Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-01
A Vain Effort.

Many Republican journals are endeaN-
/. oring 10 break the force Of the array OF
journals in New York and other Eastern
cities OPPOSED to Blaine by asserting
that they never were Republican.
Amongst the rest, they cite the case OF
the New York Herald. As matter of
fact, ever since the war, the Herald,
while pretending to be an independent
journal, has been the most insidous and
fndofatigablc foe the Democratic party
has over had. In all important elections
since 1860 that paper has been the inn
placable enemy OF anything aud every
thing Democratic, using its widely rami'
fed and W ll.equipped news stall for the
formation and Misrepresentation OF pub
lie opinion. The opposition OF sueh
journals az the New York Tribune and
Times was Of course expected BY the
Democratic leaders, but what they
feared most was the nake.in- the-grass
ill.will oil Bennett and his paper. The
only time the Eeraid aver supported
Democrat for President was in 1856, and
its aid in that case is understood TO have
been secured by substantial considera-
tions. II is impossible for Republican
newspaper men to whistle the Herah
down the wind. However merceuary
that journal may have been in the past,
Its opposition to Blaine and Logan ia
thing Of great benefit and Significance TO
the Democracy. Instead Of its powerful
and extensive news staff being employed
TO bolittle the Democratic canvass aud
exalt that of tho Republicans, it will bo
Just the other way. The New York
Epenihg Posi- is another paper which, we
are assured by Republican editors, never
wns Republican. As q matter ot TACT,
the Post has supported every Republi-
can candidate for President from John
Charles Fremont to the. present day.
The circumstance that it now declines to
train in tho Blaine crowd is most auspi.
cious for the Democracy.
We do not propose to take up in de.
tail the many influential Republican pa
pers which have announced their unwill-
ingness to support Blaine, and which
stand ready to help elect Democrat to
the Presidency. We cannot forbear.
however. brief mention of Hdrper's
Weekly. The detection of this great
Illustrated weekly is ominous of coming
Republican disaster. Harper'S Weekly
has 7s5litical history. Prior to the war
II was Demo~ratic in its leanings, the
Harper brothers being strong partizans
Of Stephen A. Douglas. Up to the fir
ing upon Fort Sumter they infused n
strong southern bias into their pictorial.
All at once, after having lampooned Mr..
Lincoln aud other leading Republican
statesmen, these mercurial gentlemen
Topped with the suddenness OF lightning,
and their several publications have ever
since been very valuable buttresses OF
the Republican party. The fact that,
after an expiration of twenty.four years,
they have made up their minds to
"shake' the party OF "Great Moral
Ideas" is very conclusive evidence that
in the opinion OF the second generation
of harpers, its days are numbered,
No. il will not do for Republican edi-
tors to try to belittle those journals of
their party which are determined to have
nothing to do with the Plumcd Knight.
They are by long odds the most intluenti-
al and brainiest newspapers of the Uni
ted States. The fact that they cannot
stomach Blaine aud Logan is 81 nply tho
beginning of the end of the Republican
party