Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-05
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1855
The Work Before Us.

Inc new Guy government VIII co WY
largely Democratic. Our party will have
the Mayor and eleven of the fifteen
Councilmen. That will give it control OF
the municipal administration, and it will
be responsible to the people for all short
eomings in the conduct of our local
affairs. The responsibility cannot be
avoided, and We have no doubt, from the
character of the men elected, that the
interests of the city will be carefully
guarded, and that the many public i'm
provements needed will be wisely and
favorably acted upon.
The gentleman who has been elected
to the position of Mayor is man OF ripe
Judgment. He has been successful
business man, and will bring to the office
that kind of practical knowledge which
will be of great advantage to him in the dis
charge of its duties. We shall be greatly
disappointed if Mr.. Bryson does not
prove himself as capable in discharging
the affairs of our city government
as he has proven himself to be in the
conduct of his own private affairs. At
this particular juncture, he seems to be
the right man in the right place. He is
constructor and builder of great expert
ence; he has supervised and carried out
extensive works; he knows the value OF
labor and material he has that special
and general knowledge which willrender
his judgment invaluable in carrying out
the important public Improvements that
this city so greatly needs. There
fore his advice on all subjects of this
character will necessarily nave great
weight with the Council and enable
them to take action upon them with
more confidence and clearer conception
of the difficulties to be encountered than
if they were dependent upon an execu-
tive less finely equipped with the right
kind of knowledge and experience.
We would urge the new Council to
ente, upon their legislative duties with a
determination to confne themselves to
the urgent practical questions that ccme
before them. The public business
OF this city is rapidly increas-
ing. The sudden and marvellous growth
of Los Angeles has thrown great nd
exigent burthens upon the Council, and
that body cannot afford to fritter away
its time in debate on Improbable and
impracticable questions. There has
been too much of this in the past, and
we hope for quite reformation in this
respect in the future.
AS the Democratic party will be held
accountable by the people ior the kind
Of government We are to have, the re-
sponsible appointive Offices should be
filed by capable men who are politically
in line with that party. We have seen
that harmony is not promoted in the city
government by giving important places
to men who are not in sympathy with
the responsible party. Indeed, it would
seem that positions thus given had been
admirably used in some cases to provoke
confusion and bring discredit upon the
party in power for sinister purposes. Let
this be avoided by placing good and ca
pable Democrats in responsible Offices.
There is no reason that we can see
why the party should not be successful
in giving the city most excellent and
satisfactory administration. The ele-
ments necessary to that end are in the
Council and the Mayoralty, and all that
is required is that they shall make the
right kind of a start, and then give close,
earnest and honest attention to the seri-
ous business of the city.