The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-08-12

demptiOn of the state from the DO
and their corrupt tooiI. Because
A new primary nomination la
A candidate for governor who is
seeking the republican nomination
directly from the neople. on a plat
form of declared opposition to the
Southern Pacific railways cor
rupt political machine.
A record to the credit of can
didate with these commentators
to the peoples confidence:
Prosecution Of thegraft cases af-
ter Heney was shot and the con-
viction of Abe Ruef-a public SER
vice rendered without pay.
Endorsement by ex-President
Roosevelt, who sent Clifford Pin
chot to help him in his campaign.
A clean record as a lawyer and
a public spirited citizen.
The bitter and unrelentIng oppo-
sition of the railroad aud system
press.
Hiram w. Johnson is the name
of the candidate.
There are other candidates
seeking the nomination. Alden
Anderson is the regular candidate
of the Southern Pacific machine;
Chas. w. Curry, present secretary
of state, hopes for the nomination
on his declared purpose, ito tear
up no railroad tracks with his
teeth; Nat Ellery, state engineer,
is another machine man, while
Philip Stanton is merely an "al
so ran"
Johnson is the dominating fig
ure. He is young, forceful and has
made a tremendous campaign. He
has been on the stump continuous
ly for six months and has spoken
in practically every county in the
state. Some of the territory has
been covered twice.
But Johnson is not merely
"stsumping;" ne is preaching. He
says frankly to the people:
81 am not asking votes. I am
preaching the gospel of political
liberty to those that are bound. If
I fail to make you understand it,
it is my fault. If you understand
vt and neglect TO free yourselves,
1t Is your fault. But I want the
statefreed. l would walk any dis
lance, undergo any fatigue to
preach my crusade"
Mr.. Johonson has a way of MAX
ing the issue very plain. 1t is, he
says, simply this:
"Shall the people of the state of |
California take back to themselves
the government that is theirs, or
shall it remain the asset and the |
chattel of the Southern Pacific |
railroad, and VIM. F. Herrin?"
Up and down the state Johnson
has gone preaching this crusade.
His law business he gave up en-
tirely. He talks sometimes on
on street corners from his automo-
bile and sometimes in halls or
public squares. 1t depends on the
people where he goes. He merely
telephones ahead that he is com
ing. Sometimes he is met by a
band and an audience in a hall
and then again he makes his talk
in the street.
1t has been an automobile can
vass. The candidate takes his
sons along to do the driving and
there is generally room for a cou-
pie of newspaper men who want to
go with him. In this way he has
penetrated to remote settlements
never before visited by any can
didate. He has Travelled upward
of 10000 miles and has spoken no
less than 500 times.
The Johnson candidacy has
more than a state Significance. 1t
is the local manifestation of that
national phenomenon called Gin
surgency." Speaking at Blanchard
hall in Los Angeles, Johnson said
1--WE are insurgents and progress
sive republicans. And that there
may be no misunderstanding re-
garding insurgency permit me to
define 1t for you: Insurgency
means opposition to the looting of
Che people by the unholy alliance
. between big business and politics"
After denouncing the system as
represented by Aldrich, Cannon,
Tawney, Ballinger and their kind,
Mr.. Johnson continued:
"But 1 want You to know that
we have been given also brave and
patriotic men who are standing to-
gether, side by side, making fight |
for government of the nation by /
the people, as we are striving for |
IL in this state. 1t has given us