The San Francisco call., 1896-09-28
Pastor Davis Was Not Aware
=. He Was the Center of
:. a Sensation.
: COMMITTEE so REPORTS.
Next Springs Election Already Casts
It's Shadows on the Tax
Lew.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL,
eos Broadway. Sent. 27

s OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
90S Broadway, Sept 81
=. George R. Morrow, president of the Re-
publican Alliance, expressed his intention
q few days ago to prepare an essay on the
duties Of press committees. There is GER
tainly need of just such a task being
undertaken in this city, as recent events
have proved. When the alliance went to
Los Angeles there was a conflict regarding
: the dnties of the press committee that
caused not a little unpleasantness. A
similar committee was appointed to
handle the advance work of last night 8
great meeting. and great was the surprise
of President Morrow to find that after
Issuing a little notice of the meeting q
week ago they retired from active service.
The day before the meeting Mr., Morrow
constituted himself a press committee of
= one, made the tour OF Newspaper Row
and last night the Tabernacle could not
. hold the immense crowd that wanted to
hear the oratory and music.
Mr.. Morrow's essay Will be very timely.
and for the good of all concerned it is to
be hoped that its circulation will be un-
: limited. 1t is impossible for correspond
.ents. to be at and know OF all the places
where the local leaders of the political
parties are arranging the details of their
meetings, and it is supposed by all con-
cerned that the press committee is sup
: plying the matter to the papers. Mr..
Morrow has discovered that such is not
the.cas and will start a crusade 10 rem
:: edy matters.
:. The latest brand of "whitewash" has
been discovered py the officers of the Gen.
:tral Christian Church. A few days ago
: tue congregation of that church was
. shocked beyond measure when more than
. half:a' page of a sensational newspaper
was. given to the poses that the pastor,
Rev. Edwards Davis, was to assume in his
:: pulpit. The reverend gentleman was rep
:. resented as standing on one leg, falling
'tragicsIly. jumping in the air and going
through various. other mountebank per-
formances, peculiar to the stage. foreign
to the pulpit. The congregation was
: shocked and a special meeting of the Of
fcers of the church. was called 10 consider
the matter. The pastor was loud in mis-
'dengnciation of such methods of direct
: ing public attention toward himself and
was Guite:at loss to understand how the
Z. photograp sand interview were secured
%and so informed the Official body of the
:. church.
:. The court of inquiry was eminently sat
.isfactory to all concerned, and they sent
out little notices stating, among other
things, that. .After careful examination
= it has been seen that said article was pub.
:. .hshed entirely without the knowledge ol
approval. of our pastor. The interview
and photographs were secured from ma
:, teriaI used in the advertisement of 6
Lecture or The Science of Art in which
f.. appears the Authors Act, and as such i:
:: public property"
The wspaper's side of the affair wa,
not given out.
It'is quietly given out that there may be
no. city tax levy this year. This sound:
like a very wild statement. but there i:
much foundation for it. The Council has
fixed it's figure and the Mayor has de.
clared for 81 and not cent more. The
e. ordinance will 90 to the Mayor in a few
days and he has announced that he will
: veto it. 1t is not thought likely that there
will be enough votes to pass it over his
veto and so there will be a deadlock. Last
year the Council broke the deadlock by
accepting the Mayors figure. This year il
is announced sub rosa that they will not
= be dictated 10. There is merit on bott
:: sides and the result will be interesting
Mayor Davie has proved that the city can
,...be run on 81 levy ard argues that thi.
= period is not one in which to increase
taxes The Council say that 81 is barely
enough for current expenses and that
there.are some improvements which must
be carried out.
Then there is another feature in tn,
= fight, always prominent one in Oakland
Next January the municipal campaign
:. wilrepen, and already there is talk of VIII
will .'be Mayor Davies successor. Th
-office-seekers. will need some slogan with
> which TO go before the voters. The Non
- Paftisan Councll men have already de
> .cided that theirs shall be "pUblic i'm
=. proyement"; the Dayieites have declareC
!: :tor ECONOMY"
= Hence the tax-levy deadlock.
s. W. B.