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CONTEMPORARY COMMENT ON THE NEW "CALL." It is with no ordinary gratification that we present to our readers, this morning, the testimonials of and indorsement, which follow. It would be but an affectation, if we pretended in be indifferent to the kind words from friends and fellow-journalists, which serve us so w.il as an introduction to the old subscribers of The Call and to such new ra as have come to us during the past week and of such affectation we desire to be neither charged nor suspected. Many these testimonials, we are aware, are glowing more with the fervor of friendship than with the mere warmth of impartial approval, but they are not for that a any the less gratifying nor will any fair-minded reader find them of value in determining the repute which the new management of The Call holds in the journalism of the Pacific Coast We -h them all as an evidence of our appreciation of them; as a proof that we know what such indorsements are worth as an illustration of our responsiveness to the fervor of warm friends and the approval of impartial crifc" We submit them to our readers not for self-laudation, but in deference to public opinion and particularly in deference to the opinion of the old subscribers of The Cali that we may win a favorable tion for the future by indorsements which attest the good work of the past and the capacity of the new management to make, and retain friends while' running a Imyiewspaper, fearless, independent and aggressive in the service of truth and justice and the great triate that we love. INFUSED LIFE AND VIGOR. Charles M.

Shortridge has assumed charge of I hi San Francisco Call and has already infused life and vigor into that journal. AN EXCELLENT JOURNAL. Ukiah Republican. Charles Shortridge, the recent purchaser of The Call, can be relied upon to make an excellent journal of that paper. He is young, progressive and thoroughly understand: the newspaper business.

A BLESSING INDEED. Amadnr Let! per. C. M. Shortridge will put new life into the journalistic field of San Francisco, and if he carries out the policy mapped out in his maiden salute Frisco will be blessed with one truthful daily journal.

WELL PLEASED. l.nkf County Be. The State at large as well as San Francisco is highly pleased to know we are to have a new modern independent newspaper. Charles M. Shortridge, lit- editor and proprietor, grasps the situation.

HE WILL DO IT. yevada City Transcript. Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury is now conducting The San Francisco If he is able to keep half the promises he has made he will certainly furnish to the State a magnificent paper. WILL BE THE LIVELIEST PAPER.

JHvrsi'i'' We shall miss our guess if The San Francisco Call, under its new management, does not become the liveliest big daily on the coast. Shortridge is liable to wake up even the San Francisco Silurians. A STALWART FRIEND. Grass Vhion. The mining interests will have a stalwart friend in The San Francisco Call under the new management of the brilliant Charles M.

Shortridge, who, if the Union is not mistaken, spent several years of his young manhood in Nevada County. WILL BE IN THE FRONT RANK. Woorllsind Democrat. Editor Shortridge has introduced a number of features which improve the mechanical appearance of The Call. The indications are that his new purchase will soon be in the very front rank of California journalism.

A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. Diron Tribune. The San Francisco Call will doubtless take on a new lease of life under the management of its new owner, Charles M. Shortridge. It will lead the Examiner and Chronicle a merry race for supremacy, and with an excellent show to succeed.

SHOULD BE ONE OF THE BEST. Bakertfleld Californinn. Mr. Shortridge is one of the brightest young newspaper men in the State, and if Thb Call is handled from the business end as it should there is no reason why it should not become one of the best paying newspaper properties in California. FALLEN INTO GOOD HANDS.

San Xateo The has fallen into good hands, and we wish the new proprietor, C. M. Shortridge, every success in his, new venture. Editor Shortridge is young, able and full of energy ami will make The (all equal if not surpass any of the San Francisco dailies. WILL NOT SUFFER BY THE CHANGE.

BseondtdO Times. Charles M. Shortridge, editor of the Pan Jose Mercury, last week purchased The Sax Francisco paying $360,000 for the property. Mr. Shortridge is one of the best newspaper men on the coast, and The Call will not suffer by the change in management.

WILL GO TO THE FRONT. Los Qnzrtte. Charles M. Shortridge is now editor and proprietor of The San Francisco Call. He made an excellent reputation on the San Jose Mercury, and we expect to see The Call come well to the front, under his management, among the great journals of the coast.

WILL PUBLISH FACTS. Winnemucca Silver State. Charles M. Shortridge, the new owner of The San Francisco Call, says his paper will publish facts, not fakes. This is a hard hit at his contemporaries, the Examiner and Chronicle, but is a commendable innovation in San Francisco journali-ui all the same.

IS A GOOD NEWSPAPER. Santa Cruz Sentinel. M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury, a hustler, has purchased The San bco Call, paying $360,000 therefor. The (all is a good newspaper, has a large, rvative patronage, and if properly managed, can soon be made to touch a value of half a million dollars.

WILL PLACE IT IN THE FRONT RANK. Santa Clara Index. Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury bid in The Call property yesterday afternoon, the price being $360,000. Mr.

bbortridge's success as the manager of an interior daily is a guarantee that he will place The Call in the foremost rank of metropolitan journalism. WILL GO RIGHT AHEAD. Twin Cify News. We see that Charles M. Shortridge has bought The Call for $360,000.

