The San Francisco call., 1897-11-10
SACRAMENTO APPROVES
TIE WORK OF RESCUE.


may be The fate of that little band of
American sailors wlo are, no doubt, won
dering whether or not their country and
the world have forgotten them, the peo-
pie of Sacramento are thinking OF them
to-day, and on every hand one hears ex-
pressions of highest praise for the noble
purposes of THE CALL in arranging for
heir res ues from deadly peril.
Said l.. f. Breuner of the great house
furnishing establishment of john Breu-
ner: Too much cannos be said Tor 4
paper which will undertake such task
as The CALL has in rescuing those poor
sailors. ice bound in the northern sea-.
NJ. a. Hornlein of Ho-nlein Bros,
cap talists-The project OF The CALL is a
noble one. 1t Is the duty OF The Govern
ment to lake care OF lis citizens on land or
sea, and if The Government fails to do so
American citizenship by the San Fran
cisco CALL.
W. 0. Bowers of the Golden Eagle-It is
a noble undertaking. | hnye read every
word THE CALL has published, and must
say that 1t is engaged in a work which the
world will never forget.
J. Charles Jones, Assistant District At
torney of Sacramento County-When one
takes into onsideration the soliC4tude and
protection the English Government be-
stuws upon its subjects and then compares
| Ii with the attitude of our nation in mat
| ters of personaI peril We d o not PR fit from
the comparison. Canada has gone into
! the Klondike with shelter for her subjects
| there. The United States Government
wou d, III my opinion, huve neglected
| these 400 sailors had it not been for The
| CALL OF all classes of C. tizens the sailors
| our merchant marine are deserving the
! rest efforts of this nation when they find
fnem selves in a periloIs position on land
or sea.
| Senator B. F. Langiord Of Stockton
| chanced to be in Sacramento to-day, and
this i. what e said GA great WORK are v
! on the part of THE CALL. The folks down
my way are talking as much about it as
yoI are up here. | hope your paper will
succeed in the undertaking, AMI b lieve it
| WILL
! W. H. Govan, State Janitor: THE
! CALL expedition to the Arctic seas to the
rescue OF these men will be the greatest
achievement OF modern journa ism"
Hon. K. 2. Cogan, State Controller: ::
THE CALL has undertaken an act of hu.
manIty which is without a parallel as a
private enterprise toward . public bene-
faction"
General 7. J. Clunis: at is a great
scheme surely, and / know of no source
better calculated to give so stupendous an
| undertaking certain guarantee OF sue
cess than THE CALL"
J. K. Price, president State Board of
Highways Commission: From a hu-
manitarian standpoint the people OF the
United States will owe THE CALL a debt
of gratitude"
! Judge C. N. Post, Assistant Attorney
General: "1t is a most commendable un-
dertaking IN the in terests of humanity"
E. S. Hadley. bookkeeper to Superin-
! 4
| the proposition OF IHE CALL to the Federal
Government and il was a very generous
one. | hope to read of The CALLS sue
| cess in The exp nsive and hazardous ven-
ture."
| Charles Bentley, City Trustee: ut is a
most commendable expedition and one
! which trust Will fulfill tue expectations
| OF it's projectors.
R. d. DAVIS of Waseerman. Davis e. Co. :
Noting the cause The CALL has taken up
! | heartily congratulate IL upon the >tand
| taken in the matter o sending relief to
the unfortunate lcebouLd sailors in the
frozen north. The CALLS generosity GER
! tainiy merits all The praise which could
! possibly be rendered so worthy an effort,
and the manner in whicn THE CALL has
| espoused the cause is inde ed noble"
| Such were a few Of the expressions
| gathered at random, with no atte pl
made to seek out only those who would
naturally indorse so commendabe an en-
terprise. Throughout the city in every
| quarter and on every corner are such ex.
| pressions as The ones reported here re-
! peated.
THE CALL is triumphant, the people oil
| California and of the nation and The Gov
ernment at Washington have been awak-
ened, and that little band OF mpfisoned
sailors will discover alter all that their
| country and the world has not forgotten
them