The herald., 1898-01-22
SATURDAY, JANUARY ee. 1898.
A RESOLUTION THAT DIED

Some son of Belial (probably paid
agent of the San Francisco Cal) sllppeo
into the room of the Democratic county
central committee in advance OF It's ses-
sion yesterday afternoon and left a
typewriter, unsigned paper on the
chairman's desk. Then he sneaked away
again and no man knoweth whence he
came or whittier he went.
A friend of The Herald brought copy
of this precious document to us, and we
take the first opportunity to submit II
In it's entirety:
Resolved, That the Democratic coun-
ty central committee of Los Angeles
county sympathzes with the people OF
Los Angeles city in their efforts to have
the municipality of Los Angeles own
and control its water supply; congrat-
ulate the people of said city upon the
course Of the San Francisco Call and
the Los Angeles Record, in taking up
the cause of the people in their con-
test with corporate monopoly and city
officials false to their pledges.
the course of the Los Angeles Times,
Herald and Express in espousing the
cause of the water company. and OPP
posing the interests of the people. The
Los Angeles Herald is no longer
Democratic paper. Its editor is a Re
publican, and the paper controlled by
plutocrats for the benefit of a trio Of
ie
tied to the support or patronage of any
Democrat.
There was no acknowledged parent
age to this poor little creature, and it
must therefore be denominated a
founding, with presumptive evidence
that it was also a bastard. Another sad
feature in connection with it was that
1t died a-bornin'.
No member of the committee cared
to offer the resolution for adoption, ant
it was allowed to rest in peace, where i
had fallen. Under these appealing cir
cumstances, The Herald gives it decen
burial.
1t is hardly worth while to review o
categorically deny the false and sneak
ing assertions of the deceased resolu
tion. Certainly if the record which TIL
Herald has made in its columns fror
day to day is not sufficient refutatio
of them, so far as this paper is con
cerned, then it would be useless to at
tempt anything further in that line. TIL
Herald, first last and all the time, ha
sympathized with the people of Los An
geles in their efforts to have the mu
nicipality own and control its water sup
ply. There is a difference, however, be
tween methods of expressing sympathy
We did not commit ours to an un
signed paper and sneak away and leav
1t to an awful fate, but we publishe
it over and over again, in good plai
type, in these columns. And here it
again:
The Herald is desirous that the cit
shall possess its own system of water
works; that it shall acquire such "A sy.
tenn at the earliest date possible, an
Mt the lowest price possible.
Now, if that is not square and ur
equivocal declaration of principles, wha
is it? There may be some difference be
tween The Herald and other advocate
of municipal ownership as to the cours
of procedure, but all are seeking th
same identical result. We have advise
a conservative, cautious, a judicif
course, which we believe will be III
most certain to effect the desired ent
We have discountenanced those who,
we believed We're seeking to create mi
lie excitement for ulterior purposes, an
we have urged the council to refrai
from hasty and ill-advised action in ar
vance of the technical fulfllment of II
contract, lest the city be worsted in IL
first passage-at-arms.
Whether this advice is good or not I,
the event determine. We are willing +
be judged by the record as made "
defy anybody to produce a word,
clause or a sentence from the coluno,
of The Herald which has discourag ged
combated the idea of municipal o1vne
ship of the water plant
Now, a few words as to this matt,
of endorsement or reputation by part
organizations. The Herald is not q,
does not aspire to be an Organ" It
just a straight-out Democratic pane
appealing to first principles and stril
Ing out for clean politics and good go,
srnment. We have not asked any co,
tribution from Democratic committe