The morning call., 1892-10-15
A sNARLING CREW.

The nubIic are vastly amused at the storm
of abuse which the Examiner. the Chronicle
and the Report are lavishlBg in concert on
THE CALI. Everybo sees through it
and wonders at the Stiffness with which the
conductors Of these sheets give themselves
away If The CALL were falling behind,
as they affect to believe, it would be grist
to their mill; they would rejoice at il. and
would forbear from saying a word to retard
the progress of injury to rival. When
they rave aud rant and gnash their teeth
and foam at the mouth about the business
of THE CALL. it is evident that they must
have some object in view. which is not the
mere statement of a commercial fact.
Ard that object is not far to seek. Each
of these three sheets. and others which
serve as tenders to one Of them. like the
Erening Post. has got personal AK to grind.
and The CALI. stands between them and
the rrindstone. Here is the Chronicle,
whose proprietor has gone clean daft on the
notion that he ought to be United States
Senator, when there is not district in San
Francisco from which he could be elected
ASsembiyman or Supervisor, and not re-
spectacle citizen who will come out openly
and say that he is his choice for Senator.
BE is a sort of Sancho PanZa, who taneies
that he is in the island Of Barataria. He is
so thick-skinned that he does not feel the
shafts of contempt and loathiDg which fall
upOn his hide from every quarter. lie Is so
Gallons 10 deeency that the odilm he has
attracted does not disturb his digestion. lie
is not unnamed by the fact that up TO the
present time no citizen OF repute has dared
to indorse his pretensions, and that the De
Young party consists Of De Young himself
and people whom he hires To public Opin-
ion he is Indifferent. because he relies on
the Republican machine to hoist him into
the office which is the goal of his ambition
in the teeth of public opinion. But his game
will be blocked if the Non Partisans elect
their ticket and the Dibble gang are laid out
in the cold. In his blind rage at this pros
pect he falls foul of THE CALL, and ap-
pears determined to die. like other creatures
of his species, emitting foul savOrs.
Then there is the Examiner, a derelict
piece of property which, in Mr.. Hearsts
absence, appears to have fallen into the
hands Of adventurers, bent on looting it.
Mr.. Hearst always said he was in favor of
good government. Then why do the people
who have got hold of his paper use 1t for
the defeat of the best effort that has been
made of late years to secure good govern
ment, and RAN increasingly at its sup
porters? II one could suppose that the
| party which is under the command of Sui
| livan, vice Buckley, retired. had come TO an
| understanding with some individual or cor
poraiion-shall we say the railroad, by way
of example?-ihat material aid should be
at its disposal in consideration of friendly
legislation at Sacramento. and that due
proportion Of such aid should be placed to
the credit of the party organ on condition
that it should strain every muscle to injure
the only morning newspaper which voices
the public demand for good government
and anti-monoDoly legislaton-then the
course of the Examiner could be explained
| 1t is an opportunist sheet 1t makes the
most of lis opportunities. The adventures
| who have got hold of it know perfectly
well that they have nothing to gain. legiti-
mately, by contrasting false reports of THE
Calls circulation with equally false
reports of that Of the Examiner The adj
vertjsing columns of THE CALL. as CON-
| pared with the long list of deadhead adyer-
iisements in the Examiner. show what the
public think on that subject But if any.
| body. seeking the defeat of the Non
| Partisans. is willing TO pay money to have
their principal newspaper supporter abused.
| then the course of the Examiner is intel
ligibe.
As to the little evening sheet which has
| hitherto made its living by doing CORPORA
ton advertising foy nothing. it is no puzzle
to explain why it joins in the fray. 1t has
signed contract to do the advertising
hereafter for less money than the compost
ton Will cost, and it is well understood that
the perquisites in the shape Of advertise
| ments for street work will stop if the Non
Partisans succeed. 1t is fighting for its life.
and we are told that even worm viii turn
! in the imminent presence of death.
All this business enlivens the dizziness OF
the campaign. The sheets in question are
squirming and writhing as the folds of des.
tiny fasten tighter round them. 1t will moi
avail. a day is at hand when Mike de
Young will see that he has no more chance
of being Senator than he has of being
| Emperor of China, when the Examiner
will discharge its pirate crew. and the
| Report will try to find some new excuse for
existence. And meanwhile The CALL.
with no personal objects to serve, no en-
mites to crafty, no subsidy to earn, viii
continue to battle for good government and
honest administration, and will receive as
its reward its customary measure Of public
support.
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