Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-31

their editorial columns to essays on
the Sabbath and to the growth of
turnips; while politics are turned
over to pretended interviewers who
ssspin street yarn" as the spider does
bis web.
Turning to the two tickets, it will
be observed that all down the Repub-
lican list, with rarest of exceptions,
the names are of chronic office-seek-
ers--of men who have never sue
ceeded in any vocation; men who
have never been identified with any
material interest of the State. The
Republican candidates are for the
most part men who, if they and their
lives were cut bodily out OF the his
tory of the State, there would not be
left void big enough to see with a
microscope.
On the Democratic ticket, on the
contrary, there is hardly the name OF
man who has not been largely in
strumental in the developing OF the
State. In all the walks of life they
have won distinction and success.
They are a lot OF self-made men who
are thoroughly conversant with the
interests o. California. The are
miners, fruit-growers. wine-makers,
brewers, newspaper editors, mer-
chants, railroad builders, mechanics
and laborers. All classes of society
are there, in the persons of their very
best representatives. Here, again,
the Republican journals have been
handicapped in the race. They dare
not institute comparison between
their men and ours, any more than
they dare do so in reference to plat
forms. For weeks they let the tax
question pass unnoticed, and then al
most at the last moment couple OF
them come out with a statement APP
parently "cooked" by the same hand.
1t would not do. The taxpayers will
see through their garbled figures, as
compared with the honest and damn
ing array OF statements at the head
of the HERALD's columns. On
no issue has the Republican
press been able to take any sort
OF stand. 1t may be that at the
eleventh hour and fifty-fiith minute
the Republican newspapers will
spring some unheard of story or
statement. That will not do. They
are divided, lukewarm, Indifferent,
split into Know-Nothings, Prohibl-
tionists, and a thousand and one fac
tons. The mass of the voters know
there is no principle at stake on their
side, and no great amount OF hope
for the forlorn lack of talent generally
going to make up the ticket. The
Democracy is united, loyal, working
like band OF brothers for the success
of the whole ticket from top to bot
tom. In the Democratic ranks there
is harmony and enthusiasm COM
bined. We mean to defeat the Heath
Amendment, to exclude the Chinese,
to protect the personal liberty of the
citizen, to push the material indus
tries OF the State, to make the Ma
tional guard efficient. We mean, too,
to elect lot of honest, able, econom-
ical officials who will give the people
the greatest amount of Improvements
out of the least amount of taxation,
lot OF live managers who with three
quarters of million taxes will give
us more roads and less machinery"
Now, Democrats all over the coun-
ty, get out early next Tuesday, and
from the rising of the sun to its set
ting, take off your coats, work for the
party-for the whole State and coun-
ty tickets from top to bottom. Be
true to your party and your friends,
and the result will be such as to
astonish the State. Fall in line with
Democrats at the East and roll up
big majority, and win a great victory
for the party and the nation.