Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-06
CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK


Theodore A. Bell, the Democratic
nominee for governor of California.
Is again in the southland, making
speeches before the people and being
received with evidences Of the greatest
enthusiasm.
Never in the history of California has
there been 80 much anC such wide
spread dissatisfaction with the course
Of the state government, a government
which has fallen into the hands of a
corrupt railroad machine ring and from
which the people have been almost en-
tlrely excluded. The Republican party
itself, largely in the majority in this
state, has been showed aside by the
machine and reduced to hewers Of wood
and drawers Of water for the Southern
Pacific ra..road. 1t pleases the local
Republican organ to describe Herrin
and Parker as having merely "a tall
holt" on the party, but every man in
California knows that the "holt" which
Herrin and Parker hove on the Repub-
lican party in this state is a strangle,
and that 1t will require a political
revolution to break it. Herrin and
Parker, as everybody knows, compelled
the nomin alton of Gillett. following the
astounding announcement by Harri-
man, at a banquet in washington as
long ago as last January, that "Gillett
would be the next governor Of Cali
fornia."
The issue before the people, therefore.
is whether they will free the state from
the domination of Herrin, Parker.
Hearst and Hartman, or whether they
prefer to remain in the thraldom Of the
Southern Pacific machine, which is
aided and abetted by William r.
Hearst.
There are no national issues involved
in the campaign in this state. 1t is not
a question, as the Sacramento Union
claims, whether the people of Cali
fornla desire to perpetuate in this state
the policies of the Republican party"
etc. Republican policies or principles
are not at issue in this contest. Neither
the tariff, coinage, currency, the Philip
pines, government ownership, nor any
thing else of federal character enters
into the campaign.
Don't try + becloud the issue. 1t is
clear and distinct as the MONDAY. Vote
against the Southern Pacific machine,
against Herrin, Parker and Hearst,
by voting for Bell and against Gillett.
That's all there is to it, and all the
efforts of Republican organs cannot
change it.
Upon this condition of affairs, not
from partisaLship, Mr.. Bell is asking
honest Republicans everywhere to vote
for him, and they are fiocking to his
support in ever-increasing number.
Upon a similar condition and similar
platform all honest Democrats in the
state of New York should vote for
Hughes.
In his speech of acceptance Of the Re-
publican nomination for governor of
New York, Mr.. Hughes said
"The question is whether the unhoIy
alliance that succeeded at Buffalo shall
capture the state of New York. In my
message to the convention stated that
IL elected 1T would be my ambition to
give the state snne, efficient and hOn-
est administration, free from taint of
bossism or of servitude to any private
interest. This is my position In a nut
she'll"
This is precisely the attitude of Mr..
Bell in California. The question is
whether the unholy alliance that sue
ceeded at Santa Cruz shall recapture
this state, and Mr.. Bell promises, if
elected, to "give the state a sane,
efficient and honest administration,
FREE FROM TAINT OF BOSSISM
OR OF SERvITUDE TO ANY PRI-
VATE INTEREST"
What more can the people ask? Cali
fornia Democrats, with Mr. Bell first to
proclaim the fact, promptly and en-
phatically declare that were they voters
in New York state they would vote for
Hughes. Mr.. Bell goes further, and says
that if he had the opportunity he would
stump the state of New York for the
Republican nominee.
And the Republicans of California
will, we believe, be equally patriotic in
recognizing the fact that conditions in
this state require that they cast their
vote for Mr.. Bell and the state Demo-
cratic ticket