The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-08-28

have swung from the yardarnn AS
they escaped this they should atieast
be exposed, branded as murderers ana
thieves and be dismissed in disgrace
from the positions they dishonor.
IT would pain me to call the attention
of the Examiner to certain of its short
comings, save that I do so in the spirit
of kindness. am grieved to De
obliged to state that the reputation OF
the Examiner for honesty has been I'M
haired. 1t is regarded as occupying the
moral plane on which are to be tound
the confidence man and the picker OF
pockets. Now there is an opportunity
IN demonstrate that it has snred OF
conscience left, that 1t is once IN
while ashamed of it's indecency or late
the sheet has been advertising a GER
tain pyrotechnie show, has begged
patronage for it on the ground that
norton of the proceeds were TO go TO
the Maine monument, to be erected TO
the glory of Hearst. This is the Same
monument for which solicitors nave
been promised a rake-off of 10 per cent
on all sums collected. The offer was
not publicly made, for, despite rumor
to the contrary, Hearst has molety
of nodesty left and does not propose 10
let the world know how he loves MIN
self The pyrotechnics have been ana
gone. I suggest that there be an open
accounting of receipts and a statement
&c to what share is to go to the Hearst
monument. The people who were
begged in the name of patriotic char
itv 70 attend have a right to know all
about it, If the information be WITH
held a suspicion will surely arise tnat
a new bunko scheme as low as the
baseball tournament of a few months
ago has been sprung on them. l nave
heard that the tournament was an ar
rant swindle, and labor under the sof-
row of believing the information cor
rect. While assured that my personal
opinion is not by the temporary ana
empty head of the concern held or nlgn
value, 1 can assure him that there are
others taking my view. Has the pub
lie been done UP once more? ProDa-
bly,, yes To overthrow the contention
requires only that few figures be pro-
duced, duly sworn to by somebody not
connected with the Examiner office.
Marshal Greed of Sausalito is bully
and q coward. as bad a citizen as he
was official He is a big fellow, run
ming mostly to paunch, and right in the
forefront of that protuberance should
be deposited a kick. Greed has just
whipped a reporter of half his own
weight for having told the truth about
him. Had the reporter been two-thirds
the Greed avoirdupois this would never
have happened I hope the overgrown
swaggerer will soon run against man
of sufficient size to mix up with him
and teach him lesson In manners.
/ It is a strange circumstance and
verges on distressfulness that in the
| effort to advocate a movement entirely
proper and commendable I am certain
to run counter to the ideas prevailing
in the Home of Peace. To state that
this home is the editorial den of the
Examiner is hardly necessary. There
| love abides, and there Andrew, put
| ting on a halo and frown, directs the
/ destinies of the world. Sometimes the
/ destinies fly the track, but no matter.
1t seems to me that when General
| Shafter returns to this city he should
get a reception radiant with red fire,
noisy with bands and with shouting,
and that the people should all be out
to welcome the hero of Santiago. But
I know the Examiner will not agree.
The unpleasant duty of bouncing the
Examiners representatives from Cuba
because next to the yellow fever they
were the most malign things there fell
to Shafter. That he performed the duty
quickly and well is of record. OF course
wave of rancor invaded the Home Of
Peace and some traces of 1t remain
Nevertheless, sympGthizing as they do
with the exiled outfit, the residents OF
San Francisco confess to a liking for
Shafter and a degree Of pride in his
achievements. I think the Examiner
can be induced to permit the giving to
the general of a reception, and even
that it will later go so far as to claim
entire credit for the affair.