Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-07-29

The following as rather indeilcate'
1--WE assert, without fear of success
full contradiction, that the nomira-
tion OF Wallace Leach in the
Fourth Congressional District was
made with the especial design OF
electipg Romualdo Pacheco, the
Republican nominee and the
henchman of the railroad company.
The Convention knew that there
was no earthly chance for the cleo
tion of Mr.. Leach when it placed
him in the field. 1t knew that he was
man without standing in his own
county and comparatively un-
known in the rest of the district; it
knew that he was an opponent OF
the new Constitution in section
where the vote was three to one
the other way; it knew that San
Diego would not have elected him
for supervisor or pound-keeper.
Had there been any chance of sue
cess in the nomination, it would
have been given to Murphy or
Wigginton, but neither of these
gentlemen would endanger his rep
utation by accepting it. 1t was ten
dered to Judge Sepulveda, of this
city, but refused. The nom!pa-
tion, in fact, went begging, and was
at last given to mere dummy-to
Wallace Leach, of San Diego. Col:
Ayers, who was already Ia the field
as the Workingmen's nominee, was
known MS a man of Dem ocratic an.
tecedents and one who could be re-
lied upon to protect the interests OF
the district; but he was not
friendly to the monopoly, and
hence, in the eyes of the
Convention, became ineligible.
That body showed that it would
rather help elect railroad Re.
publican than an anti-railroad
Democrat; such is the conclusion,
at least, which we draw from the
course adopted. l. was expected,
naturally, that Mr.. Leach, entering
the field as the straight Democratic
nominee, and coming from an anti
railroad section, would poll a GER
| tain proportion of the anti-monop-
oly Democratic vote-enough, per-
haps to trip Ayers and give the
race to Pacheco. If a more despic
able scheme was ever cOncocted in
in O Democratic Convention we
have not heard of it. Add to the
treachery of party principles in gen.
eral the individual treachery ol
those who were or should have
been the friends of the man sought
to be betrayed into the hands OF
the enemy, and we have picture
which would do justice to Juda1
Iscariot in the garden of Gethse
mane."
We do not believe the first dec
laration in the above count, ant
even if true, it is justified, for the
fact is that the friends Of Colone
Ayers, and as the result proves
himself as well, were so anxious tt
/ elect him to Congress that they
rushed in, in advance, and nomi
mated him on strange ticket, thus
epdeavoripg to silence the batteries
of the proud old party with which
it is said that Mr.. Ayers had evel
been connected. This was aud i:
the fact; and it does seem TO US
and it will appear so to most thiph'
ing men, that instead of Mr.: Asacl
catering to the election or Mr. "a
, checo, 1t is quite as likely that NJ
Ayers did atlea thst same1 sTnf1 tin Ting nbgarty pu
. aini i forward, and if it is true tina
: other Democrats mentioned de
cIined because they were afraid o
defeat, the matter presents Mr.
> Leach all the uetter, and in th'
, role Of man who stands tt
: his party for principles
and to save it and no
sinalg and alone for suecess, 70
money-for popularity. 1t does no
so present Mr.. Ayers, and we art
, sorry for it. What defeated tha
gentleman and prevented Demo
erats from leaving him in the field
against Pacheeo, was l, his reported
declaration that the Democracy
could not be trusted; 2, his accept.
ance of the test forced on him by
Denis Kearney, generally held t.
; be rather tight fitting for most peo
, pie; 8, mis- departure from the par
ty, hastily, and taking ground
against it. Mr.. Ayers ought to bt
aware of the fact that, even in thi,
county, wfiAS he,- declares Mr.
Leach SO unpopular, that he weak
ems himself by the race; and so far
as it concerns the declaration that
Mr.. Leach could not be elected to
office here, the foolish remark is
we'll enough answered when we
state that he came within thirty
seven votes of defeating Mr.. Pauly
for the Legislature, with a pretty
heavy Republican majority-some
say one hundred and fifty-against
him. Mr.. Leach and Mr.. Ayers
stand on the same ground in regard
to the railroad monopoly, so that
in this respect at least, "honors are
easy" And what particular propri.
ETY. is there in the conclusion of the
paragraph According to the
editor, no one but Colonel Ayers
had the right to the race, and if,
| after he had accepted Denis Kear-
ney's nomination before Democrats
had acted, he was not trying to
break up the Democratic party! 1t
Is too thin. Mr.. Wallace Leach
will make q race and establish a
reputation for oratorical and foren-
sic ability that will place the term
dummy" where 1T belongs.
Where the editor derives his au-
tnority for declaring that Mr.. Leach
! opposed the new constitution, we do
not know.