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JOHNSON'S HIT AT LA FOLLETTE BREEDS SILENCE But Los Angeles Voters Applaud Him When He Mentions Roosevelt Colonel Makes Speech by Proxy, Outlining His Views on the Canal [ Special Diipctch to The Call] LOS ANGELES, April 29.—Following c'oseon the heels of Robert M. I*a Fol- left", the progressive leader whom he had honored and exalted above all can didates vi two months .._■■> Cover v.. Johnson came to Eos Angeles tonigbl Lo tell the repub lican <.t i.a Follette not only falls abort of being a national candi dal* for the presidency, hut that his ■ en to direct suspicion. Governor Johnson's address in the rium trai the first of a by means "f which he expects to fcilenee the vigorous Le Follette senti ment that has grown up since the Wts man commence!) his campaign. A crowd fully equal in size to that tt« Friday night greeted Johnson tonight, and although enthusiastic at the niention of Roose velt's name tin. bitter denunciation of •r l.a Follette was heard in sil- . La Rollette's campaign in California, Governor Johnson said, is an attempt - to throw dust in the aye* of the voters. -The senator's method- he characterized a; "intellectual legerdemain." Never once in his whole address did the speak* mention the name of the ' man whom he denounced, and the La Follette sympathizers in the hall, if they, contemplated a. demonstration, were doomed to disappointment. Quoting from what he termed the "bitter diatribe" of this distinguished gentleman, "who is -pending three and a half weeks in California for a paltry 26 delegates," Johnson said Colonel Roosevelt had been called "neither a progressive or a progressive leader." This statement he followed by read ing half a dozen excerpts from speeches and articles written by Senator La Fol lette in the last three or four years, in which Colonel Roosevelt and the Roose velt administration were praised in highest terms. Continuing, Johnson said: "But. for some reason that has come about since that time, the distinguished gentleman who is now touring Cali fornia insists that Theodore Roosevelt is not only not a progressive, but that he is owned by the trusts. Why, only last fall, at a conference of progressive leaders in Cifford Pinchot's rooms In Washington, this same distinguished gentleman si-owed tne draft of a letter he said he writing to Colonel Roosevelt, in which he offered to with draw from the race if Roosevelt cculd be Induced to make the fight.'' Governor Johnson did not say what had become of the letter. He contin ued by explaining his own attitude in thus criticising Senator La Follette »:_ helng tfue Ml*]? to his belief !n the cause NOT A WTIOXAI, CANDIDATE "This distinguished gentleman is not in any sense a national candidate for the presidency." he said. "He was not a candidate in Indiana or New York or Illinois or Kentucky, lie is not a candidate except nominally la Massachusetts and Ohio. "He has today only 36 delegates and he is here in California spending nearly a month of time i n the middle of the campaign in an effort to get 26 more." "Even if he should get the delegates from th's state he would have but 62 out of 1.076. and with thai pitiful num ber he couldn't write a single plank in arty platform, nor could he have th-e faintest hope for the nomination. •WHAT DOES HE AV.ANTf" ' Let me tell you that Senator La Fol lett° doesn't hope o r expect to carry the state of California in the primaries two weeks hence. What does he want in California?- Just one of two things: Either he expect- to defeat Theodore Roosevelt, or. secondly, he expects to destroy pregressiveisna in California. But, by the grace of God and our own good sense, he shall not do either." "You in southern California must do your part to win the fight, just as we are going to do our part in the north. And in San Francisco we are going to give a majority—exposition or no expo sition —to Theodore Roosevelt." Althougl to inke part in the speech hy proxy. Ft came by tele graph to Governor Johnson from Bos ion- almost _.000 words—and was read request of the governor by Sta'e Scan tor Lcp C. Gates. • egram the colonel reiterated plea for which the progres ibiicana are striving, declared ::ain<=t railroad ownership of s the Panama canal, con gratulated California upon having the Psnai iltion al San Francisco, he said would not have hren pos l the rana! not hr.en acquired -onstruetton begun during bis sd on: plac-d Patrick Calhoun i Francisco in his Increasing list of ''bosses' supporting President Taft; condemned the 'atter's alleged support and later repudiation of Senator Lori mer, and characterized the president as "well meaning but feeble" and backed by the -powers that pillage." After regretting his inability to romp to California. Colonel Roosevelt's tele gram referred at length to th» endeav ors of tlie progressives to bring about legislation in the interests of the work ineman and f the farmer, and to the desire to break up that "corrupt alli ance of crooked business and (rooked politics which has been the most po tent source of the debauchery of American political life." OITMXES CANAIi VIEWS arding the canal shipping prob lem, the telegram read: •'I am Strongly against permitting any of the transcontinental raiiroad iines to own or control any line nf ships or to make freight agreements with any company owning or controlling any go through the Pa i bare been shown a pamphlet published by Mr. Sharon. He state* that Mr. Taft has now changed his mind in thia matter and favors permitting tlie Southern Pacific an d transcontinental railroads to own ■ ntro! lines of ships through the ■ i mbs canal. 