The morning call., 1894-05-15
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Signor Crispi. the Italian Prime Minister, de-
clared In the Chamber at Rome last night that
Humanitarian questions are becoming greater
than natural questions. A parallel appli ed to
the United States would be- that social and
economic questions are greater than partisan
questions, but some time must elapse before
the law-making coterie at Washington Will see
it.-St. Louis Star Sayings.
This aln't no army, this amt" is what the
New YORK Herald declares one of Fitzgerald's
men said when The boat arrived In New York
Friday morning. We suspect, however, that
the reporter translated the speakers pure BOs-
tonese into pure New York dialect 10 avoid any
possible misunderstanding on the part of Her
aid readers.-BosIon Globe.
1t would have been exceedingly rough on
Uncle Samuel II the Carnegie people had in.
volyed him In patent infringemeDts while
swindlng him on armor plates. The man who
wrote the saving clause in the contract is en-
titled TO a vote Of thanks from Congress-
Louis POstDlspatch.
Kansas women Will attempt to conduct
secret Congressional campaign this fall. but the
first monster of the opposite sex who starts on
the warpath In The capacity of an interviewer
will get more details of the plans OF secrecy in
one hour than he can write In two days.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Tne owners OF small apartments and small
houses In this city have, as a rule, kept up
rents In spite of the prevailing business depres-
sion and distress. They are trying 10 lower
the value OF their property by driving people
OF moderate means TO the suDurbs.-New York
Tribune.
Trusts can get all the protection they ask for
from the present Congress. 1t is the American
manufacturer, The farmer and wool-grower
who can get nothing. They don't own the
party; they did not invest their money for
change In 1892!-Chcag go Inter Ocean.
Jules Simon calls 1t "the sad gift of political
rights" and wonders why women should desire
1t. Far too many business men ignore their sad
gift and intelligent women may see no other
way TO repair the lDtolerably bad effects OF their
negect.-St Louis Globe Democrat.
Governor Flowers approval of the bill de.
privng The Sheriff OF New York OF his official
fees make the Presidency of the United States,
instead of this shrievalIy. The best tpaid public
Office In the gift OF the people.-Boston Herald,
"WhaJ Congress Has Done" was the neatly
printed title on the cover Of a book recently re-
celved by senator Quay. inside was nothing
but blank pages. Such a sarcasm at once
iapllshes It's leaves 10 prlnt.-New York World.
The life OF San Fran cisco man was saved by
six silver dollars which turned aside hostile
bullet. Without the coinage OF silver his
chance OF going our OF circulation would have
been less than 16 to 1.-St. Louis Republic.
That baseball umpire who committed suicide
the other day was undoubtedly driven to his
fate by The fear that he would sooner or later
encounter the Chicago club in the performance
OF his UftClal duLieS-CnicapO Herald.
AThere is food for profitable reflection In the
fact that the one conspicuous failure in our
new navy Is the one ship which was built ex-
actly after foreign designs, without any Ameri.
can NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Journal.
1t is pleasure TO know that John Patton
Jr., the newly appon ed Senator from the State
of Michigan, is friend Of protection and honest
money as every good Republican should be-
New York Mail and Express.
There is an old-fashioned idea hat men are
sent 10 Congress because tits believed that they
will be useful there. Can any one suppose that
Breckenridge will ever be useful in public life
again ?-Indanapolis News.
Spanish sculptor is executing a Columbus
statue for the public square of the Guatemala
capital. 1t Is like unto that OF our lake-front
Columbus look out tor another revolution IN
q Guatemala.-Chicago Times.
Here is a Chicago doctor proclaiming the vir
tues of whisky as a cure for the grip. This is
enough to make every grinning grip microbe
smack his lips in anticlpation.-Phlladelphi
Item.
viii Lord Salisbury be kind enough to point
out when and where the party which he repre-.
sents In British politics has shown It's love for
the United States ?-New York Recorder.
Peanuts are TO be added to the German army
ration. The peanut politicians of the United
States could not be thrown In because they are
Brooklyn Eagle.
Electric wires should go underground. 1t
Will be uDavailing I'm the end for lawmakers to
rray themselves against public sentiment
Boston Journal.
It's bad enough often to have SO much lying |
on the table In the Senate without Sena ors be- |
ing charged with lying on the foor.-P Phadel-
nh Ttn,o