The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-14
THE FOLLY OF PETTY MALICE.

HE extent of the folly to which men and news
papers be carried by a weak yielding to the
promptings of personal spite and petty jeaousies
has just been illustrated in the course taken by the
Los Angeles Times with regard to the Republican
State ticket. For the purpose of assailing man
the ticket and two on the State executive
committee, that paper has permitted its blind rage to
hurry it into position where it is exposed to the de-
rsive applause OF the enemies of Repubicanism and
the contempt of Republicans themselves
The Times declares with much vehemence that
Henry T. Gage is able, upright man. we'll fitted to
hold the Office OF Governor of California but it as
serts that in appointing H. z. Osborne and w F. X.
Parker members OF the State executive committee
he has shown himself subServient to railroad in
fuences that the two men named are creatures Of
the railroad that their selection was wrong of so
grievous character that the Times is justified in as
sailing Mr. Gage for selecting them, with more BIT
terness than has been hitherto used in attacks upon
him. even by the most vtuperatve OF his political
opponents
The course of the Times in this matter is one Of
stark madness and sheer lunacy That the proprietor
OF the Times, Colonel OTIS has long been in personal
antagonsm to Mr.. Osborne and Mr.. Parker is we'll
known. He has fought them about as fercely as he
has fought organized labor and with about as much
success; but up to this time there has been some
method even if no reason in his fighting What has
led the Times to amuck at this juncture is not
clear unless be that the absence of its proprietor
has left it totally without brains.
The case is a curious one. Mr. Osborne and Mr.
Parker members of the Republican State execu-
tive committee two years ago, and assisted in the
management of the that carried California for
Mckinley despite the heavy detection of the silver
element from the Republican party.
Colonel Otis supported their work at that time.
He has since accepted an office from the President
whom they helped elect and is at this time wear
ing the shoulder straps that Mckinley conferred on
him. Still his paper now assailS the very men who,
campaign managers, aided to elect the President
who gave him the office.
There is worse feature of the course taken
by the Times The Times proposed three for
membership the executive committee. 1t was
deemed more expedient however, to retain the mem
bers of the former committee, and the nominees OF
the Times rejected 1t acts as if it thought
1t had right to dictate who should and who should
not be the committee, and because its favorites
not named it assals everything in sight with
the frenzy of Bombastes Furioso
Colonel Otis, the proprietor of the paper being alb
sent behooves those in charge to consider we'll the
condition that confronts them. The Times is not a
very influential paper and its prestige is not great
The avowed antagonsm OF its proprietor to organized
labor has long since made it something of an outcas
in journalism. If it now attacks Republicansm for
the qualification of personal spite it will lose what
support it enjoys from, Republican readers
Whether blunder as that already committed
be atoned for is doubtful, but it will be worth
while for the Times managers to try it.