The San Francisco call., 1910-11-08
JOHNSON SPEAKS
| IN HOME DISTRICT
Tells Neighbors of Successful
Fight to Gust Corrupt
Interests

Hiram W. Johnson was kept DoWlns
several minutes TO the cheering crowd
that greeted him last night at Carl
baldi hall When the tumultuous en-
thusiasm had subsided he spoke as fol-
lows:
"Of course, you can understand that
there is no place in the state of Cali
fornia where I'd rather close this
memorial campaign than in this par
ticular district. When I had a resi-
dence to select, when 1 wanted to go
to a place where I thought 1 would live
the remainder of my days and die, 1
selected the most beautiful spot in San
Francisco, and that was within the
forty fifth district (Cheers.) And
tonight l wanted to close my campaign
in this district l had chosen for my
home. and where I had come in con-
tact with many for whom ] have
learned to have the highest regard L
the district that I love and among the
people that 1 daily meet.
PARRY NOT PRESENT
And 1 wanted to close 1t here for
another reason. Late this afternoon |
was telephoned that a distinguished
gentleman named Parry had gone
through this district today and that he
was going to kick up a rumpus ar this
meeting tonight. And under the cir
cumstances would not have missed
coming here for anything, with this
particular man, the San Francisco Ex-
aminer and the Evening Post endeavor-
ing TO kick up a row. came mere
hoping that he would be here and
would kick up a row.
The time for talking in this cam
!
perhaps 1t would interest you little
were 10 go into lengthy discussion
of the issues of the campaign and
shall not attempt 1t. 1 wish only to
say briefly that / am closing the cam
paign exactly as I commenced 1T, with
nay head up, striking out from the
shoulder. preaching just the same doc
trine that / preached at the first meet
ing of the primary fight And tonight
l want you to understand that in all
these months and months of vilification
and abuse, Of denunciation and calum-
nious libel, we have ever gone forward
in Just the same way, preaching the
same doctrine that you may be free
politically in the state of California
and that your children that I am fight
ing for-for my own children-have an
equal opportunity in the race OF life,
and that no mans children shall be
in political life in the state of Cali
fornia. That has been the light that
has been on in al. these weary months
in this state-struggling t.lat all may
have an equal start in tbE race of life
without handicap because of accident
of birth or any ivftuitious circum-
stances.
WILL KICK OUT HERRIN
. When we started this campaign, you
realize that in this state there existed
one particular, baleful, malignant in
f1uence that had prostituted govern
ment TO it's own base purposes for many
years, and our purpose was to remove
that influence from the republican
party, and when that had been done tc
perform the like service in the govern
ment of the state. And so we went
forth within the party and we accom-
plished our design there. The other
half of the work yet remains to- be
done. And tomorrow, Notwithstanding
all that has been done, all the money
that has been spent, we are going to
accomplish the other half of the task
We are going TO kick out of the gov
ernment William F. Herrin and the
Southern Pacific railroad. (Cheers.)
WILL ENACT REMEDIES
That has been the prime purpose
the dominant problem, in this cam
paign. After tomorrow we shall ac-
compIsh the work required to be done
within the state government, and then
we shall go forward to enact remedial
legislation and constructive reform
that you may deem essential. After we
have removed those who have annexed
this government to the Southern Pa
cific and to those who would use il
merely as a personal chattel, then the
reform that may be appropriate may
be accomplished And in coming to
you in the closing hours of this cam
paign it is not upon any personality
upon any individuality, upon any desire
for personal aggrandizement or for any
qualification of selfish aim that we
rely.
ANY man who believes in humanity
need only look at the alignment in this
campaign to understand exactly where
his interests lie. If you look at that
alignment and you understand exactly
what is on the other side. you need not
ask any question as to where the in
terests of the common people lie Dc
you realize that the foulest conspiracy
that was ever Matched in any state OF
this union was Matched in San Fran
cisco in this struggle? Do you realize
that every interest that is inimicable to
popular government sat down with the
democratic candidate for governor, and
that they actually hatched the idea OF
assailing a mans character and running
him in order TO give another man a
particular office? And if there is any
thing baser, anything worse. anything
more criminal than the assassination
of a mans character to give another
man an office, / am unable to deter
mine what it is in the annals of crime
And in this campaign that was the
actual conspiracy undertaken in cold
blood in this city in the endeavor to
nalign the candidate before you, and in
every way aid another character. All
the facts before you demonstrate that
beyond the peradventure of a doubt
Today on one side of the line in Cali
fornia you see the Evening Post, the
kept rag of Patrick Calhoun; the San
Francisco Examiner, William Randolph
Hearst, William T. Herrin, Jere Burke
every man who represents the inter
ests in California, every single malign