The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-01
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS,

General Horace Porter made the best speech
OF his life at the Parkhurst banquet Tuesday
night. he said. mo man can make good
speech at midnight and l will not try" II all
pOStprandial takers Will adopt that as prin-
ciple afterdinner spe king in this country will
attain higher level than it now displays. No
dinner party is in condition to hear spe eches
at midnight, and no talker ought to try to speak
after his audience is unable TO appreciate
speech.-ChIcago Herald.
The WOman's Christian Temperance Union
Is one OF the noblest Institutions In this couu-
try, but unless it watches and suppresses some
of The wild politicians and feminine dema-
gogUes that hav tried so persstently TO make
trouble at Cleveland, o., the white-rbbon army
will go to pieces.-Gaveston Daily News.
Maine is doing some preliminary voting on
the choice of State flower, and the golden rod
IS first. with the pine cone good second. The
popular impression is that Maine long ago
adopted the whole pine tree for its flower
Philadelphia Ledger.
Holmes, the man who has confessed in Phila-
delphla TO almost all the crimes enumerated in
the statutes, is either a fend incarnate or an
unexcelled liar. Il will require judicial trial
TO determine whlch.-Omaha Bee.
II Secretary Carlisle and Secretary Gresham
pooled their information about The financial
and dogmatlc politics OF The White House auto
crat, 1t might be expressed thus: 0.-CincinnatI
Commercial Gazette.
Denmark Minister of the Interior has issued
a decree forbidding the Importation Of cattle
and fresh meat from the United States. There
must be something rotten In Denmark.-FOrt
Worth Gazette.
Mrs. Governor Waite of Colorado says that a
woman who chews gum is not proper woman
to be intrused with he ballot. This will cause
panic among the Yassar girls.-New York
Press.
Several of the New York candidates for Con-
gresS confess to expenses OF over $4,000 at the
election. There Will be no purity as long as
figures like these are suffered.-St. Louis Star
Sayings.
There Is no longer any question about Presi-
dent CleveIand's utilization with the British.
He has The govt. No thoroughly American
citizen ever has the gout.-Topeka journal.
The cost OF the Mexican war was about $780,
O00OOO which is just the sum Uucle Sam has
had to borrow in this year of peace to pay cur.
rent expenses.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The latest returns from Korea show increas.
ing Republican majorites. with the back
counties OF Manchurla not yet heard FROM
Burlington Hawkeye.
II celluoid articles are to explode what Is to
become of the imam who wears celluod collar
when he gels hot under the collar ?"-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
General Weaver says BE- Is going out OF poll
tics. IL seems erotesque for a corpse to an
nounce his intention of staying dead.-Chicago
Tribune.
New York business men have walked up. and
the newspapers can scarcely find room for both
the news and the display ads.--Chcago Inter
Ocean.
We feared that Governor Waite's heated talk
would result In trouble. and now comes a lie.
port OF forest fires In ColoradO.-Chicago Post.
Even the postage stamps issued under the
Cleveland administration cannot be made TO
stick TO their buslness.-Mi lWaukee Sentinel
The taxdermist would have hard work TO
find enough left OF the Tammany tiger to stuff
Toledo Blade.
Yes, that's all right Give US plenty OF bonds.
we Democrats deserve the worst.-St Louis
Republican.
Striker Roberts Arrested.
Thomas d. Roberts, the leader of the
Oakland strikers, was arrested yesterday
for obsructing the mails and Interfering