The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-29

Political thunder-clouds are already
charging themselves with lightning for
Presidential candidates.
This week will see a further advance
made in the San Joaquin road and new
steps taken for progress.
Eastern papers are making life miserable
in that section by interspersing spring
poetry with baseball yells.
The two Santa Cruz boys who played
with powder saved themselves the embar-
rassment of a maternal blowing up.
1t is only those whose avarice prompts
them to get money without earning it that
are swindled by lotteries and bucket-shops.
While everybody knows that Growers
letter on the money question was vague,
there is no desire for him to write another
to explain it.
The rain has put a gold pen into the
hand of every citizen, who can benefit
himself and the State by signing for shares
in the Valley road.
Wisconsin is rejoicing over the fact that
not a single bill passed by the Legislature
this winter was bad enough to require
veto by the Governor.
1t is now fairly well assured that the re-
ceipts from the income tax will fall below
SIS, 900, and Carlisle's anticipated sur
plus will drop and be lost in the deficit.
The Monroe Doctrine has put spectacles
on its ancient eyes, but it would require an
unearthly telescope to reveal to its vision
anything in the vicinity OF Nicaragua.
1t is hard to understand how the Demo
Gratis of any State could invent a faction
fight unknown to the Democrats in the late
Congress, but those in Illinois are doing it.
A thorough-going newspaper will not
only make the world known to the COM
munity in which it is published, but will
make the community known to the world.
The outlook for crops in the Mississippi
Valleys reported to be unusually good this
year, and as a consequence the belief in the
coming of better times is growing in every
field.
into line with Western men on the silver
question, and by the time of the next
Presidential campaign, the party will be
unanimous.
The presence of so many angels at the
churches and matinees of San Francisco
ought to be sufficient to convince the most
casual observer that we are not living very
far from heaven.
While the Democrats are casting an eye
toward the shutdown sea for Presidential
candidate, the Hon. Stephen M. White de-
clares that he is not candidate for the
Vice-Presidency.
The city resident who drops his money
into bucket-shops has no right to laugh at
the farmer who becomes the victim of the
goldbrick swindle because he "does not
read the papers"
England feels easy enough when she
goes out to fight European lion, but when
little Nicaraguan flea bites her she either
has to bear the pain in silence or hurt her
nails in scratching.
If the people who are brooding and
murders do not drive themselves to insan-
ity or suicide it will be merely because they
are lacking in brains.
The best way for Japan to meet the pro.
test sent to the Mikado by European pow
ers, is to give the Chinese a few lessons in
the art of war and then unite with them to
drive the Europeans out of Asia altogether.
The latest caper of the advanced woman
is reported from London, where a Mrs
Beauclerk, who set up as a stockbroker
hired her husband as clerk and then un-
dertook to discharge him for disobedience
of orders.
The Democrats are making a move to
forestall the Republicans in the raising Of
the free-coinage issue, but they will have
to do great deal of scrambling yet before
they can emerge from the wide shadow
which Grover casts.
Politics is redhot in Kentucky over an
election which is not to take place until
next fall, the present heat being due to q
fight for the Democratic nomination fol
Governor and Endorsement for Senator by
the convention in June.
If the popular sentiment against a third
term did not render Cleveland immune
against denomination, it is conceivable
that the influence of Wall street in the
White House might not stand between
free coinage and prosperity.
Again we are to have Government stir
ring UP of the ugly contention between
San Pedro and Santa Monica as to which
shall be selected to receive the contem-
plated harbor improvements, and this re
minds US that in ages past there was some
talk about a new Postoffice at San Fran
cisco.