Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04


that Is inconsistent with my prior at
titude. | shall not wait until irfepar-
able damage is done, but | serve notice
right here and now that every attempt
to place me in false position before
the people of California, whose conf
denee believe that | have fully earned
through sixteen years of clean political
activity, will be resisted every inch OF
the way, and the man or newspaper
that attmpts that kind of political tao
tics will be called upon to sustain every
statement with the facts. One of my
strongest reasons for opening my cam
paign at this early date is to forever
set at rest the slightest doubts of
friends as we'll as the slightest detrac-
tion of enemies, and 1 am here tonight
to pledge to the people of California
my uttermost strength, energy and
vigor of mind and body to the task of
forever eliminating the Southern politi-
cal bureau from all political interfer-
ence in the affairs of California. If l
am elected governor of this state |
uromise you that the Southern Pacific
company's misrule in California will be
at an end. The offenses that it has
committed in the past through the Re
publican party of California will not be
repeated during my administration. I
shall see to it that it's hands are kept
ment so far as the power lodged in the
office of governor will permit.
DEMOCRATIC STAND
"I am glad to say that the Demo-
cratic party of this state stands as
one man in its determination to restore
the government of this state to the
hands of the people, where it properly
belongs. We have pleaded with you
in the past to destroy this usurpation
of government; we have pointed out
that representative government in Cali
fornia was a misnomer and a farce,
and that the people were being robbed
year after year of their dearest politi-
cal rights. A majority of you turned
a deaf ear to our appeals and refused
to take the steps that decency and a
proper regard for the public good i'm
peratively demanded at your hands.
Many of you were blinded by the cry
of partisanship, and you refused to be-
lieve that anything good could be ac-
complished by a man who differed from
you in politics. You continued to place
party above the man and to tolerate
gross abuses that finally made the fair
name of California a byWord of politi-
cal shame; and yet, undiscouraged by
defeat and buoyed up by an unyielding
faith in the great cause for which we
fought, we continue to battle for the
redemption of our state.
"When the Southern Pacific is shorn
of its unlawful power it should then
be subjected to strict regulation that
will protect our people against unjust
rates and determinations of any kind
or character. Every corporate abuse
ought to be wiped out, and | stand
firmly for the elimination of such
abuses, but / do not go to the extent
of condemning all corporations for the
crimes of a few.
"The corporate method of transaeting
business is a convenience that modern
times has produced. We must look
beyond the corporate form and fairly,
justly and eonscientiously endeaVor to
between those who obey
the law and those who defy the law.
The corporations doing business in our
state are entitled to the full protection
of our laws, and in return for that pro-
lection they will be required to obey
the laws.
81 believe that most of the great de-
Velopment of California will be ac-
complished through the medium of
corporate wealth and that we must
not forfeit any opportunity to deyel-
op the great natural resources of Cal
ifornia by assuming a position that
may be regarded as inimical to hon
est investments.
FAVORS IRRIGATION
II am anxious to see our great val
leys brought under systems of irriga-
tion, and I shall do nothing to discour-
age the man who wishes to use his
dollars to multiply our small homes
and to reclaim land that now lies al
most waste. l want to see the agF1-
cultural, horticultural and viticultural
interests of my state so encouraged
and fostered that every field of grain,
of fruit, or vineyard may bring sure
and comfortable return to those who
till it's soil. l want to see capital con-
tinue to invest itself in our mines, so
that the great deposits which still re-
main untouched in our mountain
depths may be brought to our mills
and mints and thence flow out into
the commerce of the world. | want
to see our factories flourish so that
home industry may gradually supplant
all importations from without, and the
fair minded treatment of capital can
bring about this condition. l want to
see men succeed, to receive the just
fruits of their daily toll, the honest
returns of their invested wealth, and
| cannot conceive how these things
can be more surely attained than by
an equal observance of the principles
I have set forth.
"There is no real ground for con-
hict between capital and labor. Their
interests are joint and reciprocal Nei-
ther can prosper in the absence of the
others prosperity. The production of
new wealth cannot be carried on with
out the aid of both; hence, they are
copartners, and like every other CO.
they will prosper just so
long as mutual respect and honest de-
sire to be fair and square govern
their conduct toward each other.
"If I am elected governor I shall use
every effort to promote the peace and
good will that should ever subsist be-
tween labor and capital, and l shall
favor all legislation that will be con-
ducive to that end. I know that labor
has its rights and that employers of
labor have thier rights, and in each
concrete case that may arise I shall
fearlessly restrain every wrong that is
attempted, so far as the laws of the
state permit, whether it be on the part
of the man who pays or the man who
receives the daily wage.
BELIEVES IN UNIONS
81 believe implicitly in the organiza-
ton of labor Trades unionism has
inCalculably improved the lot of mill
lions of human beings 1t came in re-
SpOnse to a law of necessity, and 1t
will remain so to bless myriads of
homes where, after the heat and bur-
den of the day, men of toll retire to
share their reward with wife and child
This organization of labor has won for
the men who toll a shorter day, a bet
ter wage and greater security to life
and limb. Representing labor in its
collective capacity, I believe that or
ganized labor is bound to be the great
est factor in producing industrial peace
and bringing about the actual cooper
alton that must ultimately and fairly
divide the wealth that labor and cap