The San Francisco call., 1898-06-27
How Oakland Will Se- cure a Celebration.
SUPERVISORS ON TRIAL
GOOD NAME OF A COUNTY RESTS
 WITH THEM.
Commercial Men Have Solved a Prob lem, but Theatrical Managers Are Long Way Behind
 the Times.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,

oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway, June 26.
 IL mas always seemed to give pleasure 10 some people to represent Oakland as a hive in which all the bees were always quarreling and where no honey was made. W nile in measure this idea may not be altogether misleading, there are occa- sfons upon which every one in this city can unite. Such an occasion is the Fourth or July. No matter what business, social or religious rivalries may exist in this city, and they do exist generously, they are all buried for twenty-four hours once a year. At this time there is more energy being shown by truly representative men In preparing for great patriotic demon stration than has ever been known. These men have taken hold of the project in such a manner as to guarantee it's suc- cess. They are men of pride, personally and commercially, and they realize that on this occasion they have to fulfill every promise and every anticipation or else join the big majority of those who have attempted such affairs and failed.
 So far as 1t Is possible to judge, there is no lack of public support for these men who intend to prove that Oakland can unite when the occasion is something that strikes deeper than bolts of cloth or the tenets of any particular creed. In word, Oakland is really patriotic. Her many cHques may fight over all manner or trifles, and they do fight over the most
  stripes and the little white stars on the blue ground produce the same feeling and the same effect on all, and consequently the railers at Oaklands occasional bick- erings must be quiet at this time and must admit that there Is hope for the future, for where real earnest patriotism is manifest other qualities, though per haps clouded, are certainly not far away. This city has undertaken a new kind of contract which it will be expected to
 
 It has pledged itself to the United States army officials that a military camp To- cated here will find a more healthful moral atmosphere than is to be found in military reservations across the bay. When Colonel Darlington was asked yes- terday if he thought the Oakland camp would be better for the boys because of their freedom from temptation, he re- piled: That is the great reason which brought us here.
 This implies a great deal. It has long been Oakland's boast that she has been free from the pernicious temptations that openly assail the youth in San Fran cisco. Whether this character has been deserved or not, has long been debatable, because 1t is well known that although much Is hidden in this city, vices .exist under cover with as large a capacity to demoralize as though they were in the open. There Is no doubt that with few thousand soldiers camped at Sather there will be an attempt made to surround the boys with just those dens which have so rapidly grown up around the camp at the Bay District. Sather is outside the limits of the city of Oakland, but it Is in the power of the Supervisors to grant as many permits for liquor licenses as they please, and owing to the few residents in the neighborhood, it would be impossible to obtain a requisite number of signers to protest. In consequence, the whole matter is left to the discretion of the Su- pervisors, and with them Oakland must perforce trust its good name in this mat ter
 There are generally supposed to be be- tween seventy and a hundred thousand people living along this side of the bay shore. Those who undertake to supply this large amount of people with the ne- cessities of life and amusement are al- ways complaining that there is but lit- tie inducement to show enterprise on this side while Alamedans persist in patroniz- ing San Francisco. This argument is as silly as 1t is false. After several years the people of this county do their busi- ness on this side the bay to just such an extent as they are encouraged to do so Some years ago the dry goods merchants undertook to keep trade at home. They enlarged their stores, took on new lines of goods, brought everything thoroughly up to date, sent their own agents East and to Europe, and for long time Oak land has had dry goods stores fully equal to the finest across the bay and quite as capable of supplying goods at the same favorable prices. There have even been instances in which San Francisans have done their purchasing in this line in Oak land.
 This enterprise was followed recently by the hardware men, and 1t Is generally believed that in the course of five years at the farthest no trade will cross the bay from this side
 It is a generally accepted theory that purchasers will spend their money where they obtain their amusement. If this be applied to Oakland, 1t forecasts a dark future, for if ever a city was woefully lacking in enterprise regarding the estab-