Show there Is perturbation in the local newspaper paddock which Is certain to altert politicians and capitalists presently mr He hearses arsts purchase ot of the new york journal has bets drawn away from here a good many of 0 the best writers and will draw others and what Is more serious the exa examiner m iner having ceased to bo be the principal ati ob eject of 0 hearses He arsts interest Is naturally expected to diminish in imbor importance tan A letter from new york tells me that newspaper row there Is in ill a state of 0 delightful excitement over his advent the most moat sumptuous rumors as to lilg his intentions are credited he Is bidding tor for talent and getting it from the other papers find and the report that lie ho ri means learia to spend tour four million on oil the journal jell it necessary to make jt it a success Is believed by the simple anu and eager gentlemen of 0 the pen that he will pour dour out money freely there need be no doubts but four million goes I 1 am sure be bc yond his wildest intention A aad n d white the struggle to tores force the journ journal a I 1 to the front en grosses him the axam examiner alner will pale as a newspaper and lose its individuality divIdu divi duality allty the democrats of 0 california have never been satisfied with avith it B since inca it has cared very much more for or circulation than the bartys interests but it la Is the only democratic paper in the state ate of 0 general circulation all the other san Perri francisco cisco newspapers newspaper are republican what to Is the damoc democracy racy going to do dpn the examiner loses first arst place the paper will become more and more of a bother to hearst and should tile the journal soon eoon net get on its feet he be will want to sell hla his san fran cleeo property were it to tall fall into the hands of republicans whose interests and ambitions are oppose d to those of 0 the Spreckel ses and do young into those of 0 col dan burns and his friends for instance the Derr democracy would waken to the value of the allx ahlner aciner there has always been gro growling w I 1 at mr heartt t because his paper was not Democrat t lo a enough but re really ally it has dono done great service tor for the party it made the last democratic platform ond rendered possible the election of governor budd Who nover it la is offered for or a sale a le it will bring a good price republican purchasers c would appear but they v would have to face some heavy democratic Democrat lo sacks backs we have a number of y young oung millionaires of that party who are not without political desires notably jan jail V coleman and J D ph phelan e ian both can write and both have a at t one time and another shown an in inclination c li nation tor for newspaper ownership were these two 0 or r one of them to form a company to take the examiner art He hearses Hears arsts tB handa bands the stock could bo be sold young flood would aou id bo be good for a t block and young fair tor for another then there is ma mayor 6 sutro the populists lists want an organ and havi have long been anxious for the mayor to buy them one cut but mr sutro ran newspapers over in nevada and knows what they cost especially when conducted as organs moreover lie ho la is riot not much of 0 2 a populist and it lie he invests in in a newspaper it will be to help himself aimse f t toward award the governorship or the united states senate he la is at old but liale hale tor for lila his years yearn and intensely interested in life his energy la 13 greater than that of 0 must mom men at any age and he la Is as aspiring as it he w were oro in his thir thirties tits instead of 0 his sixties hla his cl election cc to the mayor mayoralty by a clear or majority has endeared him to the democracy and he be can have any nomina nomination tion h he e w wishes ashes though he was refused in d e r bement when he made his seemingly hopeless ho h light tor for mayor but personal a ambitions m aside a new newspaper or the purchase and transformation tor mallon of the examiner is able I 1 io do not mean at once tor for next to a railroad a modern newspaper Is the costliest cost liest thins thing going and it takes time mobilize bodies of 0 money the new newspapers wo we have are excellent in their way ay but their limits are narrow As news gatherers they superiors anywhere but never in th alie hla his tory lory of the city has the dally daily prease press been so feeble in opinion ion consequently so BO poor in influence it if it had been agreed among the projectors that the editorial pages should be made as colorless as possible they could not be more inane more timid timid not t to give offense tense ol not to uke take the c of f fighting any wrong tho that ard I 1 is 1 abble ble ho to strike back not at to say a A word for far tho a public rood good except under absolute compulsion and then in the faintest of voices that to is the policy of berv knoof the newspapers of large circulation A city of this size and ebar character acter needs a pros press of manlier spirit and the need will produce a newspaper not afraid to attempt leadership political and moral I 1 1 oak look for the examiner to pass pasa into tile posses plon pion of men who will not take an exclusively clu clun elusively ively business office view 0 of f journalism rial igni A year or two may b bo e required for the change but it will come in this manner or in the form of a paper then the other journals journal win will be compelled to doff dof the white feather and think about something except pub scribers bers advertisers ind and nickels only a community of intellectual eunuchs could stand in permanence ahn kind of press that san francisco no now has ARTHUR anthur |