The San Francisco call., 1910-10-15
SPEECH OF BELL
ATTACKS JOHNSON
Democratic Candidate Repeats
Questions Propounded to
His Opponent
Meetings Held in SolanO and
Y0lO Counties and Station
Addresses Planned
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

WOODLAND, Oct. 14.-Theodore A
Bell, the democratic nominee for gov
ernor, arraigned his opponent Hiram
johnson, at his meetings today in So
lano and Yolo counties for intimatine
that Bell had given up his fight agains'
the interests. Bell asserted that neithel
W. f. Herrin, Jere Burke. Walter Par
ker nor any other Southern Pacific rail
road boss would be permitted to die
tate to him. He said:
| began my fight against special
interests 16 years ago II ! am
elected governor of California the
Southern Pacific company, w r.
Herrin, Jere Burke and Waiter
Parker will have to abdicate some
of the powers they have held.
If am elected there Will be no
Mr. Herrin putting his hand on
some senator's shoulder or on the
governors shoulder and telling him
what to do. There will be no de,
struction of property. but they Will
poses for which they were lncor,
porated. When they respect ana
obey the laws of the state then we we
shall throw the protection or tne
laws around them.
ATTACK ON JOHNSON
Johnson is only saying things
that I said four years ago, when ne
was silent. 1t was very unpopular
then to defy the railroad bosses
My opponent says / have aband-
oned the cause of the people ana
gone over to the special interests.
Before l started this campaign l
told my advisers there would be
no personalities. I now refuse TO
reply to Hiram Johnson in the way
he is attacking me. In the primary
campaign he kicked out OF the re-
publican party those who. did not
agree with him and now is AFRAID
party and that l Will get their votes
and so he is saying that l have
gone over to the interests.
ABOUT GRAFT PROSECUTION
Bell then repeated the question
which he propounded to Johnson in hi
speech last night relative to Johnson
connection with the graft prosecution
and said:
was out four years ago as a
Schmitz and the whole bunch of
them. Johnson never volunteered.
1t was a case of $50 pieces with
him. If Langdon,. the district at
torney of San Francisco at that
guess Bell could Hiram Johnson
Prosecuted those men because he
was paid for it. He prosecuted
them Just as he would deIenO a
murderer or a bank robber, l vol
unteered to make a patriotic night
to clean Ruef and Herrin out or
state politics, while Johnson stay
ed in San Francisco to prosecute
Ruef and Schmitz for a fee.
MANY MEETINGS HELD
Bells first meeting today was i
CordeIia at 10 o'clock, when 100 pei
sons gathered in the hall J. l.. Neitzs
presided at Suisun, where an audieno
| of 800 filed the Masonic hall.
Vacaville the crowd was so large ths
the proposed meeting in the hall we
abandoned and Bell and Spellacy &C
dressed an audience of fully 1000.
| Former State Senator F. z. McCun
presided over the street meeting {
about $50 in Dixon.
Although the meeting at Witnel
was held at $50 o'clock, the opel
house with a capacity of 300 was file
! Immediately after dinner DR.. Clarl
Phil Laugenour and e. j. Thar
brought the party to this city, whel
they were met by E. E. Leake and
band. There was parade to the oper
house, where 1 200 listened attentivel
! to the candidates and frequently II
/ terrupted them with applause.
Bell and Spellacy will tomorrow Pre-
ceed by special train up the west sic
as far as Redding. holding meetings {
number of stations.