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publican party" Senator Hiram
Johnson was formally nominated to-
uhy Tor the presidential candidacy by
CHARLES >. Wheeler. OF California.
The great responsibility is yours"
inc speaker said TO the convention
delegates. The American voter
everywhere liz saying of California's
son Just AZ Roosevelt said of him
nf all the public men in this country
today. he Is the one with whom iinu
myself in most complete sympathy.
To the. end that men ana not mas
ters shall administer the great trus-
teeship OF the Republican party: 10
The end that this convention may
make no mistake. to the end that
you who hold in your hands the
party's destiny may go forth from
these halls triumphant in the as
surance OF certain victory: to the end
that a Republican administration
may once again broadcast the nation
with happiness and prosperity; TO the
end that the Constitution OF our
fathers and tho 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
In formal nomination Hiram ". John
SON"
CnlIfornin'x First Offering.
The orator described Senator John
son as the man first brought forth for
presidential honor by California after
scN'nly years OF StilcnOOu, ana irlt
no controversy in recent political his
tory untouched as he skctchcd the
Senator's career.
The California delegation claims
the right To speak autnoritativciy for
the rank and Ale Of the Republican
party. II bases that claim upon the
fact that II WAS sent TO this convcn-
ton hy the stmpendous majority OF
10000 American citizens who in
literal truth hailed from every nook
and Granny corner Of this nation.
by every sign OF the zodiac. this
should be- Republican year. The
disgust for the party in power IL uni
vcrsal. But Notwithstanding all this.
there has never been time in the
history II tho Republican party when
u failure TO name enc right candidate
would so surely spell party defeat.
Personality. Not Platform. VIII Win.
This proposition may be laid down
with aNiomatic certainty: The NO
vcmhcr election will not he won by
the platform Of either political party.
The personality of the candidate. and
not thc'party anliat!on. Ia going TO
elect the next Frcsiicn, of tho United
States.
"rhc man who will enter the
White House on the ith of March
1921. viii be that Republican or that
Democrat in whom the average
American voter places the most faith.
"A yellow dog is Impossible and a
'darh horse cannot win. II you OK
pcct their vote. do not offer 10 them
thet!c. business administration. The.
are in no mood 10 take II on.
What ihcy want and what they
didatc whose red -bloodcd. Fortnight
Amcricanism trausfuscs it's warmth
TO the cookies OF their hearts and
whose words Of ringing righteous
rcss bring new hope TO their troubled
lis it not the truth that Tho mos,
importan, duty that confron,s this
convention today is to see 10 1t tina,
the Republican party Is once again
returned To power?
DO you want another four years
OF economic chaos DO YOU want
family in the White House? II YOU
inslst that the father OF dynasty
shall abhicate, do sou want the pco-
pie then 10 take M the crown
Take. Shot mt Mili,nrists.
III you do not, why then gamble
with chance? why. close your eyes
10 the oe''ons' WY no, aaInt 10
lItical vision knows. that there Is one
Republican who can sweep the coun-
1ry, whose nomination VIII carry
with ii the absolute certainty OF his
election?
II, may be true that our near
officer class. the captains Of indus
try. the disbursing officers OF the
primary army. and the colonies OF
the commissary who advance the
sincws Of war. would prefer "A mill
tary leader. But ] am here TO say
for tho rank and file Of the Repub-
lican party that.
1.-The plain Yanks
Who NIL the ranks.
That have the votes,
Are calling for the son of Cali
fornia.
johnson Plays Gnm~ Fairly.
They sec In him a man OF action.
a great constructive executive.
leader 20 whom platform promise
keeps the faith. VINO cnacts his
promised word into the law OF the
land, an executive who gave TO his
own state a government so clean. so
efficient and 60 uplifting that it
challenges comparison. a leader who
knows how so 10 WELD the cudgel of
political power that even party
knavcs are forced to play the game
squarcly with the pconi".
I'm the past few weeks the Amer
lean people have seen this son o!
California brought face TO face with
the highest ambition that can possess
the hope OF mortal man. They have
seen him put to the acid test And
they have seen him return from his
great campaign witK head erect, with
no blot on his cscutcheon. and with
eyes that can still look straight into
the face of his fellow-countrymen.
SIush Funds of Candidates.
eff you shall select this son Of CAL
ifornia, remember that in the conduct
of his campaign he has placed no
burden upon the back OF the Repub-
lican party. No 100000 angels have
been lowering over him: no $4,000 tip
from the friendly hand of Il Standard
oil king has found it's way into his
political treasury. and not penny
from his private purse has been
stalled in the glucy pocket of n
'show-me' politician.
You men of honest big business:
take just once from your stubborn
ears the plugs of prejudice, so you
may permit yourselves TO learn just
what this mans creed really is. lie
sees organized society structure of
laws. When respect for law dies
our civilization itself is dead. There
fore. all lawbrcakcrs must he forced
10 bow before the law of the land.
Whether the lawbreaker is the petty
thief or the thief Of millions, all. all
must be forced to obey the law of
the land. The man who cannot sub
scribe to that doctrine--and the doe
trine Is the very essence of the creed
of California's SONS not fit TO be
an American.
My fellow, Americans the hour
has struck. the time has come. to
scourge the last Of the bosses from
this great temple OF the Republican
party.
Men of the South, II it he true
that there are among your number