Mr. Shortridge is a man of erood business ability, and showed it in his bids for the paper. With such a man at the helm The Call will go right ahead and improve, and will keep right up with its big contemporaries. WILL ADD NEW LIFE TO IT. Alameda Encinal.

Charles M. Shortridge, editor and proprietor of the San Jose Mercury, yesterday, the auction sale, bought The San Call for the modest sum of $360,000 and will take possession on Monday next. He will add new life to it, as he has done with his San Jose Mercury. BELIEVES HE WILL WIN. Alameda Argns.

The" San Francisco Call came out yesday morning with new heads and a new air generally. Mr. Shortridge having drawn a big check the day before, took the reins and hoisted his name at the masthead as editor and proprietor. We like his breezy self-confidence. We believe he will win.

LOOKS YOUNGER AND BRIGHTER. San Francisco Public Opinion. The Morning Call, in the hands of the new proprietor, Mr. Shortridge, looks much younger and brighter, and it is in touch with the rising generation, who do not care for lengthy old sermons. We hope that Thh Call will grow stronger, brighter and better under its new management.

A BOLD, VIGOROUS STAND. Sautatito SSewt. The Call, under new management, bids fair to bo what its name implies, a "Call" to busy men, eager for fresh, crisp news, given in terse, vigorous English. Our esteemed contemporary is manifesting a bold vigorous stand support of the anti-boss spirit in politics, which will win in the long run. YOUNG AND ENERGETIC.

Vlxatta Timet. C. M. Shortridge is now the editor and proprietor of The Morning Call, and the Examiner and Chronicle will have in him a foeman worthy of their steel. Mr.

Shortridge is young, energetic, intelligent and ambitious, and his management of the San Jose Mercury has proven him a journalist of ability. NO STRINGS ON IT. Merced Express. The Sax Francisco Call, one of the best metropolitan papers published in any city, was sold this week to Mr. Charles M.

Shortridge. editor of the San Jose Mercury. Mr. Shortridge declares that there are no strings on The Call, and if any man can find one that man is given full" permission to "pull in the whole A HINT OF WHAT IS TO COME. Stockton Independent.

Considerable change was made in the appearance of the Morning Call' of San Francisco yesterday, but it is too early yet to judge of what changes will be made. The first issue under the new publisher is livelier in appearance and in the matter it contains, but the change is to be regarded as a mere hint of what is to come. PLENTY OF SNAP AND VIGOR. Renn Gazette, Charles M. Shortridge's name appears at the head of the San Francisco Call's editorial column as '-editor and proprietor." From the appearance of his iirst number, the old Call's sluggish blood has got a new and has had injected into it fresh brains with plenty of snap and vigor.

The paper's appearance is very much improved. WILL BE UP TO THE STANDARD. Lake. County Avalanche. Charles M.

Shortridge. editor and proprietor of the San Jose Mercury, has purchased the San Francisco Call for and will soon take charge of its management. Mr. Shortridge is a thorough newspaper man, and if he keeps this paper up to the standard of the Mercury his success will be inevitable. We wish "him success.

WILL CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK. Portf.rville Enterprise. The San Francisco Call is now the property of C. M. Shortridge, who paid for it.

The Call has all along worked well in the interest of San Francisco and the State, and we see no reason why it should not continue to do so with Editor Shortridge at the helm. C. M. Shortridge is an able editor and an able man. BEST WISHES OF THE PEOPLE.

Valleio Chronicle. Charles M. Shortridge, the new owner of The Call, has the best wishes of the people of the whole State for his success and their congratulations upon securing that metropolitan paper. The first issues under his management have already brought The Call into demand and the Chronicle and Examiner will now have to look after their laurels. COURAGE AND ABILITY.

Pomona Times. Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury has bought The San Francisco Call for $360,000. Mr. S.

is a thorough newspaper man. He has courajre as well as ability. He was fined for contempt of court because he published certain news. He appealed to the Supreme Court and was sustained. The Call is a splendid newspaper, but has lately been daft on railroads.

WILL, PUT NEW LIFE INTO IT. Middleton Independent. The San Francisco Morning Call was sold at auction on Friday, January 4. Charles M. Shortridge, editor of the San Jose Mercury, was the purchaser, paying $360,000 for the property.

Mr. Shortridge is one of the ablest newspaper men in the State, and will no doubt put new life into The Call and make it one of the leading journals of the metropolis. ALWAYS HAS THE BEST. Wheatlnnd Four Comers. Editor Shortridge, the new proprietor of The San Francisco Call, it is asserted, will take hold of the management of that paper and boom it as a leading daily of the West.

The Call has heretofore been a good paper, but Shortridge will not be satisfied with something good; he always wants and has the best. Time will tell where he is to be rated in San Francisco. FOR CALIFORNIA'S PROSPERITY. Woodland Mail. Shortridge is going to make things hum in San Francisco journalism.

