The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Endorsement by the Democratic State
Convention OF Rhode Island OF the resolU
lion providing that hereafter the candi-
dale of the Democratic party for United
States Senator shall be nominated at the
same time and in the same manner as lis
candidates for State officers" reai1irms a
principle that dates back nearly TO the birth OF
The Republican party. II was in 1853 that the
Republican State Convention OF Illinois placed
ABB aham Lincoln IN nomination for United
States Senator against Stephen a. Douglas, aud
his name was printed at the head OF the State
ticket But while Lincoln carried the State on
popular vote, a gerJymaader gave his opponent
Il small majority IN lie Legislature. In view OF
the precedent established by this historic con
test, the Philadelphia Times declares: ut is
not TO be wondered at that Republicans who are
more intent on securing good government than
on yielding blind obedience to the behests of
blind leadership are disposed to adopt this
method" and expresses the belief that the action
taken by the Republican clubs of Schuyikil
County VIII extend TO other counties.
A couple Of daring surgical operatIOns-one in
London and another in Berlin-whereby The
brains OF two idiotic children were released from
the paTalyZDg pressure of malfofmrd skulls,
| greatly 10 the benefit Of the subjects operated
upon, have opened The eyes OF The medical pro-
fession TO the Inimted possibilities suggested by
| the discovery. The Philadelphia Record, which
inIimates that the time may yet come wnen
special brain lpcapaeily may be Gu ed In Ike
manner, suggests that criminals might be trans
| formed into honest workers, prize-nghters made
| as gentle as lambs, the dude be changed into
manly and vigorous parsonage, and instead OF
| father Furnishing boy for neglect of his studies
or his inability TO grapple with vulgar fractions,
1t wonld be only necessary to turn him over to
| the care Of the family doctor"
! Pennsylvania operators opened their eyes
| when they read the announcement that a large
vessel had been fitted to carry native oil from
one OF the Peruvian ports to Japan. When Min
! lister Hicks reported rather Indefinitely that
| there were wells In Peru "spoutng exactly like
| the famous wells in Pennsylvania" the operators
recalled the fact that these wells sp0uted all the
| way from one 10 n thousand barrels day, and
| were inclined to associate the statement with the
| products OF the little spouters. The next report
of the Minister TO Peru will probably receive
more consideration. Since Russia has developed
! her oil producing territory up to point where
| the ALLY Is about the same as that of this c0un
| try operators are less disposed to make fun OF
| foreign oil fields.
While the Postmaster General is planning TO
| give the desired effect 10 the postal subsidy
| law one of his leutenants, Superintendent Pol
lock, proposes TO institute series OF reforms In
the carrier service Of The various cities with a
view to increasing the facilities for the free de-
livery OF the mails. To keep pOstmasters and
their subordlDates in This branch of the service
up TO the standard special corps of inspectors
will be detailed to report on the methods en-
ployed and make suggestions for their Improve.
meni The SUPERINTENDENT rightly maintains
that-the free-dellyery service Is nearer the peo-
| pie than any other branch OF The Government
| and the people expect to have the malls handled
| promptly aud efficiently.
The demand for the revision of the Belgian
| Constitution aud the establishment OF universal
! suffrage is being made with astonishing resolu-
| lion, deliberateness and ability. Indeed, recent
| events point to tile conclusion that the Belgian
monarchy Is entering upon just such crisis as
thai which King Leopolds grandfather Louis
| Philippe had tOface in France from 1916 to
| 1S4S. The Ministry suggests a compromise In
The shape Of household suffrage, somewhat on
| the lines Of the English system, but 1t is not
| likely that this will satisfy the masses and avert
the struggle Tor which the workingmen are now
! preparing
What were the legislators OF Arkansas think
| ing OF when they hung life-siZed portrait of
Jefferson Davis over The Speakers desk, thereby
| dispacing a portrait OF George Washington that
! had been hanging on The wall for the past twenty
! years? Perhaps ike conscience the familiar
| face of our first President rebuked the cor
| ruptionsts and boodlers engaged in betraylng
| the cause OF good government by engine Rug
wicked schemes through the Legislature, and
| they welcomed change that better harmOniZed
| with their surroundings.