Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-14

ask him the difference between pri-
mary election and buzz.saw he would
respond by saying he didn't know.
He is quite certain not to monkey
with either for some time to come.
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The loss of the county treasurer, too,
is quite serious loes to the &. o. p. II
there was ever q man who found an Of
flee as sick man does a hospital, the
sleek and oily Jabez was that man. He
thought he had the thing bottled
for life and that's the way with
most professional politicians. They do
not know the difference between
public trust and private perquisite.
overheard conversation between two
gentlemen of Semitic origin on this very
matter last Thursday:
Moses-Vell, Lazarus. dey dell me dot
dose DEMOCRATS shkooped efrydings.
Lazarus-Efrydings s'help me cray
shess.
Moses-And vat hash become of our
goot vriend, Mishter Banbury?
Lazarus-Pm shorty to inform you,
Moses, dot he hash been ab-Shorb-ed.
OF the defeated candidates "Uncle
Frank" Colver comes in for most of my
sympathy. The printers all worked
hard for him, for the reason that he had
been very true workman in the craft.
He is an old man and would
have found the auditors Office
a nice little billet. With Martin
Marsh it does not make so much differ.
ence. He is young, plucky and full OF
energy and has his head 30 full OF bust.
ness plans that, in forty days hence he
will forget that he was ever candidate
for Office in his life. And by the way
how he did handle that big parade or
Saturday night. He will succeed Major
Gard, beyond doubt.
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Speaking OF the parade and the biz
meeting that followed it, there were II
speakers and not one of them eulogized
Grover Cleveland for saving Southern
California from bankruptcy (at least SC
far as her orange groves are concerned,
by his appointment of tive
Pacific coast citizens as com
missioners to the Melbourne ex
position of 1888. But that is just what
Mr.. Cleveland did. And while many
have kindly thanked Mr.. McCoppin for
what he did, it is Mr.. Cleveland who
deserves the credit, for appointing two
from the Pacific States and one more
from New York, who had formerly re-
sided in Sacramento. II Mr.. Bayard could
have had his way about it, every moth
er's gander would have been chosen
from the solid south, and not Califor
nian on the board.
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None of that for Mr.. Cleveland, how
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cial relations of the United States will
the south continent were through th'
Pacific states, and, therefore, there mus
be men appointed from this coast. Tn,
men selected by Mr.. Bayard were from
states like Alabama, Georgia, Maryland
and Arkansas, having no commercial rela
tions whatever with that country. l
was not political matter but purely
commercial question. So Mr.. CLEVELAND
had his way, which so exasperated Mr.
missioners' salaries at $2500. which lef
every one of them from $500 to $120l
out of pocket on the trip.
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should regard Mr.. Bayard's appoint
ment for second term in the state de
partment as positive misfortune tt
Mr.. Cleveland. Bayard's pusillani
nous conduct in the Samoan
island difficulty all but made
our government laughing stoci
abroad. He is a man belonging in an.
other era and has about as much in
common with the current century as 9
f9tus n a glass bottle. He stands out
as the exponent of his own doctrine ol
hereditary virtue, which is too shallow
for degutition at this late
period in the worlds history. William
@. Whitney would be my mar
for the portfolio of state and if the thine
could be left opent to the popular suf
frage of the Democratic party in this
etate, Mr.. Whitney would get go many
votes that the other fellow would moi
know he was candidate. HIDALao.