He is going to take the breath of the meadow and the orchard into the metropolis, and the sympathies of the rural districts will, respond to his Call. He is going to make people think and talk of the real things upon which California's prosperity hangs. Sail in, Charley Shortridge, the hayseeds are with you. WILL MAKE IT THE LEADING JOURNAL. Modesto JBamirr.

Charles M. Shortridge has purchased and assumed control of The San Francisco Call. Sir. Shortridge is a gentleman of much ability and a born journalist. He starts out right, as a perusal of an editorial from yesterday's Call, published in today's Banner, will prove.

He realizes the conflict now on between the masses, corporations and trusts, and proposes to treat all fairly. This is all the masses have ever contended for fair treatment. If. Mr. Shortridge follows up this honest expression, which he gives to the people unasked THE MORNING GAIiL, SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1895.

for, he will make The Call the leading journal of the metropolis. A FRIENDLY PREDICTION. WatsonviUe Register. The San Francisco Call changed hands Tuesday, Charles M. Shortridge having his name at the head as editor and proprietor.

We predict that in a few years under the proprietorship of Mr. Shortridge The Call will be in the lead of its contemporaries. He is one of the best newspaper men on the coast. The Call from now on will be independent, so the editor announces through its columns. WORDS OF CHEER.

Contra Costa News. The San Francisco Morning Call made its appearance Tuesday with the name of Charles M. Shortridge at the head of its editorial columns. The Call is an oldtime favorite with the reading public, and there is every indication that under the new management it will more than regain its former high standing in the journalistic field. Success to The Call and the new and enterprising editor.

SHOWS MARKED IMPROVEMENT. Maeer Argus. Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury has purchased The San Francisco Call and assumed charge of the paper, to the great improvement of that journal. "We prophesy that The Call will become a very lively third in the journalistic field of the metropolis, and we wouldn't be surprised to see it in a year's time at the head of the list.

BEST WISHES. Placer Charles M. Shortridge, editor of that able and newsy paper, the San Jose Mercury, has furchased The San Francisco Morning all for the sum of $360,000. This is considered a good price for the paper. The Chronicle and Examiner now nave a competitor in the field that will make them hustle to keep up in the race.

The new editor and proprietor has our best wishes. WILL BE SECOND TO NONE. Los Banos Enterprise. Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury has purchased The San Francisco Call, for the sum of $360,000.

The new proprietor isarustlar and will make of The Call one of the leading journals of California, second to none on the Pacific Coast. The first issue under the new management, Monday, is a complete encyclopedia of the happenings of the day. Success to you, brother Shortridge. A WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT. Carson Tribune.

There is a wonderful improvement in The San Francisco Call since Charles M. Shortridge took charge. He'll make the Examiner and Chronicle hustle to keep up with the procession. The editor says: "The Call will be a thorough-going, consistent Republican journal, faithful to the traditions of the party, a champion of its principles and a loyal supporter of its great leaders in every campaign." FULLY WORTH THE PRICE. San Francisco Journal of Commerce.

It is a big jump from the San Jose Mercury to The San Francisco Morning Call, but Charles M. Shortridge has made it and landed in safety. He has paid a big price for his prize, but it is fully worth it. Mr. Shortridge is a signal'instance of successful journalism.

He has a splendid property. Thk Call is one of the institutions of the city and has grown with its growth. We wish him every success. EFFECT OF VIGOROUS METHODS. Hayward.l Review.

The sale of The Morning Call of San Francisco for $360,000 proves that under some circumstances newspapers are very valuable property. Charles M. Shortridge, the new owner, has been proprietor of the San Jose Mercury for years, and is one of the most enterprising "of California newspaper men. The Call already shows the effect of vigorous methods under the new management, and promises to be a better paper than ever before. READABLE AND ENTERTAINING.

Merced Sun. C. M. Shortridge, the new editor and proprietor of The San Francisco Call, took the reins yesterday, and that gentleman's individuality is clearly marked on the editorial page, which gives promise of being the most readable and entertaining of any of San Francisco's dailies. If The Call, under Shortridge's management and editorship, does not supersede the Chronicle as the Republican organ of the Pacific Coast we shall be much mistaken and disappointed.

WILL MAKE IT A GREAT PAPER. San Josr JVfewi. Charles M. Shortridge of this city, who has successfully conducted the Mercury for many years and placed it foremost among the newspapers of the coast, has purchased The San Francisco Call. That Mr.

Shortridge is eminently fitted to conduct The Call and give "the other San Francisco papers a close race for popularity no one who is familiar with Mr. Shortridge's journalistic ability and indomitable energy has a doubt. lie will make The Call a great paper. HAS ALREADY BEEN IMPROVED. Contra Costa Gazette.

The San Francisco Call was sold at auction last week and was bid in by Charles M. Shortridge, editor of the San Jose Mercury, the price being $360,000. Mr. Shortridge has been publisher of the Mercury for about twelve years past, and during the time he has conducted that paper has made it one of the foremost journals in the State. The Call has fallen into good hands, and has already been improved in many ways under the new management.

