The San Francisco call., 1908-07-04
BELL IS CALLED
D. LIAR BY FOX


shaking his finger at Fox, cried BE
ware before you call me liar.
Il repeat it." shouted Fox.
Il don't make the charge against
you," explained Bell.
It's matter of general information
Give me your word of honor that l am
mistaken and I'll give you my hand
and apologize"
You commence apologizing right
now" said Fox. Il give you my word
of honor as a man."
BELL APOLOGIES
Bell apologized, the two men shook
hands and everybody took a long
breath of relief
Milton K. Young of Los Angeles then
arose to explain about that tentative
caucus" He said Cole was Bryan's
friend, that the south had been badly
treated at Fresno, all honor going toI
the north; that Bell had declared
against Cole; that Cole had been de-
FAMED and that sundry other indigni-
ties had brought Coles friends to-
gether in meeting for tentative and
suggestive action.
But it wasn't a caucus, on my
honor" he ended
When is caucus not a caucus?
riddled Bell, who proposed that Cole
release the II men who had been pres
ent. This precipitated a dispute, which
worked around to the executive COM
mtttee and its personnel, a sore point.
Bell ended that dispute by declaring
that the party was getting petrified
and needed young men. Cole was then
called on in the general clearing up of
difficulties to explain away what Raker
had stated. He said his scheme was to
organize small committee to raise
money for the campaign in order to
help Judge Raker and the state CEN
trail committee.
In that plan I never sought the aid
of any boss in the state,' he declared. |
COLE FORCES ADMISSION
Cole forced Bell to admit that the
latter had enlisted his aid in the fight
for temporary chairman at Denver 1t
developed that Cole had wired to
standing face to face, questioned and |
answered each other on all points of |
difference as no two political opponents |
have done before.
You have received everything at my
hands that l could give you," said |
Cole.
And I have given you all the recon-
pense 1 could consistently give" re-
sponded Bell. Then Fitzgerald did some |
clearing up on his own account, tell |
ing some interesting things about Nc
Nab politics. But Bell came back dog |
gedly to the point he had been making |
all through.
Does Mr.. Cole release the men who
were in the caucus?"
Il didn't call that meeting and they |
can do as they please" answered Cole.
That's an evasion" said Bell.
/ m going to have something to say |
about this later 1 won't put my stamp |
Of approval on that caucus. I'm not |
going to participate in your meeting"
As Bell started out of the meeting /
Dockweiler stopped him.
"On what terms will you stay?"
I'm going to disregard this meet |
ing because it was founded on that |
caucus, and in order that I may go |
back and continue my fight in Cali
fornia as long as God Almighty will |
let me. 1t was McNab politics you did |
in that room last night. His style of |
politics and a close corporation. You |
people do as you please. I'm going!"
Again Dockweiler stopped Bell, and |
Cole released all who might consider !
themselves bound by the caucus
FIGHTING FOR PRINCIPLE
I'm fighting for a principle, and
won't participate, and that ends it."
said Bell.
Suppose we harmonize by choosing |
an outsider" suggested Raker.
BELL didn't give us that kind of |
harmony at Fresno" laughed Dock |
weller.
So Bell left the meeting and every
body mopped a sweltered, aching |
brain as the meeting organized and |
put through with the rush of a steam |
roller the tentative and suggestive" |
program arranged at the rump caucus. |
At a jollifcation held to smooth out |
the wrinkles of the afternoon Bell an
nounced that he would leave the train
at ogden to meet Bryan at Lincoln in !
order to talk over his keynote speech. |
Bell said he would not interfere with |
Coles election, but intimated that the
other committeeman might be dis |
placed
CALLS MEETING A SHAM
Alone in the smoking car, Bell made
the following explanation of his with
drawal from the meeting:
Il refused to participate in the meet |
ing because it was manifest that it |
was but sham affair to ratify the
real meeting secretly held last night |
when every position in the gift of the
delegation was parceled out among |
the twelve men present with the view
of electing Cole national committee
man.
yesterday afternoon after leaving |
the Oakland mole / agreed with Fitz- |
gerald that no meeting should be held |
until today. Fitzgerald was present at
last nights meeting, but decided to
give it his official sanction because of
the understanding, but this did not
prevent it being turned into a meeting
to dispose of everything in sight.
Three of the delegates at large, |
Raker, Conley and myself, who had
been selected by the democrats of the
state, were not notified of that meet
ing, nor were Cats, Harris, McKilli- !
can, Sill or Blanchard, and not one of
the eight was given the slightest op-
portunity to express his choice for any
of these positions.
They have violated every principle
for which I have fought during past
years, and 1 told them squarely today
that there would be no compromise.
'It was an affront especially to Ra-
ker, chairman of the state central COM
mittee, who has always shown special
fairness In his work. I am willing to
rest my case in the hands of the peo-
pie of California. not in the hands of
politicians. / shall decide later whether
1 shall concur in the program when it |
comes to the appointment of commit
tees in the Denver convention"