil the san
Jose Convention. 1t Is certainly not as
intelligent response as profound ana
honest lawyers would have made but IL
showed that, though the head was
wrong, the heart OF the Democratic
Assemblymen WINS in the right place.
just as this point comes In the pro-
found fnesse OF the San francisco
Chronicle, venomous Republican
organ IL processes TO champion the
Barry piii' ana TO be In accord win inc
Democratic majority OF the Assembly,
II Is another case OF the ereeks bearing
glfts. Some OF the provisions OF tha'
bill are so utterly subversive OF the
national authority that, II passed, 1t VIII
certainly be nullitied by the United
States courts, and n great many OF the
clear-headed lawyers OF the Senate know
this. As consequence, they will
either have to prostitute their con-
science and play the demagogue or de-
feat the measure. Some few even OF
the lawyers may think that the State oil
California can set itself up above the
laws OF Congress, passed In the line OF
the just prerogatives OF that body but it
is probable that they will be very few.
What the Chronicle is hoping for is
that the Senate will kill the Barry bill.
1t will then set up terrible howl about
the Democratic Senate having proved
recreant to its duty, and having fallen
down before the railway. 1t knows
perfectly well all the while, that, il tho
Barry bill is passed, it will be decided
unconstitutional by the United States