WILL ADVANCE TO THE TOP. Benicia New Era. The San Francisco Call has not had the reputation of being as enterprising as its contemporaries, but it is the cleanest and most reliable family metropolitan journal on the coast. Charles M. Shortridge, the brilliant young editor of the San Jose Mercury, is its new editor and proprietor, he having purchased it at auction for $360,000, and we Know that The Call will advance to the top round of the journalistic ladder under its new and able leadership.

A BRILLANT FUTURE. Angels Herald. Charles M. Shortridge, editor and proprietor. Such was the name that appeared at the head of the San Francisco Call's editorial page last Tuesday morning.

The Call has always stood in the front rank of conservative journalism and has enjoyed a long period of financial success, yet, with the brilliant business man, so long known as the genius of the San Jose Mercury, at the helm, there is no doubt but what the past successes of The Calx will be entirely eclipsed by a more brilliant future. It promises in the future to be not only independent, but absolutely fearless, and denes any one to discover the least semblance of any strings attached to it. A GRAND FIELD. Marysville Democrat. The San Francisco Morning Call under a new proprietor and management has been received and the changes noted with pleasure.

In starting out the new proprietor says it is his intention to make not a metropolitan journal only, but a broad, generous newspaper, having a close touch with every county and every industry in the State. There is a grand field for such a journal and we confidently believe Editor Shortridge will succeed. There is need of a clean metropolitan journal in San Francisc one that will speak out plainly in the interest of the people and tell the truth occasionally even if not profitable. We welcome The Call to our exchange list and wish the new proprietor success in his new field of journalism. CLIMBED THE LADDER OF SUCCLSS.

Paso Eobles Leader. Charles. M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury has purchased The Call. The price paid for it is Mr.

Shortridge is comparatively a young man, being but 36 years of age. He started out at the foot of the ladder, but by dint of hard work and perseverance has climbed the ladder of success step at a time until now he is the editor-in-chief and owner of one of the foremost papers in the State. The Leader trusts that the success of Brother Shortridge may never grow dim. WILL INCREASE ITS POPULARITY. Oarxon Charles M.

Shortridge, the editor of the San Jose Mercury ana conceded to be one of the ablest journalists on the coast, has purchased The Morning Call of San Francisco, and his management will increase the popularity of the paper a hundred per cent. Among other things the new editor announces that "The Call will be a thorough-going consistent Republican journal, faithful to the traditions of the pa rtv, a champion of its principles and a loyal supporter of its great leaders in every campaign." A WELCOME CHANGE. San Francisco Tiriies and Observer. The Daily Call of this city has been purchased by Charles M. Shortridge, the proprietor and editor of the San Jose Mercuyy.

The change is a welcome one Mr. Shortridge is a journalist of undoubted ability, liberal in his views socially and religiously, and his advent will be an addition to San Francisco society. We have known Mr. Shortridge from boyhood and congratulate him upon becoming the proprietor of one of the most influential daily papers in the State of California. INDEPENDENT AND FEARLESS.

Alameda Telegraph. The infusion of new and young blood is apparent in the issue of yesterday of The Morning Call, with Charles M. Shortridge's name appearing at the head of the editorial page for the first time as the editor and proprietor. Under its new management the journal will not only be independent, but absolutely fearless. It will be a thorough-going, consistent Republican journal, faithful to the traditions of the party, a champion of its principles and a loyal supporter of its great leaders in every campaign.

LEADS IN INFLUENCE. Stockton Record. The plant, advertising contracts, subscription lists and good will of The San Francisco Call newspaper were sold at auction a few days ago to C. M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury for $360,000.

The figure may seem rather high, but the property is undoubtedly worth the price. In point of influence The Call is ahead of all its metropolitan contemporaries, and a statement appearing in its columns is given considerably more weight than if it appeared in the Chronicle, for instance. HAS LONG NEEDED IT. Tola Independent. Here's to The Morning Call of San Francisco, now under the management of C.

M. Shortridge, publisher of the Ban Jose Mercury. Mr. Shortridge paid $360,000 for the paper. He is an active newspaper man and will bring just the qualifications needed to contest for the foremost position in journalism on We acknowledge the receipt of Tuesday's daily with his name as publisher, and we extend to Mr.

Shortridge our most hearty congratulations, for we know he will infuse new vigor into the paper. That is what it has needed for many a day. NOT AFRAID TO SPEND MONET. Oakland Ixqnirn: What The Call will be like as a newspaper under Mr. Shortridge we can infer from the character of other newspapers he has published.

He will want to print just as good a paper as anybody does in San Francisco and will -try to make it a little better; he does not believe in running a newspaper on the cheap; he is not afraid to spend money and will make or break something. The newspaper race, which has been between the Chronicle and the Examiner for some years, will now be rendered more exciting by the addition of a third competitor. OPENS A WIDER FIELD. Ashland Or .) Tidings. Charles M.

