The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-01

TO De highly expedient. The decisions OF
Judges are rarely unanimous, ana IL is
somewhat at variance with common-sense
TO expect unanimous verdicts from Juries
whose minds are usually quite unframed
20 scan the bearings of law or analyze EVIL
uence. LIZ would be of much greater bene-
Ut 10 the community, however. were there
majority V6rdcts in criminal cases. Owing
20 me complications of criminal practice
through new trials and the strainlng OF
eViuence very miDutely in favor OF the de-
ten9ant the chances Of conviction are very
probe maflcal on the strongest testimony,
OUT lhe best thing the defendant has in
ms favor Is the requirement that all the
jurors shall agree. A very little good
management on lines we'll understood by
,IaT"yers results in a jury dlsagreelng.
were a majority verdict permissible
comparatively small number of misunder-
standings W0ald arise, and defendants
Woulu DE generally inclined to accept he
nIst decision given as likely to be as favor
auie 10 them as any that would come from
new trial. The saving of time in the
courts and the certainty of justice would
equally be promoted.
GUN the rumors are rife about Glad
stones resignation, but there is no con-
nrmation. The evidence, in short. tends
Inc other way. Ii it is simply an operation
LOT cataract that is in question there is no
occasion to give up office or TO precipitate
Crisis about the leadership. In the
course or few weeks Mr.. Gladstone
would De out OF the doctors hands, wear
ing peculiar glasses. but otherwise usually
ut Tor duty. The Times hints that home
rule VIII now be dropped. This is but the
parrot-cry of the Unionist press. Were
the case OF Ireland dead issue the Lib
BTdl mdlOrltV P0nl6 hold fnOafhar
ne irish Nationalist are pledged to some
FORM OIL autonomous government and the
electorate OF Great Britain has been won
over to the change. With what consist
ency could there be cowardly cote face
and an Abandonment of the policy when
the measure proposed last year by the
government was carried through the
House OF Commons tTiumphantly Every
one OF Gladstone's colleagues, including
LoId Rosebery, Is committed to that
policy. Let opportunism be what it may,
mere can be no turning back from this
programme.
Queen Victoria has held her first draw
lng-room of the season, and it seems to
have been the usual brilliant social event,
although the number of debutantes, not
more than 200. was small. The presence
OF the Princess of Wales, who is to reside
some time in London this spring, sets al
rest the rumOrs as TO the depressed state
OF her mind and her retirement from So
clety. Several American ladies had the
honor of presentation, and their friends
nave the satisfaction OF learning what robes
they wore and how they we're bedscked
Win Jewels and laces at the august cere-
mony. Such presentations are not mean
lngless TO the American belle or staid
matron OF family while travelling in Eu-
rope. They are passport TO all the higher
society OF Europe, and smooth the way to
tue distinction or distraction of getting
known In The world. Those who are bent
upon grand alliances with penDiless arls-
tocracy, giving up their fortunes for title
aud perhaps a good deal of misery, also
make an impresSiOnable start in their
career. In the opinion of these aspirants
monarchlcal insti utions have their uses.
Ex-Queen LiIiuokalani was not a pre-
possessing parsonage in royal robes and
dadem, and it does not improve the popu-
lar conception of her dignity to learn that
on one state occasion her eccentric be-
haviOr was due to too much wine. She had
become mere fgurebead on the throne.
but that she should go on a royal spree in
ms teetotal age was rendering the
monarchy supremacy ludicrous. But history
is Illuminated with countless instances of
monarchs VINO gave way to the bottle and
OSDoNCu' l1oDB dBU dlDlcS WIS
thought of tipsy statesman or king, and
even judges have been known TO reel in
body II not in Judgment. As the deposed
Queen OF Hawaii is no longer a public per-
sorage. she may now indulge her taste for
1ollity as she pleases.
The court has decided that the trolley
system of electric propulsion may be in
trodueed ON Mission street. 1t holds that
there is o proof that the trolley is pu bile
nuisance. When the wires are up the
court will not have long To wait for proof.
The accidents to the bearing wires and
poles are retty sure to be frequent along
city thOroughfare heset with traffic.
Some day trolley wires will everywhere
disappear when the electrician has pro-
yided a better and more economical sys-
tenn. At present the trolley has the adj
vantage questionably. but at great risk
TO life in cities.
Yesterday was the anniversary of the
arrival of the steamer California in San
Francisco Bay. forty-fve years ago, The
first of the fleet that brought the argo-
nauts 10 the coast. She sailed from New
York without passengers, but she was in
vaded at Panama by rush of pioneers,
who had learned of the discovery of gold.
The steamer has been converted into
bark. and now lies at Sausalito. 1t would
cost very little 90 buy the old hulk and In
some way preserve 1t as nautical museum
to commemorate the days OF 40.
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