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Show I PARTY FIGHT ON I COAST VIGOROUS Last Minute Opponent of Senator Johnson Arouses Antagonism SACRAAfENfrCX Ci . Ac- is. (By the Associated Press ) Vigorous campaigning by Senator! end gubernatorial gu-bernatorial candidates w.is the. fra- ture of the weeks preceding Callfor-nla's Callfor-nla's primary flection, which will be hold on August 29 ;nd at which cjmi-dldates cjmi-dldates will be nominated tor com-ploto com-ploto state ticket and for all county virtual lest minute Injection Into B the pre-prlmary eampaNn of a R- K publican opponent against l'nltcd States Senator Hiram s'. Johnron. i who had been expected to nave a clear field so far as the Republican nomination was concerned, aroused i old-tlmc political antagonism. Sena-tor Sena-tor Johnson's opponent was Charles C. Moon-, s.in Francisco engineer and president of the Panama Paolfic In-ternntlonnl In-ternntlonnl exposition at San Erah-1 Erah-1 Cisco in 1915 Moore's candidncy was announced ! after a meeting In San Francisco of Republican leaders opposed to John-son. John-son. and following the announcement it became apparent that the iintl-Johnson iintl-Johnson campaign would be based on the latter'a opposition to the four power Pacific treaty. SI N Johnson ANSWERS. Earlv In th campaign reports were circulated that Moon- had the back-ing back-ing of the administration of Presl-dent Presl-dent Harding ami that it was a fight of "progressive" as represented by Moore, arcalnst a man who was "at outs" with the national admlnlstra-H- tlon Later reports from Washington ' Bald the president had derided to take no part In the California senatorial fight. It also was declared by Ben- ator Johnson's friends that aside from his vote against the four powr ; treaty Johnson was a firm supporter of the president. I Senator Johnson returned to ii-fornla ii-fornla and was prcimpt to take up the fight. In his opening speech to J the "home folks" he declared that Ih It was "the same old flrht against the same old gang" men who opposed op-posed him when he was governor an 1 fought the Southern Pacific company and other corporations. Senator Johnson also declared that he had returned "to the best protected protect-ed state In the union" so far as the tariff was concerneJ. He declared that he had opposed the four power treaty because he was opposed to "'entangling "'en-tangling alliances" and because of the Japanese Immigration Issue, Which for years had been vital In California. Other candidates for the senatorial nominations were William J. Pearson, Pear-son, Democrat, of Los Angeles. Upton Sinclair, Socialist author, Pasadena, and H. Clay Necdham, rrohlbltlon-lst, rrohlbltlon-lst, Newhall. RACK FOR GO I. "NOR. For gub6rnatorial honors, Governor TVllllam 1.) Stephens was out suc-ceed suc-ceed himself on the Republican ticket. He also filed on the Prohibition Prohi-bition ticket. His Republican opponent oppo-nent was State Treasurer Friend Vv. Richardson of Bcrkeh y Mattlson B. Jones of Glcndalo. a Los Angeles suburb, and Thomas Leo Woolwlne, district attorney of Los Angeles county, wen- the Democratic candidates. Jones also filed on the Prohibition ticket. Alexander Horr fl of San Francisco was the- Socialist candidate. (1 Republicans of the First and See- ond congressional districts In north-em north-em California made a determined f-fort f-fort to regain these two seats in the houso of representatives from Demo-II Demo-II cratlc incumbents. In all the other nine districts, except the Sixth, which has been vacant since the death last fall of Representative Arthur Elston. the Incumbent are candidates to ruc-H ruc-H j ceed themselves. No opposition can-dldates can-dldates appeared In the Fifth Bev- ' rnth. Eighth, and Eleventh districts to contest with Republican Incuin-bents. |