The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-10
A MONTHS ACHIEVEMENTS.

There are many subjects upon which our
readers may mediate with profitab bic
pleasure on this day of rest, but among
them all there is, perhaps, not one that
will not lead sooner or later to thoughts of
that swift change in the condition of things,
which in less than a month has brought US
almost to the full realization of those de-
sires that we were wont to regard as part
and parcel of the coming new era.
So many, indeed, of these long-desired
objects are now so near accomplishment
that we may be fairly justified in saying
that the new era is here. Like a rose of
summer it has unfolded into the splendor
of realization from the bud of promise so
speedily that we have scarcely noted the
process of the expanding petals, and now
stand in surprise looking at it almost as at
new miracle, hardly enjoying the excel
lence of its revealed glory, more than the
wonder of its swift accomplishment.
Our readers are perhaps hardly con-
scious that nearly the whole of those
things in which we now rejoice have, been
brought about or ripened into full flower
in the brief time that The CALL has been
under its new management. On the day
that we assumed charge of this paper, we
outlined in series of editorials policy
which in its scope seemed at that time so
purely ideal that not few of our friends
called it rosewater. Only. a single month
has passed, and yet nearly every definite
point made in that outline of policy is now
either realized or so near realization that
it may be included among the accomplish
ments of the month.
One of the first contests of the past month
before the good people of the State was
that OF defeating the project to involve the
Legislature in an attempt to recount the
vote of San Francisco for the purpose of
depriving Mr.. Budd of the gubernatorial
chair. The contest was successful. The
Republican party was saved from serious
blunder, the Legislature was left free to at
tend to its duties, and the business and in
dustry of the State were spared the dis
turbance and injury which prolonged
political wrangle would have caused.
Out of this primal contest, naturally
came struggle against boss influence in
politics which speedily resulted in COM
plete victory for the people. Then came
the earnest efforts in the direction of har-
mony between all factions of citizens and
all sections of the State. To perfect this
harmony it was necessary to awaken mu-
tual interest in some great enterprise for
the general good, and fortunately such an
enterprise was already On foot awaiting
only the proper leadership and support to
move forward. Thus the renewed interest
in the valley railroad grew out of the logic
of the situation, and along with it came a
more resolute determination to break the
power of the railroad monopoly by the
double victory of defeating the refunding
bill in Congress and constructing Compel
ing lines at home.
Further still went the course OF progress
in that single month. A fight was made
for home rule in San Francisco and for
retrenchment at Sacramento. These aims,
it is true, are not yet fully secured, but
they are SO well nigh won that we may
safely account them as victories. Taken
altogether then it will be seen that the
work of the month has been most notable
in every way. A gubernatorial contest
defeated, bosses discarded antagonistic
citizens reconciled, harmony established
between the city and the State, the refnnd-