Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-20

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"our friends, the Republicans, who had
demonstrated their ability in this line
at their meeting in the same tent re-
Gently"
Republican Against Machine
Mr.. Porterfield, who was introduced
as the first speaker. evidently was
known to the many Republicans of
Southern California who have declared
themselves in opposition to Southern
Pacific machine control of their party,
for he was given a magnificent recep-
tion and his utterances were cheered
throughout.
Il come as a banker, a rancher and
/ as a general INVESTOR said Mr.. Por-
| terfeld, but above all 1 come as a
| loyal and patriotic citizen. holding
| state above all private or political in
| terests. l come to plead the cause of
down trodden people. I come neither
as a Democrat nor as a Republican,, but
| after meeting Mr.. Bell and looking
up his personal an. political record L
would be untrue to every good inter-
est if did not indorse him for COVER
nor.
by publicly indorsng him do not
| give up my principles of Republican,
ism. The issue is the people against
| the Southern Pacific and not one party
against another. ~f .-,"
! For score of years ! fought COR
rupt Democracy In the state of Mis-
souri,, but in all those years never
| saw such corruption as was revealed
at the Republican convention at Santa
/ Cruz.
"Gilett talks about Roosevelt. Presi-
! dent Roosevelt doesn't need talking
about. While Mr.. Gillett may be an
| estimable man, he must be estimated
! by the company he Keeps. -
/ This sentiment was heartily cheered.
and Mr.. Porterfield was applauded
when he declared that if. Mr.. Bell were
/ elected he would subscribe a million
dollars toward the construction of an
independent railroad line.
! He closed by expressing himself as
! confident that Bell would be the next
governor, and for this he was heartily
cheered
An Ovation for Bell
When Mr.. Bell was introduced as the
next governor of California he was
given an ovation and the cheers and
ringing of bells were deafening
Mr. Bell began his speech by declar-
ing that he had not come to abuse any
man. He then alluded to the fact that
George A. Knight. at the Gillett meet
ing In Pasadena, declared that he and
Gilett were conducting gentlemanly
campaign. but that when Bell arrived
the people would be treated to a
course of mud singing.
ut Is not necessary for gentlemen
to proclaim from the house tops that
they are gentlemen" said Mr. Bell,
and ] VIII leave it for you to say
after this meeting whether have
overstepped the bounds of decency. I
do not throw mud. but I do tell the
truth, which hurts the opposition more
than anything else. (Cheers)
Mr. Bell declared that Republicans
admitted that the Santa Cruz conven-
ton was controlled by the Southern
Pacific and that fully 80 per cent of the
delegates rode TO and from Santa Cruz
on passes.
He quoted former Governor Cages
address at the Gillett meeting i'm Los
! Angeles as proving that the various
charges against the Santa Cruz CON
vention Were true. He then continued:
: Transportation is the burning issue
before the people of California today
The point of distribution is so distant
from the point of production that tn,
expense of moving the output of oul
soil to the far-away markets become,
a question of first importance to thu
producer.
''If the companies engaged in th,
carrying business Were disposed to b,
ldlT lne disadvantages OF DelnR so fal
= removed from our markets might b,
, mlnlmized, but up to date the RAILROAD
policy has been TO exact the last cen
that the traffic will bear. Thus Cali
fornia is at the mercy OF the railroads
which are throttling rather than stim
: ulatlng the development Of the state.
ITO perpetuate it's unholy grasl
, upon California the Southern Paclh,
, has seized the machinery of the Re
r publican party because 1t Is the doml
| nant party and with reckless dsre
gard Of the great majority OF tina
I party IL has named a state ticket from
D top to bottom 4
Heretofore the s. p. has been con
tent 10 remain behind the scenes an,
pull the wires of the party organiza
tion, but at the last convention a
Santa Cruz il threw discretion and de
cency TO the winds and brazenly an,
defantly set itself up as the maste
. OF the convention and proceeded I