The San Francisco call., 1910-06-08

sist the dictates of a corrupt machine
could never have come before the peo-
pie as a candidate for gubernatorial
honors.
Following Johnson's speech, Chester
H. Rowell of Fresno, president of the
Lincoln Roosevelt state league, made a
short address, echoing the sentiments
expressed by Johnson himself Vein
stock, in his opening speech, called at
tention to the necessity of securing a
strong republican registration in San
Francisco, and urged all voters to
register today or tomorrow at the spe-
cial registration booths
AS Johnson stepped to the front of
the rostrum after his introduction by
Weinstock two little girls, gowned in
white and with red white and blue
bows at their waists and on their
slippers and in their hair, ran out
before him, bearing a scroll. Rushing
to either side, they unwound a long
banner bearing the name of the can
didate in letters Of the national colors.
AS the cheers began again they re-
versed the banner and there appeared
the legend. Our Next Governor"
CHEERS FOR JOHNSON
Johnson, who was received with loud
cheering from all parts of the hall,
said in part:
"Mr. chairman, ladies and gentle
men-It is with a swelling heart that
I acknowledge this greeting. In re-
turn 1 dedicate to you whatever of
manliness, whatever of courage, what
ever of energy, whatever of vitality,
whatever of ability God has given me
for the freedom, politically, of our
state.
Did I not have a definite object
and a serious purpose in this COM
paign, did 1 not believe that there was
some civic good that it was mine to
accomplish, no political campaign could
lure me from my accustomed life From
one end Of the state to the other I
have taught doctrine, have preached
crusade. For three months we have
gone into every little place, every big
place, every highway, every byway
From the great empire of the south
we have gone to the Oregon border.
We have swept through the smaller
counties and through the great Sac
ramento and San Joaquin valleys. And.
now we are back in this city, and 1 am
able TO say to you tonight without any
vainglory or boasting that l am going
to be the next governor of California.
prolonged cheering)
And when I am governor 1 am GO
ing to kick out of this government
William F. Herrin and the Southern
Pacific railroad company. (Renewed
cheering)
That is our crusade. That is our
message. That is our doctrine They
say we are harping upon one note
twanging only one string. That is true
And it is necessary before we touch
any other problem-before, indeed, we
twang other strings of the harp-that
that one note shall swell into great
volume of victory. 1t has been a sin
gular campaign. For the first time in
the history of this state candidates
have preached their doctrine right
straight to the people, and in their
faces rather than in the back room of
any railroad or in any boss joint
(Cheers.)
CHANGE HAS COME
Under the old convention system
the big and the little bosses alike all
reported on to the great overload of
us all, the man who governed us, Will
liam T. Herrin of the Southern Pacific
This year all that is changed. Whether
Willingly or unwittingly, the legisla-
ture has accorded you that great
weapon, the primary nominating sys-
TEN. 1t is because the power has been
accorded us that we are going about
the state Of California preaching this
new doctrine. Everywhere the re-
sponse has been such that I can now
tell you a political revolution is on to-
day. There is no more question of
what the result Will be than there is
that the sun will rise tomorrow and
set tomorrow night. Already this fight
is won. There yet remains only to see
that no untoward event shall occur to
mar the victory and that no poisoned
press shall be allowed to mislead the
people.
"In presenting our issue we do it in
two brief phrases-Shall the people of
the state of California take back to
themselves their government or shall
1t remain an asset and a chattel of
William F. Herrin and the Southern
Pacific? That is the only issue we are
presenting. Some of our opponents
some of the newspapers that like to
dilate upon that sort of thing, are say
ing there are other issues involved
in this fight. 1 have learned that our
opponents favor good roads. They IA
vor material prosperity. They favor
the exploitation of the advantages of
the state. They favor everything that
makes for progress in the common
wealth. Is there any issue or any
such proposition as that before the
people? Does not every man, no mat
ter whether he be candidate or not,
favor good roads, material prosperity
and the like? Is there any controversy