The San Francisco call., 1910-03-31
JOHNSON ASSAIS
MACHINE POLITICS
Campaign for Republican NOmi'
nation for Governor Arouses
!. F. Enthusiasm in Alameda
Auditorium Packed to It's Ca
+. pacity, with Many Forced
81: :. to Stand

ALAMEDA, March S0.-Eiiram John
son. made the second address in Ala
media county of his c..p sn for gov
eI-for tonight al the Ci5 irst Metho-
dist Episcopal church IL. central avenue
=. near Park The auditorium was packed
TO. It's capacity and many had to stand
at: the, entrances.
: =. johnson end his fellow candidates
+i:7ere received with great enthusiasm.
Other speakers were Judge John D.
works Of Los Angeles, candidate for
81 -nited States senator, and A J. Wal
. lace: also Of Los Angeles. who is John
sons teammate for lieutenant governor
.9D =5he Lincoln Roosevelt republican
= eae{ie ticket The meeting was under
:The auspices Of the Alameda republican
good government club.
. JOHNSON LOUDLY CHEERED
!. A. C. Mason. who presided. was in
.tr0Guced by Sampel Poorman Jr., presf-
: dent Of the club. Johnson, who was
.IoHdly cheered when presented by
=. Chairman Mason, said
-: This is a great tight 1t is not a
sectional fight, nor a state fight but a
nation wide fight; a contest in which
hinges the government in Washington
and in every other state in the union.
Iii is a fight 10 the death, for either the
people are TO rule or else they viii
WELD ali that is dear to them TO the
system, controlled and dominated by
corrupt interests. The interests have
gained control OF political parties and
have built up system for the admin
istration OF government in their favor.
:: -::'These conditions have given rise to
great aggregetions Of capital, and these
aggregstiOns have passed into the
Hands OF 4 few men who have arro-
gated 10 themselves the right of gov
erning the people and OF exploiting our
national resources for their own bene-
III. These men are our enemies, whose
only horizon is the dollar
ATTEMPT TO TAKE RESOURCES
Tn Alaska we have a few resources
left but the interests are now endeav-
oring 70. secure that which rightfully
belongs TO the people Of the nation
1t Is these special interests that have
made outeuf that august body the, the
lnited states senate, a rich mans club;
and IL Is because OF these same inter
ests that a man like Joe Cannon sits
car l1ke, with cigar in his mouth,
allowing only such legislation TO be
adopted as viii not be inimical to spe-
cal interests, the machine-the sys-
.Afhe system which governs us lies
IN the political bureau of the South
eTn Pacific compeny-Wi1liam F. Her
Rms and 10 remove that system is the
purpose OF this league. If the republi-
can party can not support good govern
Znent, then IL should cease to exist We
are a republican party because we rep
resent decency. Those men who call
@&l &lenselNes regulars, are, as rule, men
WHO dance at the call of the machine
and ask for regular orders from the
regular boss.
STANDS FOR Square DEAL"
4 know some Of these regulars. and
when ] asked some OF them the other
day how they stood they frankly said
that they did not know, but were await
ing regular orders. We stand for the
square dear that Theodore Roosevelt
asked for two years ago. a square deal
net Eneasured by the system yard stick
but by the peoples
-. .teslnson declared that ne was an in
hsfgeht. that the tight was one in which
re{lAblicans were concerned to keep the
party clean and TO make il stand for
the men like Dolliver. Cummins and La
F69efte
:: JUdge Works held the audience for
several minutes with his declaration Of
the 'princiiles for which the league
stands and with his arraignment Of the
De-
II is good sign that such large
audiences are gathering early in the
campaign 10 hear the principles ex-
pounded. 1t means that the people
intend TO take over the government of
tIe:state from the Southern Pacific and
PLACE IL where il belongs-with the
people
: We deny that the Lincoln Roosevelt
league is attacking the republican
party It is the true republican party,
for. II represents the true principles of
republicanism. as exemplifed and ex-
pounded by Lincoln and Roosevelt"
- Wallace also spoke briefly along the
same lines.
WILL SPEAK AT NILES
NILES, March 3o.-Hiram ". John
son, A. J. Wallace and John =. Works,
candidates. respectively. for the repub-
.lican nomination for governor, lieuten-
ant governor and United States senator
viii appear at Connors theater, Niles.
tomorrow night, under the auspices of
the Washington township Lincoln
Roosevelt republican club. The meet
ing promises to be one Of the largest
ever held in this end of the county
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