Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-20

Why didn't the Workingmen
nominate Skinner, or Robinson, or
Bunce, or Hughes, or some other
Workingman, for Mayor? There
would have been manllness, con-
sistenoy, and possibly even victory
in such nominations, because, in
the language of Wolsey, "Corrup.
ton wins not more than honesty"
The answer is, perhaps. that
it would not have been
polite to have nominal
ed reliable and proclaimed
Workingmen for the place. Such
an argument gives the Working
mems cause away. Their claim
has always been that they despi-ed
expediency and the arts Of the pol
itician. Has it come to this that,
instead of mailing their colors to
the mast, and winning or failing
on u manly platform of Working
men for all offices in the gift OF the
people, as the result of fair ballot,
they are ready to tie to anybody
for success ? We are sorry to take
such view of a party of which we
expected better things.
There being no Dem ocratIc ticket
in the field in our municipal poll
tics, We are ut liberty to philoso-
pbixe little. We have noticed one
peculiar feature OF the Peoples
movement. Smith, Brown and
Robinson, and their friends, get to-
gether and agree to little hodge
podge Convention, neither fish,
flesh, fowl, nor good red herring,
neither Democratic, Republican
nor WorkiDgman. Each and his
friends are to abide by the result.
When it comes down to the issue,
however, il Smith succeeds in car.
rying off the nomination Robinson
il dissatisfied and Brown bolts out
right, talking about rings and
breathing the miching maicho u
which people who have achieved
political failure usually indulge In.
A fore.knowledge of these results
has led Us to always prefer ours
"straight," If we can get 1t in that
way.
II the Workingmen had shown
their faith by their works, aud Civ.
en- us q genuine Workingmen's
ticket for the municipal fight, We
should have regarded their chances
of SUCCESS as fair-in fact, as lead
ing. But when did Toberman be-
come Workingman Aud when
did Godfrey? Only the other day
the latter was running for the Con
stitutional Convention on the Dem
ocratlc ticket. We felt pride In
supporting him because we thought
he was what he proiessed to be--a
genuine Democrat on principle. II
he had announced himself as en- In
dependent candidate for City At
torney he would have preserved his
| consistency and would not have
palned his friends by the appear.
ance of political Inconsistency. Is
there something Of the Vicar of
Bray in City Attorney Godfrey?
MIR. II. G. Roberts, of the Azusa,
informs us that as he came through
the Santa Anita Ranch, yesterday
morning, hs was told that, last
Saturday night, in u fracas at a
Mexican baile held on the ranch,
Francisco Ortega shot and killed
Pancho Leva and dangerously
wounded Miguel Perez. He then
made his escape. Mr.. Roberts's
informant states that the difficulty
originated in an attempt. some
weeks ago, by Leva and Perez to
assassinate Ortega. He then got
away from them and they had not
met until the night Of the ball,
when the quarrel was renewed with
the result above noted. Leva was
buried last Sunday, nuinqiiest hav-
| fng been held NJ eTrt, as far as
Mr.. Roberts could learn, has been
made to capture Ortega.