The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-22
ABOUT PARTY PAPERS.

- INCF the Legislature adjourned the Post and
Bulletin have INDUCED in jeremiads because
- Senator was not elected and, affecting high
tone on the subject grid members Of the Legisla-
ure for putting personal considerations above party
Whether these two Burns organs are in Grape over
the party prospects for lost contingent does not
matter They both threaten The Call and Chronicle
and use high words about the future punishment IN
store for all who opposed Burns.
It is bad habit to write from the standpoint OF an
unmaterialized profit in a political event. The two
evening organs OF Mr. Burns were shut out OF the
mails and they had the right OF way in street sales
One of them put in much time and space ridlculing
Senator Perkins and decrying and betlng him, with
the purpose of showing his untness for the Senator
ship and devoted the rest OF its space and time to
lauding the genius talents, craftsmanship, culture
honesty honor piety and fitness OF Dan Burns for the
Senate The Post did these things and asked the
Legislature and the people to believe in its sincerity
and soundness. 1t had its way. No one stopped 1t
Surely The Call had occasion to feel its influence
and the need of counteracting it 1t abused Perkins
attacked him with ridcule and sarcasm, and wanted
Burns for Senator take the taste OF Perkins out OF
its mouth The Republican party and its majority in
the Legislature did not agree with the Post Be-
cause they did not the Post is OF the opinion that
the party has gone to the bow-wows, and that The
Call is responsible for the disaster.
The Post should not mourn as those without hope.
1t is not the first doctor who has his patient get
well after refusing to take his medicine There are but
few Republicans who will agree with the Post that
the way to future party success lay in denounclng
Perkins and clarifying Burns.
As for the Bulletin, it is to the party what en-
bamed beef was to the army. When opened it smells
like carbon and when taken it kills. Last fall 1t
bolted in the midst of the campaign, supported con-
siderable part OF the sandlot ticket and did its best
to so demora1ze the party in this city as to put the
whole State and Congressional ticket IN jeopardy
Perhaps it did this for a consideration We don't
know the measure of its necessities, The motives that
urge newspaper to bolt good party ticket to sup
port bad ticket nominated by the enemy usually
apparent but the price it demands is estimated in
many ways 1t may be based entirely the loss OF
the boiling paper to the party it bolts from,
the gain to the party to which it bolts Measured by
either or BOTH the reward OF the Bulletin would be
very small indeed That it rushed from its party bolt
straight into the Burns camp and took up the duty OF
virtues and talents would to indicate that the
drought in its affairs unbroken.
But why should it complain of The Call? The Bull
etin had ample opportunity to convince the Legisa
ure that Senator Simpson used the language Of truth
and soberness when he said Burns the grandest
Republican that ever lived" True, that a little
rough on Lincoln, Seward; Greeley, Grant Mckinley
and few others, but The Call is not to blame that the
Legislature refused to believe it.
Finally, we have to say to our lightning bug con-
temporaries which flicker in the evening hours that
The Call is and will be Republican paper, and will
do its duty to the people fighting against crime and
indecency whether found within without the party
II the two ephenera of the twilight desire to support
indecent and unnatural politics and to debauch the
party to such vile ambitions that of Burns is their
privilege But before they succeed they must con-
vince the people that they are right.