1 hold that this would be entirely improper and would give pportunity to the transcontinental railroads to stifle healthy competition between the canal and the railroads. ownership or control should be forbidden by law and should not merely be ma." j a matter of administrative regnin tion. "1 congratulate California upon hav ing the Panama Canal exposition in San Francisco. There is no feat of my ad ministration which I regard as of more genuine benefit to all our people, and indeed to al! the people of the world, than the building of the Panama canal, ami the'building of the, San Francisco exposition eras of course conditioned U£on. the building of the canal. 1 be NEW TENNIS TWANG Whitman Is The Theme I Malcolm Douglas Whitman, tennis champion, who is contemplating a visit to California. Gossip of the Courts Is Prospective Visit of Miss Crocker's Fiance The friends of Miss Jennie Crocker in this city and in Hillsborough have learned that her hance, Malcolm Douglas Whitman, is rontemplating a visit to California in the early summer. As the bridegroom to he is a tennis champion of world renown, it is hoped he will be here in time to take part in the annual tennis tournament of Del Monte. Before entering upon his career as a lawyer. Whitman devoted himself to athletics with a vigor which won him the Longwnod cup. tbe middle states championship and the New York state championship Whitman's engagement to Miss Crocker was announce*! at a dinner given by the bride elect's aunt. Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, in her Nome in Xew York, a fortnight ago. Although gossip had been busy connecting Miss Crocker's name with eligible aspirants to her hand, in F.'uropc as well as in this country, the news of the betrothal came as something of a surprise. Two years ago Whitman visited California, and was extensively enter tained by the Burlingame set. Already a number of affairs are being planned in honor of the young couple. lieve that the building of the Panama canal will be of great benefit to allour people and indeed to the whole world. But the greatest benefit will come to the people of the Pacific slope. It will tend to make the Pacific what the At lantic has been in modern times; what the Mediterranean was in ancient times —the central sea of civilization." PAINTS SINISTER PKTIRE After asking for a comparison of his chief supporters and those of the op position the telegram concluded: "I have no doubt that Mr. Taft means well, but he means well so feebly that most of his acts are evidently dictated by those men around him who are neither well meaning nor feeble. Mr. Taft is not a man to Inspire much. either of hope or alarm, but behind Mr. Taft loom the great sinister figures of the exponents of corruption in poli tics and of the worst form of special privilege in industrial life. The pow ers that prey —the powers that pillage —are behind Mr. Taft and would be the chief beneficiaries of his success. Over against them we stand as the cham pions of the plain peopte of the United States, of the men and women who make up the great bulk of American citizenship. In such a lineup between the people on one side and on the other side the bosses and the beneficiaries of special privilege, we feel that we have the right to ask California to stand foremost in the ranks of right eousness and to take her place where Maine, Oregon. Washington, Illinois, OLD TIME MAY DAY FOR WATSONVILLE City, in Garb of Gayety, Will Acknowledge Gift of Baseball Park [SpeciaZ Dispatch to The Call] WATSONVILLE. April 29—Plans for the all May day celebration in honor of the officials of the Watsonville Railway and Navigation company, at Port Wat sonville. Wednesday, have been com pleted by tlie Commercial league of this city, under whose auspices the affair is to be held. All the stores in Watsonville will be closed Wednesday so that every one can take part .n the big event. The opening of the $10,000 baseball park, erected by F. E. Snowden, presi dent of the Watsonville Railway and Navigation company, will be a leading feature of the day's program. The park Will he used for the first time in the afternoon, when a game will be played between the Watsonville and Salinas teams. "Mysterious" Mitchell is captain of the former team. In addition to the christening of the new park there will be sports of vari ous kinds and a literary program. Mayor J. A. Hall will deliver an address of