Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-16

WE are inclined to believe that, in the
person Of tho Hon. Charles Sumner, one
Of the Congressman at. large from Cali
fornia. the Democratic party has an
honest and influential representative.
The HERALD has endorsed his project
for Postal Telegraphy, always on the
understanding that it is not plan in
tended to assess corporations which pos
sess immense wealth, that, just now, un-
fortunately is the case with both the
Western Union Company and with the
John W. Mackey gang, who are starting
in to head of movement to give the
people, from national initiative, cheap
telegraphy. us supplement to the long
time existing cheap postage The slash
ing editor Of the Oakland Times, who is
as full Of wit as an egg is Of meat, has
the following remarks, in late issue of
his paper, on the project Of Mr.. Charles
Sumner, which we regard as highly
patriotic. We quote:
Mr.. Sumner writes an energetic letter
to the Stanislaus Ne,cs in defense of his
proposition that the government shall go
into tho telegraph business. Mr.. Sum
ner betrays the weakness common to all
hobby riders, by assuming that all who
do not endorse his ideas are corrupt.
We are willing to do him the greater
justice Of conceding that he mounts this
electrical hobby horse and spurs it on
ground that Is distinctly and damnably
uudemocratic, for certain reasons which
deter angels from rushing in where an.
other class do not fear to tread.
There is no question Of the fact that
Mr.. Sumner Is highly enthuslastic-
perhaps fanatical politician; but we
think that Col. Irish, of the Oakland
Times, transcends the limits Of both po.
litical courtesy and the comfy Of gentle.
men who belong to the same party, in
intimating that our Congressman-at-
large has anything in common with the
old adage that fools rush In where an
gels fear TO tread. The fact Is that, il
Mr.. Sumner comes back to this
Coast, after having accomplished any
thing like one of the half dozen things
he has been good enough to promise
to the voters Of California, he will be the
most popular representative that ever
went from the Golden State to Wash.
ington. Should he fail to accomplish
anything material in the line of his
pledges. however, the HERALD will have
some doubts about his enduring popu-
larity. On the stump this able and popu-
lar man always put very prominently
the proposition that, in his own person,
once landed at Washington and in Con-
gress, was reposed an immediate and un-
falling efficacy for assuaging all existing
political ills. Should he succeed in es.
tablishing this novel political PROPOSE
tion all other Democratic politicians
would recognize from this time forth, in
Mr.. Summers person a sort Of modern
political Canossa. to which they would
be obliged to resort to obtain measure of
spiritual well.being that would protect
them from all misfortune. Should he fail,
however, there are millions Of Americans
who would decline to place themselves
In the humiliating role of the German
Emperor Henry w., who popularized
Cauossa. The people will demand little
more wool and less cry, as the result of an
excited political agitation, in which as
piring politicians have hard bested
themselves in showing their de-
votion to the dear people. As
for the HERALD, we cheeyfully
confess the hope that Charles Sumner
will accomplish something OF the many
things which he promised the people, in
his off hand aud dashing style. Ii he
comes back after having accomplished
nothing, considering the resolute and
roseate programme he outlined for him.
self, we should be decid dedly discouraged,
both as to the plight of the people and
his own political future.