Shortridge, who bovght The San Francisco Morning Call public auction last week, paying a little less than $400,000 for it, assumed charge of the paper Tuesday, and his name is now at its head as editor and publisher. Mr. Shortridge has for years been the successful editor and proprietor of the San Jose Mercury, which property he retains, and which he has made one of the most influential of the California newspapers. The Call opens to him a wider field and the rural press over the coast will wish him the greatest success in it. VIGOROUS EDITORIALS.

O)lusn Sun. Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury has purchased the San Francisco Call, paying therefore the nice little sum of $360,000. He made his bow on Tuesday morning, and a graceful bow it was. The vigor of the editorial columns gave notice to the other metropolitan journals that if they would not be surpassed they must vastly in that particular department at least.

Shortridge has ability, vigor, ambition, and withal a strong coin backing, and The Call will not be rated third in the newspaper race a twelvemonth from the day of the sale. A BRILLIANT CAREER PREDICTED. Livermorn Herald. The San Francisco Call was bought last Friday by Charles M. Shortridge, editor of the San Jose Mercury, for the sum of The court confirmed the sale on Monday and he took immediate charge, coming out with his salutatory on Tuesday morning.

In this he lays down the policy to be pursued in the conduct of the paper, and if this is carried out, as doubtless it will be, the paper will have a deserved increase of subscribers. Mr. Shortridge is not an untried editor, but in San Jose proved himself a progressive, wide-awake editor, and now that his field is enlarged we predict a brilliant career for him and The Call. WILL KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. Sonoma County Farmer.

The San Francisco Morning Call is now under the control of Charles M. Shortridge, editor and proprietor. Mr. Shortridge is well known to tne newspaper profession of this State, having for some time been at the head of the San Jose Mercury, of which he has made a notable success. The Call shows the impress of his hand in its different editorial tone and in a number of changes of style.

The Call was a good paper before, but the changes are pleasing, and we expect to see it steadily improve and advance. The Call will "keep up with the times," for it has a live man at its head. TAKEN A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. JBakersflehl Democrat. Charles M.

Shortridge, the well-known editor of the San Jose Mercury, has purchased and assumed editorial charge of The San Francisco Call, and Tuesday morning's edition, the first under the new management, shows that The Call has already taken a new lease of life. Even under the old regime it was the most conservative and most reliable Republican paper in San Francisco, and the ability of Editor Shortridge will certainly advance it beyond its old bounds. Every newspaper man in the State will certainly hope that success may crown his efforts. WHAT HE'D RATHER BE. WatsonviUe Pajaronian.

Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury has purchased The San Francisco Call for $360,000 and has taken charge. Shortridge is a hustler and he will give the Chronicle and Examiner a taste of live competition. He is one of the ablest newspaper managers of the coast, is up to date, is a stalwart Republican, and has an army of friends. To be in the swim as the publisher of a metropolitan daily it is essential to be a candidate for United States Senator.

Shortridge could fill the place with signal ability, and would see that California got her share of good things. But then Charley Shortridge would rather be the head of ah influential newspaper than Senator. THE AIM A GOOD ONE. Napa JUgitter. Charles M.

Shortridge is now editor and proprietor of the San Francisco Call. Today's issue is his. It will be his policy, he says, "to make not a metropolitan journal merely, but a broad, generous California newspaper, having a close touch with county and industry in the State and finding a welcome and a careful reading in every household." The aim is a good one, ana we look for marked im- Srovement in the management of The all. Shortridge has had thorough schooling as a newspaper man. He achieved success in San Jose, and we believe he will do the same in the broader field of San Francisco.

WISHES IT GODSPEED. Los Angeles Times. The purchase of that old journalistic stand-by, San The Francisco Call, by Charles M. Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury, who had his nerve right with him when the bidding was going on, doubtless means a shaking up of things in the newspaperdom of California's metropolis. The Call ought to be, whether or not it is, a valuable property; it should be worth every cent paid for it and if conducted on right lines, as we believe it will be under its new ownership, it will without doubt crowd the other big papers in the Bay City for public favor.

The Times doffs its helmet to the rejuvenated Call, trusts that it will be eternally right, and wishes it Godspeed. PROSPERITY AND INFLUENCE. Ventura Free Press. Charles M. Shortridge, the well-known editor of the San Jose Mercury, has purchased The San Francisco Call, paying therefor the sum of $360,000, and assumed entire control of that popular newspaper.

Mr. Short-ridge's ability has been fully demonstrated by the enviable position occupied by the Mercury among our progressive coast journals. The new proprietor brings to his present field the energy and careful thought that made the Mercury what it is to-day. The Call will lose nothing by the change of proprietors, and we confidently predict continued prosperity and added influence of The Morning Call. A MATTER OF CONGRATULATION.

Fresno City Enterprise. Charles M. Shortridge, who purchased The San Francisco Morning Call last Friday at the sale by Master-in-Chancery Heacock for $360,000, on Monday gave his certified check for $342,000, the balance due on purchase price. On Tuesday the paper appeared under the new proprietorship. The announcement is made that the paper will be a thorough-going, consistent, fearless Republican journal, faithful to the traditions of the party.

