The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-02
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS


There is cheering news for the police from
far Alaska. 1.-THE Indian police force of
Alaska" says the Governor in his official re-
port 10 the Interior Department, Consists OF
TWO chlefs Ga dOuble-headed il not bipartisan
b0dy) ana nineteen privaGes. The two chiefs
OF police" adds the Governor, "receive S15 per
month each; the nineteen prlvates receive SO
each" This is gorgeous. We commend these
statistics TO the careful study of the Lexow
commttee.-New York Sun.
mot dead, nor even drunk" is the descrip-
ton OF John l.. Sullivan given by The telegraph
operator at Belaire, Ohio. who handed TO the
ex'champon the dispatch announcing his
death. That operator has ideas regarding 1T
ness OF expression which ought to equip him
Tor paragraD hic employment on an alleged
funny paper.-Chicago herald.
What pity it is that K0lb of Alabama could
not be set up in goverDorship like Sancho
PanZa. He has not as much gnmptlOn as
Sancho; but as Governor he would be very d.
verting. To arrest him for treason would be
great mistake. BE Is incapable of anything
worse than ninity.-Philadelphia Record.
1t now appears that District Attorney Eel.
lows didn't want to be driven" What be cid
want, as he said at the time, was to manage his
office to suit himself, and from the increasing
Ni7o"tioA"StiOh ntuOuS O4uri pCOpiO HNWOuiu
seem that he has been doing it.-New York
World.
What is this? Gold gone to a premium?
But that is what the great fnanciers said
would result if The coinage of silver were re-
sumed. Funny, isn't it, that the methods the
great fnanciers adopted to avoid this result
only FASTENED it ?-Chicago Times.
New York racing officials are on the anxious
seat as TO what penalties will be proposed for
breaches of the coming anti betting law. Each
Jockey club could stand a fine of $1,000 day
and still race, but tile officials cannot afford TO
go 10 prison.-St, Louis Star sayings
The Turkish side of the story about the
Armenian atrocities differs materially from pre-.
vious accounts of the SHOCK ing affair. The un-
speakable Turk, however. is often the rival of
Munchausen in his disregard of the truth
Philadelphia Call.
The Oklahoma girl who was Rugged by
bear aud had three ribs broken ought to take
the lecture platform. "What l Know About
Squeezing" would be subject which would
throng The largest hall with the fair sex.-Phil-
adelphia Item.
The half dozen or more ex-slave States which
have Just been carried by the Republicans
make a chasm in the solid South which will
never be filled again. The South as we'll as the
North will divide bereafter.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Months ago the Journal predicted that
second S5o.0oO.0O0 bond issue would be made
before the year was closed, and 1t predicts that
another bond issue OF that amount or more Will
be ordered before next June.-Detrolt Journal.
China would look we'll hitched on to Japan
as an annexed district. Or Tammany might
an a III tft la lrip Of
There is plenty Of country there for good
many purposes.-Wheeling Intelligencer.
Miss Kate Field doubtless appreciates the
honor of the Academic palm bestowed on her
by the French Government Surely no living
American woman is better entitled to such
recogni tion.-New York Recorder
Rev. Dr. Parkhursts compliments to Thomas
c. Platt with the remark that IL there Is any,
thing that the citizens OF New York dislike
more than Tammany Hall it is the rule OF
boss.-Boston Herald.
Governor Flower, no doubt would like to be
patriotic. but The trouble is that he is a ma
chine Democrat, and as such holds that his
highest duty is to the machine.-Chicago Tri-
bune.
We haven't seen anybody who came any
nearer 10 predicting the result than we did.
Our prediction was that nobody knew.-D ulul b
Commonwealth.
The faithful of Kentucky may possibly find
some consolation in the fact that General
Cassius Nj. Clay carries his own ward.-Chicago
Post.
Governor Waite will skip he South in his lee
ture tour. The South has such sudden ways of
wreaking vengeance.-St. Paul Record.
The dollars spent by Hill in the campaign are
bout equal to the majority he got in New
York City.-Phiadelph North American.