The San Francisco call., 1897-02-26
LEGISLATORS JOIN IN THE CRY.
Prominent Citizens VIII Locate the Response
baity for Delay and Make Vigorous
Demand for Justice for the
People.

The Call" has been showered with compliments for its bold
stand in urging charge
construction of the Postoe the general belief
men and the masses who to consider the matter that the delay
starting the work of building the great Federal structure disgrace
The general opinion all that the citizens of San
Francisco ought be furnished with specific why the
apparently nexcuab delay has occurred The people have been
off with fmsy and another year after year, until talk
postofce Joke In spite
all delays Cities many very
have obtained their appropriations and had their buildings
completed since the talk of building began.
The hour arrived this City ought
etgy. Patience longer good policy good warfare We
organized aggressive
pyramids old Tom Benton strong
and manly demand for justice plea for gift not special
request for privilege that needed vigorous and if
spirited and beIigerent demand for rights long overdue.
APpeaiS ifom t oy nave heretofore oeen IKE taking 10
cyclone but the hour has when the and
organizations of San Francisco have decided to learn why
these unwarranted delays have occurred
The Chamber of Commerce made strong patriotic
appeals this the past gone
Petitions to the mysterious power behind the supervising architects
throne heard That deaf parsonage
Phillips said Napoleon, wrapped the solitude his original
He heeds nothing does nothing and nothing
Year after the dull cold of the sphinx
Washington turned watchers
conohng Other Postofces se but here delay dagS
without interruption hope of abatement.
principal commercial organizations
City have decided conference to-day with view of taking
decisive action learn the for delay
ing Postoce They purpose go the matter sy
eat busineske way and try to locate the blame in definite
Emerson puts it, until the harp gives forth vibration
sound the supervising architect has pigeonhoed the plans and
tangled the project with red he will be reported and necessary
investigated with view of being reprmanded removed from his
position.
The conduct of the sluggish Democratic administration aside
what the Congressional delegation from California has done the
of the Posoce shameful In spite of the
the site has been thoroughly tested and approved local army
delays have attributed the of the site
spook suited the Supervising Architect
Weary giving such he has at times pretended that the
department greatly ggeved letters from San
stating that the site Again driven bay
occasionally pleaded rush business in other parts
country putting San Francisco the attitude hungry
metropolis the Golden West about
has seldom done. The City weary receiving notat
replies demands debtor the Federal Government
Cys pncey contribution to the
stand master this natter that those
justice will feel the lash their backs The authors
policy the gone
unwhpped long enough The hour
hand the administration find such
complaint the people here cannot be longer poopoed pushed
aside with mpunity.
Union does afford example of neglect
Federal Government has been guilty of in the San
Francisco Pooe What is San Francisco that
sghted and forever ebowed off into the indefinite future Compa
lively cities supaSS population
should be sghted position on
Missouri River? The time action
realize that the hour for the battle has