The San Francisco call., 1906-09-28

dents. while Bell and Toland marched
up the center aisle with the officers
of the Kings County Democratic COM
mittee amid prolonged cheering. The
stage was tastefully decorated and a
mammoth red, white and blue bell
hung over the speakers.
GUNS TURNED ON HERRIN.
After the "Star-Spangled Banner
had been sung, L. S. Chittenden, the
chairman of the evening. introduced
Bell, who spoke as follows:
'T know it is a bad idea to start a
speech with an apology, but am goin
to say that in distributing myself over
this great State I have found it neces-
sary to speak two or three times day,
and my voice has suffered. It is q
pleasure to stand before the people
of Kings County and talk to you of
the vital issues of this campaign, the
great questions which the voters are
called upon to decide.
1--WE have a representative form OF
government, but we cannot all go to
conventions. It is the right of the
people to condemn a convention that
strangles the voice Of the people. We
are disloyal to our State if we pass
these things which our conscience can
not approve. If I could summon to
the rostrum the men you sent from
Kings County to the Santa Cruz con-
vention they would testify that one
man, the representative of railroad
monopoly, named every candidate
which was chosen by that convention.
William F. Herrin came down from
the north with bunch of votes and
met Walter Parker, his lieutenant in
in the south. with another bunch OF
votes. and they put UP for sale every
high Office of the State. You know
that. You read ii in the papers. If ]
am any judge. the Republican party
does not propose to march up to the
polls on election day and calmly reg
lister approval of that Infamous pro-
ceeding.
HEARST DENOUNCED.
AT Sacramento there was no such
force work. 1 received the nomination
on the spontaneous and voluntary act
of that convention. II we are TO have
the fact as well as the theory of rePrc-
sentative government we must get
down to that way of nominating our
officers
And 1 believe that with a solid Dem
ocratic vote the help of the labor vote
and the Republican perty unwilling to
bow down to the will of William +.
Herrin the Democratic candidates Will
be elected with an overwhelming ma
jority. There is nothing less than hab-
it which can make the Republican vot-
ers vote for Herrin5 candidates.
This is not a Presidential campaign
nor a Presidential year It is just
a little house-cleaning here in Cali
fornia- 1t is a contest here in Califor-
MIA with the railroad on one side and
the people on the other. Here is a
situation where there is a right and a
wrong. William F. Herrin has laid his
plans to perpetuate the control of the
Southern Pacific 1 challenge the
methods that are used by Herrin who
would buy or frighten into subjuga-
non every man who opposes him.
"Herrin may control Republican con-
ventions and Hearst may be nominated
in Buffalo, but 1 tell you the time will
come here in California when William
F. Herrin and William Randolnh
Hearst shall go down to eternal perdi-
ton.
The Independence League has been
formed TO destroy the Democratic par-
ty then on its ruins to build new
party aided by which Hearst homes
TO become President That's the whole
story and that's why Hearst has been
read out of the Democratic party in
California" -