The morning call., 1893-05-28

should give the .Government material as VII as
moral support by acceriuga tie grernOacH
issues. The result of This meeting was tha
CheesenIau was mulbed by he audience on
leaving the hall. aud had it NOT been for cor
don of active friends and sympathizers VINO
surrounded INN at Wakele IS corner, mIsht
have been seriously naltreated. Previous 10
this em-ute Collector Charles James ana TWO
or three others bad visited THE CALL eulto'
rial rooms and requested that the pafef III
struct its readers on the subject OF greehoaeA
cur ency, as a matter OF mpnrfauce TO the Cen
era Government Ii was a risky business, con-
SIderine rhe condition of the public mind, but It
was agI eeu TO feel the public on The suhJect,
Two or three sugg stve articles were written
IN tentative Way, and it WAS though that the
IDEA might bt eventually broadened with ad
vantage; but tnls was abandon when the
carr ers reported at the business office
neXt collection day. Nany of the subscrIb rs
on the different routes tcndered oStage stamps
in payment. The carriers were uneasy al
wanted TO know what was III the wind, b
they were not enlightened. II was founJ
however that the uublic, II Erhraim of old
was joined To its idols and the gttemback
question lemain undisturbed in the future.
The bulkhead bill. one Of he most imrortant
introduced in The State Legislature during tn,
accident al governor ship OF John 6 Down V in
1860, was alou-ly opposed by THE CALL as
measure fraught with mischief to the best in
tereS of San francisco. nasmuch as il was
proposed 10 give 10 syndicate OF foreign
apalists-priDepalIy French-posseSslnn o
this cify'S waterfront win the privilege
OF collecting oils there for fly years.
The tninclpal AGENT and fomentor OF the scheme
was the welkuowu Judge Levi Parsons. man
OF great energy ana InfiGiie resources,
bur not nice in the manner of eXer-
cising these qualities. Ii was said at
he lime he had SuDsdz one two San
FRANCISCO papers 10 ady0c te This measure,
which The CALL fought vigOtouSl up to the
time Governor Dnwney finally Xtihgul~hed he
hopes OF Its promoters by his veto. 1t was
very bitter fight While it lasged. and IN son p
quarters he defeat of the bill was keenly felt.
An event hat had the aupe rance OF
crisis in The history OF THE CALL occuri ed in
| 1864. On he Sth of November in that year
| Abraham Lincoln was elected President OF the
| Unlted Staes for a second term, be ting
| General George b. Mcclellan. the Democratic
candidate. When the camraign preceding the
election opened actively III this State and city,
a delegation OF the Union Democratic party
waited upon The managers of THE CALL nd
more than requested now the war was good
as over that The paper should throw lis in
fluence for General Mcclellan. II was almost
insisted in fact, that this cOurS be taken, with
a threat that II 1t were not Democratic boy
colt would be established against The CALL.
No attention was paid 10 the almost
mandatory request, and the result was that
Democratic names began to fall from THE
| CALLS subscription list like leaves from rees
In November. On election day The paper had
lost nearly half lis calculation which before the
political disaf ction reached 10000 copies
daily. The situation began 10 look serious, but
! THE CALL continued faithful to its cOnv ctions
that under the circumstances of the time Mr..
| Lincoln was the best man for the Pres idency
The hollowness of the COnfederaey had bet
| shown, and when the internecme ditficultie
were settled Nlr Lincoln would be first in tue
! work OF pactcating the Southern country as he
| had been in furnishing that misguided and uu-
| fortunate section. The bloody tragedy that
| followed thr second election OF this great
and good man and derived the distracted
country OF his services when they would have
been more valuable than ever need not be men
| TONED further than 10 show the influence it had
on the public mind. The shock of it caused
| such revulsion that all minor considerations
were lost. Political spites and hatredS ap-
peared puny In the preSenc- OF this great
! calamity. The political boycott of THE CALL
was forgotten, the wisdom of the papers course
applauded and the dissldents repenied of The
temporary animoSity they mad shown toward it.
They brought forth fruits meet for repentance.
Within two months after the death of The mar
tyr President the circulation had risen to II 900
copies. Ii is such events as these in its history
that show how close an honest newspaper IS 70
the hearts of the pubic, even Though the fststs
of prejudice; and how much a straightforward
course is appreciated by its readers.
The great movement with low-Drced papers
commenced in 1856-57. THE CALL being the
aVant-courier so far as success was concerned.
Then followed the Chronicle, Republican, Post,
MA, Echo, Globe and half a dozen others
which were commenced, but discontinued after
few months existence. THE CALL had great
success, but the older and largeT-priced papers
| suffered 10 consequence.