The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-01
THE EXAMINERS
NIGHTMARE.
How That Journal Is Affected by
the Moons Changes.

If there is one thing that interests the
Examiner more than another il is the tinan-
ces of newspaper. The finances of THE
CALL is a special object of solcitude, and at
certain phases of the moon the frenzy of
that paper becomes demoniacal. Yesterday
the Examiner had very bad spell, the moon
just turning. James Gossip, one of the col
lectors of The CALL, embezzled less than
500. The Examiners mania may be dag
nosed from the following effusi0n, which
appeared yesterday:
THE CALL has been robbed again.
This time the cleanup OF the thieves amounts
unsaVory individual whose shameful conduct
with Mrs. Robert W. Du Rose caused the muir
der OF the woman by her wrOnged husband, and
who. nOtwithSland his self-cOufeSSed veness,
was employed in "a confidential capacity ON HE
CALL, is the arch thief in The CALLS latest eX-
pelience, he being ably seconded Dy James
Gossip who was also a trusted employe OF the
paper.
circulation IN the Interior, and as an iuducement
10 people 10 allow the paper TO be thrown INTO
their yards, he promised them a Tree wrlte-up OF
themselves and their business. just now many
names Mitchell secured is still mystery IN The
CALL Office but 1t is known that he tleeeed the
paper out OF great many dollars
As to the individual named, Mitchell, the
Examiners article is purely hallucnaton.
He was never employed on THE CALL in a
COnuItiilibI GdpoClb1f VI " ShAl ftoo Api ohO-
scriptions, nor did he ever at in either
capacity for The CALI, and from the
Examiners description OF Mitchell as
moral leper one would infer that he was
member of the staff Of that paper, bat as he
had nothing whatever to do with the EN-
beZzling of the money the Examiner will
probably hear from him later. But II may be
asked why it is that TIE CALLS finances,
The CALLS subscribers and The CALLS
advertising should seem as red fag-to
fire the Examiners frenzy? Three years
ago that paper started out on crusade
against TIE CALI. Alter wading through
oceans of lies, vituperati0n and lnveetiye,
after squandering half a million dollars OF
the late Senator HearSt's money, what is
found? That THE CALL was never in a
more prosperous condition than 1t Is ID
to-day.
How is it with the Examiner? Outsiders
are not Interested in tde entrails of their Of
fee, and were it not for the fact mat Occa-
SiOnally the veil is lifted and shocking
sights thrust themselves upon the public
gaze people would not interest themselves
with the motives or the measures Of that IA
per. But when public Journal In the city
Of san Francisco starts out to break down
the restriction to Chinese Immigration either
the managing spirit OF that paper has gone
mad or dire necessity cOmpels the Tepletion
Of their Golfers from those interested in Chi
neSe immigration. Awakened to its senses
the Examiner found that something must be
done to stem the tide of public indignation,
and tue labor train" was improYised.
Free transpOrtation-tIans portation without
money ana without p!ice-to the vineyards
and fruit fields OF the whole State was the
promise made Tor this bad break How was
this promise carried out. Not by carrying
laborerS to the vineyards and orchards, but
by the organization of lottery sehemeI
The labor train was transformed into
lottery train," and instead of conveying
Iaborrrs back and forth to and from
the scenes Of their labor they we're of
fered lottery tickets in exchange for
their hard-earned nickeis The Arnold
case furnishes striking example of the
infamous schemes sometimes employed by
newspaper men to eXtuTt money, and the
revelations in the Bruuer case present one
corner Of the picture OF the operations OF
gang OF journalistic MahaS To newspapers
of this stamp Is largely due the immunity
from punishment which is the cause oil The
present epidemic of elm bezzi ement. Instead
of being the trlbanes Of th5 people and the
defenders of their rights, for COIN these
journals will undertake the defense OF any
criminal. Under the % lis OF a vicious press
the public have seen courts emboldeued To
set right at defiance, aud to instruct the jury
in effect to find for the culprits.
Is 1t surprising then that the frequency OF
cases of enlightenment IN this city is beeom-
ing alarming? What are merchants and
business men to do if the courts will not
protect them against embezzlemsnt? First
look after the finances closely, as The CALL
did in this instance so as to render the enl-
beZzlement OF any considerable amount i'm
possible, and when the next election day
comes around cast your ballot for judges
vino will keep in view the rights OF the
people.