The San Francisco call., 1895-12-21

OAKLAND OFFICE:
sos Broadway.
EASTERN OFFICE:
Rooms 81 and 81, 81 Park Row, New York City.
DAVID NJ. FoLTZ, Special Agent.
SATURDAY,. DECEMBER 81, 1895
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
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The next thing we know Venezuela will
issue an ultimatnm.
Don't let the talk of foreign war lead
you to forget home charity.
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What has become of all the fellows who
were denouncing the jingoes?
Appropriations for coast defenses will
be one of the big things of this Congress.
War or no war, from this time forth the
Monroe doctrine is an accomplished fact.
Compared with that of other countries
our weather is Christmas gift to be proud
of.
Congress should be as prompt in dealing
with the deficit as with the Monroe
doctrine.
Democracy begins to see possible leader
in Olney, but is not quite sure that he is
a Moses.
AS Chauncey Depew says, 81 am proud
OF my family tree, " it is reasonable to pre-
sumo it is peach.
Protection to Venezuela is good, but
what does Democracy say TO protection to
American industry?
OF course Salisbury will follow Cleve- |
lands example and take holiday before |
he sends Us an answer.
As the City of Destiny" Tacoma is
showing the world that even destiny can
sometimes play in bad luck.
If Salisbury is anything of a skilled
diplomatist he will change the converse
tion and talk about Armenia.
There is but little time left for leisurely
trading in Christmas goods. The rush
line will be reached tomorrow.
This is the day to leave orders for the
Sunday CALL, and you might as we'll leave
them for the Christmas CALL at the same |
time.
A dread rumor comes from Washing
ton that one of Speaker Reeds rules will
forbid Congressman to put their feet on
their desks.
Philadelphia is showing the country
that when a quiet town does make a strike.
Z. - ~ = IL,
called Chicago.
If we must have a war with England
sooner or later, this would seem about as
good a time as we can expect to fight it out
and settle the matter.
The oil industry is getting to be big
thing in this State, and the Standard Com
pany is by no means the monopoly it was
in hard times gone by.
With the big task that is apparently
before rs, it is fortunate thing we have
a Republican Congress to raise the rev.
enues for carrying it on.
Talk of war, so far from disturbing the
peace of this country has only had the
effect Of quieting party politics little and
giving the country rest.
Between the grabs of the Southern Pa
chic and the sneaks of the Solid Eight it is
never safe to take your eyes off home
affairs even for minute.
1t is always worth a trip across the bay
TO see Oakland, and now that she has an
exposition running the trip is one of the
boss bargains of the season.
1t is hard on the Senators that in order
to pass the Venezuelan commission bill
promptly they had to pass such a splen-
did opportunity for big speeches.
While there will be no war, it is certain
war has come near enough to make it i'm
perative that we begin at once the work of
putting our coast defenses into proper
condition.
The Chicago Chronicle says: Chicago in
its entirety is practically unknown to the
Chicagoans themselves" and it might
have added, they needn't be ashamed of
their ignorance.
The decision of Judge Pardee of the
United States District Court that the sugar
bounties are constitutional viii recall
Comptroller Bowler to the public mind,
but he won't seem as big as he did,
England will have to draw out of the
European concert in Turkey or the row in
Venezuela, for she isn't big enough to
give two frst-class performances at the
same time on different sides of the world.
The ,SiJver AdvocGte has issued Christ
mas edition which, while not large as such
editions go in these days, is still notable
contribution to the periodical literature of
the season by reason of the excellent
quality of the Christmas stories and poetry
it contains.
The Selma Enterprise suggests that since
California did not get the Republican Ma
tional Convention it should have the Vice
Presidency and perhaps if the idea was
we'll pushed forward we might find candi-
dates enough for the place to organize
convention OF our own.