Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-12-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Jesse d. Butler'a Answer to His Antagonist
A Roland for Their Oliver.

1.-THE editor OF the HERALD Is OF course
not responsible Tor anything published
In this column.J
EDITOR HERALD: take this oc-
casion to thauk you for your uni
form fairness, previous to the elec-
tion, in not seriously attacking any
mans motives, or character, who
was on the Workingmen's ticket.
OF course you INDUCED in @ few
puns aud playful jokes, such as
would make the campaign a little
lively and interesting.
But this morning a pretended
Workingman, who was ashamed Of
his real name (and we'll he might
be), has become grossly personal
on myself and meanly unjust
towards the great, grand young
party, of which am proud 10 be
an active member.
First, that resolution of the Sec
ond Ward Club-which, by the
way, was passed in general meet.
ing of members of that and other
clubs-saying that said "Butler
was q man of sound thought and
honest ruling.u GAS far as that it
concerned" he says. 81 know
nothing about it." Really this is
a green Workingman and an illog-
ical goose, that eats his own greens,
who does not know anything about
said Butler, or about his soundness
of thought, or honest ruling, but
he does know enough to abuse him
as though he were q man-eater, by
saying, he (Butler) said the would
lead a mob Of men through China
town or Negro alley, and destroy
men, women and children of that
race, regardless of the distinction
Of property, or the expense 1t
would bring the city of Los Ange-
les into" into, belongs to the ele-
gancIes of the composition. Now,
In answer to the above sentence,
am in the position of the Irish
man and his father, when the law
yer inquired the reason why his
| father was not in Court, he said he
had five reasons and the first was
that his father was dead; they did
not enquire for the other reasons.
And my first answer to the above
assertion lie, that 1t Is q base cre-
alton and fraud, of the fraud calling
himself a Workingman who wrote
It, Those who know me, know that
4 have urged our brethren of the
clubs to wake up and get the de-
sired reforms by the ballot, so as to
| prevent bloody revolutions, which
are always the result of oppression,
| whore there Is no redress by the
ballot. This IL the "head and front
| of nv offending.n And now, Mr..
Editor, who is the "smiling hypo-
| crite?n Is 1t the man who makes
this statement with his own name
attached, ard who has not spoken
less than Eve hundred times in pub
| lie the last year, openly and plainly
before all men; or the villain who
slapders the man who has always
been O courteous debater with
every conner? And, as to confisca-
ton and my own selfish ends, II is
really amusing to those who know
me. and will be still more SO to
some Of the richest men Ia this
town, who offered me "few hum
dred dollars" to betray a poor man
Into their hands; when told them
| that "a few Thousand would be no
temptation to me-" These are not
dark sayings, but shall be 'ur.
nished to the public, the very mo-
ment those who are implicated
shall demand them, or dare me to
give them.
The second effusion of q "Work-
lingmann without q name, Is prin'
oipally answered In the foregoing
but one point speaks of a transpa'
rsncy OF O two-faced something
called "Aunt Beckey," that caut
from my hall. Well, there wa.
such o thing, I believe, but I am
/. not responsible for it anymore thar
for the others which were painted
there; and when heard that tn,
, friends of "Aunt Beckey" wer,
, threatening to deluge the streets
with blood IL 1t was taken In tn,
procession, 1 advised and urged tn,
BOYS to leave it out, against thei
most determined desire to carry
: among the others.
AS to the insinuation Of "politi
J cal demagogues and tramps" l pas
that over to the poor men OF thi
city, and the triumphant party o
the Workingmep, for them to an
I swer In auy way they choose-w
will say, for instance, In the mex
] election, as they have In this.
Il And now, Mr.. Editor, let m
) state my position. l have neve
. asked any man to vote in the Coun
| Gil for me to make me its Presiden
{ knowing as do that I shall b
fraar IN fu0k up both sleevea to th