The San Francisco call., 1910-10-18
HIRAM JOHNSON
answers and
LASHES BELL
Republican Standard Bearer Re-
plies Vigorously to His
Opponents Questions
Great Crowd Cheers as G. @. p.
Leader FearIessIy Tells of
Fight Against Grafters
8v w. RUSSELL COLE
lSpeciol Dispotoh 10 The Call

his connection with the Sa
Francisco graft prosecution. HiraI
Johnson gave his answer TO the ques
ions tonight. Incidentally he de
bounced the attacks which have bee
made upon him by Bell and the news
papers of the special interests" whic
D ave come out openly in behalf Of tn
iemocratic standard bearer. but de
elared that he was ready TO take u
me gage and meet every issue pre-
sented. Johnson said:
/ am not in the habit of answer
ing personal questions when / have
work outlined before me TO do. but to-
night 1 am going to depart from my
usual custom, because it was here
IN woodland just two nights ago
that my worthy opponent presented
a set of questions which he and the
kept sheets of the interests back
ing his campaign have since been
repeating without cessation. To-
night there is new issue in this
campaign, brought into IL by my
opponent and injected into it for
exactly the same reason that four
years ago kept my opponent silent
upon the great problem then being
raced in San Francisco. That is
kne reaching out after votes.
He fs reaching out now for votes
in san Francisco by exactly the
same process that kept him silent
regarding the great infamy in San
francisco four years ago.
These questions which my oppo-
nent has propOunded to me have
been put with the intention of
causing 10 be forgotten the ques-
tion I asked Of him He has been
euttlefiShing in the hope that you
would forget that ! asked him TO
explain his silence, and he has at
tempted TO raise a new issue. That
issue 1 accept and am ready to meet
was connected with the graft
prosecution in San Francisco. and
there are only two classes of per-
sons TO whom a connection with
ihaf prosecution has been a dis
grace. The first class consists of
the uncOnNfcfed feIOns who were
Involved in those prosecutions. and
the other is the political class who
reach out for votes among those
criminals. | w3s employed i'm the
graft prosecution and 1 was paid
for it, Is il any disgrace fer a man
70 receive remuneration for a
years honest work. If so, L accept
il.
admit I am different from my
opponent. His patriotism far out
shines mine. Has he not been hold
ing ONCE ever since he was 81
years Of age without ever having
] accept the Obloquy cast upon me
By my opponent and by Pat Cal
houn and Abe Ruef for working
ia and accepting. remuneration for
an honorable employment II may
he too bad that a man must live
and buy bread. but the fact re-
mains that it is so.
The questions have been asked
with no fair design. for il is known
10 every one that the sworn testis
concerning
or received in those cases is on file
IN the records Of the San Francisco
courts When n1y opponent asks
those questions he is neither fair
nor ingenious nor brave as n gov
erROr of this state should he.
You viii pardon me for speaking
personally for the first time in this
campaign, but my opponent has
made it necessary. Ny work with
that prosecution in San Francisco
ceased after one year because my
legitimate personal practice ur-
gently demanded my attention.
Then an untoward event occurred =
brave man WAS shot down i'm n
San Francisco courtroom. Again
entered those cases, not
attorney. but determined that no
bullets should stop the work being
carried on by brave men. and it
was then that we fought out to n
finish the fight that resulted in the
verdict of conviction in the case
OF ADe hueI-M
Today my Opponent added to his
other questions one that il utterly
mendaciOuS. When he attempts to
raise such n question the inference
that 7 quit that prosecution to take
Up the defense of a certain fndi-
XfduaI he utterS-I will not use
any harsh wOrd-he utters that
concerning which he is mistaken.
and he knows il.
Johnson was cheered to the echo z
and with fists clenched +
returned his answers to the question
put by his opponent. IT was befoI
one Of the greatest audiences he ha
net during the campaign that the ad
lress was made, and il was an aud
snce that went wild with enthusiast
when he took up the challenge give
by Bell and declared himself manfull
and strai ghtforwardly upon this, jus
IS he has upon every other issue pre-
sented in the campaign.
II shall not again be diverted in thi
2ampaign to reply 10 this sort of stuff,
he said in conclusion q have onl
ione so tonight for the reasons I hav
already stated. and because I hav
nothing TO hide or explain The ne
ssue that has been made by my or
oonent in his reaching out after vote
s that ! have been connected with til
of guilty men.
ssIf he thinks any of us who too
part I'm those cases will recede one ste
rom tho attitude we then bore towar
hem. he is very much mistaken,
FIAYs THE INTERESTS
Today has brought new issues prom
nently to the fore in the state politics
contest. While 1t was only here to
light that Johnson answered the graf
,ase questions put by Bell. he has mad
n all nine speeches during the da,
md in every one OF them has dc
lounced in bitter terms the characte
u the support given his opponent b
he men and the newspapers allie
With the special interests"
Jolnson's day has been spent in thre
trongly democratic counties. Coluss
ilenn and Golo. but here in the enemy
amp he has taken the most positiv
ghting stand he has adopted durin
ne entire campaign
In many respects the day has bee
ne OF the most wonderful and mos
uccessful of the campaign Acompa
led by 2 delegation of $50 Sacrament
oosters, johnson left Sacramento thi
aorning and made a trip by specia
rain over the Southern Pacific throug
hese valley counties, speaking to larg
ud1ences and receiving. magnifcen
vstions.
=. r..
In half a dozen valley towns the re
ublican leader, standing upon. South
rn Pacific baggage trucks, on South
IN Pacific property and with a South
m Pacific train at his back, has de
ounced the domination of that rail
Dad and its political chief, William T
Eerrin, over the government of tn
tate.