The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-10
He Wants the Initiative, the
Referendum, the Recall,
Control of Public Service
Corporations,
And a Comprehensive En-
ployers'- Liability Law
Which Will Abolish The
Fellow Servant Clause And Protect all
Classes OF Worlers--But he Is OPP
posed of ConHscatory Legislation
Got the Insurgents in Washington.
Secs Roosevelt.
BY United Press wire

| bN t-Ttss WIZ
New York, Dec. 9.-+For the last
| ten years we seem to have gone crazy
in this country In protecting property
and corporations. The individual has
been a minus quantity. This Is to be
changed. Hereafter in California at
least the individual is to be consid-
cred and not the machine. And Cal
lfornia will so lead that all of the
other states may follow"
Governor-elect Hiram johnson of
California, flushed with success in
having secured support at Washing
ton for his San Francisco worlds fair
project, delivered himself of the above
statement as he sat in an easy chair
i'm the Outlook office today waiting to
pay his respects to Contributing Edi-
tor Theodore Roosevelt.
Johnson. was discussing the legis-
lation which he expects the California
legislature will enact at its coming
session. According to him 1t will not
alone be progressive, 1t will be radi-
cal The initiative and referendum
the recall absolute control of public
| service corporations, and a compre-
hensive employers liability law which
will abolish the fellow servant clause
| and protect all classes of workers are
a few of the things he will recon-
| mend to the Legislature I'm his annual
message. lie said today that there
| was no doubt in his mind that this
| legislation will pass.
| This does not mean that there
| will be confscatory legislation ne
| continued "or that either the large
property owner or the corporation VIII
| not be protected. We will simply 60
| back to the original plan of the ma
| tion's founders which was that the
people should rule. For instance, we
will compel the corporations to ro-
| spect the rights of the individual.
california intends to take pro
gressive stand whereby its corpora
| tions will really be regulated. Tc
| show that / believe in this | advocate
in addition to the initiative and refer
| endum which gives our people th'
| right to dictate the actual laws they
| want but we will go farther. We vii
give them the right TO recall SO tina
| If they are dissatisfied with my con
duct i'm office, or anyone else's, FOL
| that matter, they can put me out. W.
In the United states must get closer
to the people and the people must ge
back as they were in the early day
of the union to be the rulers.
Corporation control Is rapidly pas
! ing and we in California were quicl
Il 10 realize II. In the last campaign
| every big corporation i'm Californi;
| fought my election because / had ex
pressed confidence that the peopl
Il should again be entrusted with tn
reins of government
II Governor Johnston smiled an extre
mely grim smile when asked re
gardlng the trip to Washington U
urge favorable congressional action OF
the proposition to bring the world
fair in celebration of the opening o
the Panama canal TO San Francisco
The committee of San Francesca resi-
dents which is now In Washington
was named before the election an
many of the members are not friend
ly to Johnson. He refused to com
east with II but came through alone
and, as he said today, paid his ow
Il expenses"
"When got to Washington" h
said, "the members Of the committe
with a generosity / certainly appre
ciated gave me the entire insurger
membership of congress to get Int
| line for the San Fransisco plan.
found that some of them were pied
ed in a way to New Orleans, viii
others do not believe San Francisc
was the right kind of a city to
trusted with a worlds fair. But l wa
able TO report to the committee that
had finally secured promises fro
the insurgents to stand by San f'rai
cisco and / came on here leaving II
committee to take care Of the stant
patters."
Johnson was enthusiastic In h
praise of Colonel Roosevelt whom i
met today for the first time. The
talked over the election but were cal
full to keep their condolences to the
selves after the interview was ov'
| Colonel Roosevelt Is the most poi
lar man in California today" sa
the governor elect. "Out there v
appreciate him and the fact that
and men like him has made our ba
1 tie against corporate control possibl
When he comes out to the Pacif
coast next March we will show hi
| what we think of him."
Closing out entire STOCK OF men
and boys suit overcoats, era
enettes and furnishing goods. 33 l.
off Herman Bros, 122 S. Main S