This was expected, as it would be impossible to conceive a condition under which Editor Shortridge could be other than an independent Republican. It is a matter of congratulation that The Call has fallen into such able hands. WILL MAKE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS San Diego Union. The purchase of The San Francisco Call by a syndicate represented by C. M.

Shortridge is a guarantee of marked improvement in the paper. Mr. Shortridge has issued in San Jose for years a paper in the Mercury that compares well with the metropolitan dailies, being fully equal to the Los Angeles papers, and superior to all but four of the San Francisco dailies. That he will institute great improvements in The Call can be readily believed by those who know of his success with the Mercury. The publishers of the Chronicle and the Examiner will have to content themselves with two-thirds of the morning patronage, as the other third will inevitably go to The Call under its improved auspices.

THE EARLIEST RISER AND LIVEST PAPER. Mountain Democrat. When Charles M. Shortridge purchased The Call we knew that he meant business. He paid $360,000 not for what it was, under its dollar limit and Silurian policies, but for what he could make it by a new and progressive departure.

As we anticipated, its purchase and regeneration was a Waterloo for the Napoleons of reaction. It has ceased its Punic war upon capital and enterprise and is now pulsating with the courage of better convictions and a more useful career. Although still Republican in politics, it will be no longer handicapped by anti-monopoly in its dotage nor devoured by the vulture of disappointment. It is now the earliest riser and livest paper in San Francisco. LONG NEEDED.

Kern County Standard. The San Francisco Morning Call came out Tuesday morning flying the name of Charles M. Shortridge at the masthead. We notice marked improvement in every quality that goes to make a popular and successful newspaper, and this being the case with the first issue what may we not expect when Mr. Shortridgebecornes more accustomed to the fit of the new harness? The Call announces as the aim of the new management "to make not a metropolitan journal merely, but a broad, generous California newpaper, having a close touch with every county and every industry in the State." Its motto is "the truth" and its object to "serve all with servitude to none." That is the kind of a newspaper California has needed in the metropolis.

Success to The Call. IN THE INTEREST OF THE PRESS. Kern County Echo. One of the best papers on this coast changed hands a few days ago when The San Francisco Call was sold at public auction for $360,000, C. M.

Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury being the purchaser. The Call has long held a high reputation asja progressive, reliable newspaper. Its sale just at the time of its prosperity is simply the result of a disagreement in its management. Mr. Shortridge has probably done more than any other one man on this coast to elevate and advance the best interests of the press in the State.

He began at the bottom with the Mercury, and has made a name for his paper by his aggressive, progressive and yet reliable conservatism. Under his management The Call will, no doubt, continue to rank high in the journalistic literature of the State. SHALL WATCH WITH CONFIDENCE. Eureka Nerve. The purchase of The Call by Mr.

Shortridge of the San Jose Mercury is an important event in the history of journalism on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Shortridge is well known for his ability, directness and force as a writer, and the Mercury, under his capable management, has been the "livest" and we think the best daily paper in the State outside of the metropolis. The industry, acuteness and enterprise, when applied to The Call, will make it a dangerous rival to the purely sensational Examiner and the entirely unreliable Chronicle. Our best wishes go to Mr.

Shortridge in his larger field, and we shall watch with interest and confidence for evidences of that independence and fearlessness which have distinguished the Mercury, and which are partly promised in the of The Call announcing the change of management. BREATHING WITH LIFE AND VIGOR. Los Angeles Herald. The first issue of the San Francisco Call promises well for the future. Almost every line of the paper bristles with evidences of a personality behind it something that the poor old Call lacked since the late Loring Pickering began to be an old man.

"We are here to fill a long-felt want," says Editor and Proprietor Shortridge. "We wanted a bigger field and we've got it." To which might fairly be San Francisco needed a biggerand a broader Republican newspaper, and she's got it. How The Call's readers must have rubbed their eyes and pinched themselves to make sure it was no lurid dream when Tuesday's Call reached them sparkling with strong editorial utterances breathing with life and vigor, and expressing with boldness and dignity a decided, emphatic policy. The Call is dead. Long live The Call! THE STATE WILL REJOICE.

Fresno Expositor. The San Francisco Call entered on new management yesterday morning, and new force and journalistic intelligence were seen on every page. The new editor and proprietor, Charles M. Shortridge, is putting life, vigor and enterprise into The Call, and promising untiring devotion to the welfare of the State. He declares that there are no strings on The Call, and if any man can find one, that man is given full "permission to pull in the whole thing." The Call talks about converting "silurians" and publishing the truth fearlessly; advocates the annexation of Hawaii and the building of the Nicaragua canal, and if it can favorably influence public sentiment to the accomplishment of even a small number of the ambitious projects that it ailudes whole State will rejoice that Charley Shortridge bought it.

Success to The Call. BOUND TO EXCEED ALL OTHERS. Gilroy The Call under the management of C. M. Shortridge is already stepping out lively to the quickstep music his energetic nature is sure to furnish.

