Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1922-08-19
POLITICAL
CAMP PAIGNS On
IN CALIFORNIA
Senatorial and GubernatOrial
Candidates Vigorous in
Seeking Seats

SACRAMENTO, Calf Aug. 10
(By the Associated Press. Vigorous
campaigning by senatorial and guber-
material candidates was the feature
OF the weeks preceding CALIFORNIA; $
primary election which will be held
on Aug. 20 and at which candidates
will be nominated for complete state
ticket and for all county offices.
Virtual last-muute injection into
the pre-primary campaign of a repub-
lican opponent against United States
Senator Hiram W Johnson, who had
been expected to have a clear field
so far as the republican nomination
was concerned, aroused old-time po-
litical antagonsms. Senator John.
sons opponent was Charles c. Moore,
San Francisco engineer and presi.
dent of the Panama Pacific Inter
national exposition at San Francisco
in 1915,
Moore's candidacy was announced
after a meeting in San Francisco of
republican leaders opposed to John
son, and following the announcement
it became apparent that the anti,
Johnson campaign would be based
on the latter's opposition to the four
power Pacific treaty,
Early n the campaign reports were
circulated that Moore had the back,
ing of the administration Of Presi-
dent Harding and that it was a fight
OF progressive" as represented by
Moore, against a man who was "at
outs" with the national administra
ton Later reports from Washington
said the pres dent had decided to
take no part in the California sena-
torial fight. 1t also was declared
by Senator JqSnson's friends that
aside from his vote against the four
power treaty, Johnson was a firm
supporter of the president.
Senator Johnson returned to Cali
fornia and was prompt to take up
the fight In his opening speech to
the home folks" he declared that 1t
was the same old fight against the
same old gang who opposed
him when he was governor and
fought the Southern Pacific Railroad
company and other corporations.
Senator Johnson also declared that
he had returned ito the best pro-
tected state in the union" so far as
the tariff was concerned. He de-
cIarad that he had opposed the four
power treaty because he was opposed
to "entangling alliances" and because
o.. the Japanese immigration issue
which for years had been vital in
Other candidates for the senatorial
nominations were William J. Pearson,
democrat. of Los Angeles; Upton
Sinclair, socialist author Pasadena,
and H. Clay Needham. prohibitionist'
Newhal
For gubernatoriaI honors Governor
William D. stephens was out to sue
ceed h mself on the republican ticket
He also filled on the prohihitionist
ticket His republican opponent was
State Treasurer Friend W. Richard
son Of Berkeley.
Mattison B. Jones of Glendale,
Los Angeles suburb, and Thomas Lee
Woolwine, district attorney of Los
Angeles county, were the democratic .
Jones also filed on the
prohibition ticket Alexander Horr
Of San Francisco was the socialist
Republicans of the First and Sec
ond congressional districts in north
ern California made a determined
effort to regain these two seats in
thas house of representatives from
democratic incumbents. In all the
other nine districts except the SNth'
which has been vacant since the
death last fall OF Representative Ar
thur Elston, the incumbents are can
aidates to succeed themselves No
opposition candidates appeared in the
Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh
districts to contest with republican