The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-10

several States must keep up the protection
Of national Government, no matter what
the cost may be. Besides the bare cost Of
necessary expenses, the candidates and
outlays in assessments, and in wagers.
A politician opens the spigot when
he stands for Office or Is sponsor
and friend of other men. The re-
ward personally seems to be satisfactory,
for there is no abatement In the eagerness
to run for Office and no flinchlng in facing
the financial consequences. The adage
that "money makes the mare 60" is also
applicable in politics.
A miser in New York has discovered in a
practical manner the difference between
hard money and soft money. In the bank
ing sense there is none, for gold is behind
greenbacks and the latter are more con.
venient to carry than double eagles. The
mser is not. however, a sound business
man. For the sake Of looking at his nile
now and then he sacrifices the interest his
money might earn in bank. One of these
hoarders has Just discovered that n roll of
greenbacks. amounting to $4,000, which he
had carefully slowed away among some
old newspapers, has been consumed as short
rations by the mice on his neglected prem
ises. The mice would have preferred
cheese or meat, or scraps of old crust. hni
that is kind of accommodation which a
mser would never think of giving. He
might have had his treasure or deposit with
bank or safe deposit company, but to be
out of sight of his hoard would have made
him unhappy. Some bank will profit by
this old fools mistake.
A book by famous woman on her hus-
band. who is nothing better than scamn
or royal hummer. ought to prove stirring
reading. The only demerit of such n per.
| Torrance lies in the worthlessness OF the
creature who is held up to scorn. King
| Milan OF Servia is nothing better than low
scallwag. only fitted by nature to be boc-
| hefd, and Queen Nathalie cannot make him
more contemplate than he is, be her criti-
csm ever so caustic She is said To have
| penned the eX-king's memoirs in radiant
| Z0laesque completeness, sparing nothing in
depicting his Infamous grossnpss and i'm
| moralites. But the Queen might we'll snare
her consort for the sake OF the SOP, who
| can scarcely feel proud OF his origin if his
father Is thus despatched with mud. On
bis side King Milan is probably so sunk in
degradation that he can go no lower. He
| may even exc out precari0us income by
adding his autograph to the Interesting
| volume.
The discussion AS to Tennyson's successor
as poet laureate wakes interesting. 1t is a
question of Swim burne or nobody. No
other w0oer of the muse of poetry comes
near him in eminenee. AS a rule, nan
cannot live by poetry unless very eminent
Swinburne follows literature alone. Edwin
Arnold is editor of the Daily TELEGRAPH. and
is more given 10 practical prose than poetry
Alfred Austin was an editorial writer on
the Standard, and is better az home in the
philippics Of politics than in the prafundity
| OF immortal stanZas William Morris makes
a good living out Of artistic Wallpaper, and
verse cones occasionally from his pen as
recreation Buchanan is a literary hack
and cobbler Of dramas. This about ex.
| hausts the list. 1t would be better &c
abolish the laureateship than bestow Il
upon mediocrity. A laureate poet is al
anomaly in free country. There nigh
just as we'll be a laureate painter or his
tnrlaD,
The celebration in New York this weel
in honor of the iour-hundredth anniversary
! of the discovery of America by Columbus 4
on a scale worthy of a great city with many
advantages of situation for spectacular dis
play. Tomorrow a naval demonstration Il
the principal item Oh the programme.
| number Of foreign men-of-war are to taki
part along with our own vessels, and in ad
dstiOn such Atlantic liners as are In por
| will participate. No other haTbor cOul(
make better display for the simple reason
that no other has so many magnificent yes
sells coming and going. San Francisco Ba!
| has room enough for the fleets of the who'll
world, but the great steamers OF the oceai
highways do not come here. 1t is not We
our day in the achievements of commerce T.
put New ork in the shade, if il ever comes
Another effective feature OF tie New \ oTl
festivities Is the artistic use which may b
made Of the Brooklyn bridge.