The San Francisco call., 1906-09-27
Bell Indifferent to the Result
of Buffalo Convention.
He Will Continue to Denounce Hearst
Although Named by Democracy.
By &. a. Horne.
special dispatch to The can.


high Office of Governor of this state.
II seems to me that the people of Cali
Iornla realize that z crisis has come in
the politics of this State and that the
people are going to arise and meet the
emergencies which confront them.
A convention was held at Santa Cruz
1t presented a ticket-no. it presented
programme-and II asked the people
or the State TO swallow that pro-
gramme. i will call to this platform
the men you sent from Fresno to that
convention and ask them TO testify 10
were auctioned of to the highest bid
der.
Do you call that representative gov
ernment2 say no. Did they have any
state? No No. ' '''su 'uoie'arS 0i 'aiS
1 ask you what is the outlook for
our free institutions when justice is
prostituted 10 the base uses of a rail-
road political boss. William F. Herrin.
There was another convention. It
was held at Sacramento and IL chose
me as its candidate. You sent a dele
cation from Fresno to that convention.
ASK any man in that delegation if I
had headquarters at that convention
or II any boss planned that nomination
Tor me. The Santa Cruz convention
was mere ratification committee
Herrtn forgot when he wrote that
tlcket at Santa Cruz that there was
any Democratic party. But the appen-
dix has been removed Hearst has
been driven from the Democratic party
and that's why the Democratic party
can carry its nominees on TO victory
on election day.
The great principles Of right and
wrong which we learned at our
mothers knees can be applied to pol
tiles. You are called upon today to de-
termine whether your love for State
For the State has been debauched by
two men. and if have my way those
two men, Herrin and Hearst. will be
driven from this State 1t may be
n "a
ticket from habit and all this talk about
national issues. but what have national
confronts us here in California?
HERRIN Is AT THE HELM.
Hearst has played the traitor. He
has planned the destruction of the DEM
ocratic party and one of the two great
est Americans in public life. William
Jennings Bryan (CheerS) mad he is
DONG this that he may force himself
into nomination for the Presidency.
suggestion the very thought OF
which degrades that office. (Applause0
The so-ealled Langdon Democracy
is IN the position OF the man who was
given a magnificent dinner after eat
ing four plates of soup. and said. This
is the event of my life: but ] am full
of soup up to the neck" Langdon and
his friends would give all they have
TO get into our glorious fight If they
We're not already filled up to the neck
with the soup OF the Independence
League. I have waited. / have saved
my appetite for this occasion. when I
could go out and lash those two men.
William r. Herrin and William RAN
dolph Hearst (Applause.)
Whether you aspire to be 2 City
councilman or member of the Legis-
lature, If you are a Republican you
must become subservient to William F.
Herrin. If you are a Democrat YOU
once had to do the bidding OF Hearst
you think you can stand shoulder TO
shoulder with me and make it an
honor to aspire TO public Office in Cali
PLEDGES OF BELL.
pledge you that should you elevate
me to the high Office of Governor OF
California / will be economical in the
expenditure of the money of the State
you that 1 shall not be careful to
economfze, for every dollar that you
spend on the public schools is ten
dollars saved on your San Quentin and
your Folsom. your penftentiaries and
your asylums- There is only one just
Form OF taxation. and that is the in
come tax. 1t is the only just way of
taxing the American people, because il
says you shall be taxed according TO
your ability. | want to see the next
Legislature abolish the poll tax
believe it will be expunged from the
statute books of this State. The more
money man has the more he tries to
get out of paying taxes. OF course. no
one would do that in Fresno. (Laugh-
teri
In conclusion Bell pledged himself
to support the policy of good roads and
said he believed in the enaction OF
law permitting the counties 10 bond
themselves for long period for build
ing permanent good roads. He also
promised TO further the irrigation in
terests Of the San Joaquin Valley.
Thomas o. TOland the Democratic
candidate for Lieutanant Governor. in
reviewing the duties of the Office for
which he is candidate, said that if he
should name any Republicans as chair
men of committees they would be OF
the Belshaw type. as long as they
lasted Toland referred to Fred H.
Short as a man who had forsaken Par
dee at the demand of Herrin- He con-
cluded by submitting the welfare OF
the Democratic ticel1t in the county to
the Democracy represented at tho
meeting.