The San Francisco call., 1898-05-10
THE CHARTER CAMPAIGN.

is part and parcel of the highly edifying cam
 paign which is now being conducted Tn favor o the proposed charter to charge that the corporations are against it. Thus, the exMission-street Booolef calls the people to ask themselves why certain m divduas who have read the instrument and demanoed explanations from its advocates, in the absence or satisfactory answers have usurped the privilege ot opposing its adoption. The Boodler does not de1gn to explain anything. It does not tell us why 1t thinks an autocratc Mayor is just the thing we want Ut merely alleges that the corporation organs are against him and urges the people on that ground 10 vote for the charter.
 This would be weak position to assume even II the premises upon which it is based were true. But, as
 matter of fact it is notorious that neither the cor poratons nor their organs against the charter The Evening Post the regularly retained and author ized representative of the Southern Pacific in th1s city, is strong advocate of the adoption of the in- strument.
 Up to date the Post has complimented the charter makers for two features of their work. One IS the clever manner in which they have fixed the present monopoly in street railway transportation eve imagine that Market-sreet railway bonds will go up several points if the charte- is adopted) The other is the skill with which they have placed the saloon keepers of the city completely in the hands ot the Mayor and Police Commission In order to suppress the saloon vote and abolish the saloons the Post says the people under the charter need only pledge the Mayor to appoint temperance Police Commis- sion
 No other corporation organ has said word about the charter The fact that the organs all devoting strict attention to the to the exclusion ot the subject plainly indicates the character of their or ders' The Booder thinks the sugar trust IS against the charter. For the purpose ot answering this ayernent we assume that the sugar trust IS n- terested The Booders evidence this point should be conclusive It is the business of the Boodler to ascertain the interests of corporations for the purpose of blackmaing them and it certainly ought to know whether or not the sugar trust IS interested Tn the adoption of the charter. But if the sugar trust is against the charter it is certainly out ot Its mind Capitalization of municipal power IS exactly what the trust ought to desire By combining with the rail road. water gas and other corporations, 1t may, un- der the proposed charter easily capture the Mayor, and thus by electing man, accomplish what IS now accomplished by eectng several
 The truth of the matter IS, however, none ot the corporations are against the charter. On the con- trary they are hard at work winning the push over to it. The extreme quiet which overspreads the poll tca1 horizon indicates that the plans for its adoption are well natured But if the people, with the aid of the Mission-street Boodler fall into the trap it will be their own fault Perhaps Huntington and the Boodler have again got together The former has not vet been asked by the Railroad Commission concern ing that S3oooo advertising contract Can 1t be possible that new contract has been entered into, covenant of which is the creation in this city of Lord Mayor to be owned by Huntington?