The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-14

teetlVe policy kept things going thirty
years and would have had them going yet
II the election of tariff tor revenue Presl-
dent and Congress had not warned business
men that their good times had about come
to an end.
The blizzard In several parts Of the East
seems to have been one of the most awful
vlsitatlons connected with weather that
mas occurred for years. There has been
frlghtful loss of life, and sufferers who
have endured great privations from ex-
posrre in the snow and frost are numer-
Gus. Due warning was given of the storm
by the weather bureau, but days notice
OF SUCH occurrences gives little time 10r
precautions, and in many places. in Okla
homa Territory at least, nothing to avert
horrible hardships could be done. People
VINO are living in tents and have scanl
supply OF firewood and clothing are In
danger of losing their lives when fierce
WIND blows from the north. bringing
downfall OF snow two feet deep In single
night A most narrowing story is told OF
one family. The father, seeing that death
by freezing was inevitable for all, as IL had
already come to one, deliberately cut Inc
throats OF the circle around him. ana De-
lore ending his own existence penciled a
touching word of explanation. But death
by the slumber which comes from intense
cold Is mercifui and painless in the hnai
stages. Numbness steals over the whole
tOdy and all the senses are overcome. Ihe
wonder Is suicide should have been pre-
ferred except on the theory of insanity.
Another anarchist outrage In Paris, fol-
lowing so close on the heels of the one for
which valiant has been executed, and
resembling it in the number of victims, Is
likely TO produce CONSERVATION among the
timid. The French Chamber of Deputies,
when Valiant dropped his bomb, re-
NAMED cool and went on with its business.
Ii is equally the duty of society to remain
calm and TO follow its ordinary pursuits.
But 1t has one additional duty which II
must not neglect. The law must be ap-
piled firmly in dealing with the wretches
who are guilty of these crimes against hu-
manlty. They shrek vengeance upon So
clety for some iancied grievances. under
which they imagine they are not as well on
as they would like to he, and society must
take care that they are hoist with heir
own petard until they desist from these
fiendish yet purpOseless Outrages. Vail
lantS execution followed fast upon his
des perate act. The murderer in this in
stance was caught redhanded, and there
will be as little delay as possible In ending
his Infamous career under the guillotne.
The anarchists who object 10 the ordinary
plea under which society lis organized
should betake Themselves TO some unap-
prOpriated tropical region, where they can
return to first principles OF life, as far as
wild beasts will allow them.
The World correspondent is probably
right in his assurance that there will be no
INN eGiate dissolution of the English Par
lament. Ii is an awkward time of year
to hold general election. as a dissolution
would involve much inconvenience. Later
10 the year, when the financial budget has
been introduced, and some supply esti-
mates have been obtained, it would be
time enough to settle scores with the
House of Lords, which is behaving in
seurrllOusly cavalier manner with the
measures carried IN the Commons by the
Liberal Government Tie real grievance
against the Lords is this: They profess
TO be an i'm Partial body sitting in judg-
meut as court of appeal from the pOpu-
lar chamber. The Commons are mostly
Liberal, and they represent the country.
The peers are by an oyerw helmiDg major
ity Conservative, and they represent their
own class and its traditions and pre1udices,
| and do not hesitate TO thwart any action
which crosses their personal path. They
are by hereditary privileges permanently
ranked against any progress which comes
| fIOm the Liberal uarty, and when their
own party is in power they have every
thing their own way. Il therefore be-
comes question whether the peers or the
country is 10 prevail. The peers have
usually given way 10 pressure, but with
Lord Salisbury as leader they are assum-
ing dictatOrial powers utterly inconsistent
with representative government. If they
! persist their power Will be shattered.
The delight taken in beating a railroad
seems to be out of all proportion to the
mseries endured. Some time ago a man
travelled from the East to the Pacific
Coast in boxcar with what he termed
first rate trotiiDg horse. all carefully swad-
died up in blankets and leg cushions.
When he reached his destination he left
the horse to pay for the ride, and it was
found TO be a venerable plug not worth
So. There was some humor in his feat,
but what can be said of the man in
| Illinois who has sent his wife TO Kansas
packed among a carload of furniture?
| The poor woman was almost frozen TO
death and the excuse is that the husband
thought he could escape paying carfare.
He may not be a mean man, for he gave
her S25, but she must be a very foolish
woman.
The wheat market in California is dis
turbed by some mysterious influence.
Those who are reck oning on change for
he better in the English demand had bet
ter proceed gently. The fall of prices has
been going on steadily. and the other day
the lowest quotations known in this GEN.
fury, and possibly for generations be-
fore it dawned, were reported in Lincoln
shire for sound local wheat of the finest
growth. The price fell to nearly "a shilings
per quarter of eight bushels. Farmers in
! England are turning their attention to
stock farming in preference to wheat
growing.