The San Francisco call., 1906-09-25

against me when ran for District At
torney twelve years ago. have been
nave served in Congress and tried to
cultlVate wrinkles, but 1t seems that
am getting younger the older get
When the Labor Council chose the
they wrote on the wall OF destiny the
certain result Of the November cleo
ton. With the labor vote with us vic
tory Is certain.
once is no Sabbath school affair. but I
want to tell you that / have never yet
SSuirrendered the right to tell the truth
When attack Herrin and when / at
TACK Hearst neither of these men can
say that / have ever placed myself
IN such a position toward them as to
I'VE NV tnem anything or that I should
not now say the things which I am
saying.
Take the libelous articles which are
pnelng published in the San Francisco
examiner. l know what they say but
1 tell you that / never met Abraham
Huef but once in my life. and that I
nave nave neither seen nor communicated
VIII Wltn nlLn IN since. this campaign began.
Wnen the Labor Union convention was
generating over its choice of a can
uldate the only opposition to it's Sc
leetlng my name came from the ofTice
of the Mayor of San Francisco where
ne sat trying to carry out some scheme
he had made with Herrin at the Santa
Cruz convention. The politics of Her
ranahaa r,n and Rusf Rue ar are the politics Of the
on the theory that when you want a
man the way to get him is to beat him
INTO submission, and If you can't do
shall lie in my power and with the aid
OF the people of California, to drive
these two monsters, Herrin and Ruef,
out of California.
APPEALS TO YOUNG MEN.
There is another convention meeting
a atl he, csl a..
tinent they are choosing a man
70 run on the Democratic ticket for
Governor OF New York. Some one has
told me q hope that it is NOT fruel
that Murphy has ordered the nomina-
tion OF Hearst. l wish my voice to-
night might carry across the continent
20 warn them against the traitor But
ny 1uey must nght their own battle, and
/ say to the youhg men of California.
stand with the Democratic party TO rid
the state OF these two men. Herrin and
dearst know what I am asking you
Wnen | say that, and I know Just what
II means can remember the time
When a message came to me to come to
went with an expectation OF what was
coming. / was there asked to sit down
and write an Endorsement of Hearst for
PRESIDENT. / refused to do it, and
know that when / went out of that Of
nee my name went on the blacklist I
know what say when ask you young
men to stand with me against Hearst
and Herrin. | know by my own expe-
rlence what you VIII have to. face. But
are you going TO hand the key OF Calf
fornia to Hartman and shut out tha
Western Pacific. the jim Hill and 9TH
ers who are knocking at your doors?
are you going to let a man back in
New York name your Governor?
If | am elected ! shall owe great
deal to the Labor party. but want to
say right here that they have never
asked a pledge from me. At the same
time / have a plan which. If I am
elected Governor of California. I shall
endeayor to carry out. intend to call
representatives of capital together
twice each year I am a believer in
conferences and If ! am elected / am
going to see if something cannot be
accomplished in that wav to put stop
to locKouts and to strikes.
CHEERS FOR THE SPEAKER.
I am through l was going to say
more, but you have been patient with
me. / was going to say something
about education and about the woman
whose name is on the ticket, but
know that she is going to be elected
anyway, and she does not need me to
say anything for her. 1 will just say
this and stop:
If 1 am elected Governor of Califor-
MIA / will do the best can not to dis
appoint the men who put me there.
Bell was listened to for the entire
length of his speech with unbroken
attention. Men who had not been able
to find a seat stood in the rear of the
hall throughout the meeting. At the
close three rousing cheers were given
for the candidate, and many of his
hearers came to the stage, where he
held an impromptu reception.