The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-04
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

Whether Andrew Carnegie's contribution to
Tue treasury was voluntary or not IL IS not
likely he can persuade the courts 10 give it
back TO him. When his case gets into The
courts IL ought TO be on an indictment for plug
glEg Dl0WDoles In armor plate he was warrant.
ing sound.-New York World.
one OF the newly elected New York Coroners
announces that he proposes TO conduct the
affairs OF his Office on a strictly non. partisan
basis. This is cheering. 1t serves to confirm
the popular Impression that the grave is good
place TO bury political differences.-Boston
Herald.
Governor Pennoyers last letter to President
Cleveland indicates that the recent jolt ad-
mlnistered 10 him by the voters of Oregon had
no perceptible effect upon his wheels. He
comes up smiling with The full collection run
ning ia the same old grooves.-PittsDurg Dis
patch.
Mrs. Hetty Green has discovered that 1t is
impossible for the possessors Of millions to live
III obscurlty. One may have bushel OF brains
ana ma absolute retirement and privacy, but
there Is 100 much Interest In persons OF wealth
TO allow concealment.-C0m Commercial Advertiser.
Inc golo reserve cannot be protected by
Cleveland and Carlisle because they will not
obey the laws made by Congress. Every time
they pay out gold on notes that are ordered re-
deemaDle III silver they violate the Spirit, II not
The letter, of the laws.-New York Recorder.
IL Secretary Carlisle was like his English
counter part, first Lord of the Treasury and
had seat in Congress from which lie had 10
rise and reply 10 attacks on his financial meas
ureS. he would have been out of Office long
ago.-Philadelphia INQUIRER
IL Is not pleasant to have the English papers
point To the Wholesale lynchings OF negroes in
The southern States as a parallel TO the killing
of Armenians by the Kurds. but does any one
happen To think of just ,he fitting reply for us
to make?-Boston journal.
The picture of Lieutenant Carl Browne as the
Goddess OF Liberty suggests way for the
Washington authorities TO enforce the keep.
of-the-grass law without trouble. Let them
place this statue In the center OF the grass plat.
st. Louis Post. Dispatch
1t is reported from Washington that the
President cOntemplates calling the FiftY-fourth
Congress together in special session. He Will,
no doubt, welcome Il Congress that will do its
duty, even II II is RepuDican.-New York Maui
and Express.
England's suggestion that the recent murders
OF blacks in Georgia be Investigated by Euro
pean commission may sound farcical, but
nevertheless 1t conspicuously points out
Americas dIsgrace.-PhllAdelphla Item.
1t Is surmlsed that Croker intends to return
TO politics. He is too cunning, however, TO put
himself Tin the hands of his friends" lie won't
lntrust himself 10 aDyDody's hands these days.
Syracuse STANDARD.
Our Lnllkaloo administration must feel dis
couraged over the situation at Honolulu. What
was thought TO be an uprising of the royaIists
was only the last Squawk of monarchy.-Detrolt
journal
Indictments for violation OF the election laws
have been returned against fifty CT izeus of ST.
Louis. There has been an attempt evidently,
TO come up 10 Chicago indianapolis News.
The Police Department OF New Yor has
been proved SO rotten that the wonder isthat
II did moi tall 10 pieces long ago from Its own
decay.-New York Tribune.
Current opinion justlties the sentiment il
will be more tolerable 10 the day OF hual politi-
cal reckoning fer DAVID b. Hill than for Grover
observation-disclosures Journal.
New York police can no longer ride free-ex-
cepr, of course, the mounted police. Heretofore
the whole force has ridden pretty high horse.
Philadelphia Record.
If Emperor William keeps on he will become
a full fledged spring poet and some desperate
editor will jump on him with both HEELS
Galveston News.
One of the new battle-ships is TO be named
the kearsarge. A good name TO have kept up |
in our new naval family-Philadelphia Call.
AS an effort toward putting itself in better
odor with the world Chicago wants to prohibit
cigarette smoking -Pbiladelp hia Times.
Every ambitious young man fances that a
day will come when all the world will rise I'D |
and applaud Characterization News.
Another victory by the Japs rather smashes |
the old saying that It's a long lane that has no
turn.-PhiadeIphia Enquirer.