The San Francisco call., 1910-09-22
BELL PURPOSES TO
EXCLUDE ASIATICS
Democratic Nominee for Cow
ernor Announces His Atti-
tude and Is Applauded
Five Hundred Persons Stand in
MONDAY Sun to Hear
Long Address
Isneeial Dispatch 10 The Call

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SALINAS. Sept. 21.-Theodore Bell,
democratic nominee for governor, was
heartily appaluded at his meeting IN
Jacksonville at noon today, when he
announced himself as unequivocally
onnosed to Asiatic immigration. There
are several thousand Japanese engaged
in AGRICULTURAL pursuits in Santa Cruz
county. but considera BILE hand clapping
was evoked by Bells remarks.
"The Panama canal will bring much
new immigration to the state" said
Rell ..If I am elected governor there
are three things that l shall stand for
7 purpose to use all the power and
influence I possess as governor of this
state to secure the passage of a fed
eral law that will exclude from our
shores every Asiatic. be he Japanese,
chinese or Korean. l want to prevent
the invasion of the yellow, brown and
Hindu hordes
FAyORS SEPARATE SCHOOLS
II shall also stand for state law
TO preyent Asiatics from gaining own
ership of land in this state; and. third
ly. L purpose TO make it impossible for
Asiatics to sit in the same schools with
your child and my child.
II don't care whether it loses me a
vote or not. but I'm against the whole
bunch of them. / want to see this
country for white men and populated
by people willing to go out and fight
for our flag.
The Watsonville meeting at noon and
the Salinas meeting tonight were both
very enthusiastic. From Watsonvilie
five automobile loads of democrats
sped five miles out the road to Santa
Cruz to greet Bell and Timothy Spell
lacy, the candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor.
RECEPTION AT WATSONvILLE
In the party were former District At
torney James A. Hall chairman of the
reception committee: r. P. Quinn. for
mer chairman of the county central
committee; Edward White. Senator J.
p. Holohan, c. NJ. Jackson: z. II. Hack,
city attorney; z. G. Sheehy, James
King, H. P. Kane. Peter Storm, James
Storm, A. w. Sans. f. ]. Kelly. T. j.
Horgan, T. j. Gaffey, George Smith and
M B. Tuttle.
Hiram Blanchard, candidate for clerk
of the supreme court, and John F. Muir
ray secretary of the democratic state
central committee, met the party in
Watsonville.
After a street concert by the Wat
sonville band. Bell and Spellacy were
escorted to the plaza, where Chairman
speaker.
After a short talk, the candidate for
lieutenant governor gave way to Bell.
who held his audience of 500 persons
for an hour and half in the MONDAY
sun.
ATTITUDE TOWARD RAILROADS
Bell reiterated his former statement
that he was the pioneer in the fight
against the pernicious activity of cor
porations in governmental matters. =
IF the Western Pacific attempts to
reach out and exert any undue inf1u-
ence," said Bell. Il shall fight 1t as I
would the Southern Pacific, the Santa
Fe. the Salt Lake or any other rail-
road
The speaker added that railroads
were necessary. and that he would
neither give them the worst of it nor
the best of it, but that he would en-
courage new roads to come into the
state and tell the mthat no railroad
corporation had a monopoly in Cali,
fornia.
} At Salinas tonight there was a.well
attended meeting in the opera house
where P. E. Seabala. chairman of the
Monterey county central committee, in
trodueed j. A. Bardin, the district at
| torney as the chairman.
| Bell and Spellacy were we'll received
by 600 persons The candidates left
at ] / O'clock for Paso Robles for the
night Meetings will be held tomorrow
at San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria.