The herald., 1893-10-04
CHAPTER IN LOCAL POLITICAL
HISTORY.

A CHAPTER IN LOCAL POLITICAL
HISTORY.
We find in the Ventura Democrat the
following, which embodies political
"reminiscences that many Los Angelefios
will recall. We do not often indulge in
personal details. but now and then auch
an interlude will be excused. Now to
our quotation:
Referring to the late defunct Montalvo
statesman, the Los Angeles HERALD re-
marks: LAS to Cannon, we can truly
say in the language OF the sister OF
Lazarus: He is not only dead, Lord,
but now he stinketb.'
To that the Santa Barbara Independ-
ent makes the following reply:
"And pray what is Cannon to the
Democratic party, and that party to
Cannon? If the man prefers patronage
to principle, who has put HIM in the
condition to-at leaet-make pretenee
to patronage but such Democratic papers
as the HERALD. Was ever Democratic
party degraded, equal to ours OF the
Sixth congressional district?
Ali-all of the exponents OF the grand
old party fell in line, tamely submitted
to an engineered, peripatetic conven-
tion; from Fresno to Santa Barbara,
from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles,
the tools and proxies hied themselves,
not 30 much at the beck of Stephen NJ.
White, but rather at the beck of greedy
Los Angeles. The election of the ma
tionsl ticket was OF no consequence, a
United States senator was to come ex-
tent, but the appropriation was the
main incentive that actuated the Los
Angeles Democracy to trail their banner
in the dust, 10 truckle to the man who
in his wild harangues was continually
insulting our standard bearer and each
individual Democrat in the Sixth con-
gressional district of California.
The modern Tamerlane was gathered
in, taken with gloved hands frsm the
Populists-whose prophet he was--and
eat upon a pedestal, q loathing, sneer-
ing thing, saying to itself, "Vote for
me, ye craven churls, and be id to
you"
Yes; Mr.. Cannon, VINO voted against
the whole Democratic ticket, was not
endorsed, but was actually nominated,
by the packed Los Angeles Democratic
convention, and ne Democratic journal
in the district, with the sole exception
of this paper, had the temerity to say,
we object to degrade the old party to
the extent as TO crawl to such an abus-
i've being as Mr.. Cannon. He, the man
who betrayed the Populist party, owes
no allegiance to the duped Democrats.
His antics in congress should not even
be criticized by any one, and since the
Populists are ashamed of him, the DEM
ocrats might wash their hands of the
man, and, though too late, yet repent
and say, "Avaunt, Judas, we know you
no longer"
We are not surprised at the honest
warmth with which our steunch Demo-
cratic friend, La Vies, recalls that politi-
cal jugglery and trucking which ye-
eulted in the debasement of the Demo-
cfstic party in the sixth congressional
district last fall Still some of US acted
not wholly without palliative motive.
The editor of this paper was member
OF that convention-or series of conven-
tiona, and opposed the Endorsement,
nomination or recognition of Cannon in
any sense, characterized such step as
folly and blunder and predicted the
injury and disgrace that would
accrue from it. We were over.
slaughed, however, and being Sin
at sthe death" 30 to speak,
made the best of bad job by acqui-
escing, not enthusiastically with de-
cision we were not instrumental, by
sympathy or deed, in making. And in
Justice to the Los Angeles HERALD it is
only fair to say that it was III the same
boat. Mr.. Lynch, than whom the
party has not more able or accom-
pitched exponent in the district, was
also delegate aud opposed the Cannon
mesalliance to the bitter end, but bowed
TO the will of the stuffed majority OF the
convention, to the extent at least OF
making no active war againet its bas-
tard nominee. We are willing to con-
fess, however, that the course pursued
by the Independent was the manly and
proper one after all.
Now, az a matter Of fact, the HERALD
was quite peculiar in its treatment of
Cannon. From the opening to the clos
ing of the campaign the pane OF Can
non was not once mentioned in the HER
AID editorilly. We most earnestly tried
one of the editors of this paper was a
delegate to the Fresno convention and
after wards to that at Santa Barbarra-
to get some stalwart young Democrats
to take the Democratic nomination, and
failed. When the convention adjourned
from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles the
die was cast. 1t was generally under
stood that Senator White baeed his can
vass for senator on the Populist support
in the legislature, and being particu-
larly anxious to ace Southern California
and the Democratic party have United
States senator the HERALD emothered
its wrath and submitted to the inevits-
BILE. We do not claim that our course
was right. Even at the time we only
thought that it was expedient. We now
have grave doubts as to whether it was
either.
PrIviIe0ae sixth DistriCt Fair.