Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-04
JOHNSON ATTACKS
c. 0. P. REGULARS
Makes Soathing Denunciation of
the Republican Machine
Before a Throng
IS PROUD OF 1RREGULARITY
Return of Reform Candidate for
Governor from Tour Sig
nal for 0utburSt
IS PROUD OF HRREGULARITY
T IRAN w. JOHNSON, Lincoln
Il Roosevelt Republican candidate

d" IRAN w. JOHNSON, Lincoln
II Roosevelt Republican candidate
for governor, spoke in Blanch-
ard hall last night and received one of
the most remarkable and enthusiastic
greetings ever rendered q candidate in
this city or county.
The meeting came as the termination
of his speechmaking tour in Southern
California, where he has addressed
about one hundred gatherings in as
many different towns and cities. The
crowd which packed the hall last night
was one of the most enthusiastic Mr..
Johnson has addressed. and the hall
was much too small to accommodate
the hundreds. who swarned there to
hear him.
Several hundred persons were turned
away; every seat was filled and many
stood, filling the front doors and cloak
rooms while scores of others craned
necks in the outer halls to catch just
a few words here and there of his
speech
Frequently the applause was deaf
ening his hearers bursting into cheers
as Mr.. Johnson, in an eloquent and
impressive speech, delivered with con-
vincing force and oratorical effect, un-
mercifully arraigned the Southern Pa
cific and its political boss, w. f.
Herrin.
PEOPLE HAVE CHANCE
'The political revolution in Califor-
MIA is on" said Mr.. Johnson, "and the
people now have their first opportunity
in this state to nominate their own
candidates and elect their own ticket.
In the past this was all done by Will
liam F. Herrin. who sat in his private
office at San Francisco and by the
mere pressure of his finger on the
political button directed the political
destinies of our state; packed its con-
ventions, appointed committees. Sc
lected candidates, cut and dried the
nominations and ordered out the votes
and controlled the elections to suit
himself.
Occasionally man expands his
chest and tells me that he is regular
Republican and that I am not; that
I am a member of the wing, near
Republican.
what is a regular Republican? My
definition of n regular Republican is
one who regularly receives his regular
orders from a regularly constituted
regular Southern Pacific boss; who in
turn regularly receives his regular or
ders from regular William F. Herrln,
who is the regular Southern Paclflc
political head. At the Santa Cruz con-
vention, Regular Herrln gave Regular
Abe Ruef $4,000 irregular dollars
think of it, gentlemenl-for the regular
San Francisco delegation, to vote in
the regular Southern Pacific manner
and Regular Ruef took those $4,000 ir-
regular dollars and did the regular Job
in the regular Southern Pacific way,
and then later Regular Ruef divided
the irregular dollars with Regular
Schmltz
mo I am proud to say that I am
not a regular Republican; [ don't be-
lieve in that kind of regularity.
WOULD THROTTLE GRAFT
GLOW long, Republicans of Califor-
mia. are we going to permit this kind
of thing to go on in our state? am
as proud of California as any man In
it, for was born in California; but l
want to say to you now, If you are
readers and thinkers you know that
what l say is true and that every WORD
I have spoken can be proved ana mas
been proved, and the same hand that
gave those $4,000 irregular dollars to
Abe Ruef to buy up the San Francisco
delegation at the Santa Cruz conVen-
tion-the hand of William F. Herrin-
is Just as active today, just as per-
nicious and corrupt, as 1t was then,
for it is still the hand that governs i t,le
Southern Pacific political machine-the
reg,iIars of the Republican party-in
California.
"Are YOU going to permit it to con-
tinue? Are you going to permit TINS
corrupt and powerful political olls
archy to barter ana sell your Ste1ec am
its plans and interests at the Will OF
the Southern Paciflc2
at know that you will not. When
first went into this state wide flght
against the Southern Pacitlc. some ot
nv friends laughed and told me that
the citizens of California were not wen
enough posted, or that they were TOO
Indifferent. for me to stir them up
To the right spirit of resentment. |
aid not believe this was true, and |
fool, IN the fight and have staid
with it. ,,,o~
"Now. two months and half before
the primaries, I want to say to you
that | know better; l know that tne
citizens Of California are too loyal TO
their state. too proud of its character,
TOO mindful of its honor and too cog
infant of the awful political history OF
the old convention days to permit II
To continue. The fight is all but over,
and we have won already.
"The Southern Pacific will be crushed
at the November election, and the CIT
izens of our state VIII prove 10 tlle
Southern Pacific bosses that they are
neither fools nor sluggards. Pubic
Indifference has been overcome. The
neonIe have realized their duty and
invested with the great power or the
primary, knowing that the character
and institutions of our state are at
stake in this decisive struggle they
are going to shake OH the octopus,
THE direct primary, unsatisfactory as
If NAV seem, because drafted and en-
acted nv its enemies, is the weapon
and the means by which the voters or
california can select their own canul-
dates and the nomination or these
candidates will be done by the people
instead of bv the old-time conventions,
OF o5 hxy the SOIth-