The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-07

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10 settle the Turkish problem while Europe
waits.
John Bull might as well be made to see
that the Venezuela chip is on Uncle Sans
shoulder.
Municipal reform is bound to c0me for
the tendency Is in that direction all over
the Union.
The Dunraven act was not very digni-
fed, but it was safer than the play Sails
bury is trying.
The steelhead may be big trout for
science, and still serve as little salmon
for the market.
This is the time to take the boarded
money out of your stocking and get the
stocking ready for Christmas.
The Philadelphia Record says the rail-
road lobby at Washington ''is very strong"
but it probably meant rank"
No city can show finer variety of holt
day goods than ours, and none a more
prosperous people to enjoy them.
The action of the Republican majority
in Congress may be conservative, but with
Tom Reed to direct it is sure to be vigorous
Uncle Sam must have impaired eve
sight if he cannot recognize independence
even when it comes so near to him as
Cuba.
When the New York people hear that
we call it 'the Hobart show they will
think he is the man who wore the best
clothes.
Cleveland's message is at any rate safe
from the charge of being pleasing to fools,
for, as matter of fact, it was pleasing to
nobody.
Pittsburg can see through her smoke
clearly enough to perceive that San Fran
cisco would be better convention city
than Chicago.
In trying to get what they call reason
into his head the diplomatists of Europe
have run the Sultan crazy, so they were
evidently successful.
Paris must be very dull since James Cor
don Bennett can apparently find no other
amusement than that of setting the Herald
to boom Cleveland for third term.
North Carolina boasts of manufacturing
all the cotton she produces, but the coun-
try won't kick as long as she doesn't IN
dertake to eat all the peanuts she raises.
Officials who cannot see the difference
between legitimate sport at Ingleside Park
and fake poolrooms for gambling down
town must have been blindfolded with a
sack.
The proposal to retire greenbacks will
not be found hereafter in the field of prac-
teal politics, for it has been wrapped up
in Cleveland's message and laid on the
back shelf.
AS both the Spaniards and the Cubans
claim every battle as a victory the United
States should insist on having the dispute
settled by arbitration to keep them from
fighting about it.
If we gain the Republican National Con-
yention we must not take all the credit to
ourselves, for we have many stalwart
friends in the East who are working zeal
ously and effectively for US.
Whether there is any truth in it or not
there is certainly a fine poetic force of ex-
preston in the prediction of the Courier
Journal that when Democracy ''has I'M
loaded the Cleveland bandersnatch and got
rid of its jub-iub birds it will live again.
1t is worth noting that no distrust is
anywhere expressed concerning what Will
be done by Congress this winter. The Re-
publican ma jority in the House gives con-
fidence everywhere and all are assured
that every step taken will be in the direc-
ton of protection and prosperity.
We have heard nothing of late of the
proposed celebration of the anniversary of
the first Republican convention in Phila-
delphia. The idea is too good to be lost
If the East is backward about it the
pioneer Republicans of California should
take it up and start the ball rolling.
Senator Chambers bill providing for the
free coinage of silver whenever similar
laws have been passed by England, France
and Germany might be a good subject
for debating society, but it is hardly
worth while to take up the time of the
United States Senate in discussing meas
ure whose enforcement will depend on the
governments of other nations.
Although Kentucky is generally asso-
ciated with whisky and the people are
supposed to use bourbon as steady drink,
there are thirty counties in the State
where no saloons are allowed and the use
of spirituous liquors, except for medicinal
purposes, is strictly forbidden. The whole
South, in fact, is rapidly changing from
old conditions, and the popular ideas of
few years ago concerning that section will
have to be abandoned.