The San Francisco call., 1898-11-15
REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE

D EFORE the events of the recent election are h forgotten in the approach of Thanksgiving and
 > the rush of holiday trade 1t IS but just that due credit should be given by the victorious Republicans to the masterly work accomplished in the local cam pagn by the County Central Committed This work is too important to be overlooked in the reioic ing over the larger victories in the State and the nation. It merits general recognition
 The local campaign opened under threatening cir cumstances. The Democrats were in power, and had at their head Mayor entrenched in office and with an autocratic control of all the machinery of his party He was also supported by Non-Partisan organization which at the beginning of the canvass was supposed to represent considerable voting strength. Against such odds the Central Committee had to make headway without any of the adventitious aids which favored the Phelanites.
 The county convention nominated a strong ticket and with that one factor in their favor the committee went to work The task of organizing the party and rousing the ardor of the rank and file undertaken with vigor and energy. In comparatively short time new aspect was given to the situation Repub- lcanism was united and Democracy divided. The work of the committee began to tell. Activity took the place of dependency and the hopes of the party became sangune
 The results of the speak for themselves and attest the excellence of the tactics adopted by the party managers. The victory of the Republicans in the city and county almost clean sweep. In- stead of giving majority of 10000 for Mcguire, the Democrats had predicted the city gave a hand some majority for Gage The Board of Supervisors, the Board of Education and almost all the important offices of the county were won for the Republican candidates.
 The members of the County Committee can well Dc satisfied with the proof thus given of the sagacity and energy of their conduct of the canvass They xv1e cned and have right to large share of the honors of the splendid campaign which resulted bril- lianty for San Francisco Republicansm.
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 If President Valentine of the Wells Fargo Express Company can induce California courts, as has been done in the East, hold that when Congress said ex press companies should pay share of the war tax it did not know what it was talking about he will have been recompensed for all the trouble he has had ii, writing tracts on the subject
 Residents of city not blessed with morally and physically reekng Chinatown cannot appreciate the difficulty of experimenting Chinese murderer. This is about as hard job as to enter sewer full of rats and catch the rodent guilty of nbbiing a particular cheese
 All this talk about the Spanish making renewed resistance is waste of patience, time, breath and space. They may feel in the mood, but have nothing to make it with
 There should be rigid investigation of the rumors concerning the cruiser Buffalo. The people of this country do not want any "he ships" in the navy.
 New York soldiers to be called back from Honolulu They have not found military life pie nic, and picnic what they were looking for
 The campaign is over but the hospital is still full