The San Francisco call., 1898-01-07

ously assailed in the columns of the
 Bulletin. The violence of the assault caused some surprise in the limited
 circle reached by the paper. but no one was able to explain the cause of the sud den tirade, until Colonel Jackson saw Tit
 to enlighten the public mind by state ment that he had declined to give the
 paper an advertisement of Napa soda
 water. which its proprietor very much desired.
 Yesterday Colonel Jackson was asked
 to give the details leading up to the assault, but declined to do so on the ground that the incident had passed
 T do not care to revive the matter
 now" said the colonel. "as the oppor- tunity has passed. At the time of the attack on me l gave The Call full account of the transactions and every thing that occurred between Brothers and myself, but for some reason The
 Call sent me word that 1t did not de-
 sire to jump on the Bulletin. l do not care to bring up the subject again."
 The incident passed between | Brothers and myself It was about an advertisement. Brothers simply tried to hold me up in Dick Turpin fashion and l would not submit to his demand. ! It was straight between myself and
 Brothers. There was no go-between
 and no one assuming to represent the proprietor of the Bulletin. Brothers himself made the demand, and on my
 refusal to accept his ultimatum his
 pape; attacked me. 1 do not withhold frC-.. you the detailed information
 t.4l ough any lack of friendship for The ! Call, but because your paper declined
 to take up the matter at the time that
 1 wanted the public to know the mo-
 tiveS that caused the Bulletin to at tack me. 1 have made no terms or
 compromise with the Bulletin and do
 not propose to yield or compromise" F. w. Dohrmann, of the firm of Nathan, Dohrmann & Co.,. was seen
 at his place of business yesterday. : When asked If another meeting of mer-
 chants would be called to consider the
 Bulletins hold-up. he said that meet
 ing had been called to convene Fri
 day at 10:30 a. m.
 A merchant of the highest standing,
 who Is numbered among those victim
 ized, said yesterday. in discussing the
 topic: T do not want you to quote my name pending the settlement of my account, but I tell you there Is one
 honorable course open to MT. Croth- CTS, and that is to come into that meet
 ing tomorrow, acknowledge that the
 merchants were deceived and swindled
 by parties claiming to speak for the
 paper, and then leave the matter of payment, the amount I mean, to the sense of fairness possessed by the in- dividual merchant. Restitution should be made of money paid under threat
 of law suits. That is the only honor able course open to the paper Now this is confidential. I understand from
 the Bulletin people themselves that they were bunkoed by Eastern adver-
 Using agents"
 Stories descriptive of the Bulletin
 methods during the last political cam paign are coming to light. It is not a
 new thing. 1t seems, for that journal ! to engage in a hoId-up when money is needed to run the concern. The pos
 itive proof can be produced that the ' manager of the paper sought to hold | up Frank Mclaughlin. chairman of 1 the Republican State Committee, at a ] time when the members of the com | mfttee were engaged in vigorous effort i to provide means for paying the legit- innate expenses of the campaign.
 The Bulletin made a straight de-
 mand for money. and the committee 1 squarely refused to pay the sum named 1 or any sum. As a result of the re- ! fusal the Bulletin turned about and i abused the committee and found fault 1 with the management of the cam ] paign. These facts are well known to Frank Mclaughlin and other members 1 of the State Committee. As the search 1 light is now turned on the Bulletin, other transactions equally odious may
 be revealed to the public gaze.