The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-12
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From TIE San Fraacaseo ArgorIut-
The san francisco CALL under It's new nan
sgeuent has caused quite shaking up among
the other morning papers Of san Francisco
The CALL has brought this about BY daring
innovation Being published on the Pacific
Coast, IN the state OF California and n the city
OF san Francisco, the CALL has begun publish
ing the news Of San Francisco, OF California
and OF the Pacific Coast. To add 70 Us daring
the CALL has pat this news prominently upon
It's first page II anything more were needed TO
ouPLete its revolutionary prac-Ieess We may
add that il puts just as large headings on It's
local news as it does On the Eastern and Euro
pean news.
This new departure Of she CALL has filed the
Other datLies with a mixture OF disgust and
alarm Disgust-beeause 1t Is contrary TO the
e2nons Of san Eraneiseo's daily Journalism
Alarna-becaUse 1t seems 20 be spplauded By
the public It Is freely stated, and generally
believed. that the CALI has added several
thousand subscribers 70 its list during the past
few weeks
The principal canon Of san Francisco daily
journalism which the CALI. has been violating
Is that which concerns the relative Importance
OF news. According 20 the san Francisco
canons, thing TO be IN portsn5 must have
happened soEleWEeFe else. Thus the daLlies
have lately been giving columns TO E Mime
spolis murder case, II which nobody here was
interested, and which probably nobody read,
while they have been giving hsf-col1Tnns to Z
SAINTS Clara VIII case, IN which many
people here were interested, IN which
some OK she leaders Of the California bar we're
retained and which nearly every BODY read.
But the Minneapolis murder WAS reiegrap pied
from 2 distance and hence, according TO the
san Francisco eanons, WAS good stuff" Cor
respondtngIy any amount Of drl7eI from abroad
rat he
''caoled-" London person who in conse-
quence OF horse slipping is thrown out CT q
hanson n the strand snd lights upon his occ1-
put, pIebeian or noble, g. the case may
Be, IS frequently given more space IN
The san Francisco d2iIfes than would
De accorded g similar accident 20 even 50
distinguished local persQnage IS Mayor
SCtro. Columns Of scandal from Paris, London
and Berlin ABOUT American milli0nsires and
their mistresses, about foreign princes and
their Listressess about ell sorts and conditions
Of men and women, whom nobody here knows
Or cares anything about-f0r scandal, back
biting and caiumny 10 interest Us, must be
about our friends, Or at least about our &C
quaintaLces-al this stuff Is set before Us by
the yard, with Whoop and heiloo. Nobody
reads it-no6ody can read it-uobody wants to
read II. What on earth 60 the deilies print
It for?
It f. our belief that the function OF daily
morning newspaper IS TO print the news-pri-
marty the news Of the place in which il is
printed, and seeondaFily the news Of the world.
People co not care for other matter in 8 morn
ing Newspaper, and few have the time 10 read
It Il they had the inclination. The daily pa
pers of san Francisco have for q long time been
wandering far efleId. In their efforts to dis
lance each other IN reaching what is appar-
emily an undetermined goal they irresistibly
remind one OF gang Of pumpkins shambling
variOusly across field in e "sackrace," their
heads enveloped in bags. The CALI has sppar-
emily marked out It's goal and knows where it
IS going. Il VIII he curious to see whether
the experiment OF San Francisco newspaper
publisher publishing San Francisco news viii
succeed in San Francisco.