Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-27

all this WHILE as Johnson was reading
them out of the Republican party, Bell
was bringing them to the Democratic
party
Referring to Johnson's rising anger
and recent exhibitions Of public anger,
Bell sald
TT reminds me of Grants words
Lose your head, lose your cause AS
for myself, 1 always think when some
body sets up a great roar that some
body is getting nightly good licking,
which he has long deserved This
sallev brought laughter and applause.
Candidate Bell then submitted his
record to the voters of Los Angeles, he
said, and was willing to abide by their
sense of JUSTICE and he contrasted his
IS years of personal devotion to the
brief and purely perfunctory interest
of Johnson.
REVEALS CONGRESS RECORD
Mr.. Bell urged @, guarantee of the
faith the fact that for four years as
congressman, he had fought single
handed for the citrus growers of
Southern California; and his seven
congressional colleagues, from this
state, had sat silent in their seats when
Bell raised any exposure of the iniqu-
ity of railroad domination in Califor-
MIA Mr.. Bell, with earnestnesS
avowed that he had sinClehanded
fought Herrin at that time, and had
no cause to love him since.
The speaker at this point passed to
one of the impressive moments of his
long, eloquent and at times thrilling
address. With the imprisoned zeal OF
one whose heart beats for his fellow
man, the forgotten member of every
community, and with the insight of one
who has searched deeply into our ma
tional political weaknesses, Bell sum-
married. this part of his thought in
passage on Especial privilege" begin
ming by calling attention to the pres
ence in America of immigrants from all
parts of the world, driven here, he ex-
planned, because of special privilege in
their respective lands. And | say to
you, my friends, if you do not fight to
destroy this monster of special privi-
lege which has crept into your own
government, surely it will destroy you"
Referring then to the decline and fall
of other republics, the speaker traced
their downfall not to outside foes but
to foes within, special privilege, or as
he put it, "They rotted at the core"
These impressive words, spoken with
all the earnestness he could command,
and in his great orotond voice, rang
through the hall and held his hearers
SpellDOunu.
EQUAL RIGHTS Standard
And then he rapidly led up to his
favorite doctrine, Equal rights to all;
special privileges to none" This he
declared was his standard, and upon
it he would rely for victory in the COM
ing election. On the doctrine of equal
rights, Mr.. Bell, in eloquent phrases
and with strong conviction, impressed
upon his hearers that in case he were
elected governor it would be his great
obligation to see that the humblest
working man in the state was held be-
fore the law equal to the greatest mill
lionaire. This sentiment struck a re-
sponsive chord in the great crowd, and
long and continued applause followed.
Mr.. Bell, discussing the matter of
burdensome taxation, pledged himself
that our state institutions should be
kept out of politics, tout of the spoils
system" The audience was with him
in this sentiment to a man, and it was
some moments before the deafening
applause subsidized.
The speaker then urged as his last
word retrenchment and reform, and
also entered a strong plea for business
prosperity for a Greater California;
indorsing the bond issue for a Panama
canal celebration, in which the whole
state should join, from north to south.
Referring again to the attacks made
on him by Johnson, Bell declared that
he would treat them with contempt.
The references to his early boyhood's