The San Francisco call., 1910-10-16
INFLUENCES OF
EVIL AID BELL,
SAYS JOHNSON
Democratic Leader, Herrin, CAL
hOun and Knight Called
Political BedfeIIows
Republican Candidate Is Given
Splendid Reception at
Santa Rosa
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

CA-N 7 "A fOSA. oct l5.-lheOOO1e
Bell William f. Herrin. Patrick Cal
houn. George A knight and the San
Francisco Post were grouped today by
Hiram ". johnson as political bedfel-
lows in the present state campaign. In
vigorous denunciatory addresses here
tonight and in half dozen other cities
Of Sonoma county today the republican
standard bearer coupled the name of
has democratic opponent directly with
that Of the men and the organs which
stand as the foremost representatives
Of the special interests in connection
with the governmental affairs of Cali
fornia
Johnson has today forced direct to
the front new issue in the state cam
paign and has ma rked a new line of
cleavage between the republican and
democratic parties While still assert
ing in the strongest language that the
great dominant issue is and must re-
main the elimination of William F.
Herrin and the Southern Pacific from
the government Of the state, he has laid
the most pronounced stress upon the
alignment of every special interest in
the state behind his opponent. The
question he has presented for the solu-
tiOn of the voters of California is
whether they viii support the ticket
which every malign and evil influence
in the state is backing, whether they
Will support the ticket against which
the special interests and their allies are
fighting most bitterly.
5000 IN AUDIENCE
ohnson's whirIwind summing UP of
conditions existing today in the sta.4
fight won for hi mtonight a tremendous
demonstration at the hands, of the
greatest political gathering ever assem-
IN C IN an
numbered more than 5000 persons
crowded into the pavilion. In point of
size il was one of the largest that
Johnson has addressed in any city of
the state In point of spontaneous en-
thusissm it was just such another as
that which Johnson addressed in San
francisco Thursday night.
In this campaign it is only neces-
sary to look at the alignment TO de-
termine upon which side lies the real
intention and the real power of carry
ing cut the principles which have been
enunciated as forming the dominant
issue of the fight" asserted JOHNSON.
Tally them of and then decide. Upon
the other side. openly fighting for my
opponent, are every malign influence
and every reactionary within the state.
You viii find there every man who rep
resents the special interests and who
wears the collar or bears the brand.
There you find the attorney of'sthe
Southern Pacific railroad. the man who
has debauched our government for
wears. William z. Herrin. There you
find Mr.. George A. knight, who, yes
terday, through the press of San Fran
cisco. publicly repudiated me and the
cause Of progressive republicanism.
There you find every kept rag, like the
san Francisco Evening Post, owned by
Pat Calhoun.
ISSUES COUNT
We don't want them. they belong to
the other side. Whether it is with the
consent, connjYapce and procurement
Of my opponent matters not. The point
is that they are behind him. and this
is q crisis in which issues count, in
which individual personalities must be
submerged.
QUESTION OF VICTORY
You see the kept sheet of Patrick
Calhoun leading the fight for my oppo-
nent. Is not that enough TO convince
every man. be he republican or be he
democrat, who believes in decent citi-
zenship and clean government, that
with us rests the interest of the people
and with our opponents rests the hope
Of every influence that has helped to
debauch our government? Can there
be any question as TO what victory will
mean on the one side or the other?
Republican defeat does not mean demo-
cratic victory. but it means defeat for
the people, defeat for clean govern
nent, and victory for the special in
terests.
1T is plain that the debauching in
Huences which have long dominated
our government and which we kicked
out Of the republican party on August
16 viii not meet final defeat without
q bitter struggle. They have pinned
their last hopes in the democratic
party"
Counting the great rally here to-
night, johnson has made seven
speeches today. At 1870 o'clock this
morning he spoke to crowd of 200
in the street in CloverdaIe. From there
his machine was accompanied through
out its hard trip across Sonoma coun-
~ by half a dozen other cars filled
with enthusiastic republicans. At noon
another street speech was made at
-Geyserville, while at / o'clock john
son addressed 400 persons i'm the plaza
at Healdsburg. The afternoon stops
included Windsor, Sebastopol and Peta-
luna At Sebastopol a theater, with a
seating capacity of 500 was packed to
the doors and johnson was given the
heartiest kind of a welcome.
A parade of a dozen machines marked
Johnson's entrance into Petaluma at
5 o'clock, and for half an hour he
talked to crowd that filled the main
street
At the meeting here tonight County
Chairman Joseph Berry presided. Just
2 week ago Theodore Bell held
rally in the same hall and drew
crowd not more than half the size of
that which heard Johnson speak to-
night