The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Johnson GIVES
SHARP REPLY
TO QUESTIONS
Democrats Congratulate Repub.
lican Leader and Promise
Support
Candidate Declares Opponents
Relations With "the Inter-
ests" Are Proved
By w. RUSSELL COLE
Especial Diseotch TO The Call

tSpccJoi DLspotch TO he Gail
VALLEJO. Oct Is-vallejo gave
Hira NV. Johnson q great welcome to-
night. and an audience that filled the
Fsrragut theater to fits capacity
cheered him enthusiastically when he
again referred briefly to the set of
questions propounded TO him by Theo-
dore Bell and responded to them as
he did last night in Woodland.
johnson has given his opponents
questions the twist of a boomerang. He
has brought out the fact that the iden
tical list Of queries put by Bell from
the platform were published in the San
Francisco Post the day previous to the
evening upon which Bell first used
them.
He has dwelt upon the connection of
Patrick Calhoun and Abraham Ruef
with the paper which he refers to as
the kept sheet of the special inter-
ests." and by so doing has closed the
last link proving that the Southern Pa
cihc and all its friends and allies are
supporting Bell.
FACTS WE'LL KNOWN
To the charge of having received re-
muneration for his services in connec-
tion with the graft prosecution in San
Francisco Johnson has pleaded guilty.
In doing so he has charged that Bell
asked the questions from no fair mo-
tive, as every fact connected with his
pay as q special prosecuting attorney
is well known and is. in fact, a matter
Of court record in San Francisco. On
the other hand with apology for re-
ferring TO a personal action, he has told
thes tory Of how. after thes hooting of
francis J. Heney, he stepped into the
breach again without expectation of
enumeration, simply in order that the
work might go on
Johnson's reply 10 Bells questions
and insinuations has been received by
the audiences which have heard him
frank and manly declarat ton Of his
attitude. This was proved by the
cheers and applause which he has
evoked at all the meetings where it
has been mentioned. and by the fact
that both here tonight and at Wood
land last night a number of demo-
crafts approached him after the meet
ings to state that he had cleared every
doubt from their minds and that they
intended to give him their support.
In referring TO the graft questions
Johnson said tonight:
The line has been finally drawn
and IL leaves my worthy opponent
in z far different position than
that which he occupied four years
ago. Then he drew q line on an
issue similar TO that in this cam
paign. placing himself upon one
side OF IT and upon the other side
The two HIS (Herrin and HearStD,
and in every attack he hurled at
tack after attack at the two HIS:
now he has either hoped over the
line 70 where the two HIS are
or else they have hoped back over
the line to him. 1 don't know
which.
FOR PEOPLE To DECIDE
The line is drawn: chose ye peo-
Ia Of fo1 rrrf-f NJ
ye are upon On one side there is
mp opponent, there is Ruef and Cal
p nogp ksPt e6r rag lend1pg the nls s69fb ngfb
ern Pacific attorney. there is Jere
Burke. there is William F. Herrin
malicious influence which ever has
debauched our government. On the
other side fought by al these
YOU and who leaves with you no
doubt as TO the Issue upon which
he rests. Choose We, whether the
government Of our state is TO be
given back to the interests which
have debauched il or whether IL
shall remain in the hands of the
aggregate citizenship.
During the speech tonight there was |
was q slight interruption, evidently in |
tended to create a disturbance or annoy /
the speaker. which, however, failed to
srouse any kind of a demonstration.
A man in the rear Of the close.
throughout the meeting with a member |
OF the Office force of the democratic |
state central committee in San Fran
cisco shouted out to Johnson: What |
a bout the Los Angeles striker
Johnson did not understand the ques-
tion and asked that it be repeated.
QUESTION Is VAGUE
What about the Los Angeles strike
in z city where the insurgents are in
control?" asked the man again.
There was no further explanation
and Johnson, unable to find out what
the question was driving at. continued |
his speech after declaring that IL he
knew what was wanted and could fur
nfsh the information he would be glad |
to do so. There was no sign from the
audience that ii was in the least in
terested in the occurrence
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