The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-09-30
RALLY
IS A HUMMER
Great Crowd Turns Out Hear Peoples Candidate for Gov
Sernor and Other Progressives at Coliseum Meeting

For over an hour ard half. Bob
Hodge. progressive csndidase for.
governor. sroke 10 an audience OF
nearly 5000 at the Coliseum thea,cr
Saturday night. and every minute
OF srat time the warmth Of feeling.
the ardor and pitch Of enthusiasm Of
the big audience grew and grew, sill
II war climased by desfenlra roar
OF applause and cheers as Hodge
concluded.
Scores OF people then rushed 10
the platform 20 shake hands with
Hodge aud 60 give him personal as
surance OF support The meeting
was revelation 10 hundreds OF
people. Some had come 10 the
meeting. misied by the special In
terest organs. merely out OF cur.
loslty To see Hodge. They went
away convinced that here AZ last
was a real man running for gov
q auT.
Outside the Coliseum. after the
m.etins. groups OF mca and women
stopped 10 discuss the big rally
When J. A. johnson appeared al
one OF the exits with a boz fuli OF
Hodge buttons, he Was almost mob
bed. 80 eager were all To pin them
on their lapcls.
There were men In the crowd.
and women too. who had opposed
Hodge before. opposed him ~itho''
knowing what sort OF q man nc
was. what hts ability was. what his
views were
we were mistaken about yoI.
they frankly told Hodge after the
meeting. we are going down the
line for you now.
Hodge talked about the courts
about humanity la government.
about the progressive party plat.
form. direct legislation. the recall
OF Judges. and other issues OF the
day. Again and again In bis speech
he was interrupted BY ou,oursts OF
applause.
Hodge was greeted by tremen'
dous ovation when he vas intro
duced by Former Supreme Court
Judge William n. White. the chair
man OF the meeting. The applause
and cheers lasted for several min.
utes, and then someone In the crowd
suggested three cheers and Tiger,
which were eagerly given.
WHITE SCORES JOB BUYER.
In opening the meeting, Judge
White rcored the $4,000 nonina-
ton OF Gov. Hay. He said:
'-The progressive party has man
as a candidate for governor. real
man. and not a putty man, so that
after he has served four years as
governor he viii not have TO buy
HIS nomination for another term "
he desires IT,"
Ezra Meeker then announced the
result OF the straw vote which ne
had been taking all week on Union
ST., near Second nv. II showed That
out OF approximately 1000 votes.
Roosevelt had nearly as many votes
as all the other candidates combined.
Wilson was second. Only about 20
votes separated Taft. who was
third. from Debs, socialist candi-
date.
OTHER CANDIDATES SPEAK.
Senator J. w. Bryan, candidate
for congressman-at Senator
Dan Landon. candidate for congress
against Trimmer Humphrey. ana
Senator J. A. Falconer. candidate
for congressma each made
brief talks. dwelling on the prfn.
ciples Of the progressive party plat
form. which place the rights OF hu-
mainly above the rights OF the
mere dollar. Between speeches, n
quartet sang catchy campaign
songs.
Hodge spoke straight from the
shoulder. fearlessly and without
/ lodging.
Il am the uncouth, the illiterate
candidate, az the opposition press
would have you believe" he began.
and brought down the house In n
storm Of applause.
And the reason they say ! know
nothing. is because | would not
listen to some OF the politicians OF
that crowd and because spoiled the
office OF sheriff OF King county, so
far as grating was concerned.
Il promise. az governor. to spoil
the office OF governor in Just the
same way. | propose to conduct
that office on strictly business
lines and not TO build UP any politi.
| cal machines.
JUDGES ARE TRIMMERs.
They have been falsely circulat.
ing the statement that ! have de
nouncod all tho superior court
judges In King county az crooks
will not take back anything that
said. But the truth is that said
that some OF our King county judges
are the worst trimmers and iobbers
that have ever known. And | will
not go back on that statement
my experience as sheriff has
shown me that judges, above all
should be subject 10 the recall. Any
i Judge fearing the recall shows that
he has not confidence In his ability
to fill impartially the duties OF his
office. ! have watched the work.
ings OF courts and the administra.
ton Of law. The law Is full oI
loophoIes.