The San Francisco call., 1910-10-26
HEARST not ISSUE
NOW, ASSERTS BELL
Replies to Johnson's Visalia
Speech in Address at
Tulare
Bourbon Nominee Puts More
Questions to Republican
Standard Bearer
Especial Dispatch to The Call


TULARE, Oct. 25.--Theodore A. Bell
democratic candidate for governor, fol
lowed his opponent, Hiram Johnson
into Tulare county and made fiery
speech in Visalia last night. Large au-
dfences greeted him in the severa
towns of the county and when Bel
replied to Johnson there was pro-
longed applause Bell attacked John
sons campaign methods and explained
his own attitude regarding Hearst, ano
put several questions with a view te
showing that Johnson had quit abusing
President Taft and Governor G1llet,
since the primary election and was now
lauding them.
Bell discussed Johnson as follows:
The republican candidate for
governor is conducting his contest
for the highest Office in the state
in the same fashion that he would
try case in the police court. In
his address at Visalia last night
he had no word of comfort for the
tax payers of California aud moth
ing to suggest for the develop
ments of the state His long suit
is personal abuse and lengthy
TRADES against his democratic op-
ponent. He asks why do not crit
icise Hearst as I did in the cam
paign of 1906. ] will answer this
question in candid manner and
thus pave the way to submit to
him the questions which 1 demand
shall be also frankly answered.
My reply is that Hearst is not an
issue in this campaign, as he was
in the campaign of 1906, due to
Mr.. Langdon's candidacy at that
time.
few questions.
Did you not on several occasions,
before the August prima RE; rles,
liam H. Taft, the republican presi-
dent of the United States? Why
have you not repudiated him since
Your nomination?
Did YOU not publicly condemn
Governor Gillett and publicly de-
clare that he was nominated at
Santa Cruz through corrupt bar
gain in which Ruef received $4,000
for the San Francisco delegation?
Why did you quit the condemna-
tion of Gillett after your nomina-
tion and take the governor to your
ace hotel banquet? If George
Knight had also attended your love
feast would he have been the mon
ster that you now picture him? III
Knights great crime was the sup
port he gave Gillett four years
ago. why do you embrace the .prin-
cipal and scorn the accessory?
After all. is it not the difference
merely between the acceptance and
the refusal of an invitation TO dine
with you and pledge you support?
Why did you denounce in the
primary campaign at least half Of
the men who are now on the ticket
with you and now ask the people
to elect them all?
Why do you accept the support
of the San Francisco Chronicle and
the Oakland Tribune when you
have in the past called them every
harsh name contained in your
wealthy vocabulary of abuse?
Why did you suspend your abuse
of General Otis aud the Times as
soon as YOU We're nominated?
You say that Abe Ruef and Pat
Calhoun shall never be permitted
to elect a governor of California,
yet you assisted them by your ST.
lence four years ago in the election
of governor at that time. You
know very well, indeed. that Abe
Ruef and Pat Calhoun have no
more use for Bell than they have
for Johnson. for you and / fought
them both from the same rostrum =
year ago in the municipal cam
paign in San Francisco. What
proof have you that either Ruef or
Calhoun is working for Bell?