The pleasant old features of the paper have most of them been retained, and some new ones adopted which will meet general approval. The price paid for the paper, $360,000, is a large one, for at least $300,000 of it represents the good will and business, which if not in good hands becomes a small factor of value in course of time. We have always thought that The Call has better staying qualities because of its clean record and uniform advocacy of what ought to be, than its two formidable and more sensational rivals. If Mr. Shortridge and his backers will steer a middle course, retaining all the excellence of the old paper and adopting the push, energy, snap and a moderate portion of the sensational demand by the public, The Call is bound to exceed all other journals as a power in this State.

WILL BE INDEPENDENT Virginia City Enterprise. The new San Francisco Call made its initial bow to the public yesterday morning, and judging from the editorial tone of the first issue of that old San Francisco daily under the management of Mr. Shortridge the public is the only thing to which the new Call will bow. In an editorial entitled "Our Policy" The Call expresses undying devotion to California and her interests and unlimited pride in the Golden State, all of which should meet with popular approval. Mr.

Charles M. Shortridge, who bought the property last week for $360,000, which is considered an exceedingly low figure, is a most enterprising newspaper man, who for years has been the proprietor of the San Jose Mercury. He is a brother of the silver-tongued attorney, Sam Shortridge, who is doubtless interested, financially, with his brother. We wish The Call a future marked by influence and prosperity. BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA.

Madera Mercury. The purchase of The San Francisco Call by C. M. Shortridge is likely to punctuate the beginning of a new era in California journalism. For some time past The Call has been a most excellent newspaper, the equal of the Examiner or the Chronicle in most respects, the superior of either in some lines, and only deficient in a lack of finish in the "editorial articles." Under the management of Mr.

Shortridge, who is full of snappy brains, there is no doubt that the writers of The Call will be retained, and at the same time we may look for the infusion of a virile and "up-to-date" element which will force The Call's rivals to stir themselves to maintain their laurels. Whatever changes may be made The Call will doubtless continue to preserve that character and reputation for respectability which has always been one of its most valuable recommendations. COMES FROM THE BEST SCHOOL. Stockton Mail. The San Francisco Morning Call has passed under the control of its new owner, Charles M.

Shortridge. The new wine is in the old bottle. In this case it is to be hoped that the usual result of such a proceeding will not follow, and that the bottle will not burst. Mr. Shortridge has San Francisco for his oyster, and if he fail to make his meal palatable it will not be because he does not know how.

He comes from the best school in the world to make a first-class newspaper man a country newspaper office. The admirers of Mr. Shortridge, who is placed in a good position to do tne State some service, will wish him and his enterprise the utmost success. His promise to labor to lift San Francisco out of its very narrow provincialism, by endeavoring to bring it into closer touch with the interior, is undoubtedly sincere and indicates that he fully comprehends one of the weakest points "in San Francisco journalism and knows the remedy. WILL BE PURE AND HONEST.

Observer. a Charles M. Shortridge, editor and proprietor of that sterling Republican paper, the San Jose Mercury, about the most truthful and cleanest paper in the State, has purchased The San Francisco Call for $360,000. Mr. Shortridge is a man of rare ability, just the man San Francisco wants at this moment, when there is such a cry for truth, purity and enterprise.

The whatever name the editor may give will take the lead of the city papers, as it will be the standard of truth, purity and enterprise. The editor is a man of independence and of principle, and a public office, the golden of terror, will not make him swerve an iota from the path of truth and right. It is with great pleasure we congratulate Brother Shortridge in obtaining control of the S. F. Call, for the country at large can now be sure of having an able supporter in works of progress.

The Call will not be filled with articles that injure the public mind, but with those that will improve and enlighten the mind of the readers. The record of the San Jose Mercury is surety for that. The Republican party can now be sure of haying an earnest, steadfast supporter, which did not exist in the city. Mr. Shortridge is a man that will not use his paper and principle to hunt for public office, but will be hunted for by the thinking and progressive public.

All succes- to the Sax Francisco Call. OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME. St. Hriena Star. Last Friday The San Francisco Call was sold at public auction, and was bid in by C.

M. Shortridge, editor of the San Jose Mercury, for J3W.000. Mr. Shortridge is a young man, only 37 years of age, and has been a journalist since a mere boy. He has made a splendid record as an editor, and has made of the Mercury a power, the influence of which has been felt nu beyond the limits of its own domain.

As editor of The Call Mr. Shortridge has a broad field for usefulness. It is an opportunity of a life time and one not often within the grasp of a young man. That he will bring The Call out of the narrow path in which it has been into the broad way of progressive journalism, and make it an influential, reliable and wide-awake California newspaper, a credit to the city of San Francisco and the State, we have' not the slightest doubt. Mr.

Shortridge has brains, knows how to use them, is alive to all matters of importance, and will not waste his brilliant future, but by hard work and perseverance cause his efforts to be crowned with success. A CAREER OF USEFULNESS AHEAD. Oakland Tribune. For the second time in its history the San Francisco Morning Call has chanced ownership. The four men who founded the paper, three of whom are still living, parted with the property in its infancy, at private sale, and one of them has since held a subordinate position on its editorial staff.

