The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-08


ALPS well that ends we'll So apparently
thinks Tax Collector 0'Brlen. He made a
little speech yesterday informing the world
that the differences between himself and
Mr.. Cluni9 are as nothing. He is devoted
10 duty, and he went at it when his speech
had finished. But our knowledge of what
occurred at the recent election is still dim
and polluted. The only consolation the
voter ENJOYS is that this will be the last time
his vote viii be held in allegiance or juggled
With. An honest mechanical count is now
an assured fact, judging by the numbers of
Inventions In the fed to perform the work
OF counting within an hour. But as the
training of a horse depends a good deal
more upon the groom than the animal it
will be we'll TO look out for the kind of ma
chine adopted for balIot-eounting.
There are good signs that the fresh ven
ture OF the Panama Railway in ocean COM
petition will soon be an assured reality.
The railway really holds the field or bal
ance in its own hands. Ii might be we'll
tor commerce If there were half dozen
railroads across the isthmus, but one will
suffice, provided it deals fairly aud equally
with all customers. 1t was the fatal mis-
take OF the railroad in the past TO allow
itself to be controlled by one interest and
to keep all others at defiance. Much rail-
roading may be done on the isthmus route,
but canal traffic may be set aside as dead.
The French have had enough of il 10 last
Tor a school learned in the history of repnb-
lies, and no other country is likely under
the most favorable Interpretation of the
Monroe doctrine 10 follow suit. AS matters
now loom into light, there will be steam
ship line on the Atlantic side and another
on the Pacific. 1t would be better for trade
that all steamship ventures. both on the
Atlantic and Pacific. should be afforded
equal facilities of transit across the isthmus.
And better also for the railroad in the end.
The clipper ship round the Horn is not
yet becalned vessel For good deal of
trade which will bear waiting our mer-
chants understand that a voyage is no det-
riment to success in business. The clippers
are securing cargo in New York at almost as
fast loading as the days permit. This is
just as it should be. San Francisco is dis
tinctive distributing point, with natural ad-
yantages that should not be set aside in
favor Of any system Of railroads intent
upon averages OF traffic across deserts at
the expense Of prosperous regions The
railroads, through their relations Of debt,
evading obligations with the Government,
may keep up this juggeTy for time. but I'm
the end the people must perceive what the
game Is. Ii Is not TO the advantage Of the
people that there should be merely railroads
vantage of the people that all the facilities
the ocean affords for trade should be utilized
for trade. Competition is the very soul of
equity in trade when conducted honestly.
N Monopoly is death.
The Mikado's empire is in evidence in
San Francisco Bay. A jar anese war YES
sci rides at anchor. Not the first by any
means. but an honest vessel built for wal
purposes and manned by an honest jap
anese crew. Our citizens have noted the
little fellows as they have promen AIDED the
streets-stout, swart. strong. laced up here
and there. exposed here and there by neck
and arm as are other men-o'-warsmen. 1t
is an emulation 10 be respected. Although
the vessel is English. and the guns are Ger
man and the powder French. the solid SHOT
may still have the force of Japanese pa
triOtsm. Some of the sturdy, squat fell
lows parading about town are certainly TO
be respected az specimens OF physique, as
far as they go. They are not cow boys but
they can reef sail and haul upon a brace
rs well as most men who go to sea. So the
Japs are in the ascendant as an interna-
tional power.