The San Francisco call., 1910-11-03
LARGE CROWD
GREETS BELL
At DREAMLAND
Candidate Tells Audience He
Does Not Know Patrick
Calhoun
No Personal Quarrel With S. p,
He Says; Will Campaign
in Special Train


cheered him at frequent intervals from
the time he entered the great audi
torium until he had concluded one Of
the most forceful addresses he has made
during the campaign. Hardly second in
spontaneity was the enthusiasm mani
tested for Timothy Spellacy, the oil
. mar, who is Bells running mate.
= When Ralph McLeran introduced for
. i7er Mayor r. r. Taylor as chairman Of
1.-The meeting the stage was filled with
vice presidents. while every seat in the
main auditorium and in the galleries
was taken and many were standing in
" the aisles.
That the audience was intent on
hearing Bell above all others was
. manifested when the shufning Of feet
and other signs Of unsasiness were
-n0aicea ble in all parts Of the building.
lone Bell enthusiast succeeded in in
-. .rerruptinE Doctor Tavlor's lengthy dis
x r-lSs{on of. The alleged wrongs perpre-
tste5 by republicans in this state and
.rhe nation by inveigling the band into
playing Hail to the Chief on the
ground that Bell was ready TO enter
the building The hand stopped play
ing hut Bell did not appear and the
. chairman continued. thu sentence which
.. had been interrupted in the middle.
TAYLOR ATTACKS &. q. p.
j. when Bell appeared amid hearty
cheers. Doctor TAYLOR urged his audi
- anee 20 be patient. holding out tha
promise that Bell would be heard in
.due time. Tbereupon he continued his
E. assaults on the republican party AMI
so-ero brlE assured his audience that
-rhe- repub'icans had been in cotrol
uost 0f the time I'm the state and had
-rnerrIv served to make the railroad
TnWer mere powerful AS he finished
san attack ou the Santa Cruz conyen-
.55or and asserted that nearly all Of the
- s.e-Glrares ou the republican ticket
.R-are- neHefciaries Of that same con-
Tentioa. there was such shuffiing Of
fNer that The former mayor felt con
- strained 10 declare himself
-. This program viii be carried out
said lac. u have presided over meetings
-hefore and have never Vet permitted
myself 10 deviate from the program or
toilet. others manage the program
Ia0RWER MAYOR CHEERED
when Dr. Taylor announced that he
.-p-ouId not support Bell with his vote,
? much Jess preside 4 the meeting. if he
. suspected the democratic candidate had
r. Zen under railroad domination. there
.-zs-as prolonged applause. Timothy Spell
lacy was men presented as lne cduOl-
date FOR lieutenant governor.
-Spellarv proved himself to be 2 real
- rSunoIogist He told Of having been
:. r1i ista ken for 4 SweGe IN one part Of
-rH- state ard an Italian in another. but
assured his audience that he was Irish
: 5rst the same He expressed the be
I-af-tnst Bell would be elected governor
ana urged the voters not TO forget that
b. 1a also was running for office. Spellacy
. declared that he was opposed to state
.-ditfsion.
when Dr. TAYLOR presented Bell there
..s3as papdemOnium for a minute while
lie band played Star Spangled Ban
~ner" and the enthusiasts offered cheer
after cheer.
- RFsLL ANSWERS QUESTIONS
: .-I am glad in the closing hours Of the
.caulpafEn." said Bell soon after opening
HIS speech. Ito meet YOU face to face
and. answer candidly any question that
.anT- elector, any person or any news
paper may desire TO PROFOUND. No
fr. end Of mine need fear that I have
- = bandoned the firing line or that I
have wsvered for wears in the struggle
THAT 7 have carried on. Some eight
we ks ago il was my pleasure in open
sing the campaign in San Francisco to
estend 20 my opponent the utmost cour-
-fesV and consideration and TO pay him
a..tribure Of respect and high regard.
BEt ] said no matter what others might
do 7 intended 20 wage battle in a
=. manly. decent and dignifed manner.
an glad 10 say that while 7 may during
the course Of the campaign have lost
u4 voice 7 have not lost my head.
'J have been handed a copy Of a
newspaper published in this city the
san Francisco Call. in which / am
asked certain questions. and I purpose
no answer every single one of those
questions. When ] have done so il
WIFI be my fervent hope that the gen
tIeman who occupies this platform to-
marrow night may answer in the same
frank and candid way"
DENIES CALHOUN ALLIANCE
II Ben then took up the questions
asked by The Call one by one. In reply
to the question whether 1t was true
that amongst his supporters were Pat
rick Calhoun and his kept newspaper.
the San Francisco Post. he said:
1- T have no information that Patrick
- Calhoun is supporting my candidacy.
have no personal acquaintance with
him. would not know him If met him
on-the street and have never communi-
Gated with him. directly or indirectly,
IS 10 my fight"
asked whether il was true that when
Calhoun arrived in San Francisco Sun
day Bell Cancelled his spea king engage
nents in Los Angeles and hurried to
san Francisco from Los Angeles for a
conference. he replied:
...'If A1r. Calhoun arrived in san Fran
cisco last Sunday I have no knowledge
o. that fact. Since reading this oues-
tion in The Call have asked Chairman
Dewitt TO ascertain if Calhoun is in
san Francisco and he has reported that
Calhoun is not in the state and has
not been here during the present cam
pa ga If DeWitt's information is cor
rect. The Call has either deliberately
committed a falsehood or fallen into an
error. If il has made mistake and
is honest ir its intentions, it Will
ascertain whether or not Calhoun is
here. AND If not. it should be decent
enough TO correct whatever injustice it
has done me-"
IG&oRANT OF CONFERENCE
Tn answer to the question whether
his hHrried departure from Los Angeles
was rot preceded by a Sunday confer
ence at the Palace hotel in San Fran
cisco between Earl Rogers and T. z.
Herring Of Indiana, Bell said:
MY trip TO San Francisco from Los
Angeles last Sunday night made made
for the sole purpose OF planning the
last week OF the campaign with Chair
man de Witt. ] know absolutely moth
ing about any alleged conference at the