The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-31
STATE PAPERS WORKING.
California Journals Are Booming
the Convention for the Sake OF
the State and Coast.

The movement to secure the National Repub-
lican Convention has at last taken shape
which promises something practical in the way
OF results. Some days ago the telegraph an
nouneed that Mr.. Manley OF Maine, chairman
OF the National Executive Committee, was
about to start for San Francisco with view to
looking over the ground to see what might be
done to bring the convention there.
Following this came dispatch to THE CALL
from Its correspondent in New York, giving the
information that the proprietor of that paper
had made personal canvass of the members
OF the Executive Committee and found q ma
jority in favor of Sal Francisco, provided GER
tain contingencies could be met, and adding
that the friends OF Allison, Reed and Mckinley,
three OF the men who Will be leading candi-
dates before the convention for the Presiden-
tial nomination, no matter where it is held,
had expressed determination to work in the
interest OF San Francisco.
1t would give the City a National prominence
and it would bring to California thousands of
men of National fame who would 90 home to
tell of the beauties of this Western land, and
who, being received as Pacific Coasters know
how 10 receive guests, would carry back with
them such generous memories of splendid hos
pitality as would make them friends of the
State forever.
The trip across the continent would be q
liberal education to the delegates to the con-
vention. They would see, many for the first
time, how really great is the Nation for which
they will be called toge Their to name chief
executive, and the knowledge gained on the
trip might lead TO the exercise OF greater wis
dom in the choice of broad-gauge President
for b1oad-guage Natio n.-Cloverdale Reveilie.
Metropolitan journalism is evidently a
profitable business, and the public spirit of
the shining lights in that field is often shown.
The San Francisco CALL recently offered SUBJ
seription of $4,000 to secure the National Re-
publican Convention for that City, and the
Examiner has followed with one for $1,000
The Chronicle has not yet been heard from,
but on account of the position of its proprie-
tor in the party councils and the fact that he is
a standing candidate for any honors that can
be given by that party, he will doubtless
come to the front with the biggest subscrip-
ton of the lot
Since the above paragraph was put in type
the Chronicle has come to the front with a
subscription of $500, thus making it for a
short time the largest subscriber to the fund.
Its envious contemporaries would not allow
1t to hold this proud position long, however,
for the Examiner promptly increased its origi-
nal offer to $1,000, with a promise of more if
necessary, and THE CALL fastened to round up
its tributiou by making it $40, 600 at the
same time intimating that it is good for few
thousand more if ACKNOWLEDGMENT Re-
view.
THE CALL has subscribed $4,000 and the
Examiner and Chronicle each $500 toward
getting the Republican National Convention OF
1896 in San Francisco There is money as well
as enterprise in San Francisco journalism.
With hustler like c. NJ. Shortridge in New
York working to get the Republican National
Convention for San Francisco. the betting odds
should be in favor of the city by the Western
sea. Knowing something OF Charley's luck
and pluck, we are banking on him, and will
make a book on San Francisco even up against
the teld.-Gilroy Telegram.