New Britain herald., 1920-06-11
CONVENTION HEARS ALL ABOUT JOHNSON California Statesman Brought
 Forth As Candidate IS NAMED BY WHEELER

Known Western Senator as the
 Known Western Senator and the
 Fearless Man of the Hour and
 Friend of Late Theodore Roosevelt.
 Chicago. June 11.-HaiIed as tho man to "scourge the last of the bosses from the temple of the republican party" Hiram Johnson was formally nominated today for the republican presidential candidacy by Charles S. Wheeler of California.
 The great responsibility is yours" the speaker said to the convention delegates. The American voter everywhere is saving of California's son just as Roosevelt said of him-of all the public men in this country to- das- ne is the one with whom I find myself in most complete sympathy
 "To the end that men and net mas ters shali administer the great tr,s- teeship of the republican party: to the end that this convention may make no mistake; to the end that you who hold in your hands the parfy's destiny may go forth from these halls
 
 tain victory: to the end that a repub- lican administration may once again Broadcast the nation with happiness and prosperity; to the end that the constitution of our fathers and the highest traditions of the American people shall endure; to the end that the patriotic principles and the lofty ideals of Washington. of Lincoln and of Roosevelt shall live on and on and on-the sovereign state of California places before you Ia formal nomina- hon-Hiram w. Johnsor."
 Praises Candidate.
 The orator described Senator John son as the man first brought forth for presidential honor by California after 70 years of statehood and left no con- troversy in recent political history un- touched as he sketched the senator's career
 MT. Wheeler attacked the argument of political geographcrs against can- dldates from the far west.
 California would say to such men that this progressive world of ours has been moving right along.' He said that tine course of empire has steadily pursued its westward way; that the hand and brain of men have not only spanned rivers and levellef hills, but they now have leaped athwart the ether and hewn highways through the very heavens themselves until the east and the west arc one.'
 The California delegation claims tn eright to speak authoritatively for the rank and file of the republican party. It bases that claim upon the | fact that it was sent to this conven- ! tion by the stupendous majority of i -f.nf, ..Ef literal truth. hailed from every nook i and cranny corner of this nation.
 By every sign of the Zodiac. this | should be n republican year. The [ disgust for the party in power is uni- | versal But notwithstanding all this. | there has never been a time in the , history of the republican party when failure to name the right candidate | would surely spell party defeat. |
 This proposition may be laid down | with automatic certainty: The No i vember election will not be won hy ! the platform of either political party. | The personality of the candidate-and ! not the party affliation--is going to 1 elect the next president of the United 1 States
 The man who will enter the White { HoSse on the fourth of March. 1921 i will he that republican or that demo ' crat in whom the average American voter places the most faith.
 These voters have learned within the last few years that the most powerful ruler in the world is the | president of. the United States. They are smarting under sense of per sonal oppression. No man can make them believe they are not the victims of the prohtecrs. They believe that the remedy for their economic wrong will be found when there is again in the White House n man of vital force and broad human sympathies and they are grimly determined that never again with their consent shall there be elevated to that all-powerfuI place any man who has not convinced them by his record that he is in touch with the needs Of the average man.
 The Balance of Power
 These voters form the great middle class of the nation. They hold the balance of power ana they will not stand for a reactionary administration. i
 "A yellow dog is impossible and a,i dark horse cannot win. If you ex- pect their vote do nPt offer to thepi
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