The morning call., 1894-07-31
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Ex-senator ingalls, is perfectly candid about
his retirement from public life. He did not
give up his position in The Senate volunl arily,
but only after a hard struggle to retain II. lie
retired NOT by his own consent, but in spite OF
his dissent. Not merely that but he has re-
mained in retirement inVOluDtaTily. and would
be the last 10 let an opportunity 10 return TO
public life slip by naccepted.-Omaha Bee.
Mr.. Pullman pays more for the privilege of
selling whisky and other intoxicants Ihan he
does for his great industries A few days ago
he paid for licenses to sell liquors on 800 OF his
palace cars. and paid the snug sum of SO, 500
for the privilege. The Pullman Palace Car
Company pays only S15, 900 taxes on It's SI5,-
600 600 plant at Puiman.-Chicago Times.
The farmers and frut-raisers OF California
have been well-nlgh ruined by the boycott. Or
dinarily at this season the Chicago market is
full OF the best of California fruits. The hard
working farmer upon the distant ranch of Cali
folnia never dreamed that he was responsible
for any OF the mismanagement of the Pullman
Company.-ChicagO Inter-0cean.
1t is fortunate for us that England is without
a Poet Laureate at present. We have no reason
for desiring that the Oxford and Britannia VIC
tories should be immOrtslzed in song, however
much we may miss the song of triumph that
should have heralded the birth of the little
York heir 10 the throne.-St. Louis Star
Sayings.
In these days of Dullet-proof coats and
glyeerine guns a foreign war will be full of
scientific interest. To the non-combatant 1t
would seem impossible for anybody TO be
illed now In battle unless by falling out OF a
,hrd-story window or by being operated upon
foriappendicltis.-St.L Louis Republican. f
New Or leans has a neat idea in the line O
manifest destiny. The Spanish language will
be taught hereafter in its high schools. If ST.
Louis sees business ahead With Mexico. Central
America and South America it might take this
as a tip OF some importance.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
After the publication of several alleged inter-
views with the English anarchist, Mowbray, the
New York papers have discovered that serious
doubts exist concerning his presence in this
country. There is no such thing as outdoing
the metropolis in terprise.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
They temper justice with superabnndance
of mercy in Italy, where the woulo-be assassin
of Crispi gets only twenty years In prison.
However, even that sentence gives him time TO
reflect. Besides, they have abolished capital
punishment in italy.-Boston Herald.
1t is pretty large drop In the Russian mis-
sion from Andrew d. White, scholar and
trained diplomatist, to a raw Arkansas poll
tician. But perhaps the country ought to be
thankful that 1t is not the other Breckinrdge
who was ehosen.-Boston Journal.
II IL be true as reported that Governor Flower
has decided to retire from politics at the end OF
his present term he is entitled to congratula-
tion. knowledge OF when to get in ont of the
wet is one OF the most valuable acquisitions In
lifo.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The man who was undecided whether to buy
a steam launch or a sailing yacht has his mind
all made up now. He has discovered hat il
takes money TO run steam launch, while you
can run sailing yacht on wind.-Bost0n Globe.
| France Is about to abolish trial by jury for
! anarchists. ANY quicker method than they
have now for dispatching anarchists would en-
! able them TO have the funerals of the an
| Topeka Journal.
| Governor Flower has saved the State from
| the lasting disgrace of hanging crazy woman.
! He commuted the sentences OF the Wild beast
| Mrs. Halliday, ana every intelligent human
| being Will indorse his action.-New York Ad
| vertlser.
Governor Timan and Senator Butler o
| South Carolina are still calling each other al
| the bad names they can think of. The trouble
with those gentlemen is that they won't leave
| anything to the imaglnation.-New York Press
President Cleveland announces that this 4
| his busy season. and that he will be unable Il