The San Francisco call., 1910-11-04

found against Brown, Bartnett and
been unconnected with the graft prose-
cution.
KNEW STATEMENT UNTRUE
And that nails lie No. 1. (Cheers.)
Because you will remember that 1t was
asserted by these kept sheets of the in
terests, and it was asserted by the
democratic candidate for governor, that
| left the graft prosecution to under
take the defense of Brown. He knew
when he uttered that that it was not
campaign such as this, involving the
most exalted position in the state. of
candidate who deliberately utters
throughout the state of California what
he knows to be an absolute untruth :?
leave to you determination of the
character of such a man.
In December, after the indictments.
! was regularly employed in the de-
tense of Brown. as had q right to be.
and for which have no explanation
to make and no apology to make to
the district attorneys office, through
William Hoff Cook. made the proposal
to Brown that he testify against the
other two defendants and that he put
himself in the district attorneys hands.
That question was left for him to de-
termine He did determine that he
would accept the proposition thus made
to him. He gave himself into the hands
of the district attorney, and thereafter,
except for such counsel as / could
give to him, I had no connection with
the criminal case in any degree what
soever.
NEVER GOT SHARE OF STOCK
Now 1t is charged that 1 received a
fee first of $4,000 in Western Pacific
stock. never received a share of stock
nor owned share, OF stock in that
have never, as attorney or otherwise,
been connected in any way with the
Western. Pacific railroad company.
a fee of s55,oo0 In the Brown case.
That is equally and absolutely false I
did not receive one-tenth of that sum
In IN that and civil cases relating to
paid me one penny of the money that
received in that particular case. All
this Is known to the democratic candi-
word of 1T, and Notwithstanding that
he has gone about the state of Cali
fornia indulging himself in this sort
or detract1on, and not only indulging
ms co-conspirator, to continue 1t night
after night when he knows the falsity
of what is being said.
Other 1nnuendoS have been contained
in the questions that have been sub
mitted. AS TO any secretion of prop
erty, or any knowledge of any prop
one of these men, they know I had no
knowledge whatsoever; equally false
is any such insinuation, and every in
nuendo. every inference. every single
attempt that has been made to be-
smirch in all this stuff, is absolutely
and unqualifiedly false-known to be
Ialse to the man who. uttered the stuff
and known to be false to the demo-
cratic candidate for governor. (Cheers.)
IS LIKE POISON
Now. so much for that proposition.
There 1T ends. Any man who reads
such stun and believes it is like the
veins. He wants to be poisoned. That
is all there is to it. And those who
want. to be poisoned in this campaign
may be poisoned. You can not poison,
thank ffnank God the whole state of Cali
Now you understand, do you not, just
why such tactics are being resorted to
In this campaign? You realize. do
OF vilifcation and abuse? Why, the
object is to obscure the real issue. to
make you forget the great fight that
is on and to divert and befog you as
TO the real issue and the real truth.
And | do not propose now in the re-
naming days of this fight to permit
varicator from Indiana, or any demo-
cratic candidate for governor who at
Jacks me In the language of Abraham
Ruef, to divert me from the issue that
is on in this campaign and is the dom
lnant one that you must solve. When
we began this fight it was for free
std Ce dHu a Tree people ana LOT pO-
litical emancipation. Near by is the
fruition of all our hopes aid the con-
summation of our designs.
A few days now and we shall see
the whole state has been emancipated.
l repeat, as / have done all over the
state, that the problem to be solved
is to do for the government just ex-
actly what has been done for the
republican party--to drive out William
Herrin and the Southern Pacific rail-
road. This shall not be. done In any
rancor or hostility or bitterness or
revenge, but 1t shall be done without
hesitation. without vacillation or con-
cession or. compromise of any char
acter at ALL
CROWD CRIES "ROOSEvELT-
In this state you have a glorious
choice to make. You know the lineup
In California. There is no mistake
about 1T. You may choose, ye men of
San Francisco, aye, the citizenship of
the state of California may choose in
this campaign in its national aspect
either William Randolph Hearst or
Theodore, Roosevelt. Which shall it
be? Which do you prefer?
Loud cries of Roosevelt. ROOSEVELT
And that ] take it, Johnson con-
tinued, mot only as the answer of The
republicans of the state. but ct all de-
cent citizens az we'll. Four Years ago
how eloquent1y the democratic canGi-
date for governor portrayed exactly the
stand that he was then taking in Cali
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