The San Francisco call., 1910-01-02
IMPORTANT EVENTS
TO MARK NEW YEAR
DecenniaI Census TO Be Taken
by Government First of
Great Feats in 1910
Weighty Questions of Statecraft
and Matters Pertaining to
People to Be Decided

"ielo' should be an easy number to
remember. And there should happen
during that year many things to make
X memorable.
In the first place. the decennial cen
sus is TO be taken during this new
Year. and there should be a scurrying
az bright minds 10 the front to have
their achievements recorded in the
great national blue book. OF course.
personal achievements are not to be
published in the book-unless they ia Ike
the form of children. or factories or
Farms. But there viii be an added
incentive 10 achievement in a year ded-
icated by the national government TO
IT'S great recording work
and the natural rivalry OF the years
VIII spur the people OF the world on
no new wonders. 1t viii be difficult to
eclipse the last year. Nineteen hundred
and nine is 2 year about which we may
speak well behind its back Nineteen
hundred and ten is a year about which
we may wish wei to its face. and even
dare IL TO achieve more than its pre-
decessOrs in Office did.
IMPORTANT DOMESTIC DUTIES
san Francisco. now solid on its
foundations again, will be ready for
new works 1t has important domestic
duties before IL
There are two important shovelfuls
~ dirt 10 be turned, according to
schedule during the new year. They
are.
one shovelful-First earth to be
turned for the Geary street road prof.
cCr-
Another shovelful-First earth to be
turned for the Panama-Pacifc exposi-
non grounds.
Probe bly, there viii be third shovel
1ul turned which VIII be highly inn
portant 10 the city. It win be in the
zvork Of the Sierra water supply project
shovel or not. there viii be many
vote turned i'm that cause before the
scar is more than IA days old
And there are other votes of impor-
1ance TO be turned during the new
year. The first statewide application
Of the direct primary election law is
10 be made this year. In August the
voters OF the state viii be called upon
10 decide upon those men they would
have run for the state Office. BY that
time the Gillett familE-will have come
10 an understanding on the guberna-
torial situation. It may then be pos
sible for the people TO vote for Gil
lett as the republican candidate for
governor or Charles T. Curry. or may
AIRY Then there should be a reform
candidate in the field-a man behind
whom the Lincoln-Roosevelt movement
VIII stand.
The year 1910 is to see the most in
teresting and crucial campaign in the
history Of California. Probably feel
ing win not be so high a it has been
in other years. In this calm period
OF reaction and quiet cynicism OF pub
nc issues it does not seem probable
10 the chill of January that the August
sun can generate fiery politicalAeat-
but the newness of the situation, the
wonderful opportunity witch the peo-
pie viii have TO attend a convention by
walking al most four blocks 10 the
nearest place. should develop in it
self an amazing interest.
PEOPLE TO EXPRESS WILL
For the first time in the history Of
California there is an opportunity for
the people Of the state 70 do what the
machine politicians have for years
been doing FOR them by the fragrant eX-
ercise OF proxies and by Vaccinations
and political chicanery.
The first great primary election is to
be held in 1910. That is enough TO
arouse every politically inspired young
man TO dreams Of power and every
machine politician to dread OF his new
futiiity in the scheme OF politics.
While the east is waiting the RE
turn from Elba" Of Theodore Roose-
Welt and the standpatter is watching
lis movements in the jungle with the
nervous apprehension with which he
himself is watching the movements OF
The jungle grass. California too may
keep its eyes toward the route OF the
former president. President Benja-
min Tde Wheeler OF the University Of
california had promised TO bring
Roosevelt 10 this state. II may be that
viii come 10 California during the
election contest Roosevelt will not
then be hedEed with the sloofness
with which a president must surround
himself To his own democratic way
Of thinking. he VIII be simply a pri-
Eate citizen. q republican politician.
Roosevelt has a genius for politics. He
probably could no more keep his
fingers out Of q political fight which
needed his assistance than a painter
could keep his hands of cameIs hair
brush that needed a master.
shall California in 1910 witness the
nrst political temperance Of Theodore
4 Roosevelt
SPORT N CALIFORNIA
There is 10 be plenty OF sport
aside from the festivities of primary
politics and the second ANIMAL Portola
fete-in California during the year that
is just rushing onward
Los Angeles has the first call for
attention in California and in America
During this month the first aviation
contest TO be held in the United states
viii take place at Los Angeles. The
airShip contests sEe usual things now
in Europe. New York has seen the
strange birds fly. but on this continent
there has not been d field day in the
sky. Los Angeles will claim the first
distinction for such an event Famous
aviators viii compete for large prizes.
The great professional sporting
event OF the year viii probablN be de-
cided in san Francisco or its vicinity
July Of this year. James Jeffries
and Jack Johnson are matched TO fight
for the heavyweight championship Of
the world. A san Franciscan. Jim Cof-
froth, seems in a position TO direct the
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