The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-13
OAKLAND is
GIVEN. OVER.
!. !: TO. t POLITICS
A Good Time to: Use
Common Sense:
HOW TO AVOID SCANDALS
VOTERS SHOULD NOT BE LED
BY soPHIsTRIEs:
Out of the Army of Candidates It
Should Not Be Difficult to -.
~'. Choose Trustworthy
Men. .-:
VOTERS SHOULD NOT. BE LED
BY. soPHIsTRIEs: -.
Oakland once San Francisco Call

sos Broadway, Feb u. =
There are many sterling men running
for Office at. this time, but there is not
one worthy, in my opinion, of taking to
himself and debauching that great bat
tle-cry of Manila and Santiago, "Remem-
Der the Maine Ignorant and possibly
unpatriotc vendors Of peanuts or special
brands of soap may be pardoned for be-
ing led into such an error against good
taste in advertising, but there can be no
excuse for an Intelligent citizen consid-
cred worthy Of filling public office doing
any: such cheap exploiting. : Yet around
the city L have noticed on the political
cards of men who: do and should know
better than to. commit such an offense
against 'decenCy,: the quack. expression,
remember the name" The Maine will
be remembered. as long as the name. of
America exists, but IT is just as sure that
many of the names now being placaroed
IN this city Will be as surely forgotten
with this generation, some of them with
this campaign. ... ~..~>
Z II there could. be. more work and less talk
there would be a vast improvement in politics:
More business more work for the floating popu-
latlon is what is needed In Oakand.-Oak-
land saturday Night.
This sentiment should be the text OF
every. political speech during" this cam
paign, and should just as certainly be the
motto of every official elected to office.
In this. city politics amounts largely to
mouthings. Rarely is anything pledged by
a party seeking an office. carried out. In
some manner or other enough: little foxes
manage to squeeze. into the city admin
istration to spoil the vines, and even the
political wisdom of a. Solomon has so far
seemed unable to keep them. out. The
same danger is threatening at this time
There are men before the community as
candidates for office who are no more fit
TO be iptrusted with public confidence. and
the: expenditure. of.public money than they
are fit to sit on" the throne of an ideal re-
ligiOn1stS heaven. On the other hand
there are plenty of men who can be trust
ed; men of honor. who have been tried
and who would never dream of betray-
rectly at the theft of a single cent from
the city" treasury. All these men are now
in the public eye and it is TO be hoped
that the. decent. vote of Oakland is am
pie to guarantee. the election of a city
government that will do something and
not be given to making pie-crust prom
Uses whichrtt has no intention or desire
to carry out. -
For one whole month each voter has a
duty to perform. In this time he owes
IT TO himself and every fellow citizen to
examine the character, the antecedents,
the alliances. and the influences which
surround every individual seeking public
favor. This is not difficult task nor is
it one that should: be sighted. On it's
performance faithfully: depends the \
status of this city for two years, PERTAINS
longer. 1t is easy to. obtain all the neces-
sary information regarding every candi-
date, and If there be. any. candidate, about
who so little is known that his standing
cannot be ascertained, II is safe to saw
that such one is not the best man for
whom to vote. -: .'.-,s 80: ~
. 1t is true, as It always has been, that