welcome. Tt is expected that a large number of Deople.will come from Santa Ofuz, Hol lister, Monterey and Salinas. Mother of Twelve <'lrl« How would you like to clothe the** girls? She doesn't worry: it's easy on the ■•California" $l a week credit plan. o'J Stockton street, upstairs. * THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1912. Missouri and Pennsylvania fyave al ready taken theirs." Immediately after reading this mes sage Gates introduced Governor John son as "the next vice president of the United States." There was no deafen ing demonstration and the governor hastened to explain that he likes his present job. Senator l>a Follette continued today on his record breaking campaign, greatly rested by his quiet Sunday. At noon, in company with Mrs. La Fol lette, he addressed a crowd of more than 1.000 members of the Woman's City club of lx>s Angeles, going over in detail the principles that make up his platform. lie was received enthu siastically. in the afternoon La Follette went to the soldiers' home at Sawtelle, where he addressed several hundred civil war veterans on "The Modern Battle of Freedom." The old soldiers greeted him affectionately and heaped bouquets of roses upon him. Later in the after noon be spoke at Santa Monica, going from there to Ocean Park and Venice, where two large audiences were gath ered to hear him in the evening. Again he flayed Colonel Roosevelt for the Massachusetts speech in which the for mer president said he made Taft presi dent. La Follette will remain one more day in southern California, leaving tomor row afternoon for Dixon and the start of an automobile tour through the Sac ramento valley. OWENS BILL IS OPPOSED BY WORKS He Says Scheme Is Concocted by American Medical Association [Special Dispatch to The Call] WASHINGTON, . April _9.—Senator Works of California said in the senate today that if Jesua Christ were prae j ticing his healing In New York today ,as he did in Judea 1,900 years ago he would be subject to fines and impris onment under the laws of that state. Senator Works, a Christian Scientist, was speaking in opposition to the Owen bill to establish a govern ment bureau'in the department of health. He charged that the bill was part of a concerted scheme of the American Medical association to obtain legislation to perpetuate the power of j the regular school of medicine, and i said it was a mercenary attempt of doctors to establish a medical bureau independent and free from control by j any department of government with a I regular physician at its head, whereby all other schools of medicine and modes of healing would be placed at the mercy of the regular school. Senator Works contended that efforts of doctors to monopolize healing had of late been directed chiefly against : Christian Scientists. MRS. BISHOP TO BPEAX -Vallejo. April 25». Mrs. Emily Montagu? Bishop, a close per sonal friend of Senator and Mrs. !._ Follette, who ha* come fr<mi Washington to speak In this state In behalf of Senator I.a Follette'a raadtdacr, will speak in tnis citj Uie e\e_l_g of Maj- 1. STOCKTON TURNS OUT FOR W.H.T. Many Women in Rally Ad dressed by Shortridge and Short [Specie/ Dispatch to The Call] STOCKTOX, April 29.—"1f President Taft ever violated the law he did so only once, and that was when he came to San Francisco's assistance at the time of the great disaster," declared Samuel M. Shortridge tonight at an enthusiastic meeting of the Taft club here. There were nearly as many women in attendance at the meeting as men, and they manifested much Interest In the remarks of the speakers.. Judge Light called the assemblage to order, and in troduced R. K. Wilhoit of Stockton as chairman of the evening. Shortridge's principal argument was that Taft had been a good president and that he was deserving of re-election. ~— The speaker referred to what the president had done for San Francisco in connection with the fair. He said that when the commissioners saw by count of noses that they were going to lose the fair for San Francisco, they sent for President Taft and he swung the exposition for that city. The speaker asserted that the presi dent's attitude on the tariff so far as oranges, lemons and sugar were con cerned was entirely beneficial to Cali fornia. Concerning the trust question, Shortridge said that during the last three and a half years the president has conducted 10 times as many trust cases as Roosevelt did in seven and a half years. He said he prosecuted the cases through the regular courts and not by word of mouth, by noise, threats and promises. Frank H. Short of Fresno closed the meeting He referred mainly to Roose velt's attitude. Speaking of the former president, he said: He would have been one of the greatest lawyers in the world. As an actor he would have put Booth in the shade. He would be the one man in the spotlight. In austerity of manner and piety of speech he has all ministers put in the shade when he so desires, but upon some occasions he has Spider Kelly beaten to a frazzle. I mention these things simply to show you that he assumes one standard for you and me. one for himself, and so on as oc casion demands." PACIFIC GAS BEGINS WORK ON BEAR RIVER New Company to Put Through Colorado Midland's Project [Special Dispatch to The Call] GRASS VALLKY, April 29.