Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
rHR WAY OUT OF rHR wILDERNEss


the delusion that Republicans who
strayed into the Peoples party have
had their eyes opened, and are coming
back in large numbers to their first love.
That sounds we'll, but an impartial OBJ
server would be glad to know what
great changes have been wrought in the
Republican programme to bring about
so apocryphal a transition. The abom-
Unable Mckinley tariff, which diverts
the earnings Of the masses to class OF
favored monopolists, still confronts the
country. The force bill is still an inn
pending danger, upon which the hearts
of the Republican leaders are fondly set.
There is certainly nothing in the ma
tional aspect of the campaign to operate
upon the minds of Republican Populists
to return to the 6. o. p.
How is it with other Issues? We can
hardly suppose that there is swarm of
Populists running over to the Republi-
can party for the purpose of electing
legislature that will send Mike De Young
to the United States senate. This would
be stretch of Imagination which even q
Republican editor, outside the Chronicle
Office, could hardly reach. Yet there is
nothing more certain than that the state
would be in great danger of suffering
this calamity if the Republicans should
succeed in capturing the next legisla-
ture. Not one of the legislative candi-
dates running on the Republican ticket
in this county dares take the position
that he will oppose De Young if elected,
whilst some of them are his staunchest
friends. Let us suppose, if such thing
is supposable, that Walter s. Moore
should be elected to the senate instead
of General Mathews, does anyone for a
moment believe that he would not do all
in his power to send Mr.. De Young to
the United States senate? Nobody. So
of the others. Why should any Repub-
lican Populist rush back to his party to
bring such calamitous event about?
The mere statement of the case shows its
impossibility.
And when we come down to county
matters, is there any reason whatever
why the taxpaying Populist should vote
for the Republican ticket? He, like all
others, has felt the dire effect of Re-
publican rule in this county. He knows
that the enormous SLAB tax rate is
made necessary to meet the saturnalia
of reckless extravaganza INDUCED in by
the Republican county officials, and
that if they are again placed in power,
it will not be question of $1.45 on the
500, but much larger rate.
The people who have had to contrib
ate from their hard-earned means ST.
100000, to meet the waste and lavish
expenditure of the county officials the
past year, are in no mood to return to
power party which has proven SO re-
creant to its public trust as to deliber-
ately loot the earnings of the taxpayers.
If the Republicans who have gone
over to the Populists should make an
other change, they will be actuated by
reasonable principles, and not by the
phantom of bygone sentiment. They
will 60 over to the Democratic party.
which is the party that will put qui-
etus upon the Mckinley monstrosity,
return Mike DeYoung to his congenial
employments, and save the county of
Los Angeles from suffering again under
the rule of reckless, extravagant and
corrupt administration.
We have no doubt that many of the
Populists who contemplate change of
heart will be ruled by sound principles
as we'll as self-interest, and these will be
led over to the Democratic party as the
only political organization that can
carry the people out of the wilderness of
mal-administration, in state, in nation
al and in local government, which they
have so long and 80 patiently endured.