The San Francisco call., 1895-12-24

Clevelandism will soon fall into innocu.
Gus desuetude.
It is a good home policy to cultivate the
Christmas tree.
Rejoice while you can-the swearing-off
time is coming.
Congress Will keep at work and the
country is safe.
The calamity howler cannot raise a
panic even in Wall street.
The weather is something like cold
deal but it has snap on it.
What is given to the poor may be trife,
but he is no triher who gives it.
When the goldbugs call the Senate ''un-
certain" the people feel pleased.
There are few sweet things left in the
Christmas stores wanting for you.
Pooiroom gambling is no longer the
soft snap the takers tried to make it.
L
walk in life, for the streetcars don't run.
This will be the best Christmas you have
had in many year if you make the best
OF it.
The concert of European powers sings of
peace on earth, but doesn't try to make it
in Armenia.
What this country needs is financial
system as independent of England as its
foreign policy.
If the ,3ubans get nothing else for Christ
mas they might at least get recognition
as beIligerents.
Huntington may have Chairman Powers
with him, but the powers of the people
are against him.
The Cleveland loans were for syndicates,
but if there be any Republican loan it will
be popular one.
England Will have time to take second
thought during the holidays, and If wise
she will take it sober.
This may not be redhot Congress, but
Ii will certainly have work enough on hand
all the time TO keep itself warm.
Don't let your generosity outstrip. your
purse, or your merry Christmas will mar
your happy New Year.
Let US hope the Grand Jury will initiate
Congress and stick steadily to business un-
til the people are reaSsured
Chief Crowley is not new broom, but
gamblers and booksellers get out OF the
way when he begins to sweep.
Many of the best preachers in the
country found the Monroe doctrine good
text for a sermon last Sunday.
A pan-American congress is one of the
probabilities of the coming year and the
spirit of Blaine viii be with it.
The church seems to stand with the
press solid for the Monroe doctrine, but
some OF the universities are shaky.
When Cleveland appoints the Venezue-
Ian commission we shall know whether
his message meant buncombe or business.
Christmas novelties are made so excel
lently in these days it is hard to tell where
they cease to be toys and begin to be
jewels.
Europe is urging England to stand firm
against the Monroe doctrine, but England
doesn't intend to catch licking to please
Europe.
In saying "War nowadays is for nations
like China and Japan" De Witt Talmage
overlooked the fact that China wants no
more of it.
The value OF a mans talk against the
funding bill can now be measured by the
amount of assistance he gives the Com
mittee of Fifty.
The Monroe doctrine finds warm sup
port everywhere In America except in Can
ada, and perhaps that country will not al
ways remain cold.
Now that Grover has induced Congress
to attend to business during the holidays,
it would be just like him to go off on an.
other hunting trip.
While the House is grinding out a
means of checking the deficit, the Senate
may entertain the country with a debate
on the silver question.
Some of the reforms begun with the
year have been dropped by the wayside.
but most of them are still with us and
have made good progress.
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Only a short time ago the Mississippi
had hardly water enough to float fat
boat, but now it has risen twenty y-two feet,
and is trying to wash the world away.
1t is reported the railroad lobby has ar
ranged to oppose any bill for the construc-
tion of the Nicaragua canal, and thus the
people have another battle with the mo-
nopoly to fight out.
The North German Gazette says, ''it will
take America at least decade to recover
the confidence of the politicians and tinan-
ciers OF Germany" but it will hardly deny
that we can manage to worry along some
how by having confidence in ourselves.