The herald., 1894-07-13
A BULLYING BRAGGART.

The Times has lately had good deal
to say about law and order. The editor
and principal stockholdsr OF that paper
has imbibed the idsa that he is SO thor
oughly the representative of law and
order in this community that he makes
| life weary for the rest of the community.
His offensive scif.assertion and damna-
BILE iteration have led to such large
falling off in the circulation OF his paper
that it is now usual to refer to the jour-
nal Published under the oro;de buzzard
as the decaying Times.
The journalist to whom we refer is al
ways in stew over something or other.
He exudes verjuics from every pore, and
from his way of initiating the heathen
raging some people have an idea that he
must be suffering from bad case OF
worms, and many of them would doubt
less have recommended vermiiugs if
they had not besn acquainted with his
irascible and ungrateful character.
What is the use of endeavoring to alle-
viate the miseries of a man who will
forget your benison as soon as relief
should come? Consequently the "ker-
nell" has been allowed to suffer unre.
lieved, and his readers have been equal
sufferers.
Wednesday morning our esteemed
contemporary had some references to
bullying braggart" who had dared to
solicit subscriptions for the HERALD in
Pasadena. The following morning we
suggested that the most perfect instances
OF bullying braggsrt" to be found in
Southern California was the doughty
colonel himself. While We knew this
to be the fact, we had no idea that the
same day would afford the public COM
plete vindication of the fact. We take
the following exempliication from yes
terday evenings Express;
The Times 10 in bad way.
And the indiscreet editor, II. G. Otis,
is turgescsnt with rage over it.
Having found that he could not bull
doze and terrorizs some Of the people oil
OF the time, he is now given to assault.
ing individuals, no matter how small
they may be.
This morning as John Mills Davies
was passing the Times building on
Broadway, he was accosted by the burly
editor of the Times, who declared that
he, Davies, was assisting the rest OF the
people of Southern California in ipjur-
ing the Times.
Finding he could get no satisfaction
out of Mr.. Davies, the burly and blus-
tering colonel. with the most emphatic
oaths and obscene language he could
utter. struck Mr.. Davies on the back OF
the head.
The attack was perfectly unexpected
and uncalled for.
Mr.. Davies is vary small man and
weighs only about 10 pounds, whereas
the clustering colonel ia hebitudinous in
body as he is in intellect, and tips the
scales at about 250 pounds.
Colonel Otis accosted Mr.. Davies. who
was passing by, and who had no inten-
ton OF holding any conversation with
the overwrought editor. Colonel Otis
persisted in talking to Mr.. Davies. and
was insistent On telling how the Times
was going down hill. Colonel 0tis had
to have soms one to vent his spite on,
and. as is usual. selected the smallest
and most fragile newspaper man in
town. Colonel Otis never tackles big
man. When Colonel Otis found that no
one was looking he took advantage OF
the moment by hitting Mr.. Davies.
Mr.. Davies was for instant stunned BY
the blow, which was on the back OF the
head, and before he could return it the
burly colonel had hurried away.
The Express understates the matter.
Mr.. Davies is roally the smallest man
conn scted with the prt5ss OF California.
Anyone with a scintilla of courage would
have refrained from defending himself
in contest with person 80 maniiestly
at disadvantage, to say nothing of at
tacking him. but. being ''Dullying
breZgart," the temptation on the part OF
Col. Otis to indulge his cowardiy in
stincts was too strong to be resisted.
This person Otis smells to heaven.