Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-05
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SAN DIEGO. October 8. ISa,

SAN DTEeo, October 5, 1891.
''Iconoclast's" letter to the HERALD of
last week caused the writer to leave the
staff OF the Union, on which he was en-
ployed. More's the pity for the Union
is now left with but the veriest apollo
gies for newspaper men. l hear from
that Office that the editor has sent to
Los Angeles for another reporter to take
'Iconoclast's" place. Let me advise all
such to stay away from here, for no one
wants them. If they come they will
be at once jumped upon by the Sun"
which employs only home talent. The
"Sun" was really the cause of Icono-
clast's discharge, for Editor Smith at
once showed him up. Editor Smith
has healthy dislike of the Union and
its force. Why? Well, the reason as
told by "Union" man is that Smith
would give his all if he could get
a position on that paper. My in
formant also tells me that DIR.
Gochenauer, the manager of the Sun,
wants to get rid OF Smith, and that
some time ago offered his position to
Editor Blades of the Union, but that
the latter declined it. II this is true
Gochenauer has very little sense, for
whatever else he may be Smith can
write all around any man in San Diego
and as said, there is now no man on
the Union who could hold place on
any other paper. Gochenauer, how
ever, cannot get rid OF Smith, as the
latter holds an iron-clad contract with
the Sun.
49,
If there are any respectable young
men in Los Angeles who want to get a
good wife with nice little dot, they can
do so by coming here. A rich saloon
keeper of this city has a daughter who
is in all respects most charming girl.
The story goes that her father is so
anxious to see her well married that he
has offered to give her a dot of $4,000
cash on her wedding day. The only
proviso is that the sutton must besides
suiting the girl be of a good family and
of respectable reputation.
x*x
President Marvel OF the Santa Fe
is the most cursed man in the
country as far as San Diego is
concerned. have heard him viliied,
his maternal and paternal ancestors
indicted, even since his recent visit
here, when he refused to move the gen.
eral offices of the company to their city.
So intense is the hatred of his road that
a systematic, well-organized boycott has
been started, and the Southern Pacific,
which has always injured San Diego as
much as it could, has almost certainty
of getting all or the greater part of the
business.
The morals of this blooming town are
something indescribable. All offenders
against the decencies, who are of any
standing, are shielded by the press and
nothing is ever heard of oEesauarter of
the wlckedness that gees on. We have
had a most uHsavory scandal of late
which has got into the papers, and
about which there will be further and
nastier developments; but this is too
vile to write about. 1t and another af
fair recall the worst exposes of London
vice.
The second affair was the sale OF
daughter by her mother to lcentious
business man of this city. The mother
has been the keeper of
time here. She has a daughter
who has been kept away from evil sur
roundings at boarding school. Some
little while ago sh5 graduated and came
home, and since then has lived with her
mother, but has been kept apart from
the evil of the place. The business man
saw the girl, and the result was that the
mother for $500 delivered the poor child
into the hands of her patron.
x*x
The HERALD need not apprehend, be-
cause of my predecessors fate, that it
will be left at anv time without a cor
respondent. If am lynched or driven
out of town, you will receive your letters
just the same, for l have so arranged
matters that on my ceasing to work,
Iconoclast Third will at once pick up the
record where stop.
ICoNoCLAsT SECOND.