The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-09


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sATURDAY.......................MA MARCH 9, 1895
Vetoes are in demand.
The people watch the Governor.
Fireman Budd, turn on the cold water.
Brace up, Mr.. Mayor, and make the
beggars go.
The Gaiety girls are gone, but the girls
that remain are gay.
VacaviIIe cheers the lenten diet with the
luxury OF fresh fruit.
The new era is coming in with rush,
and cherries are ripe.
Fewer beggars and more fower-stands
would improve the streets.
.
Traffic will never move easily so long as
1t has to move over cobbIestones.
It is pity that Gresham hasn't some of
BisseIrs sense of wholesome resignation.
Congress left Democracy with nothing
to stand on, but it can sit down on Grover.
We defend Republicanism when we de-
nounce the representatives who disgrace it.
Fat fees and high taxes make a good
living for tax-eaters, but are death to tax
payers.
Street begging is a public nuisance that
a little well-directed energy would soon
remedy.
Swearing at the tariff thinkers is virtually
taking an oath to support the industries OF
the country.
a coal-miners' strike in Pennsylvania is
getting to be as much of an annual racket
as house-cleaning.
Party men are organized to support
political principles, but what do non-par-
tisans get together for?
Everybody boasts of representative gov
eminent, but very few are proud of what
their representatives do.
1t matters little which route the San
Joaquin road takes so long as it gets there
and is able TO branch out.
If there was even a single bubble of repu-
tation left TO the fasco Congress, the re-
port OF Cannon exploded it.
Whether we are to have an extra session
OF Congress or not depends very largely on
how Grover likes the fishing.
Patience, practice and perseverance will
do anything; they have even succeeded in
electing Senator from Idaho.
A Cuban revolution always seems to be
made of some kind of stuff that ends in
smoke, but is never up to snuff.
Breaking the Republican campaign
pledge on the part of legislator is equiva-
lent to breaking with the party.
Mud roads in the country and cobble-
stones in the city have long been out of
date and ought to be out of sight.
If Grover should manage to get his hook
caught in his coat-tals he could boast of
catching the biggest sucker on record.
"
If the Fresno raisin men will stick to it,
they will find as much profit in cultivat-
ing cooperation as in growing raisins.
Democratic extravaganza in Congress is
no excuse for Republican extravaganza at
Sacramento, but it is very strong warn
ing.
1t is altogether probable that Tariff Re
form Wilson will give US free trade in
foreign stamps and a deficiency in the
postal revenues.
1t appears bad to have so many frauds
in various parts of the country exposed
every day, but it would be worse if they
were not exposed.
There is no good reason why the CITY
should not issue bonds, pay its creditors
improve the streets and proceed to be an
up to date metropolis.
Although the late Congress did nothing
in the way of craftsmanship, it managed
TO get away with more money than any
other Congress on record.
Since the legislators were SO generous in
dividing the spoils with the attaches, it is
probable the attaches will now declare
dividends for the legislators.
Ii Hung Chang once more hobs up as
the greatest man in China and points with
pride to the fact that though his country
fell he saved his peacock feather.
Perhaps the Mayor and the Chief of
Police were not aware that there were any
beggars On the streets, or any ordinance
against them, until they read the CALL.
The prompt conviction of HAYWARD for
the murder Of Miss Cling scores a good
point for the law of Minnesota, and the
next thing is to see how promptly it can
be enforced.
The proposed plans for identifying the
water front are good and when carried out
will form an attractive feature of that
newer and better San Francisco that every