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Show RUNNING MATE OF ROOSEVELT FEARSJEFEAT Declares That He Will Return to the Office He Now Occupies Occu-pies as Governor After Election Is Over. GOVERNOR WILSON LIMITS SPEECHES Democratic Candidate for President Concludes Not to Stump Country; Chairman McCombs Very 111. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24 Tn a speech less optimistic than any other ho has made since his nomination nom-ination to run with Theodore Roosevelt on tho National Progressive ticket, Governor Hiram W. Johnson bade farewell to his political associates today, preparatory to a stumping tour of thirty-five days through the east while Colonel Roosevelt is touring the west, "I'm not going to resign," he said, "and after the November election it is quite possible that I shall return to tho particular office I now occupy. But that is neither here nor there." The language, suggested that the possibibty of defeat was in the governor's mind and he did not dodge the suggestion. "Good will overcome the defeat," he continued, "if defeat is mot. Wo are going to plead for the brotherhood of man. Government has another duty, another power, another function than commercializing itself. We must hare a government that shall establish equality between all men and women if we would protect our institutions. If wo are able to make the people understand under-stand that, then we shall have done our duty. "And, whatever the outcome, tbey can Bay to us after the battle, as Kipling's Kip-ling's Tommy Atkins said to Fnzsry-WHlESy, Fnzsry-WHlESy, the Sudanese soldieT: " 'You're a pore benighted 'eathen But a fust-class fightm' man.' " Governor Johnson spoke tonight in Oakland and will make one more public address, at Los Angeles, before leaving tho state. His speech thi afternoon was at luncheon given jointly by the state and city Roosevelt Progressive Republican leagues and had a tone of intimacy not usual to his platform speeches. DECIDES AGAINST STUMPING TOURS By International News Service. SEAGIRT, Aug. 24. Governor Woodrow Wilson, who has but four speaking en gagements now, will make only a limited lim-ited number of speeches and no extended canvassing of tho country, according to his own statement made here today. Ills Fpeaking campaign will be arranged Monday morning In N'ew York, when he will take breakfast with Acting Chairman Chair-man McAdoo nnd afterward meet as many members of the Democratic campaign cam-paign committee as can be assembled on short notice. The prealder.tial candtate outlined his VlOWS on stump speeches in the following follow-ing words; "I am not going to make any extended ex-tended stumping tours. There will not be any large number of epeeches aw-ay from New Jersey. It Is the general Judgment that Mils is the most effective way to conduct this campaign. "My private Judgment Ik that extended stumping tours are not the most effective method of conducting a campaign. I may make a considerable number of speeches, but as for going about and canvassing the country, I have no such Intention." Governor Wilson will speak at Williams Grove, Pa., on August CO, the dollar din ner at the Yorkville cattno U New York on September 4. the American-Spanish War Veterans meeting at Atlantlo City on September 10, and the New York state fair at Syracuse on September 12. Taft Men Contest, TOPKKA, Kan., Aug. 24. Contests were filed late yesterday before the state contest board by the Taft forces against, the eight Roosevelt electoral candidates nominated at the recent state wide primary. Tho contests are in tho form of objections ob-jections to the certificates of nomination nomina-tion of the Roosevelt men issued by the state canvassing board to the secretary of state. These are the gTounds: That Roosevelt is not a Republican. That he is not in sympathy with Republican Re-publican principles. That he is u member of the Progressive Pro-gressive party. That he had his name printed on the Republican party primary ticket by That he was not nominated by Republicans. Re-publicans. These contests bear no legal relation (Continued on Pae Two.) 4 RUNNING MITE OF T. P. FEARS DEFEAT (Continued from Page One.) fo the litigation now pending in the United States supreme court, nor to tho last case against the cauvassincr board, which is to bo heard by Judge Sanborn September 2. McCombs Seriously 111. Bv International News Service. NEW YORK, Auk Jl. William P Mo-Combs, Mo-Combs, who managed the ante-convention campaign for woodrow Wilson and later was named Democratic national chairman, la seriously ill of Intestinal poisoning at his home at Flushing. He will not be able to leave his bed for more than a month and probably will take little part In the campaign. Women Hold Meeting. NEW YORK. Aug 24. Women of the national Progressive party held their first rally today In Union square. They were vigorously applaudad by a big crowd Mrs. Grant Brown of the City Federation Federa-tion of Women's clubs, presided, and 1!ss liar Drier and Mary Ellen Lease spoke. Fublicity Promised. NKW YORK, Aug. ! Beglnnlnf? Sep- Lembsr io: full publicity will be given to contributions to the Democratic national campaign fund, JosephUB Daniels, head Of i lie publicity department, announced today. Dixon Reports. CHICAGO. Aug. 24. Organization of the Progressives has been practically completed In all the Mississippi valley btr.tr . announced Senator Dixon today 'Reportfl from the mountain slate;;.'' he added "show that :;tate tickets will be n-iminnfod In Ftah. Montana. Washington Wash-ington and Oregon. : T. R.'3 Western Trip. OYSTER BAY. Aug. 24 Theodore Roosevelt on September 2 win take in c-nrH train for his western trip, which he expects will last about six weeks. Next week he will spend three days I :irn-palrrnlng :irn-palrrnlng In Vermont. |