Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-11-15
The Character of the Contest.

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Tie game is made. 'PheNStttr of yes
terday morning. announced itself the
supporter of Mr.. SABIcHf for Mayor.
This, in the language of a correspond
ent "seems to confirm therumor which
prevailed some days since that the
lringlia decided, to1keep Mr.. TTFFaNY
in the field, in the hope that he would
draw off a'few votes from Mr. BEAU
DRY, and throw theirgrea1 strength
fol, Mr.. SABICu.n Our impression is
that ihis-is the real condition ofafiairs
and assuming its correctness, the three
daily papers occupy about this posi-
ton; The HERALD supports, Mr..
BEAUDRy, the peoples candidate; the
Stca, backs Mr.. SABICHI, the rings
real candidate, and the EGpreSs, skir-
mishes for Mr.. TIFFANY, the Water
Company's dummy. The battle is to
be fought. with the people, and the
Herald on oneNside and the ring, Star
and Express on the other. The pro-
gramme of the ring appears to be
made up on the assumption that the
California vote can be made the bal
ance of power in the contest-that di
yiding the other votes on .BEAUDRY
and TIFFANY with the votes they can
control and the California vote
they will be able to make .;SABfCHI
poll a few more votes than either of
the other candidates. This trick
might promise success if the people
were as ignorant as those schemers
affect to- believe them The ring
makes another mistake in assuming
that they are able toethrow the entire
California vote for Mr.. SABICHI. Mr..
SABICHI in the capacity of Council
man has not shown himself the friend
of the California population of our
city. When resolution was before
the council to discontinue the publica
ton of the city ordinances in Spanish,
Mr.. SABICHI recorded his vote in favor
of the resolution; yet this gen
tleman is now set up to catch
the. California vote, on the
pretence that he is the special
friend of the Spanish speaking portion
of our population. Now let us see
what may be offered in'support of the
charge that in case of his election Mr..
SABICHI will be more the servant of
the Water Company than the Mayor
of the people. AT late meeting of
the Council Mr.. SABICHI was a mem \
Der of committe, reporting in
favor of granting the Water Com
pany the unconditional right to build
q flume across and through private
property from the junction Of Main
and Alameda streets down to the ice
house. 9 If this privilege had been
granted, in accordance with the report
of Mr.. SABIcHI, the; company would
not have been liable for one cent of
damages that would result to private
property by the running of this flume
through and over it. 1t is due to Mr..
BEAUDRY that certain restrictions and
conditions protecting the rights Of the
people were incorporated in the privil-
ege before it was granted. Again, in
the matter Of the Fort Hill reservoir,
Councilman SABICHIs favored n the
closing of Fort, Sand and Rock
street is and of giving the land occu-
pied by those streets, together with
lot No. s, to the use of the Water
Company, and this in the face of the
fact that the company now hold a
thirty-year lease on six and quarter
acres on Fort Hill-a space amply
sufficient for the reconstruction of a res
ervoir larger than the company will
ever build there-which is strong pre-
sumptive evidence that Mr. SABICHT is
more inclined TO heed the wishes of
the Water Company than to act for
the best interests of the people. 1t is
a fact which cannot be denied that
the building of a reservoir on Fort
Hill will greatly depreciate the value
of large amount of property, as we'll
as endanger the lives of hundreds of
citizens; yet Mr.. SABIcHI is SO much
the friend of the Water Company and
so little the friend of the people that
he not only favors the locating of this
damaging and dangerous body of
water on the hill, but favors the clos
ing of streets and the donation of still
more of the city's land to the Water
Company. This is the public record
of Mr.. SABICHI, and it is not such as
will recommend him to the confidence
of community anxious to maintain
its rights against the encroachments
of private corporations.
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