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MONDAY ..........JANUARY Ia, 1895
.'Son of man. stand upon thy feet"
The indignation meeting gave US some
brave words.
The Senatorial race appears to lie be-
tween a dark horse and chestnut.
The proposed bridge al the ferries is so
good a scheme that it may be considered
a walk-oVer.
By and by our courts will learn that
punishment for contempt should be rare
ana oVerdone.
The problem that perplexes Cleveland is
how to make his gold theory suit the sill
yer conditions.
Two things are certain; There must be
q cable TO Honolulu and the United States
must control it.
County division contests will never sit
down and be quiet until every town in
the State is county seat.
II you cannot help the city in any other
way, you can at least talk IN It's favor and
help to keep its credit up.
A large part of the spirit of the oratory
hot will hn MI in IN dav
was imbibed In this city Yesterday.
The people are interested much more in
what the Legislature will do for retreneh-
meut and economy than in the Senatorial
fight.
There may be some Democrats who are
seriously discussing currency reform, but
most of them appear TO be content with
cussing it.
Willie we haven't exactly the kind of
weather we like on the Pacific Coast. in
the East they have exactly the kind they
don't like.
The legislators will be justified in doing
everything appro rriate TO the harmony
of the State so long as they do not appro-
pirate too much.
According TO the North China News, Ii
Hung Chang is SURPRISED at the japanese
demands, but the greatest wonder is that
ne hasn't lost his head.
The State of South Dakota seems to
have been SO badly robbed by State officers
that there is hardly anything left of it ex-
ha o1
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II Springer does not succeed iu devising
an elastic currency bill, there can be no
advantage to a man in having elastic
principles on the subject.
1t is very satisfactory to learn in rela-
tion to the continued swearing in of NIL
lard that preparations have been made
10 meet future emergencies"
If Felix D6utsch was right in saving
that the motto of the Good Government
Club is action, we would be pleased to see
it put into striking use at once.
In asserting that we cannot do anything
toward purifying San Francisco with
rose water" our critics overlook the fact
that we can do good deal in removing
the bad odor from it.
Why does not Nose Gunst cut the Cor
dian knot by resigning? Hen surely
see that he Is unacceptable as Police Com
missioner, and be must have changed yerv
much of late if he stays where he is not
wanted.
Tacoma has won victory on the cues
lion of duties. Silk imported at tina port
from China is hereafter to be appraised
and entered there instead of being carried
across the continent in bond. Good for
Tacoma.
Experts on sporting matters in the East
assert hat the coming season of outdoor
sports Will eclipse all previous records
and that the number of international
matches of various kinds will be upusu-
ally large.
The general tenor of the resolutions
adopted at The mass-meetings of yesterday
and Saturday evening will be approved
throughout the State, and ought to be
supported by force of public opinion
strong enough TO make them effective for
good.
1t is curious Illustration of the per-
versities of our language. that about the
time Mr.. Highton was calling out to the
mass-meeling on Saturday night, "Son of
man. stand upon thy feet" there were
three bold, bad robbers on the street who
were standing up" nearly every body in
sight.
While the revival of prosperity is not
yet all that we could wish, it is worth
noting that many enterprises long talked
of in different parts of the State are being
put into shape that gives promise of accom-
plishment; and the current year will see
not few of them begun and well ad-
vahced toward completion.
0
Tie American language is constantly
being enriched with new words and new
meanings placed on old words. A State
Senator in Minnesota broke pledge to
his constituents and received the follow
ing message: ''Slippery Sam, your name
is pants" The Senator sued the Western
Union for libel and got $4,000 damages.