Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-02-09
The Genuine New Departure.

liners arc propaDiy IeW pcopie Who
have lived in Los Angeles, during even
half Of the time In which the editor Of
the HERALD has controlled this journal,
who will not willingly admit that his
journalistic outgivings as to the future
of this section have been very roseato.
During much Of that time he has been
compelled to submit to denunciations
which have ranged from the folly Of the
course Of this paper to animadversions
upon the individual who could lend him
self to such extravagant views as ho was
supposed to propagate.
In certain sense the editor OF the
HERALD has been upon trial, in late
years. Probably nobody, since the world
began. could better submit to such an
ordeal than he, and upon well sub
stantiated record. Nevertheless, It Is
obligatory upon him, and largely because
his previous outgivings have bcen so
uniformly sagacious, to again define the
meteorological and other characteristics
Of this section.
When the drear and ghastly year Of
drouth Of the season Of lS7677 set in,
followed by the mishap Of q Democratic
Presidential candidate who was cheated
out Of the Office to which tho people had
elected him, with an addendum Of O dis
astrous smallpox visitation which scared
sway SO many unrefiecting people from
this section, the HERALD raised Its clar.
ion notes Of allegiance to its own section
and likewise its protest against the pros.
tltution Of American institutions, as in
velved in stultifying the win Of the peo.
pie in subrogating Hayes to Tilden, For
tunately, while all Americans lost in the
account render formulated by the Re.
publican Presidential Commission, and
which returned Rutherford B. Hayes as
President, while Tilden was the elect of
the people, the consciences Of the masses
was aroused, and to IN energetic and
rcformatory degree which we shall shortly
see take on form and efficacy in our ma.
tional affairs.
A. consequence, we now find
that It requires resurrection OF the
''bloody shirt" to give the Republican
party even ghost of a show for start.
ing, though in no sense for success, in
the approaching Presidential campaign.
Thus, in our opinion, all AngslsTes
can resign themselves to the certainty Of
the election and Inauguration Of Dem
ocratic President, while they can survey
local field Of development absolutely
without a parallel in the past history
of the United States in promise Of out
come.
Here, in Los Angeles county, we are
starting in upon new departure Of de-
velopment simply without prcce-
dent. Most phases of our agricultural and
horticultural interests are novel and in
teresting. Within five years, besides,
at the outside, we shall rejoice in new
State of South California. We shall
shortly be in condition to segregate
from Alta California the southern
counties of the State, with no chance of
the creation Of such mockery Of Com
monwealth as the State Of Nevada. We
shall have the population needed for a
new State-indeed the six Southern
counties have it now--with the certainty
that the arithmetical and even the geom-
etrical ratios will be called upon to
chronicle our upward and onward
progress. The Congress Of the United
States. in considering the demands of
the prospective new State Of South
California for admission to the Union,
will be embarrassed by no considerations
which attach, as reproach. to the
State of Nevada of to-day. Here every
thing is advancing with lightning like
rapidity, and the hundred and fifty
thousand or so of inhabitants who now
constitute the Sixth Congressional
District of California will be three hun
dred thousand before you could say
sack Robinson" as it were.