The San Francisco call., 1895-05-24
JOURNALISTIC AMENITIES.

| The reception which the CALL under its
new management has received from the
| interior press of California has been so
| cordial and appreciative as 10 constitute
one of its chief incentives to pursue the
plan so happily begun and so full of prom
| ise for the future. Knowing as we do the
high character and earnest patriotism of
| the men who, through the interior press,
| represent all that is best in the spirit of
| progress which animates the State, we
were not surprised, though none the less
gratitied, at the heartiness of the COM
mendation which the CALL has received.
This generous reception was all the more
pleasing because it was evidence of the
fact that the interior press respects manli-
ness and generosity, and that it has at
heart the broad principle of Pacific Coast
progress which the CALL is laboring so
earnestly to advance.
So far as we have been able to observe,
there has risen but one dissenting voice,
and it comes from the Republican, pub
llshed at Jackson, Amador County. Here
is its attack in full:
"The CALL has inaugurated new de-
parture in City journalism. Under its new
management this daily seems to have con-
tracted bad case of mania for flattery 1t
is not only engaged in slobbering over it
self daily, but even bidding almost in every
issue for a puff from some country paper
on the if-you-tickle-me-Pll l-tickle-you prin-
ciple Last Saturdays issue contained
nearly half-column article puffatory of the
Amador Record, the editorial clearly show
ing that the writer knows absolutely moth
ing concerning the subject on which he
was endeavoring to enlighten his readers
Such crude methods to ingratiate itself
into favor with the country districts are
nauseating to the general reader. We do
not believe the CALL will forge ahead of its
City contemporaries by such methods.
Country folks take a metropolitan paper
for news, not to be dosed with taffy and
molasses."
The reference which the CALL made to
the Record, published at Sutter Creek,
Amador County, is quoted by that paper
as follows:
"The advancing prosperity of Amador
County is manifest by the fact that the
Amador Record has expanded to an eight
page quarto and records bright and hope
full outlook for Sutter Creek and all the
mining interests"
This was merely just recognition by
the CALL of the Records enterprise and
prosperity in enlarging its size, and in re-
garding this as an evidence of Amador
County's advancement the CALL saw an
additional special reason for the small
kindly notice of the Record. We shall be
glad to pursue similar course in the case
of every one of our interior exchanges
which gives so tangible proof of its own
enterprise and of the prosperity of its COM
munity.
In other words, the CALL stands for the
great issue that all the forces which can
direct the advancement of California
should work harmoniously to that end,
and that if there are any among us who
are moved by small jealousies they are in
lmlcal to the cause. We have as kindly
feeling for the press of San Francisco as
for that of the interior, and have not
spared commendation where it was de-
served. Our reward comes in the form of
evidence that this spirit of progress and
manliness abides among the editors of
California, and that they agree with us on
the broad proposition that harmony of
purpose and a friendly cooperation offer
the highest means for accomplishing the
ends which we all desire.