Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-30

trops"-because 1t must be that
: their patrons are thieves. l asked
him to let me see a copy of the st.
Louis Democrat, the Denver paper,
or any of the papers from which he
had made the quotations. He did
not have any. say to you that at
at any time between now and two
J O'Clock tomorrow L will give any
OF you $40 to see copy Of the St.
Louis Democrat or the Rocky
Mountain Net0s having the SLAM
derOus allusion published by the
Commercial. Berry said to me
that the Republicans were not
making any fight against met
was the Rose Democrats that were
doing 1t. L don't believe that of
Mr.. Rose or any of his friends.
They are honorable men.
As to the man who wrote that
IN the st. Louis Demo
crat, had the honor of
standing in the Circuit Court in
st. Louis in. 1875, and hearing sem
tence passed upon him to the Peni-
tentiary. The second one-the
Denver mani never owed dollar
to in all this world. L never met
him but twice in my life. At the
time of the coalition of the Demo-
Gratis and Republicans, in the Gree
ley campaign, he was II delegate to
the Illinois State Convention. /
met him there and loaned him 500,
and with it he bought stack of
white chips and lost It.. He owes
me that $50 yet. And what is to
become of Berry, of the CONNER
cidF Los Angeles whisky will
catch any man addicted to it, and
1t is easy to judge what his fate
will be. He will land some W here,
Whether there is land fairer than
this cannot tell, but if there is
not one hotter than this there ought
to be.
But must answer as to my per-
sonal character. This is called a
Leach meeting, and let it be.so. If
there is man in Los Angeles
county have ever wronged | did
it.unintentionslly. it.
Fellow citizens, l don't know
who or what my father was; L
don't know what his avocation
may have been, his character, or
his habits; l only think he must
have been very good man, be-
cause his sons have turned out go
we'll. Mr.. Leach then gave sue
cinct account Of the members of
his family aud traced his own his
tory, from childhood to the present
time, stating that whatever aduca-
tion he had received was the fesult
of his own labor, and that he was
admitted to practice law before he
was 20 years of age, because they
didn't know how old he was.
Commenting upon the statement
made that he was q defaulter in
his connection as partner of n law
firm he read the owing tele-
gram and letter:
clos ANGELES, Aug 18th, '79.
To w. III. Barnes, Jacksonville,
Wis:
Send at once by mail afli lavlt of
r. Wallace Leach's embezzlement,
etc. Will pay charges.
w. A. SPALDING.p
Which elici.ed the following re.
ply.
"JACKsoNvILLE, ILLS,
August 18Th, 1879.
e. W. Leach, Esq, San Diego, Cal:
gram, and the following is copy
of my answer:
W. Il. SpdIding, Es9.:
DEAR SIR: Your telegram say
ing, "send at ouce by mail affldav-
it of r. w. Leach's embezzlement,
etc., will pay charges" is just re-
ceived, and in reply have TO say
that r. w. Leach was never prose-
cuted here nor anywhere, SO far as
| know, on charge of EN- bezzle-
mentor any other criminal charge.
L was his partner up to the time he
left here and know all about it If
any body does. never heard it in
timated, here or elsewhere, that he |
was guilty of any crime. Very re-
spectfully, w. II. BARNES"
When went to school my pro-
fessor's name was s. M.F. Esterlee.
He was u good man but u little too |
fond of parting his hair in the mid
die, and learned to part my name
in the middle-R. WaIlacs Leach.
But as | grew older learned more |
sense. was asked at the State Con-
vention on the 81 of July last as to
what my name was. Go find the
San Francisco Chr Yonicle of July
4th, last year, and see what it is
there; aud If, at any time or place,
or under any circum stances you
have heard of me travelling under
an assumed name L will resign the
position 1 occupy. But what's in a
name? Mr.. Leach here told u very
happy anecdote about Mr. Del
Valle's difficulties with his name,
which convulsed the audience
with merriment.
Having dismissed the personal
aspects of his oratorical effort, Mr..
Leach next entered into a really
able aud convincing Democratic
argument, which lasted over three.
quarters of an hour, his address al
together occupying all hour and
three-quarters. He was heard with
interest to the end, when, on the
proposition of Chairman Thom,
three hearty cheers aud tiger
were given with q will for the
Democratic candidate.
Hon. Mr.. billiard, OF San Luis
Obispo, followed Mr.. Leach in "a
brief, cogent and witty speech, In
the course of which he deprecated
unkind references to Mr.. Pacheco
on the ground that that gentleman
was a stranger in the district and
should receive bospitable treat
ment. This sally was met with
great applause as, indeed, was Mr..
Billiards whole effort, after which
the nesting adjourned.
COURT REPORTS.