Year: 1874

when the advocate loses his temper
and resorts to slang epithets and un-
sustained assertion in support of his
position. DR.. PRIMROSE remarked
that his wife, who was always getting
into theological discussions and as Of
ten getting the worst of the argument,
always resorted to loud talk in place
of sounder reasoning, when she found
herself unable to combat the argu-
ments of her opponent. This weak
ness seems characteristic of theWater
Company's organs in this city. TO
our statements, made, by the way, on
the authority of a responsible citizen,
they offer no controyerting testimony
nor refuting evidence, but instead
they raise their voice to that harsh
and certainly unmusical key which
one hears in the vicinity of fish-stalls
and, looking toward the HERALD of
flee, shout irresponsible paper"
"hoodlum journalism this last
term is stereotyped and copyrighted
by our little evening eotemporary)
malicious attack" and such other
choice terms as are to be found in
their vocabulary. The people of Los
Angeles understand the position of
the daily papers when it comes to a
Water Company controversy. They
seem to understand that the HERALD
is the only daily paper that will fairly,
frankly and fearlessly present the
opinions of others, as well as its own,
relative to the exclusive franchise
corporation. When the Health Officer
went before the Council with guam
tity of offensive matter taken from
some part of the water-pipe, did either
of the papers that are now so confident
the water is as pure as the dew-drop,
have anything to say on the subject?
Every citizen of Los Angeles under
stands the Water Company and the
relative position of each daily paper
toward it. We do not say the Express
dare not tell the truth when
| to dc SO will be speaking
against the Water Company, but
its recent course goes great ways
toward showing it to stand in just that
position. Mark this: The E;Gpress is
vehement, vindictive, personal, in its
abuse of the Council for not retaining
the Health Officer and assisting him
in the abatement of 365 nuisances
which he reported. Now we believe
| the Health Officer found u nuisance
wherever he reported one, and we be-
Ileve each and every one should be
abated. Thus far the HERALD and
the Express agree exactly. But we go
| further: we believe the Health Officer
took the. offensive matter which he
laid before the Council from plug or
pipe of the Water Company, and we
believe he was honestly discharging
his duty when he laid the matter be-
fore the city authorities. The Express
| is not with him in this effort to render
the city healthy. 1t believes the
Health Officer should be maintained
and supported in the discharge of his
duty so long as his duty does not lead
him to say anything against the inter-
ests of the. Water Company. The
Express has been loud, very loud, in
its appeals for sanitary measures. It
was to test the earnestness of those
appeals and the sincerity of the little
sheet that We set the Water Company
trap. The trap is sprung, and we leave
the people of Los Angeles to decide as
to whether we have bagged our game
or not. The HERALD will not know
ingly misrepresent the Water Com
pany or any other company or indi-
vidual, and should it unintentionally
do so, twill correct the error the mo-
ment it is pointed out. We have seen
fish, shells and other things not desir-
able in the way of drink, taken from
the San Francisco Water Works, and
we have no doubt young whales and
4 perriwinkles are sometimes found in
the pipes of the Los Angeles Water
Company, but why should the Express
go back on this discovery of the


Health Officer and yet howl about
the ravages of the scarlet fever.