The herald., 1894-06-13
BoANRRGEs ON THE RAMPAGE.

Times, comes to the front in it's iesue OF
yesterday, with an amount oil hogwash
of specially fragrant character, being
in that respect quite equal to the swill
which exudes from our night carts. But
as that is the nature OF the institution,
and as it would be nothing If it were not
mslodorous, we overlook that feature of
it's literary efforts-a feature that may
fairly be called perennial. Without a
little personal blsokguardism of the
"Rowdy journal" order. the Bosnerges
who sits under the Gilded Eagle could
not pull himself together and feel that
he etill possessed a gizzsrd. The fact is
that we are inclined to think that Boan-
erges 10 gizzsrdless man from the
inane way in which he returns to GER
tain witless chickering's which used to
make his journal ridiculous, and him
self inutile and fit only for the laughter
of the injudicious, who failed to realize
that coarse brawler, at the head OF a
Los Angeles newspaper, was q grievous
srraignment of the taste and good sense
of the inhabitants Of the Angelic City.
When Boanerges gets back to his
Akoond of Swatiodotcy of some years
ago he only calls attention to his original
stupidity of invective and to his lack OF
the ordinary blackguard's fertility OF
invention.
The HERALD, in pursuance OF its func-
ton, to parody the words of Hamlet, OF
an abstract and brief chronicle OF the
Los Angeles Times" took occasion to
point out the highly absurd way in
which that journal failed in its assump-
ton of the role of dictator in the Repub-
lican convention which assembled in
this city towards the close OF last week.
There was probably never in the history
of journals of the Estonsville Gazette Or
der such highly ridiculous miscarriage.
1t was an incident not only funny enough
for one but for multitudes. The gifted
Bosnerges had given out some OF those
caoophonous grunts, which in him are
meant to typiiy authority, and he had
retired to rest. on the night prior to the
assembling of the Republican county
convention, thoroughly persuaded that
all he had to do was to crack his whip,
with the result that Republican slaves
would troop to do his bidding.
What a rude awakening! The old
luminosity against Judge Mckinley was
agsin aired in the Times. 1t was this
enmity of that journal to this gentle
man which secured McKinley's tri-
umphant nomination for superior Judge
by the Repu blicans, some years ago, and
his election to that Office by the largest
which was given to any one on
the Republican ticket. The Times prob
ably concluded that Judge Clark was
an exceedingly popular man, and that
it could safely jump Mckinley and claim
his defeat. inevitable in the opinion of
Boanerges, as proof OF the great in
fuence OF his newspaper. This would
have been all very well il disclosure
of the animus Of the Times against Me-
Kinley had not secured the defeat of
Judge Clark, by process as sharp and
as the downstroke of the
knife in the guillotine. The convention
knew a good thing when it saw it, and
it embraced the opportunity Of rebuk
ing arrogance, by giving the Times a
biff between the eyes, with downright
rapture.
But perhaps the most striking rebuff
experienced by the paper which is in
huential in it's mind. and whose con-
ductor is a dictator in a horn, was the
treatment accorded to both in the mat
ter of the deep sea harbor which we all
hope to see established somewhere near
Los Angeles. The convention WAS per-
emptorily ordered to report q resolution
congress to locate the scene
Of its enlarged appropriations at San
Pedro. The surprise OF the fulminator
can be more readily imagined than de-
scribed when the convention adopted a
resolution the very opposite of what he
had demanded and expected. The con-
sternation of Boanerges when he saw
himself rspudiated and his counsels spst
upon was equal to that of old King
Priam when they drew his curtains in
the dead of night and told him half his
Troy was burned-or words to that
effect.
There was one portion OF the editorial
in the Times OF yesterday devoted to the
HERALD which was characterized by
great felicity of expression and precision
OF judgment, and that WAS taken from
an issue of this journal OF sometime ago.
AS the matter then presented itself to
us it looked as if congress might have
been induced to appropriate large sum
of money for the creation Of a deep sea
harbor at San Pedro. As we have not
only no animosity to San Pedro but, on
the contrary, the warmest good will for
that place, we cordially urged instant
action in favor OF that port. Under the
same circumstances we should do so
again, and it ie precisely the same local
patriotism that leads us to hope that
the entire people OF Los Angeles will
unite in demanding recognition for the
promising Port Los Angeles.
We are now satisfied that never, as
long as water runs to the sea, will con-
grees appropriate money fer the creation
of deep sea harbor anywhere else on
the Los Angeles ea-board except at
Santa Monica, and therefore tie HERALD
iavors that spot. circumstances have
changed our views. We have given sta