Yesterday the paper passed out of the hands proprietary of a quarter of a century, by public auction, into the hands of Charles M. Shortridge of San Jose, who bought it for $360,000. Mr. Shortridge has been' long known as the proprietor and editor of the San Jose Mercury, and as one of the best and most enterprising and energetic newspaper men in the State. So far he has labored in a restricted field but he has given the city of San Jose one of the best newspapers printed in the State outside of the metropolis.

Mr. Shortridge is young, bright and popular. With such a man at the helm The Call will take on a new lease of life and enter upon a new and vigorous career of enterprise and usefulness. A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. San Francisco Wave.

Journalism and the branches thereof have had a topic before which everything has been subdued The Call. How many years have all of us wondered over the future of the two respectable old dailies of Clay street wondered who would yet have them to make or mar. For they have always in a degree unique in California, the respect of the people. None of the vulgar methods of illicit trafficking in opinions or conclusions have they indulged in. The impression has been that their point of view, however erroneous, had the virtue of honesty; that the best interests of the town were the object of their proprietor that is, according to their lights.

And now a mysterious syndicate has possession of Loring Pickering's pet institution, and at the top of the editorial page ia the name of Charles Shortridge. As every one knows, Mr. Shortridge is the creator of the Mercury at San Jose one of the strongest papers of the interior. He comes to town to repeat, on a larger scale, the success won there. He has the energy that works day and night, the persistence, push, determination that are regarded as the factors of eminence.

Certainly he has a tremendous opportunity. GOOD FOR ALL CONCERNED. Santa Crux Surf. The Morning Call, the oldest among the living morning papers of San Francisco, passes to-day into the possession and control of Charles M. Shortridge, an event not only of personal interest to those concerned in the proprietorship aud publication of that newspaper, but of relative historical importance to California and the entire Pacific Coast.

The accession of Mr. Shortridge to the control of The Call bodes good for all concerned, and will have a profound impression upon the political and material interests of the State. Charles M. Shortridge possesses a genius for newspaper management that is torn in but few men in one generation. It is the kind of genius that develops a brakeman into a railway superintendent and lifts a plowboy into the Presidential chair.

Mr. Shortridge commenced as a carrier and before he is 50 he will be the proprietor of a paper that will rank among the most prominent journals in the world, for he is destined to restore The Call to the primacy among Pacific Coast journals it enjoyed in its pristine days in the sixties. The Call is now a clean, well-conducted newspaper and has a creditable history. Mr. Shortridge can make it aggressive and influential, which it has never been.

IN THE EIGHT VIEW. San Francisco Grocer and Country Merchant. On Tuesday morning of this week Mr. Charles M. Shortridge, the purchaser and new editor of The Call, made his initial announcement to the public.

We like the tone of his utterance in outlining the policy of his journal. The material interests of" this city and State, and the development of them, are to be the lines on which he proposes to conduct his enterprise. In our own limited sphere, for two and a half years, we have been trying to indicate what a vast and rich field lies oefore us to work and reap abundant harvests from. It is therefore natural we "should feel some satisfaction in welcoming the new Call into the work of teaching with vigor and wisdom, in line upon line and precept upon precept, that here is the true, the important work of this great commercial center, whose possible future is so emphatically outlined in the one short sentence quoted above. San Francisco, and the communities all around here, need to be awakened from the lethargy into which they have fallen, with few exceptions.

Our farmers are pursuing antiquated methods, our business men have fallen into narrow views of what they are to do. All of us need to be stirred up and kept alive to our own real interests and to the duty we owe ourselves, our fellowmen of the time that now is, and of our children who are to inherit our places. Wisely, faithfully, vigorously pursued, the policy of The Call will do great good, and the paper will reap the reward all wise work wisely done brings the doer. SAGACITY AND DARING. San Jose Review.

The event of chief interest and comment in our community during the week has been the purchase of The Morning Call of San Francisco by one of our citizens, Charles M. Shortridge, editor and proprietor of the San Jose Mercury. This ia regarded as the most ambitious step taken by any San Josean in a long time, and all cfasses have felt the kindling of local pride at the achievement. We do not recall a parallel to this feat of Mr. Shortridge in becoming proprietor of two great daily Eapers and with the purpose not only to old these but to have another, as seen in his bid for the Bulletin.

We suppose that the most rapid rise to power of any newspaper man in America was that of Joseph Pulitzer, who passed in nine years, from 1874 to 1883, from part ownership of the St. Louis Westliche Post to absolute ownership of the New York World, which position has placed him alongside of Bennett and Dana in point of uewspaper superiority and power. But Mr. Pulitzer's policy was to sell one paper before purchasing another. Mr.

Shortridge aims at the highest achievement in journalism in the metropolis of the Pacific and also in the leading position in the interior as the proprietor of a daily there of almost metropolitan importance. And he haa made the 9.