Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-27
DAILY HERALD.
,osrpu D. LYNCH & CO.. PRorRlrroRs.
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street, Los Angeles. Telephone No' i'''
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There is a natural disposition TO
.a;scuss the issue of the late election
IN the Sixth Congressional District.
This is perhaps unavoidable, for two
reasons. viz, the exceptionally large
vote east therein and the apparent
closeness OF the vote. II ever man
connected with newspaper has tried
70 he delicate and self-respecting poth
while running for office, during the
campaign and after the election IL
has been the editor of the HERALD.
At no stage of the routine movements
of the party machinery which led 10
his nomination did he permit men,
ton of his name in this paper. I'M
mediately upon his nomination he
turned over its supervision to cap
able gentleman, with the emphatic
ms truction to refer to the Democratic
nominee for Congress as seldom as
possible, and to treat his adversary
with studied courtesy and fair play.
It is probable that the first part OF
this Injunction was occasionally DIS
regarded, for it is the happy dlstinc-
tion OF the editor OF the HERALD that
the gentlemen who happen to be in
his employment generally like him
and can't always be controlled, but
the latter part of the injunction was
never for a moment disregarded.
Gen. Vandever received in these col
umns knightly treatment, as ne IN
variably did from the Democratic
candidate on the stump.
Studious as the editor OF the HER-
AID has been to suppress his own
personality in his own paper, there
are occasions in which it is absolutely
impossible to do so. He is the more
reconciled to this fact because, shortly
after the close Of the year, one OF the
most distinguished journalists OF
California, an owner in the paper,
will take charge OF this journal, and
thus permit the unfortunate tempo
rary politician of the firm to take
. vacation, or to act as its wandering
correspondent. He will then be
able to fight his own battles
IS the representative, in one
Of its most important Con-
eressional districts, of the National
Democracy. We are led to these re-
Elections by the following, which We
find in the editorial columns OF the
San francisco Chronicle, OF the oath
inst:
The enemies of Joseph d. Lynch,
who was opposed to Vandever In the
sixth Congressional district, declare
that he is crazy because he has
asserted his intention OF contesting
the election. They will probably find
out that they are mistaken and that
Lynch knows what he is about. 1t
appears from all accounts that the
next Congress, on a call OF States,
would be evenly balanced if Califor-
MAS delegation remains Republican.
But the Democratic House is not
likely to permit such state OF affairs,
when it can so easily count in Lynch
and count out Vandever, whose ma
iority on the face OF the returns is
only a very slight one. We all re-
member how deftly Pacheco was
counted out, and there is no reason
to believe that the Democracy has
grown more scrupulous since that
time. Any little scruples the party
may have will speedily vanish when
the fact is considered that it would
be an immense advantage in 1888 to
have a majority on q call OF the
States, should the election of the
President be thrown into the House.
It will be time enough to ridlcule
Editor Lynch after his contest has
been acted upon. In the mean time
the Republicans had better get their
proofs together, for the Democratic
managers certainly mediate the work
outlined above.
We assure our contemporary on
the Bay that the Democratic nominee
would not claim his seat in the Con-
gress of the United States unless on
the plainest and most irrefragable
evidence OF fraud, nor would the
Democratic House of Representatives
entertain any claims not founded
upon justice. The fact is that
in Los Angeles county frauds Of
inexpressible Nervousness were per-
petrated, one of the features |
being the outright and contemplated |
Acknowledgement of one hundred and |
ninety-four Democratic voters by the
Republican County Clerk, all of
whom would have voted for the Dem.
ocratic nominee for Congress. This
grand, cardinal fraud has been COM
plemented by many others which, at
he proper time and place, will be
made known to the tribunal which |
has the matter in charge.
We think that we give voice to the
ouSgestions Of propriety and law when
" say that the proper forum for the
frial Of the issues involved in the late |
eIection in the Sixth Congressional
District is the Committee on Elec-
oions of the House of Representatives
u the United States. There, rather
than in fanciful speculations about