Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-06
DAVIS PREDICTS
BELLS ELECTION
State Lecturer Says People viii
Choose First Champion Of
Present Issues
DEMOCRATS SURE TO WIN
California Wants Man Whose
Record Is Established as Foe
of S. P. Machine
DEMOCRATS SURE TO WIN

Hundreds of old-line Republicans in
Northern California will vote for Bell
this year." says Hon. J. o. Davis of
Hollister Mr.. Davis was chairman of
the last Democratic state convention,
and is in Los Angeles to deliver lee
lures on the Modern Woodmen Sana-
torium before Golden State and Pacific
camps of that order, and also several
in neighboring towns.
while on vacation in Humboldt
county," said Mr.. Davis, II met great
many Republicans, Among them the
opinion was expressed quite generally
that If they must vote for a man run
ming on a Democratic platform they
might just as we'll vote for straight
Democrat.
"One of the Republican state conven-
tion delegates returning home was
rather indignant at the statement that
the Republicans had adopted the DEM
ocratic ideas.
Our platform was adopted fifteen
minutes before yours said he.
There's where you are mistaken l
told him. The Democratic platform
was adopted in the afternoon, while
yours was not adopted until evening.
We'll, ours was formulated before
then, anyway was all he could say in
answer.
PLATFORMS ARE ALIKE
"rhe fact remains that the two plat
forms are so much alike and so in line
with what the Democrats have been
advocating for years that it is all DEM
ocratic, and the question before the
people is whether they will vote for
Bell, who has fought for those princi-
pies for years, or Johnson. who has
come to their support now that they
are popular"
Mr.. Davis tells good story of one of
his friends at home, a conservative old
Democrat. Being farmer and prefer
ring to attend the state fair, he was
not at the convention. Being greatly
interested, he secured a paper next
morning after the convention, and at
breakfast began reading platform.
Going down the planks he approved the
condemnation of the Southern Pacific
machine. on the initiative and refer
endum he said;
Good! We have supported that in
the past, but I'm not so sure about the
recall. Still. If the convention says it's
all right, guess it's good"
Next he came to plank favoring
woman suffrage. This was too much
for his conservative ideas. Dashing the
paper down in disgust, he said
ready for that yet"
A few moments later he resumed his
reading and found that he had been
criticising the Republican and not the
Democratic platform.
BELL WILL BE CHOSEN
"Is there any possibility of Califor-
MIA having a Democratic legislature 2"
Mr.. Davis was asked.
mot that / can see. We have not
organized enough counties in the state
for that purpose, and so 1t would be
next to impossible. But in my opin-
ion Bell will be chosen governor be-
cause the people want a man whose
record in the live issues is clear. Some
have intimated that he would go over
to the Southern Pacific machine, but
l believe he answered those people
about as emphatically as could be done.
To them he said: -Four years ago,
when / was fighting along these same
lines, where were you? All of you
were with the machine because 1t was
on top, and now that 1t Is overthroWn
you want to make out that the people
who did the fighting will go back on
their principles There's no question
as to Bells attitude and honesty, and
that makes him a strong candidate"
Mr.. Davis does not share in the pop
ular admiration of Roosevelt HE is
the embodiment of the opportunist
politician" he said.
1.-THE next house of representatives
will be Democratic, without a doubt.
I expect two Democratic congressman
will be elected from California, and
other states will do as well or better"
Mr.. Davis will speak tonight in
Eagles hall, Third street between Main
and Los Angeles. His address will be
to Woodmen especially, but the meet
ing will be open to the public. During
the last week of the campaign he will
take the stump for Mr.. Bell and the
Democratic ticket, but the state COM
mittee has not yet made any assign
ments for him.