The San Francisco call., 1898-11-07
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~ NCE more the PhelanteS Tn ther desperation have resorted to bugaboo for the purpose Of \O frightening citizens into voting their ticket. The Examiner of yesterday in screaming type de- clared "The new charter is in danger. It is again attacked by it's same old enemies. They not this time fighting boldly brazenly and in the open, but they are fighting just the sa1ne-secretly posonousy indignantly"
 Ali of that wild scream is the kind of barbaric yaup known as a false alarm The charter is not in danger unless indeed, the Phelantes sell it out for votes All Republican candidates for the Legislature are pledged to vote for its ratification by that body this winter The Republican candidate for Mayor, Charles L. Patton, is of the truest and frmest of its supporters.
 In his speech at the closing Republican rally of the campaign on Saturday evening Mir. Patton, in speak ing of the Republican platform, which pledges egisla tive candidates to support the charter, said:
 ttI am in sympathy with every plank in the platform, and pledge myself to support it. T believe in the charter, which the Republican platform favors. No man and party of men dare say nay. It will become the organic law of this city, and I ask you to 1t that Henry T. Gage is the who will sign it as Governor
 With such an illustration of what the Pheanites and the Examiner willing to do in the way Of raising false issues to deceive the people, there IS telling what they may attempt this morning All voters should be on their guard The desperate fac tons of Magure and Phelan are very to resort to trick to fool frighten the unwary, and a most anything in the way of false alarm, roor- back or a bold, audacious lie may be looked for
 Several papers have offered condolences to the Nebraska girl who deserted at the altar because her breath tainted with the fumes of cigarette It is not pity she needs. Let the sympathzing edi l. cites.
 Georgia boasts that recent murder trial there, the prisoner negro, consumed only an hour and forty three minutes. This is really time than is usually needed there, the ordinary delay being only such as necessary to find tree with convenient limb.
 A German editor has been sentenced to six months in jail for lack Of reverence toward the Kaiser The increased circulation of his paper is hardly pensation. He has desire to circulate himself
 Americas demands surprise the Spanish, although why they should is not clear. Had the Spanish been victors they would have had something to say con corning the terms of surrender.
 While the city will pay for the incneration of or dinary garbage the circulation of the Examiner by way of the crematory chimney will still be item of expense to that paper
 Some of the Spanish news coming by way of Ha- would be disquieting did anybody take the trouble to believe 1t The same is true of Cuban news coming by way of Madrid.
 Spain seems to have greater regard for the Philip pines than would have been suspected by the way in which she treated them when her possession disputed
 
 Widber got off cheaply as he could reasonably have hoped When is caught in the act Of stealing the fewer he has offer the better