Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-01
GOOD PRosPBCT-LoCALLY AND
NATIONALLY.

There is no question OF the TACT That
the present campaign, as iar as IL mas
proceeded, has not been characterized,
ON either side, by exceptional enthusi-
asm. Whatever may be the explana-
ton of this state of things, the fact Is
as stated. If Blaine had been the Re-
publican nominee for president, there is
no doubt but that California would have
been red-hot on the Republican eide.
The plumed knight would have set the
standard of an ebullient enthusiasm
that would have aroused the best ener-
gies OF his fellow partizans. The can
vass for Harrison has thus far been life
lees, and it will doubtless continue so in
California to the end. The latent en-
thusiasm is now beginning to assert
itself.
On the Democratic side it may be
safely assumed that the campaign has
but just begun. It should never be for
gotten that the Democratic party in
this state has been practically in the
attitude of the party in New York fol-
lowing the downfall of the Tweed regime.
The California Democracy, like the New
York Democracy of 1872, and in sue
ceeding years, has been obliged to shake
off an incubus foreign to it's traditions
and principles. To accomplish this
much-desired work there has neces-
sarily been much wasted time
and opportunity. This has been
particularly the case in the city and
county of San Francisco. To restore
the Democratic party to its rightful at
titnde in that city, measures that would
not ordinarily be consonant with Demo-
cratic usages have been resorted to, and
unavoidably. The ''rounder" had to be
met and circumvented. The respectable
citizens, who had dedicated themselves
to the rehabilitation of the Democratic
party in the Golden Gate, were obliged
to carry things with what would ordi-
narily be called "a high hand" The
old and corrupt Buckley rump stood
ready at any moment, and under Re
publican initiative, to betray and render
nugatory all reformatory efforts of the
honest Democracy. Under such
circumstances many things can
be pardoned that would ordi.
narily be without excuse. 1t is gen.
orally conceded in San Francisco thai
the intention of the Messrs. Sullivan,
Dwyer and the other leaders of the re-
organized Democracy, have been good
and that they have presented and ex
cellent-indeed, an exceptionally good
ticket-for the suffrages of the people O
the city and county of San Francisco
But the method of its presentation hal
been largely subject of heart-burnings
AS result, the Democrats of San Fran
cisco, as we'll as the citizens at large
are confronted with the proposition a
to whether defective method of pre-
sentipg candidates should be allowed t.
lessen the intrinsic merit of the gentle
men carefully selected. We hope tina
an occasional departure from Demo
cratic usage will be condoned by th
genuine merit of the ticket.
Dropping San Francisco, whose Dem
, ocracy will doubtless adjust it's littl
differences between now and the elec
tion. and in whose Democratic hosts tn
fire of enthusiasm for Cleveland ant
a Stevenson is burning at white heat
the canvass throughout the rest OF tn
state never looked brighter. From al
! points of the compass the outlook wa
g never more encouraging. In Los Angelo
county we are strengthened by splen
+ did local ticket, and by the remarkabl
weakness of that presented by our advel
q saries. The Democratic county ticke
: chosen for the suffrages of the ion
/ suffering taxpayers is made mp of cit
, zens who are widely known, and VIII
, are confirmation as cure as proof {
holy writ that, if elected, they will Civ
the taxpayer government in count
r affairs honest, economical and respons
l BILE. In fact, there is already sort {
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