Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-03
A cry From the w,lderne..


Perhaps one Of the most amusing fea.
IT, & Pacific Coast journalism and OF
C. MIA politics Is embodied in the
lr II tne San Francisco News- Letter.
4. .ncoruptiblo JOURNAL until its last
issue. kept standing ut the head OF its
columns an advertisement OF the lsro-
plane Company. The ostcnsible pur-
pose of this company was TO start some
mysterious force into operation which
would compass the circumnavigation of
the circumambieut air while one could
say .Jack Robinson, as 1t were. There
are not wanting sardonic politicians who
have asserted that the venerable Marriott
really kept his Atroplaue Company un-
der way as a sort Of political hocus-
pocus; or, in other words, that, when
the grass grew short, Marriott instruct.
cd his youthful myrmidons to issue forth
and ''strike" the average politician or
inchoate statesman for subscriptions to
the stock OF this grand modern in.
vention, which was never to be
patented. The legend ran that it
was anathema and maranatha and gen.
eral woe to the rising statesman, young
or old, who failed TO warm up to the
4Eroplane; or who, In other words. pre-
ferred to adhere to the things that were
Of The earth earthly. Judging from the
last outgiving OF the Ne,cs- Letter, which
we reproduce below, we are inclined to
think that Asroplane stock is being neg
lected by both the great political parties.
We quote;
To your profound student OF politics,
such as the Ne,cs. Letter and its readers,
the least important Of the issues involved
in the present campaign, is the election
of either Mister Cleveland or Mister
Blaine; the main issue, from this philo-
sophie viewpoint, is the overthrow Of
the type Of political rascaldom organized
ms s'the machine 1t is not to be con.
ceived that rascality will be eliminated
from politics until it is eliminated from
human nature; but there is no sufficient
reason why the property aud intelligence
and decency of the country should allow
any place in the administration of its
government to Boss Buckley, Boss Kelly,
Jimmy O'Brien, Ben Butler and the Star
Reuters of Grants old gang. So long as
the machine is permitted to rule, men of
this stamp must necessarily control it,
dispose OF its nominations and votes, and
direct the administration of public affairs.
Up to this time, the only road to polt
ical place has been held by the machine.
The only escape from the rule Of organ
lied rascoldom lies in breaking the or.
ganization-in smashing this machine.
There is nothing TO choose between ad-
ministration by Democratic machine
and Republican one,-a Democratic
rascal and a Republican one, Boss
Kelly or Boss 0'Brien, Ben. Butler or
Pow. Clayton. The only rational
interest that the present con
test possesses, arises from the
fact that it involves number of
"bolts." The Independent bolt is n
bolt drawn from the Iecency, the prop
erty and the conscience of the Repub-
lcan party, againtt its own machine
The Tammany bolt is a holt of the larg.
est "pieoe-club" in America, to strike n
trade for some of the fattest offices in
America. The Democratic party, which
is responsible for the existence of this
club. is now threatened by it with an
appropriate retrbution. The Butler
bolt is bolt of the non property hold.
ing class, erecting itself into q piece.
club of the Tammany type. The Demo-
Gratis of Massachusetts, are responsible
for having recognized the Bosship of
Butler, from which they are now liable
to suffer. Now, each one of these bolts
is making things miserable for the ma
chine of the party whence the bolt pro.
ceedad; and the real interest of the stu.
alton lies in the strength that each bolt
may develop. That strength is the
measure of our advance in the direction
of smashing the machines and relegating
the rascals who boss them to the rum.
mills, police-courts, OF police-docks,
where the origin of most OF them is to
be sought and found.
Was there ever a more modest bid for
recognition from both or either or any
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