—Engi neers for the Pacific Gas and Electric company arrived today to make sur veys for the reservoir and power plant on Bear river, near Nevada county's narrow gauge railroad building. It was announced that the old Towles water system on the American river will be diverted into Bear river, and that the new plant will become an im portant station in the company's great system. That a new company has been formed to take over the Colorado Midland's project of building a railroad from Marysviile to this city became known here today. C. K. flinch admitted that he was interested in such a company, and that options had been obtained on the Colo rado Midland right of way and ter minals, and also on the electric line running from here to Nevada City. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S NEGRO SERVANT DEAD GALESBCRG. 111.. April 29.—Allison Dimery, a negro servant of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, when Lincoln was elected president, died here today of pneumonia. Dimery declined Lin coln's offer to accompany him to Wash ington, as he had a sweetheart in Springfield, whom he did not wish to leave. Dimery later served in the war and was a member of the local G. A. R. 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SLOANE 216-226 SUTTER STREET TAFT RALLY AT SAN JOSE DRAWS Garden Theater Is Packed and People Are Turned Away From Doors [Special Dispatch .o The Call] SAN JOSE, April 29. —The Garden theater, selected because of its size, was filled to overflowing tonight for the Taft meeting, the largest political rally of the presidential campaign. The del egation from San Francisco arrived at the entrance just before further ad missions had to be refused to all com ers because of the lack of space. George D. Worswick, former mayor of this city, introduced as the chair man of the evening Colonel Philo Hersey, a veteran af the civil war and one of the most prominent fruit grow ers of the Santa Clara valley. His an nouncement that he was consecrated to the candidacy of President Taft. that he believed "in his honesty and un swerving devotion to truth," provoked a storm of cheering that lasted several minutes. The sentiment of the meeting was evident after the lirst address, when the audience, aroused by an appeal to support Taft's policies, remained stand ing throughout a musical number. For mer Congressman Ralph D. Cole of Ohio was introduced by Colonel Charles Mifflin Hammond. Cole's charge that Roosevelt was a political faker elicited round after round of applause. •Personally I believe that I know- Roosevelt better than any of you here In the audience," said Hammond. "In asking you to follow me I am not doing so blindly. We hear a lot of talk about the republican party being corrupt. "If the republican party is corrupt, who made It so? Roosevelt was o.ur president for seven and a half years, | and went out three and a half years ago to let his successor carry out his policies. Once for all. let the people of California put. aside this third term idea and put down that disgusting spectacle of that monumental political | faker charging up and down tlie state lof Massachusetts —or any other state I for that matter—and vilifying that great and good man, William Howard iTaft." Joseph Scott of Los Angeles, who devoted the greater part of his speech to the reasons of Roosevelt's candidacy, was interrupted time after time by the cheers of his audience and was forced to continue after he attempted to re sume his seat. In spite of the fact that David Starr Jordan was billed to ad dress a gathering at another theater, virtually every business man of San Jose attended the Taft meeting. Scott spoke of Roosevelt's visit to the "jungles of North Carolina" and how, on his return to Washington, he learned of the panic in Wall street. Danger threatened, and then, at the psychological moment, the steel trust stepped in and demanded that it be permitted to gobble up its competitor, else the panic would be spread over the nation. . "Here was a scrap worth while." said Scott, "but what did our prize fighter do then? He threw up his hands and told the steel trust to go to it. Last year five timid congressmen went up to New York to make an investigation Into this affair and they called Roose velt before them. The colonel told them that what he had done was a, patriotic act. Roosevelt carried his bluff against these timid men, the same as Morgan of the steel trust had car ried the bluff against him." Scott appealed to the Irish-Ameri cans by scoring Roosevelt for a speech he had made in London, which, said Scott, wrenched the heart of every liberty ldving man. He referred to the speech in which Roosevelt had tirged England to keep Its strong grip on Egypt. 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