The San Francisco call., 1910-11-02
BELL HOLDS Three
Meetings in DAY
Candidate Speaks at Coalinga
After Meetings at Lemore
and HanfOrd
Parade Through Streets Pre-
cedes Evening Meeting in
Thriving Oil Town
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

lSpeciai dispatch TO L he CollI
COALINGA, Nov. 1.-Two thousand
persons packed the Arcade rink to-
Timothy Spellacy, the democratic
standard bearers. The candidates were
given an enthusiastic reception. Spell
lacy, who has large interests here, is
popular with the men of the oil fields.
The meeting was the third one of the
day. The first gathering was at Han
ford, where 500 persons were crowded
into the opera house. Judge j. G. Co
vert presided. A committee consisting
of Charles King, chairman, and A ID.
Driver secretary, of the Kings county
central committee; T. V. Dewey B. F..
Denham, Daniel Finn. Judge M. l..
Short, Joseph Corri ]. c. c. Russell and
Max Troxler welcomed Bell and Spell
lacy as they stepped from the train at
Hanford.
MEETING AT LEMORE
AS soon as the Hanford meeting was
concluded the candidates hurried in
automobiles to Lemore, where the
opera house was filled with an audi
ence of 500. Assemblyman Weber
presided.
From Lemore the party proceeded to
Coalinga, escorted by a large number
of Bell. men from the oil fields. Across
the desert waste the machines were
driven at high speed, this city being
reached at 80 o'clock. AS the entry
was made into the city bombs were
exploded and the heavens lighted with
red fire. Stationed at the Pleasant
Valley hotel was a.. brass band which
played lively music as the candidates
greeted those who crowded up to the
cars.
STREET PARADE
After dinner there was another pa
rade through the brightly lighted
streets to the skating rink, which was
filled when the meeting was called to
order by Thomas A. O'DonnelI, a prom
inent oil man.
In his talks today Bell. attacked
Meyer Lissner, chairman of the repub-
lican. state central committee, and
charged that he was the new repub-
lican boss, intent on building up. a pow
erful machine with the aid of the pa
tronage of the state offices and de-
partments. Bell insisted that Johnson
had not joined him in pledging nom
partison boards for the state institu-
tions because Lissner insisted on hav-
ing the disposal of the patronage to
fortify himself as the new boss of the
party
johnson can not kick Herrin out
any too soon to suit me- said Bell
Il would not have taken the nomina-
ton four years ago If l had not real
ized that some one must go to the front
and make the fight against the inter-
ests.
TO FIGHT INTER EsTS.
Bell asserted that he proposed to
fight special privilege .evefy time it
reared its head and that Herrin and
eevry one else of the special interests
knew that he would destroy the very
things for which they stood If he were
elected. He explained that many re-
publicans. who did not like him were
going to vote for him because they
hated him less than they did Johnson.
The democratic leader challenged
any one in the audience to state one
single constructive policy which had
been advocated by Johnson in the cam
paign. He also accused his opponent
of having begun a campaign of vilifica-
tion and abuse and repeated his words
of Saturday that johnson is good
criminal lawyer by birth. training.
temperament and the habits of life
time"
After tonight's meeting Bell and
party left in automobiles for Fresno
to take the Owl train to San Fran
cisco.