The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

aldermanic Judases got for the betrayal of the
people-it would have been all right. Even
such rascals do not mind if the public gets a
very little pinch of their plumber; but then,
the jail Why, it is like the discovery of the
d1phtheria serum, or the phthisis auti-toxine.
Let the remedy be injected into very municipal
body in the land.-Merced Sun
The omission of the reading OF the Declare
ton OF independence at the Fourth of July
celebrations this year is all appropriate
enough. According to the present administra-
ton and the goldbugs generally we are really
dependencies of Great Britain, in finance at
ieast, ana largely in other things. Under the
circumstances why should we read such an
obsolete and meaningless document? What
we really need is new declaration OF indie
pendence, with some of the spirit of rs and 81
to back it-Lemoore Leader.
Foreign birth is of itself alone no bar to
naturalization. 1t does not make the man any
the less an American citizen when once the
statutes have been complied with, neither
does 1t exact the repression of Unborn fondness
Tor the land OF his nativity or expect the loss
OF love for the people of that land. But when
an alien by legal enactment becomes an Ameri-
can, ms interests in, his sympathy for, his
loyalty to the laws of his adopted country
should be supreme.-san Diego Union.
San Jose and San Francisco is still talked OF.
1t would be a splendid improvement and one
that would without doubt pay well. Coxey is
right when he talks about the necessity of good
| roads. There is nothing the country needs
more. The old Romans were wise in that re-
spect, and their well-built highways added
vastly to the strength of the empire.-Los
Angeles Times.
1t is impossible for pessimst TO be good
citizen or Christian. "He conquers who be-
heves he can" has been motto for mankind
for centuries. "All things are possible to him
that belieyeth," saith the Scriptures. pessim-
list believes nothing worth trying; like the
fatalist, he accepts every turn OF the wheel of
fortune that hurls him farther from prosperity,
as the inevitable. There few of these
strange productions of nature in every COM
munity.-Colton (Wash.) Newsletter.
Other pleasure resorts will try to initiate the
example set by our city. 1t will become the
fashion to entertain visitors with what will be
called venetian Water Carnivals. But Santa
Cruz will always stand easily at the head of
the water pageants. She will improve upon
the first one, and each succeeding year will
invent new delights that will eclipse those of
the preceding season.-Santa Cruz Sentinel.
The escape of Abe Vandever from the Tulare
jail the other day stirred up the muse in Judge
Bucknam's poetic breast when he heard the
circumstances and he casually remarked to
friend that:
In MADEIRA they dig through the wall.
In Fresno walk out through the door,
In Visalia they go through the ceiling,
In Tulare break out through the floor.
Some years ago special trains were run over
the Boston and Albany Railroad carrying ex-
cursionists $50 miles and return for 81 so. 1t
paid. Whether it would or not in California is
question. One thing is certain, that q rea-
sonably low excursion rate generally through
out the State would do the State much good.
We believe it would be source OF profit to the
railroads.-Vacaville Reporter.
The outlook for South California, and espe-
cially the imperial county of San Bernardino,
was never more promising than it is at present,
and he who cannot see extraordinary prosper
ity in our midst for years to come is so hide
bound in pessimism that his every sense is
dwarfed beyond OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Citro-
graph.
No human government ever has been or ever
will be absolutely perfect. But in all the world
there is not, nor ever has been, a country in
which freedom and equality are so amply pro-
vided Tor and protected as this of ours.-San
Bernardino Sun.
A roar is made about President Cleveland
he did, every boy in the country who has tasted
that unalloyed pleasure will be willing to guar
antee that he had good time.-Tucson Cit
iZen.
On the 4th of next month we celebrate the
principles on which our liberties are founded
On the 4th of March, '97, we will sit down on
the administration which caused their per-
yersion.-Angels Herald.
Colorado town is going to celebrate Inde-
pendence day on July 4, 5 and g. They might
add thirteen more days and thus show their
willingness to keep up the parity.-Ogden
(Utah) Standard.
An ominous thing happened last night. The
moment Miss Anthony began to speak on the
Democratic party the electric lights went out
and remained out for half an hour.-Pasadena
News.
Legislation can't help the man who won't
work or the man who prefers to growl at every
one else rather than make an effort to help
himseif.-Vallejo Chronicle.
The people desire opinions only as side
dish to go with the substantial food of news
Fresno Republican.