The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-11-22

1t begins to look as if the next local issue
would be special charter election.
Chicago is waiting for the convention TO
come to her, but we are going for 1t.
Ii we must have a new charter, it would |
be better to have it sooner than later.
In making preparations for Thanksgiving |
do not forget that charity is part of it.
There are few men in these days who can
pass turkey without happy thought.
American gold not only talks against the |
German tariff, but it leaves the country.
Cleveland at last holds unique position:
he is the only Democrat in public sight.
The pooroom is kind of blatherskite |
business that should be made to shut up. |
Sherman blames neither Harrison nor |
Alger. He says it was their wicked |
partners.
Men never knew what strides the new |
woman was making until she began to |
wear boomers.
However the Ashworth trial may ter |
inmate, street contractors will be more |
careful next time.
1t is worth noting that none of the fights
now being made for public Improvements
end in idle criticism.
kovalev could not find liberty in his
own country, but we will give him rope |
enough for full swing.
BY coming to this City the delegates to
the National Convention will get as good |
show as they will give US.
There may be fun in shooting folly as it |
flies, but it would be more profitable to hit |
that which stays with US.
Mcguire may lead the Junta out of the |
wilderness, but that is al. There is no |
promised land for Democracy.
Now that the East is a days ride nearer
to the Pacific Coast, it may justly claim to
have made great step forward.
Massachusetts, offers Democracy three |
candidates for the Presidency, but she does !
not promise single electoral vote,
Every movement for the public welfare
leads to battlefield. There must always !
be fight before there can be a victory.
The New York Sun accuses Chicago OF !
splashingness," and it certainly does
seem to be making too much fuss in the |
swim.
The Cuban insurgents have ordered the |
sugar plantations to close up, but that |
won't put a stop TO raising cain in the |
island.
The safest thing to say of the weather
probabilities at present is that they are too |
good to swear at and too changeable to
swear by.
More earthquakes have been felt in the |
East, but the people have the option of |
shaking the country if they do not wish to
be shaken.
In sending three warships to Turkish |
waters, Olney has done well, but he would |
have done better to send a dozen to
Venezuela.
AS Canada is the biggest sideshow to
our circus it is worth noting that Cleveland |
has considerable third-term support
over there.
General Campos will have to wait |
little longer for cool weather for his |
aggressive campaign. Things are still too
hot for him in Cuba.
In comparison with the government of |
other cities thatof San Francisco is well |
enough, but in comparison with its oppor- |
tunities it looks bad
To demand the release of Waller as a |
matter of right and then accept it as |
matter OF grace may be diplomacy, but |
there is no vigor in it.
The rate war is making a real Thanks
giving season for the Portland people, as
they can travel to San Francisco cheaper
than they can stay at home.
In the pressure of other things we must
not forget Mr.. Mills proposition of free
market. That was one OF the good things
that ought to be pushed along.
The good work done by the Board of
Health in the past gives the people conf
dence that in investigating the water sup
ply it viii make clean thing of it.
By the time the Supreme Court gets
through pruning off the powers of the
Mayor that official will be too much dis
figured to serve even as a figurehead.
If the state of the public funds permit
an increase of the salary of Inspector
Dockery, he ought to have it, for he has
certainly earned it by the faithful per-
Torrance of disagreeable duties.
Now that Chicago is only three days
from San francisco her people ought not
to overlook the advantage there will be in
an opportunity to see National conven
ticn and California at the same time. |