The San Francisco call., 1910-10-15
MERCHANTS Of
CITY WELCOME
G.O.P.CHAMPION
Hiram w. johnson Repeats His
Fearless Declaration at
Palace Luncheon
Five Hundred Conservative
Businessmen Loudly Cheer
Candidate for Governor
BY w. RUSSELL COLE

campaign in just exactly the same
manner, with the same phraseology
and the same vim and unmistakable
frankness with which he has talked to
the farmers of the great valleys and
the miners Of the mountain districts.
II am talking TO you frankly" he
declared, "because I want no man TO
mistake the attitude of this individual
toward the issues that confront us in
this fight Z am not preaching con-
Sersstfsm south of the Tehachapi and
radicaliSm in the san Joaquin; L am
saying exactly the same thing TO you
Businessmen of san Francisco that I
have said 10 The farmers of the great
valleys of the state. ] would rather
lcsc every vote in san Francisco than
be misunderstood as having sweryed
one jot from the line upon which be-
gan the primary fight having
changed in the least my attitude to-
ward the great dominant issue of this
campaign"
Tt was simply the seating capacity of
the ballroom at the Palace hotel that
cCcreed the size of attendance at the
businessmen's luncheon given at noon
yesterday in honor of the standard
bearer Of the republican party. Five
hundred men left their offices at the
noon hour and for two hours sat at the
board TO which Hiram W. Johnson had
been invited that he might address
-ineln IS man to man.
No ORDINARY MEETING
This was no ordinary political meet
ing. but an affair arranged in order
that men of big affairs in this city.
with little time to give to thought of
politics. might meet the republican
leader personally and take measure
both Of the man and Of his principles.
The demand for seats at the luncheon
was beyond every expectation of the
commltteemen having the affair in
charge. Two hundred were originally
counted upon. 500 attended and several
hundred more attempted in vain to Sc
cure seats after every ticket had been
sold.
1t did not take the affirmation of
other speakers TO prove the existence
Of a unanimous sentiment of loyalty to
the man and his cause. The cheers that
johnson was given at the beginning,
the applause that interrupted his re-
marks time after time, and the great
outburst Of enthusiasm at the conclu-
sion OF his speech.- did that And it
was. a bOve all. a meeting of conserva-
rot Of politicians or Of the merely
curious.
When Johnson arose to speak the
throngs OF diners arose with him,
cheering, clapping hands and waving
napkins. When the storm of welcome
subsided Johnson plunged into a speech
that might have been made TO an au-
dience in some town OF one of the big
valleys, save that he departed slightly
from his theme to sound a note of
warning to the men of San Francisco
MANY LESSONS TO LEARN p.
We have many lessons TO learn be-
fore we can ever hope to carry our
ideas TO fulI fruition,'' he said, 'and
there is one big lesson that we have
not learned here in the city of San
Francisco as yet 1t is that good busi-
ness and good government are synony-
nous and must go hand in hand. When
once we learn that good business and
good government go together we will
have learned the rudiments of the great
principle upon which all government
must be founded in any civilized COM
munity.
Byron Mauzy, who presided as toast
master at the luncheon, touched upon
the same theme in his Introductory re-
marks, when he said: 1T augurs well
for our state and our city when busi-
nessmen such as are gathered here
10 study civic matters and the needs of
cur government"
Governor Gillett made a brief speech,
in which he spoke of the arduous ma
ture Of the campaign which Hiram W.
johnson has made and asserted that
the time had arrived when the country
needed more than ever the services of
the republican party.
Great questions are arising" said
Governor Gillett, and through a great
republican success fn California next
month we must prepare for the ma
tionsl campaign of,two years hence.
We want to make sure that our state,
so long known as a great republican
state. is in line. California does not
want TO follow the footsteps of Maine
California must give the republican
party a victory next month, and
firmly believe that it will do so. pbe-
ueve that Mr.. Johnson will receive the
greatest republican majority ever
given any candidate. and when step
down and out and turn the Office of
governor over to him il will be TO feel
that the government Of the state will
continue TO be administered for the
best interests of the people OF the
state Of California
WALLACE SEES VICTORY
A. ]. Wallace, Johnson's running
mate upon the republican ticket, spoke
that the ticket would win by a ma
toritv Of 10000 in the southland and
bv even stronger vote north of the
Tehachapi. He also discussed the Pan
ana-Pacifc international exposition
nroiect at length from the standpoint
mat IT would be the greatest boon the
entire state could secure
Following Johnson's speech, Meyer
Tissner. chairman Of the republican
state central. committee, was forced to
take the foot through the insistent de-
raand of the diners. He spoke briefly
of the manner in which the campaign
is going forward and predicted an
overwhelming victory for Johnson and
the entire state ticket. In his address
johnson said in part;
IN talking to you today am taking
to men of San Francisco who represent
personal business success and accom-
plishment. BY pertinacity persistence.
sjngleness of purpose and undivided
allegiance to your affairs you have
achieved success in your private con-
Germs. I stand before you today as
the humble exponent of cause which
demands of all those who believe In II
this same spirit of pertinacity' persist
euce and undivided allegiance.