The San Francisco call., 1910-10-22
THOUSANDS HEAR
BELL At CAPITAL
Democratic Candidate Is Given
Greatest Reception in His
Present Campaign
TSeecial Dispotch TO The Call

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SACRAMENTO, Oct 21.-This city
gave Theodore A. Bell, the democratic
candidate for governor. the greatest
demonstration tonight in his present
campaign. His meeting in the old
pavilion at the corner of Sixth and
NJ streets was one of the largest
ever known in this city. When the
democratic standard bearer arrived at
the auditorium he found a crowd of
fully 1000 persons surging about the
entrance unable to gain admittance.
Although suffering from severe hoarse-
ness, Bell acceded to the demands for
an address to the overflow, and stirred
the throng in the street with a brief
discussion of the dominent issues
of the campaign. With some little
difficulty Bell and his party fought
their way through the audience in the
auditorium and mounted the platform.
His appearance was the signal for pro-
longed cheers from the 1900 persons in
the hall, and the changing of cowbells
was deafening.
APPLAUSE INTERRUPTS
Timothy Spellaey, the candidate for
lieutenant governor, was first presented
by Major p ]. Harvey, the president of
the meeting He made an able address,
but the crowd was there to hear Bell
and cheer the democratic leader. When
Bell was introduced by Harvey a wild
demonstration followed. Bell was fire.
ouently interrupted by applause and
the ringing of bells.
TT is better for a man to lose his
voice than his head said Bell as he
apoIogized for the condition of his
throat, and intimated that his opponent,
Hiram Johnson, had lost his head in the
heat of the campaign. He thanked his
audience for the great meeting and
assured his hearers that it would be
like Homecoming for him in the event
of his returning here as governor.
Bell asserted that he had started out
in the campaign with the firm deter
mination to refrain from vilification
JEFFERsONIAN DEMOCRAT
.If [ can not win the governorship of
the state by appealing to the clear rea-
son of the people, he said, II for one
do not want the job. 1 am not seeking
any quarrel with insurgents or insur-
gency, for, in my opinion, insurgency is
the democratic yeast at work In the
republican party. A man need not be
an lnSOrSenI 10 DC d SOOu CitiZtii.
have no personal fight against the
Sotther,f Paclnc. but am OF the Jeffer
sonian stripe and believe in equal rights
to all.
NV opponent read President Taft out
of the republican party in his Dream
! land rink speech. He read out the Her
rims and the ,Burkes, and they ought to
/ be read out of any party. But he went
on and read out thousands of repub-
| licans These were good, honest men,
who thought differently from Johnson,
and now Johnson is angry because |
won't kick these thousands back into
| the republican party. want the vote
/ of every elector in the state of Califor-
MIA if he can take me as am and with
my record for the past as it is. My op
ponent and his friends are in desperate
straits when they resort to billingsgate
and vilification such as is marking
their campaign.
GIVEN GREAT OVATION
Bell discussed issue after issue and
was given a great ovation when he
ended Other candidates on the state
ticket followed him.
The first meeting today was held in
Auburn at O'Clock. in the opera house.
Judge J. e Prewett presiding over an
audience of nearly 500. Judge Prewett
and W. A. Shepard. chairman of the
/ placer county central committee. es-
corted Bell and Spellacy to Newcastle
Loonis and Folsom, where fair sized
day meetings were held. Doctor Selma
bel presided at Newcastle, c. II. Fran
els at Loonlis and Phil c. Cohen at Fol-
som. A large delegation of Sacramento
democrats in automobiles met the can
didates at Folsom and brought them to
this city, a meeting being held on the
way at Fair Oaks Meetings will be
held tomorrow at elk Grove, Gait Lodi
| and Placerville.