Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-04

R0U TED
BY BELL
Southern Pacific Boss
Defeated in Duel
of Words
Democratic Candidate
Asks Questions That
Are Embarrassing
Young Standard Bearer Sees Railroad
Attorney in the Crowd and Wants
to Know How Certain
Things Happened

Hon. Theodore A. Bell, Democratic
nominee for governor of California, en-
gagged in forensic duel last night.
Judge w. j. Mckinley, Southern Pa
cific attorney and chairman of the
Republican state convention, was his
adversary.
With right on his side, the young
standard bearer of the Democratic
party put his opponent to rout.
Spectators of the contest, which, it
Is conceded by Republicans as well as
Democrats, will have a vital effect on
the voting next Tuesday, were over two
thousand people. They had crowded
into the pavilion at Chutes park to see
and h~ssr Mr.. Bell, other nominees on
the Dem5sratic state ticket and other
men of prominence, including two Re-
publicans who are advocating the
cause of good government as against
Southern Pacific domination of state
and Republican party affairs, and al
most solidly they expressed by cheers
their pleasure at the victory of the
leader in the good government cause
over the representative of the railroad
machine.
Audience with Bell
The situation was most intense, and
the audience fairly went wild over the
discontinue of the man who attempted
to make political capital for the Re-
publican machine at the expense of
the leader of the opposition to railroad
bossism and that at meeting which
was being held in honor of Mr.. Bell
Judge Mckinley appointed twenty
two men to serve on Gillett'S campaign
committee" said Mr.. Bell, and then
spying Mckinley in the audience he
asked him if it were not true that at
the request of Mr.. .Gillett he had placed
Abe Ruef on his campaign committee.
Judge Mckinley arose to his feet and
said: "Gillett did not request me to
appoint Ruef."
Mr.. Bell then asked rs it not true,
Judge Mckinley, that you appointed
Abe RUFF on that committee?" to
which Judge Mckinley replied, II did"
rs it not true that he is still on that
committee?' asked Mr.. Bell, to which
question he received the reply
ut is true"
Mr.. Bell then asked: IF it be true
that Abe Ruef is working for my cleo
tion and not for Cillett why did you not
remove him from that committee?
Judge Mckinley replied:
THE convention has adjourned and
have not the power to do So"
Mr.. Bell then asked: "Have you or
Mr.. Gillett ever requested Abe Ruef to
resign from that campaign commit
tee?" and received negative reply.
Asks More Questions
Then Mr.. Bell asked the chairman of
the Santa Cruz convention or some of
his friends to come forward and deny
that a solemn compact was made be-
tween Gillett, Ruef and Schmitz where
by Gillett If elected should turn over to
Ruef and Schmitz in exchange for the
San Francisco delegation the entire
waterfront patronage of San Fran
cisco. which would render omnipotent
the control of 'Ruef and Schmitz over
San Francisco.
He then said: 81 dare them to deny
it, after which Mr.. Bell paused to
give Judge Mckinley a chance to de-
ny the charge, but receiving no reply,
followed by stating that over his own
signature he had called upon Gillett to
never made a, reply.
Mr.. Bell then asked Judge Mckinley
II II We're not true that the night be-
fore last Ruef had caused the Republi-
can governing committee In San Fran
cisco to indorse Gillett's candidacy.
Mckinley Replied IT do not know
whether that has been done"
Bell further asked; did you not see
in yesterdays Chronicle that Ruef had
done this?"
Judge Mckinley replied; Eyes. I read
that"
Republicans last night admitted that
Judge Mckinley had made fatal mis-
take is raising his voice on such an oc-
casion and there We're many express
sions of ehagrin that he had been so
signally defeated at his own game.
ION tts other hand. Democrats genera
al and those Republicans who are in
favor of good government, are exceed
ingly jubilant, believing that the out
(ome OF the affair viii mean many adj
gitsonal votes for the Democratic
Ncket.
Aside from the exciting but entirely
unexpected affair, Mr.. Bell last night
w9s the central figure in what undoub-