The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-16

to become cheap nobody will want them.
The gold men may get Grover to talk for
them, but the people are working for silver.
The man who knows it all on the street
generally knows very little on the witness
stand.
1t seems to be concluded the next Presi-
Dental campaign will be mainly none
tary consideration.
In country so rich as the United States,
bad conditions hardly ever occur except as
result of bad theories.
Bear in mind that the more you patron
lie your neighbours products the more he
will be able to patronize yours.
If China is required to pay the japanese
indemnity in gold she will have to make
up her mind to long money bondage.
Every man will agree with Growers plea
for sound money" provided he is allowed
to define what is meant by the phrase.
Mrs. Grundy may have something more
of reason than conventional propriety in
warning girls to be careful of their escorts.
The Civic Federation has lots of work
before it and if it pursues right methods
with any energy, it can achieve great re-
suits.
British e-traders who wish to stand in
our shoes will have a chance now, for sew
eral large consignments have been sent
over there.
CIeYeland's ability to dodge an issue is
cleverly exhibited by the fact that his let
ter on the money question doesn't mention
either gold or silver.
Those who have neglected to note the
temporary silence of Corbett and Fitz-
simmons have overlooked one of the finest
charms of the season.
In every case of an exciting tragedy there
are always many people who would rather
suspend the first man they come to than to
suspend their own judgment.
If you wish to have any influence in
directing the progress of California you
must unite with progressive men. No man
can steer boat unless he is in the boat.
The San Jose rose fair will be sufficient
this year, but if she proposes to keep up
with the procession she will have to get up
a fiesta next year and invite the State to
come in.
That the spirit of confidence and i'm
proYement is pervading all classes of Cali
fornians is evident from the fact that our
artists are now sanguine of beating Boston
at the spring exhibition.
In saying that the people of this country
have been "ingeniousiy pressed with spuri-
Gus suggestions" concerning the financial
problem, Mr.. Cleveland gave US a good
phrase to describe his own letter.
So long as San Francisco has to import
eggs from the East, the interior is not doing
justice to the metropolis. Any county
that proposes to teach US how to suck eggs
should furnish US with the material.
The tragedy amid the lilies of Easter
Sunday is a fearful confirmation of the
saying of the Peri in Italia Rookh,"
"Some flowers of Eden you still inherit,
but the trail of the serpent is over them
ALL"
Californians who cannot attend the fiestas
TO see the beauty of the flowers and the
splendor of the pageants, can at least catch
something of the enthusiasm of the pros
perity of the State and find a pleasure in
that.
No theory of the Emmanuel Church TRACE
dies is worth anything unless it is in har-
mony with all the known facts. A mere
predominance of evidence counts for moth
ing so long as there is anything certain in
opposition to it. There is no conflict in the
truth.
In the destruction of the Hotel Raw
mond California loses one of its most
noted edifces. The Raymond is known to
every tourist, and its fame has been largely
instrumental in bringing tourists here. It
is to be hoped it will soon be rebuilt. and
that the speed made in the rebuilding of
the Del Monte will be eclipsed by the
achievement.
One ofthe few generous acts of Jay Gould
was his instructions to the Mayor of Mem
phis during q yellow fever epidemic to
draw on him for any amount of money
that might be needed to defray the cost of
caring for the sick. In grateful recogni-
ton of this act, the Chickasaw Guards of
Memphis have elected Miss Helen Gould
as sponsor for the company at the coming
spring drill, and the compliment to the
family is considered to be fully equal to
electing George Gould Colonel.
The generous gift of $4,000 to the Uni
versity of the Pacific by Mr.. Hamlin must
not be overlooked among the more sensa-
tional features of the news of yesterday.
Such gifts are of the highest value to the
State and serve to make it even more pros
porous in the future than it is to-day. The
University of the Pacific has noble record
OF usefulness and in giving this endow
ment, Mr.. Hamlin has shown a true APP
probation of the field for greater useful
ness that lies before it.