The morning call., 1894-05-26
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

When thief is caught stealing and the man
who catches him lets him go on receiving the
contents of his pocket IL is compromising fell
Ony in the first place and blaekmail in the Sec
Ond. And this is equally true when the parties
to the transaction are the Navy Department
and detected contractor.-New York World.
The managers of the political machines
should not delude themselves into supposing
that they will have everything their own way
this fall. II they fail 10 consult The wishes of
the people. they will find out their mistake
when the votes are counted on election night
New York Recorder.
Boston may or may not deserve the name of
"Hub of the Universe" but there is no doubt
about the right of the New England metropolis
to the more or less proud distinction of being
the fire center OF America. Chicago was once in
the race, but that time has gone Dy.-Cleveland
News.
The movement for Canadian independence is
growing in strength. We will welcome our SIS
ter republic when she throws off the monar-
chical yoke. Our eagle, by the way has broad
wings. The shelter OF another chick wouldn't
crowd US at all.-New York Mail and Express.
a constitutional amendment giving the ballot
TO single ladies over 40 years of age, as at
tested by the County Clerk, might be a salts
factory compromise. II would probably include
all who really care for the franchise.-New
York OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The senior class of The University OF Michigan
is said not TO take kindly TO the cap and gown.
and to refuse to wear that ancient academic
gear. The cap and bells are perhaps better
suited to contemporary undergraduate condi-
tions.-New York Sun.
The country might have been willing to put
,,rttb m oh inlhapfIa n
the Senate in tariff matters, but the crooked
ness cropping out in that body in the sugar
schedule is beyond enduTance.-St Louis Star
Sayings.
W. Clark Russell. the marine novelist, should
have some good shipping bureau send him the
accounts of the recent big storm. Some Of
those reporters can put him To sleep in the
matter of sea tales.-ChicagO Times.
Oscar L. Gleason. the famous horse.tamer, is
suing his wife for divorce in Boston on the
ground of cruelty. Gleason can tame a horse
but ii seems thar II is not so easy TO tame a
WOman.-BroOklyn Eagle.
That's a pretty story that half the winnings of
the owner of the winner of the Brooklyn handj-
cap are going TO his good old mother out in the
West. Let's hope that it's as true as it is
sweet.-BostOn Herald.
Campanini IS lmm0rtalZed. breed OF
singing canaries has been named for him. That
seems a small reward for some of the big tenor's
songs Of the days Of his prime. Boston Journal.
The late ConsulGeneral Edwards was an
Ohio man. This fact evidences the absurdity
of the assertion that an Ohio man never dies in
ofice.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
There will be considerable scratching" this
| fall, and much Of il viii be done by Congress
siOnal candidates In their efforts TO get re-
! elected.-IudianaDOlis News.
The story of tariff bribery is to be investi-
gated. Good! Let no guilty man escape IL We
have to run In the entire Senate.-Philadelph
Item.
The chief duty OF the State seems to be to
educate more politicians and to make more fat
places for the gTaduates.-GalvestOn News.
LOndon's cabmen are going 10 strike. All
| have their troubles. COmmonwealers here and
| fOur-wheeleTs there. -Phladelphia Times.
Perhaps the name "MIdwinter Fair" is keep
ing the chill on 1.-THE glorious climate OF Cali
| fOTnia ~ Chicago Inter Ocean.