Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06
Bells Election Is Assured
BVCanVaSS, Declares Murray
Secretary Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee Gives Rea-
sons for 0verWhelm-
ing Victory

''Ine elGcLiOu VI LAACONpAS - ~0--'
the peoples champion, as governor OF
California is certain" said John f.
Murray, secretary of the DemocTatlC
state central committee last night Mr..
Murray bases his conclusion on care
ful canvass of conditions and senu-
ment in all parts of California. lie
analyze, the situation as follows:
"The Republicans viii carry South
ern California by not more thAn 1O,O0O
votes. Mr. Bell will carry Los Ange-
les CITY. and without the city the Re-
publicans cannot hope to carry tue
county by more than three or -FOUR
thousand. , -,
IN San Diego we will have an
even break. We will carry the ty OF
san DieCo and the opposition Will get
most of its strength from the rural
districts. Imperial county Will return
a small majority for Bell, while in Or
ange county we will about break even
we will carry the city of San Bernar-
dino hut the Republicans VIII rdn
slightly ahead of us in the county DIS
tricts. Ventura, Santa Barbara and
Riverside counties we concede TO tne
Republicans by @ small majority
THE citrus belt counties were, until
a few weeks ago, the Johnson strong
hold in this section. Since Mr.. BelIs
recent trip through that section, how
ever, MANY kOlGS nave SOiiA0 w.
us, owing to Mr.. Bells statements on
that trip and we will make a better
slowing than at first expected
In state issues California is very
close having elected three more DEM
Ocratic governors than Republican gov
ernors -Four years ago Democracy losI
out by less than 5000, and eight years
ago by less than 1000. l have traVeleu
from one end of the state to the other
and have heard both Mr.. Bell and MIR.
Johnson speak, and have no hesitancy
in saving that Theodore A. Bell VIII
receive the largest majority any gov
ernor has received in this state IN
twenty years. The wonderful upheaN-
al of public opinion from Maine to Cal
ifornia calls for the election OF d man
of strong character and firm conVlc-
tions. who will stand as a rock and
barrier in the pathway of corruption
and special privilege.
DO NOT WANT SQUARE DEAL
Bell was nominated by the Demo-
Gratis of California in full knowledge
that In the breaking up of party lines
and the unrest of public opinion such
as this country is now undergoing,
the private and public acts of each
candidate would be scrutinized most
closely, and only men of the Very
cleanest and purest public and private
lives could hope to stand the test. At
the beginning of the campaign Mr..
ReU called his advisors and party
workers at headquarters in consulta-
lion, and stated that he desired the
campaign conducted along clean lines;
and in his opening speech at Central
theater in san Francisco, September Z,
he declares it is his purpose TO give "A
SQUARE DEAL to all
Immediately several of the daily
rapers supporting Mr.. Johnson edltorl-
alIv declared: We do not want a
square deal; we want the big stick.
That was 50 repugnant to the falf-
minded voters of California that many
who were hesitating Immediately went
into the Bell camp. Then 1t was that
Mr.. Johnson, seeing the trend of pub
lie opinion, declared: L feel wee bit
suspicious of any man who declares he
can give q square deal to all That
utterance, coming from practlclnS
attorney, incensed the judges OF the
state. who deemed themselves capable
of obeying their oath of Office. So the
tide away from Johnson and toward
Bell grew stronger every day.
HEIL BRAVE AND UNCOMPROMIsING
.Tn his dismay at the daily losses
from his camp, Johnson tried to couple
Bells name with the names of Ruel,
calhoun and Herrin. Then 1t was thaI
Charles X. McClatchey, editor of the
sacramento Bee, well known from
ocean to ocean as an incorruptible' and
fearless champion of right, VINO knew
Bell from his boyhood, who owns ana
edits a Republican paper. YET VINO
did not want victory for his party at
the price of character assassination,
said in an editorial:
No man in California has stood
more fearlessly and unsWerVlngly
in the foreground of the battle for
civic honesty than has Theodore A.
Bell. He went to San Francisco
and stood shoulder to shoulder
with Francis j. Heney in the late
municipal election when he was
told it was political suicide to do
so. He stood in the open when the
majority of those now assa1ilns
him were on the other side, follow
ing the pirate flag Of w. f. Her
rim. And he stands there today
just as squarely, just as uncom-
promisingly as he ever stood.
Listen TO the ringing words Of that
grand old man, the vigorous anti
graft mayor of San Francisco, DR..
Edward r. Taylor:
I have such confidence in Mr..
Bell that l do not believe anything.
no matter how great, would in
duce him to enter office except as
q perfectly free man.
Turn, if you will, TO the editorial
columns of the Los Angeles Express
a few weeks ago. This paper four
years ago, delved into every public and
private act of Mr.. Bells life, and
knows whereof it speaks:
Theodore A. Bell is an honest
man, and capable. He would make
Il better governor by far than the
people of this state have known
for a generation. In that knoWl-
edge we rejoice that he received
the Democratic nomination.
JOHNsON's LOSS or VOTES
Mr. johnson has lost his head,
and his abuse of Mr.. Bell is losing
him votes by the thousands every day,
while Mr. Bells statesmanlike replies
are winning him friends in every Sec
tion of the state. l quote from the
Bakersfield Californian:
Theodore A. Bell has lived in
California all his life. He is a
high minded, honorable man. His
private and public life are above
reproach, and the people of Cali
fornia know it. Yet now comes
bis opponent and tries to class him
with Ruef, Calhoun and Herrin.
What encouragement IS there for
capable men to enter public life
and remain clean if Bells char
acter is to be assassinated by such
ghoulish methods? 1t is to the
credit Of human kind that the
thousand men gathered in Armory
hail last night sat in disapprOVing
silence listening to Johnson's
abusive TRADE.
when hundreds of Republican pa