Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-31
when n state OF south California
VIII be Feasible.

The Los Angeles HERALD has been AZ
all times pronounced advocate of Il
State of South California, Eleven years
ago. when tlk present editor Of this pa
mar was editor of tho San Diego World,
he started very lively agitation for
state division, which re-ochoed through
out the whole press Of California AT a
later stage, when, in conjunction with
Col ]. J. Ayers. he edited TIE Los
Angeles Express, second very strong
crusade for q State of South California
was inaugurated. There was no hope OF
immediate results. but he felt that the
thing was essentially desirable, and was
certain to come, sooner or later,
When. in October, 1876, wc assumed
control of this journal, we engaged, Tor
the third time, in an energetic crusade
for n new State. Realizing the fact that
the Southern counties were too weak,
numerically, to hope for recognition IN
an effort to create new State, the
HERALD suggested that union OF the
three southern .sennties with Arizona
would furnish a symmetrical common
wealth, whose interests would be more
diverse and promising than those of any
other member OF the Union. One
branch Of the Arizona Legislature re-
sponded to our initiative, but plan
which had much TO recommend 1t at
that time fell through.
Since then the growth OF both South
ern California and Arizona has been 80
rapid that il would be waste Of good
material to combine them, both being
eligible TO the honor of Statehood sep
aratoly. Since that time Los Angeles
county alone has gathered within her
ample domain of three million acres
population of fully sixty thousand souls.
Tho counties which naturally group
under the head Of Southern California
will have, by the time the next Presi-
dent, who will be Democrat is inaugur-
ated, population sufficient to constitute
a Congressional district, which has hith.
erto been regarded as the only pre-.
requisite to the admission OF territory
or other properly constituted political
region as State-a condition, by the
way, which was shamelessly waived in
the admission of the fraudulent State OF
Nevada.
While, in this section, with rapiditH
which is not noted elsewhere in the
United States, in ratio, at least, we are
getting ready, in population and in do
veloped permanent resources, to claim
status as member of the Sisterhood OF
States in the near future, it is well that
we should thoroughly understand the
real essential preliminary to that nd
vancoment in dignity, As the region
comprised in tho Southern counties is
known to be slightly Democratic, The
State of South California has not the
slightest chance of coming into being as
long as either House of Congress or the
President Of the United States is Repub'
lican. On the other hand, with our
large and constantly increasing popula-
tion, our varied and remunerat,ye pro-
duction. Democratic President and
Congress, both Of which we are sure to
have very shortly, would feel justified
in at once erecting Southern California
into the State of South California, and
they would do it instanter, upon proper
application.
Every voter who desires to see CON
summation so devoutly to be wished re-
allied, with Los Angeles rs the capital
OF new and progressive State, will gov
ern himself accordingly. a vote for a
Democratic Renaissance is vote for q
Semi-Tropic State. Tho Republican
party must go; and, with its going will
60 the old and ungainly State OF Califor
MIA, which will be split up into TIVE
symmetrical commonwealths territori
ally