Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-27
.ELLERY DECLARES
EDITOR FALS|FIED
GubernatoriaI CANDIDATE Denies
Los Angeles Contractor Is
Paying His Expenses
SPEAKER OUTLINES PLATFORM
ASpirant Denies AffiIiation with
Old Machine or Lincoln
Roosevelt League
SPEAKER OUTLINES PLATFORM

Nat Ellery, hailed as the good
roads" candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor, addressed a
gathering OF Los Angeles people in
Turner hall last night, making his
initial appearance as public speaker
In this city. AS an engineer, Ellery
is rated quite highly, but it never oc-
Cured to the people of California to
regard him as public speaker. But
he made good, and In his brief ad-
dress of thirty minutes, threw some in
teresting sidellghts on the present poll
tical situation.
He began his speech by stating that
the politicians Of the state were rather
startled when he announced his can
didacy, but he went right ahead, be-
cause he had the right, under the pro-
visions of the direct primary law.
He then went into the intricacies of
the direct primary law and explained
1t to his audience.
Ellery roasted to a rich brown toast
the editor of the Fresno Republican
and other newspaper writer's through
out the state, who have declared
among other things, that his cam
paign is being financed by Fred Eng
strom, a contractor of this city.
when that statement was made in
some of the newspapers of this state, =
declared Ellery, heatedly they pup
lished a falsehood and they knew that
it was when they published 1t. L am
putting up the money to finance my
campaign and nobody else is putting
up a cent of it, 1 defy my opponents
for this office to be as frank with the
people. / would like to have them
come before you people of Los Angeles
and tell you where they get the money
70 finance their campaigns.
"I have as planks in my platform
such things as conservation OF water
and forest; economic expenditures on
a business basis; good roads, reclama-
ton and irrigation of the waste lanos
of California; elimination of politics
in public institutions and In the flsh
and game commission.
LONG IN STATE OFFICES
"These and many other things for
the better government of the people
of this great state have incorporated
in NV platform and the newspapers
that don't like me are saying that TINS
platform of mine is all foolish political
twaddle Well it's good stuff and l
propose to spend my own money go
ing through the state telling the peo-
ple about my platform, If l only get
one vote.
"I have been in the service of the
state for ten years, for seven years at
the head of the department of high
ways, and for the past three years as
state engineer, and l believe that my
experience fits me for the office OF
governor much better than any OF my
opponents. l feel certain That with
the Republican party split into two
warning factions, the Democrats will
have a chance to get man over on
us, unless we get together and unite
our forces on an independent candi-
date who has held aloof from this In
ternal pickering and fighting.
"I have nothing to do with either the
old machine branch of the Republican
party, nor have 1 affiliated In any
manner with the Lincoln-Roosevelt
league.
"It has been stated that I am afraid
to tell you where I stand on the rail-