The San Francisco call., 1910-10-11
HIRAM Johnson
WELCOMED Home
IN SACRAMENTO
Governors Salute of Is Guns
BOOms as G. @. p. Candi-
date Enters City
CavaIcade of Automobiles Is
Escort Through Streets
of Capital
Especial Disp0tch 10 The Cali

Especial Dispotoh 10 The Cali
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 1o-Hiram W
Johnson was welcomed home" tonight
to Sacramento, after a glorious trip to-
day up the Sacramento river from An
1ioch. As a delightful change from his
weeks OF touring by automobile and
train. the choice Of the republican party
for governor of California was brought
by the local committee on the char
tered steamer Duchess from the little
river town, where he spent last night
and held a meeting at $50 o'clock this
morning
To the booming Of ? governors sa-
lutte OF is guns and the cheers Of
Inrong Of people. the Duchess drew up
70 its Sacramento wharf ct s o'clock
this evening and Johnson stepped from
the fag bedecked little steamer TO the
landing, where hundreds Of his former
townspeople had gathered TO bid him
welcome
NOTABLE PARADE
The parade formed 10 escort the re-
publican standard bearer into his ma
tive city was one Of the most notable
political cavalcades ever seen in Cali
fornia. Seventy automobiles decorated
with national flags were in line and
sion through the principal downtown
thoroug ghfares. where crowds gathered
q { the curbs and cheered Johnson as he
passed.
The home coming" was all that had
been planned by Johuson's Sacramento
admirers. and even more. It was a
generous whole souIed. sincere greeting
10 the man who carried the standard
or republican insurgency TO victory at
the primaries in August and who is
now battling under that same banner
for 2 greater success In November.
Several miles down the river from this
city the Duchess was met by a dec,
GRATED steamer. bearing 300 members
Of the Johnson club. and with flags f1y-
ing nd whistles blowing the two yes
sells made 2 spectacular entrance into
Sacrs Blento.
CAPITOL ILLU MINATED
Tonight the capitol has been bril-
lisntly ablaZe with lights as though
in festive dress for an inaugural ball.
Orchestras IN the rotunda and in the
assembly chamber have played since s
o'clock and for three hours the execu-
tive building has been filed with
crowds come 10 give greeting to the
republican party leader.
The master Of ceremonies was Jus
tice F. c. Hart of the court Of appeals
OF the third district. He formally pre-
sented Johnson. who. in a brief speech
in the assembly chamber, expressed his
gratitude and appreciation of the re-
ception accorded him. 1t has been ?
night OF personal conEratBlation by
hundreds of earnest friends. rather
than q political gathering Both the
rotunda and assembly chamber of the
capitol were handsomely decorated for
the occasion, and the affair in every
way lived up 10 its designation as
strictly home coming" celebration.
JohnsOn's river journey was one of
triumph from the time he stood a. the
door Of the Belshaw theater at Antioch
at $50 this morning and addressed a
street audience of 200 persons until the
Duchess dOcked at the city wharf at 6
clock this evening. Johnson broke
one OF his campaign records by making
2 speech at as early an hour as $40 and
equs3ed another by including eight ad-
dresses in e single day. All but the one
speech here tonight were in small river
towns. but every audience was sympa-
thetic and enthusiastic.
REPU BLICANs on TRIP
Johnson was met last night at Anti
och by 4 large delegation of republi-
cans from Sacramento. who accompa-
MED him today on the river trip. Among
those who composed this escorting COM
mittee were A A Deligne, former
Mayor Clinton F. White, State Treas
urer X. r. Williams, Victor L Hat
field. George ". F'icks, W. B. Thorpe,
r. II. cox, Franklin Griffin and Chair
man Never Lissner of the republican
state central committee The steamer
Duchess was draped from bow to stern
with American flags, floated an i'm
uense national banner from its jack
staff and had just below its pilot house
z Welcome Home" sign, bearing the
name Of the republican nominee for
governor.
All along the wooded banks of the
Sacramento little groups were gathered
TO cheer the steamer as it passed and
IL the towns where stops were made
the Wllarves were crowded with well
coming throngs. Even at the early
hour at which Johnson spoke at Anti
och band was on hand and 200 or
more persons gathered before the
Belshaw theater to listen TO his dis
cussIon OF campaign issues. He was
introduced by former State Senator
Charles NJ Belshaw and both before
and after his speech was given rounds
OF cheers.
SPEECH ON WHARF
At Collinsville, where the chartered
steamer stopped at 9:45 O'Clock, John
son spoke TO an audience of about 100
on the wharf. Many of the men and
women in the crowd carried flags and
-steanler passed out of sight
At Rio Vista a band was on the
wharf 10 meet the steamer and john
son was driven up town in an automo-
bile and spoke from the machine at
the principal street corners TO about
2GO persons. Similar crowds gathered
on the wharves at Isleton and Walnut
Grove. where speeches were made later
in the afternoon, while at Courtland
Johnson addressed gathering of
about 100 in the Courtland hall
After the arrival OF the Duchess at
Sacramento and the street parade Of
automobiles Johnson was driven across
the river to Broderick for a short
speech and then back TO Sacramento,
where he dined before leaving for the
reception at the capitol. Johnson will
leave early tomorrow morning for Col
fax, where he viii speak at noon. He
viii 20 from there to Nevada City,
.