Amador ledger., 1910-08-12
POLITICAL
MEETING
Speakers Greeted by a
Large Democratic
Audience

On Tuesday evening last political
meeting was held in Loves hall Jack
son, at which Franklin A. Griffin ad-
vanced the policies of Hiram johnson,
candidate for governor of California.
Had a staunch republican ventured
into the hall, without knowing that a
republican rally had been booked for
the night, his first impression would
have been that he had gotten into q
democratic mass meeting, as every
democrat, from the state senator
down. of Importance. in this burg at
tended the meeting and applauded the
speakers, and so few were the republi-
can attendants that it could be easily
seen that Hiram johnson was no
favorite of Jackson's we'll tried re-
publicans. The hall was about half full,
women and children formed the
greater part of the gathering. and it
was to this sex that one of the
speakers appealed, asking them to in
tercede with their husbands, in bring
ing out fair vote. G. H. Mckinney
of Sutter Creek was chosen chairman
of the meeting, and after formal
introduction by attorney Caldwell of
Jackson, the Sutter Creek tailor
dramatically described the illustrious
character of the champion of the
Southern Pacific railroad and told of
the dirty dealings of the great
railroad company. For this he was
accorded bass drum applause.
He introduced Franklin A. Griffin,
who in behalf of his leader Johnson,
was here to advance the policies of the
republican insurgents. Griffin declared
on opening his address, that the issues
facing the coming compaign were un-
paralleled IN the history of the state,
after about fifteen minutes of lauding
Johnson, his tactics were changed and
he assailed the other candidates in the
field. Curry and Anderson were the
only ones he seemed to fear and in the
order named he attempted to drag
them from their we'll earned vantage.
All through his speech of slurs and
dirt thrown at Herrin and the
Southern Pacific, the bass drum ap-
plauded him. He said johnson was
not republican and declared 1--WE are
called insurgents, and are proud of our
name.
Chairman Mckinney at the conclusion
of Griffin's talk introduced Alex
ander Gordan, a candidate for district
Railroad Commissioner. The aged
gentleman of Ga summers swallowed a
mouthful of water after uttering each
sentence, and described how he had
herded cattle on Butte mountain 80
years ago. His humor was at least
greatly admired by the democratic
ladies, who fairly screamed at his
stories of comparing republican dele
gates with Berkshire hogs and selling
then at $50 per 500 pounds, etc.
Gordon, to be frank, is no doubt in
earnest, but deserves little support
from the republican ranks, for of
the five candidates on the republican
ticket, he declared he would not fol-
low in any other candidate footstep
and advocate the doctrines he was
advocating here tonight. This, if
nothing else should hurt the man who
attempts to down candidates on the
same ticket in the same campaign in
which he is waging. The railroad
speech jibed exactly with the address
just finished by his bosom friend
Griffin.
The meeting can be rated as a sue
cess at least from one point of view,
and that was that several fresh jokes
were brought to us and immensely
enjoyed.