The herald., 1894-05-27
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.

Information is percolating into the
HERALD Office as to the constituents OF
the A. P A. in the city OF Los Angeles.
The organization claims membership
of five thousand and really has about
seven hundred. Their personality is in
teresting as throwing some light ss to
the figure it will probably cut in our
dozen or so of we'll known ministers.
There is also a decided sprinkling OF
old Republican hacks, who have been
repeatedly rejected by the caucuses OF
their party for nominations in the city
and county. There ia the ex-governor
from Pasadena, who recently declined to
ran for congress. Then there is the ex-
governor of our school board OF two
years ago-he of the $500 pencil fame.
the stslwart form OF our ex-postmseter oil
West Ninth street looms up in the per
spective, supported by the portly ex-tax
collector of Pico Heights. who was re-
Gently tried in one OF our superior
courts for arson. The white locks of one
OF our late euperintendents OF streets are
not far away, and he has a running mae
in the person OF white-haired ex-
councilman from the Esst Side, and both
are buttressed by an aged gentleman
who is a mem Der of the present board OF
street com mi seionere. The frail form
of an ex-city treasurer from the East
Side may also be deserted, and brscing
him are two members of our present
school board. We are also informed
that the dark-complexiene6 police COM
missioner from the Seventh ward has
joined the new organization, and that he
is backed by at least one meRaber OF the
city council and q gentleman high up
in the city auditors Office. To the list
may be added an ex sheriff OF Los Au-
geles county and horde OF hungry
court house clerks, ex-policemen, etc,
most of whom are out of employment
and are looking for fat job OF some
kind. 1t is a noticeable fact that they
are all Republicans. 1t is very question
able whether the taxpayers will pick
their officials oat of this kind OF mate
rial.
The A. P. A. is modern version OF
the old Know Nothing party. 1t differs
from the American party in that its
animus is opposition to the holding oil
any Office of any kind or description by
any one protesting the Roman Catholic
faith. This is the sole distinction of
the A. P. A., and it is this circumstance
that will make its mem bershp very
estricted-something like the Four
Hundred, so to speak. As matter OF
fact, this bigoted and proscriptive style
of thing is utterly abhorrent to Ameri-
can ideas and can get no footing on
American soil. 1t was tried back in the
fitties and proved to be miserable
failure. Most of the members OF the
Dark Lantern party OF forty years ago
have been anxious to keep the
TACT of their membership very
shady ever since. Many political
career which showed excellent prom
ise was closed forever through its
owners having been foolish enough to
Join an order which aimed to curtail the
rights of his fellow citizen who held
different religious belief from the
would-be proscriber. The organization
proved to be boomerang which
knocked over the thrower. The lesson
has not been lost upon sensible people,
who know that there are blows to be re-
ceived as well as given, The attempted
proscriber found himself prescribed;
and in the game of diamond cut diamond
he came ont the loser. In this caee his
tory will repeat itself.