Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-08-11
The San Diego "Union' Caught.

The San Diego Union seems to be so
thoroughly welded to the cause of
HoUGHToN that it cannot do justice
to his more popular opponent Mr..
WIGGINToN. The World nails the
Misrepresentation of the Union in the
following unanswerable manner:
still pitching into Houghton. Special dis
patch to the san Diego Union. Los Angeles,
August Up. d. Wigginton, Democratic
nominee for Congress, is speaking here to-
the same he has been delivering down the
coast with slight variation on the railroad
question. l2.l He said that according to the
bulletin Houghton used to be the friend of
the Central Pacific and was now the right
hand man of the Texas Pacific. 49, He re-
peated the charge disapproved by Houghton
in his speech on Wednesday night that the
latter favored change of route OF the South
ern Pacific north of Los Angeles, and that he
was thus inimical to our interests. ~ Wig
ginton said he too was in favor OF completing
who built it, but declared he would vote no
subsidy to any. He believed that all roads
were essential to the development of the
country. Hefavored the improvement OF
all the harbors of the Pacific coast, and es-
pecially of the 4th district, and would vote
for the federal aid il necessary for San Pedro,
San Diego, Santa Monica and Monterey.
a. Mr.. Wigginton, Col. Oglesby,
and others assure us, and we believe
it, that his speeches have not varied
40 s.'hsta moo from the Oneuinp of the
campaign on the railroad question,
and that gives the lie to the San Jose
report of his speech there.
(2.) Mr.. Houghton did not disaprove
his position in regard to the Los Ange-
les railroad question. He cannot do
so. He cannot get back to his own
record. 1t will out, and out upon
Houghton on that question.
g. While Maj. Ganahl was max
ing his speech, Col. V. E. Howard,
interupting him, demanded to know
Mr.. Wigginton's position on this ques-
tion. He had already declared that
he was in favor of the 32d parallel
road, and that he was opposed to SUBJ
sides. Mr.. Wigginton not choosi ng
that Major Ganahl should answer
for him, asked the indulgence of that
gentleman for a few minutes that he
might answer for himself. Of course,
Major Ganahl gave way to him. Mr.
WiggintOn said that the question of
subsidy was not the one before the
people: that both the roads had their
subsidies, and that was all either
could expect in that direction. We
are not quoting the words of Mr.. Wig
ginton, but giving merely the SUBJ
stance of his remarks. On the ques-
tion of aid to the Texas and Pacific, he
said he stood on the Democratic plat
form which committed him to the aid
of the road, and he would legislate for
it, whenever he was satisfied that the
provisions of the charter were to be
complied with: that the road was to
be built from Marshall, in the State of
Texas to San Diego, in the State of
California, and that the bill was so
guarded that there could be no steals,
no default, and no swindling of the
government as in the case ofthe Cen
tral Pacific and the Union Pacific. So
much lor the above dispatch, and its
truthfulness.
Mr.. Wigginton, then, is in favor of
building the road according to the
charter, from point to point; and on
a proper guarantee that will protect
the people from robbery, is IN FAVOR
OF AIDING the work as his platform
directs him. He, like many others, is
afraid of Mr.. Houghton. The record
of that gentleman justifies the fear,
and he probably would like that the
bill of Mr.. Houghton had in it the
guarantees of safety to the government
before he would say he would vote for
that or any other bill he did not un-
derstand.
To all persons desirous of an honest
administration of our affairs, and op-
posed to the robbery of the govern
ment, the whole matter is clear, and
Mr.. WiggintOn entitled to our support,
for no reasonable man can ask more of
him than this.