The morning call., 1892-11-08
FOLLOW THE LEADER
And Stick to the Ticket
That Wins.
EVERYTHING GOES NON.PARTISAN.
This Is the Day That Ends the Law.
less Reign
OF THE B00DLERS And THE BOSSES.
Stand by The Call in This Great Battle
and You'll Be on the Win.
ming Side.

There is no apparent reason now why the
Non-Partisans should not sweep the city
to-day. Everything points to this result of
the hottest municipal campaign in the his
tory of San Francisco. From the beginning
of the fight THE CALL has battled in the
front ranks. winning recruits from day to
day.
From its inception the popular movement
against vice and corruption, boss rule and
its attendant outrages on common decency,
has grown and thrived in spite of lying op-
position until it is recognized as the winning
faction in the great struggle to-day.
Everything Is Nom Partisan, judging from
the enthusiasm invoked by the mention of
any name on that ticket
Non-Partisanship aud the wave of long
needed reform following in its wake is the
Que theme discussed wherever men pos.
sessed Of deeency and intelligence congre-
gate.
There is nothing else In local politics
worth considering. La fact the Non-Parti-
sans are the only faction who have thought
worth while to incorporate politics into
their platform.
The rest is species of municipal lawless-
ness and knavery in the flnsy guise of
| politics, which has grown so intolerable
that the people have Iisen up against it of
| their own accord.
From THE CALLS agitation of the dive
| question grew this popular aud righteous
| revolution, which will only half revolve,
crushing the corrupt on the under side and
landing the Non-Parusans triumphant On
| top.
1t seems that the decent element was
only waiting for leader to point the way.
The leader came, and honest men and
women have made the movement what ii is
The venom aud bitterness and slander
which have characterized the opposition 70
this not unnatural desire on the part of an
honest people speaks volumes for the char
acter of the men who cannot tolerate
honesty. But every point of attack has
been met and covered. and instead Of
weakening the cause the Non Partisans
have gained fresh recruits on sort of a
boomerang basis.
There are far more supporters behind
this movement than have come out and de-
clared themselves.
Thousands OF thinking men who have
long waited for an opportunity to cast bal
lot in the interest Of purity and reform
have quietly pinned their faith to the Nom
Partisans, which fact will be made ap-
parent when the votes are counted. The
result will be simply astounding.
Canvasses have been made by THE CALL
that show which way the popular tide is
tending Bankers, merchants, capitalists
and laborers have shaken of party yokes.
1t is not necessary to canvass the city In
| order to arrive at this conclusion. Keep
your ears open, both indoors and out, for
rumblngs Of the disaster that viii to-day
oyertake bosses aud boodlers and clean out
the corruptIonists.
In oarber-shops, restaurants and saloons,
Is Third street excepted the sole cry is
''NOn-Partisan and REFORM" Down with
the bosses and their dives, ard let US see
now the city will look in her new garb"
So much for THE CALLS crusade, which
started with a ripple, gathering weight and
volume as it rolled along until it swelIed
into a gigantic wave which will to- day
sweep the bosses from their stronghold.