The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-13

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FRIDAY........ -. SEPTEMBER IS, 1895
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
All hall Defender!
See the Mechanics Fair before it closes.
EVERYTHING isn't plain sailing, even in q
yacht race.
It is now said the tax levy is not only too
high but shaky.
The rain hurt some folks but it was a
blessing for most.
Many things are still bad, but they are
all growing better.
Dunraven doesn't deserve his title, for
he hasn't done yet.
San Bernardino has the next fiesta and
the gayety continues.
It begins to look as if free Cuba would
be the fin de steele State.
This Is surely speedy year; even the
rain broke the weather record.
The Valkyrie may not win heat, but
she can play for even on protests.
The Grand Army found lots of arms in
Louisville, but they are loving ones
Perhaps we shall never settle any inter
national issue with England withouta war;
The gold reserve is once more below the
limit and another bond issue looms above
the horizon.
The Southern Pacific will continue to
fight the people until competing roads
take the fight out of it.
The United States should be the first ma
ton to recognize free Cuba, and the recog-
milton should be made early.
Now that the fail trade is fairly under
way don't forget to make San Francisco a
home market for home goods.
The Traffic Association has laid out a
good line OF work and the work will be
good if it is well pushed along.
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Show your State patriotism by helping
the Board of Trade make the fight for Cali
fornia at the Atlanta Exposition.
We may count Utah solid for protection,
reciprocity, bimetallism and everything
else the Republican party stands for.
The electrical display at Sacramento was
brilliant, but wherever there is a strong
mountain stream it can be duplicated.
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There is something very amusing in the
third-term idea, for it is saidsto have made
Cleveland smile, and it certainly makes
every else grin.
This is an off year for politics, but there
are enough State elections on hand to show
that the tidal wave of Republicanism last
year has not subsidized any.
The prostrations of Grand Army men
by the heat at Louisville are additional
arguments why summer conventions
should be held in California.
The Prohlbitionists of New York have
nominated for Governor a named
Smith, and they expect to elect him if
they can bring out the family vote.
1t would not be bad idea to place in the
California exhibit at Atlanta big placard
showing the range Of the thermometer in
San Francisco every day during the fair.
If the administration shows any signs of
helping German in his fight we may count
on it that the third-term idea has enough
life in it to make move In practical poll
tics.
The long expected and much discussed
constitutional convention in South Caro-
lima has come together at last and now we
shall see whether it will be mountain or
mole hill
Now that the site has been selected, it
would be pleasant to see the building for
the Affiliated Colleges and that for the
Sutro Library make to see which
will finish first.
The Corbett- Fitzsimmons match was be-
gun with the combatants the stage
about thousand miles apart, and will
probably be fought to finish under the
same conditions.
If the Railroad Commissioners expect to
make fight to win and not merely bluff
they must not only reduce rates but must
take precautions to make the reductions
secure in the courts
II it be true that some OF Gorman's polit-
ical managers have been caught putting
the names of dead men on the register, he
can hardly intend TO make the campaign
strictly on live issues.
Reports from the East show that the
thermometer ranged from SO to 106 in the
shade over the northern part OF the Mis-
sissippi Valley on Wednesday, and still
the people hesitate to come West and es-
cape the frying-pan.
Eastern people should not overlook the
fact that every great convention held in an
Eastern city this summer has been marred
by the excessive heat. San Francisco is
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