The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-22
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THE CALL speaks for ALL Is there any
body left who questions it? THE CALL has
earned the right to remodel this that has
long been a household saying throughout
California. 1t may properly be made to
read ''THE CALL speaks for all and TO all. -"
When big things happen then the news
paper is put to the test. The week that
closed yesterday witnessed the birth and
death of the st. Louis convention-one OF
the most important happenings in the re-
cent history of the country. Concurrent
with it the Democratic State Convention
was holding its sessions and declaring the
principles for which the opposing party is
to ma Ike its fight in November. At the
same time the city of Santa Cruz was cele-
brating its great annual carnival.
Either one Of these events occurring
separately would have employed the full
resources of the ordinary newspaper.
With a corps of trained newspaper men
at st. Louis and another at Sacramento an
ampliication of its mechanical equip
ments to meet the demand on type and
presses, with the distributing forces more
than doubled, the engagement of special
trains north and south, THE CALL not only
covered all the news, but it met the unex-
ampled demand throughout the State
which the news created.
Nor while these greater things-the
making of the history of the time-was
being so fully recorded were the minor
happenings of the day less fully reported
than at any other time. The local depart
ment went bout its business as serenely
as though St. Louis and Sacramento had
no place on the map. All the news of all
of these great days was covered like
tent.
Not only that, but on Friday, the day
following the climax at st. Louis and the
| finish at Sacramento, THE CALL by special
trains leaving the City long ahead of
either of its competitors, and travelling at a
rate of speed that left them hours behind
at the terminus, carried to breakfast tables
as far as Sacramento and Santa Cruz an
1 edition that surpassed anything OF the
! kind ever issued west of Chicago.
! 1t was twenty eight page paper telling
the story that the event of the day called
up, the story of the Republican party.
1t is one thing to print the routine news
and another TO supplement it with proper
! settings and distribute it to the people
! while it is hot.
The service of THE CALL from st. Louis
has been of the most complete and read
able and comprehensive that has been
furnished any paper in the country.
| There has been no syndicate matter
among it.
John Paul Cosgrave, one of the best
posted and most graceful writers in the
West, was on the ground early, and with
G. G. Carleton, THE CALLS Washington
correspondent, has told the general story
with touches of local coloring that gave it
an unusual interest The United Press
has covered itself with glory at st. Louis.
1t has told all there was to tell told it
well and told it quickly-three very i'm
portant features OF newspaper service.
The Western Union Telegraph wires en-
HAD Ttrr RI r1lana on re hier hr1l OH
canvas on Market street the running
events of the convention within three
minutes of the time they happened in the
convention hail.
With the advantage of two hours that
San Francisco has over ST. Louis the big
presses in the basement OF THE CALL build
ing began to revoive before midnight
every night this week with the complete
story of the happenings OF the day as well
in the big convention as in the smaller
convention at Sacramento, together with
the briefer record of the day round the
world. Within two hours afterward car
| loads of papers were on the road to special
trains in waiting and these sped away at
rate that in one instance ct least broke all
records of speed on Western roads
! The twelve miles this side of Santa Clara
were made in nine and a half minutes.
During every day of the convention at Sac
ramento and every day of the carnival at
Santa Cruz, THE CALL was carried TO those
cities hours ahead of every competitor and
arrived in time for the earliest breakfast
table. THE CALL got the news and placed
it before the people quickly. 1t has tri-
umphed under the greatest test that might
be placed upon it as newspaper.
But it has done more than this, too. 1t
not only got the news, but it illustrated
it. A corps of artists pictured both con-
ventlons. At st. Louis Joseph Kahler,
the chief of the art department, told the
story of the passing bit of history in black
and white. The picture of Mckinley that
occupied the full first page of Fridays
special edition was drawn by Kahler from
life at the home of the nominee at Canton.
Mr.. Mckinley in giving a special sit
ting to the artist expressed his surprise