The San Francisco call., 1906-10-12
LANGDoN is oBLIvIoUs.

Langdon is the only man in Southern
California today who does not realize
the significance of the strange position
of the candidate of the Independence
League. His Oblivion to the fact that
he is being used as a catspaw to defeat
the man who is roasting Hearst hard
is apparently sincere. Leaving Jos
Angeles in the forenoon the Bell party.
which includes w. Ona Morton and G.
\. Barlow. spent the afternoon in meet
ing the business men here and seeing
the beautiful suburbs of Riverside. The
meeting was called to order by Rohert
Lee Bettner and the first speakers in
troduced were C. A. Barlow and w. Ona
Morton. When Bell was introduced
ne spoke in part as follows:
When l looked first on this great
sathering tonight | came to the con-
clusion that we were not Democrats
nor Republicans, but just honest citi
zens OF the Union. / had looked for
ward to my campaign in Southern Cali
iornla with some trembling And
nave not arrogated to myself the cred
II for these meetings. / know that II
means that the people are aroused. The
4Pls,oo0 Paooif imaJority that California gave
Golden State the spirit of independence
lives. And when l leave the south
land to reJoin my, little family in the
north | want to have so spoken tnat
there will be no doubt in any mans
mind as to where 1 stand
1t has been charged by two news
papers edited by a man who was once
Democrat that there was some mvs-
terious power behind my nomina tion.
but / challenge him to name openly
what that influence was and how it
operated.
CHALLENGES GILLETT.
/ challenge Gillett to tell the people
what his attitude is in regard to the
great transportation question N Cali
Iornia. toi.1, He has told US of reciprocity
ippfnes, srecfimination with GERMANY
the Panama canal and something about
Cuba, but the people of the State want
stone problems of California, and if he
doesn't dare to open his mouth on these
things the people will have none of
Gillett.
When we cleaned house at sacra-
mento / am glad to say I took the lead
in that movement. and we drove the
vi vile traitor Hearst. from. the party
There was not a voice raised in -ro-
test For the last two weeks / have
continued to denounce Hearst up and
down the State. and no one save the
San Francisco Examiner and its broth
er in Los Angeles came to his aid until
last night, when there came floating
down the pass of the Tehachapf into
the Southland the voice of the Repub-
lican candidate. deploring my attack on
Hearst, whom he calls an amiable and
large-hearted gentleman. am de-
lighted that one has come to give w. r.
Hearst a clean bill of health and that
that man is Gillett- His commenda-
tion is being used all over New York
State tonight, where the word has gone
out to every hamlet that the Repub-
lican candidate in California has given
Hearst a character.
MRS. HYATT Is HEARD.
How do you like it, you Republicans.
to have your candidate here help to de-
feat the Republican candidate in New
York. Charles q. Hughes? prolonged
applause)
Ny friend Langdon intfmated at
Pasadena yesterday that I once rode on
a railroad pass. I will deposit $1,000
tomorrow for Langdon when he shall
prove that I ever rode on a mass Do
you think I would condemn Herrin and
from them. Don't be fooled into Civ
ing a vote to the independence League
Either Gillett is going TO be elected or
am going to be elected, and a vote