The San Francisco call., 1910-06-07
HOT STUFF IS
PROMISED FOR
JOHNSON TALK
LincOIn=ROOseVeIt Candidate Is
Said to Have New Speech
for This Evening
Comes From Southland With
Full Confidence That He Will
Win Nomination


San Francisco win be heard tonight
p. The Johnson mass meeting. scheduled
for Dresmland rink, marks the real
beginning Of the local fight, for it will
be the first big rally Of the campaign
and the first open meeting at which
any candidate for the governorship has
appeared to speak in his own behalf
Hiram W. johnson viii take the plat
form tonight fresh from his automo-
bile tours that have taken him through
both the big interior valleys of the
state and the southland and with
first hand knowledge of existing poll
teal sentiment throughout the greater
part OF the state. During his southern
trip he became gradually more ag-
gressive in his speeches as he pro
gressed. and special interest attaches
10 his appearance tonight because Of
a general belief that he is prepared to
open several new lines Of attack.
WORK FOR CROWD
The executive committee of the in
dependent republican clubs has been
la boring for days TO make the meeting
tonight a record breaker for attend
ance. and despite the fact that the
primaries are more than two months
away big crowd is expected More
than LOCO invitations have been sent
.D4A 10 JD4AAclA DeAGnNASs eACHAAaAG N-ACAA
attendance as vice presidents, and the
various district independent republican
clubs have taken active part in arous-
tnE enthusiasm.
George Z. Crothers is to call the
meeting to order tonight, and Harris
ANeinstock win preside as chairman.
Johnson himself Will make the princi
pal address Of the evening, while an
other speech in his behalf VIII be made
by Chester II. Rowell editor of the
Fresno Republican and president of the
Lfncoln-Roosevelt league state organi-
zation.
p TonighCs meeting will inaugurate an
active local campaign in Johnsons in
.terest ii is practically conceded on all
sides that Johnson is not nearly so
strong ia san Francisco as he is in
other portions of the state. Aside from
a proporuonate following that he could
count on from the beginning of his
campaign he has gained little, If any, /
strength locally since the fight began. 4
Anderson also has a certain personal
following in san Francisco, together
with the backing of the regular Tepub-
.fcan machine, while Curry has been
steadily gaining strength. From every
surface Indication Curry has all the
best Of ii in san Francisco at the pres
ent time, and probably would carry the
city by q big margain If the primaries
were TO be held at this time.
FOLLOW UP MEETINGS
1t is in an effort to offset the leads of
these other candidates that the Johnson
. CAMPAIGN win be waged from now on.
Johnson himself viii not remain in the
city for the present. but his campaign
managers have arranged for a series of
district club meetings TO follow imme-
diately after tOnight's mass meeting, |
and several other local speakers prob !
ably viii take the stump within the
next week or 10 days. Johnson will go
into Alameda county Wednesday for the
remainder of the week and then will go
north TO Eureka and start from there
on a three weeks tour Of Humboldt, |
NendOcino- and Sonoma counties.
CANDIDATE IN CONFERENCE
johnson reached san Francisco from
the south late Sunday night and spent
ence with the local officers of the Lin
Roosevelt league. lie expressed
the utmost confidence in his ability to
win the republican nomination and de-
clared that his southern trip was all
that he could wish.
I am back from the south with the
elation that ] felt before much in
creased he said. There is absolutely
no question IN my mind as to the re-
suits Of the campaign, and if the pri-
mary election were to be held tomor-
row I honestly think that my vote
would exceed that Of all the other
candidates combined. I am confident
that ] VIII have a plurality in Los An
geies county, and the man second to
me viii be Stanton. I don't believe
that the other candidates have any
votes there worth speaking of at all
in the counties south Of Los Angeles
each Of the candidates has a scatter
.r-9r.r
one Of them has a good big fighting
force such as we have. believe there
IS no doubt that I will carry all the
counties south Of Los Angeles-some
by overwhelming majorities and others
merely by good, safe margins.
VALLEYS LOOK GOOD TO HIM
4 found in the south that conditions
are the same as in the valleys. The
people are realizing the principle in
VOWED in this fight, which is something
my opponents don't realize. and the
people are responding to it. In both
the valleys a political revolution is
on, and the same thing applies TO Los
Angeles county. The feeling is not so
marked in the other counties of the
south. but, nevertheless. 1t is felt there
as we'll.
II feel absolutely confident Of the re-
suit I have been generally over the
up most carefully. / know that the
Sacramento and the San Joaquin val
leys are Overwhelmingly our way, and
can say now with utmost assurance
that Im going 10 win the fight and put
Mr. william It. Herrin out Of our gov
ernment for good and all. When I left
Los Angeles the registration there
amounted to $4,000. which shows the
way the wind is blowing. Curry has no
strength at all there. Everywhere
went I found that the fight was always
considered TO be between myself and
some other candidate. That speaks for
itself At Long Beach we had 5000
people at our meeting; at Pasadena we
held two simultaneously. and both were
enormous. at Pomona we had the big
gest political meeting that has been
held there in years, and at Los Angeles
we turned away more than we could
pack in and the meeting was a constant
round Of cheers from start TO finish"
DEMOCRAT SUPPORTED
An interesting phase OF the local as
sembly fight has developed in the
twentieth senatorial district, where the
republican machine has practically
stepped out openly in support Of dem
ocrauc candidate for the state senate
as choice over several republican can
didatee IN the field Thomas Kennedy