The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-17


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EASTERN OFFICE:
Rooms 81 and go, "a Park Row, New York City
DAVID NJ. FoLTz Eastern Manager
HE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Ask for California novelties.
Speed the Christmas shopping.
"
The bargain of to-day may be lost TO-
morrow.
Ii David Bennett Hal is practicing OBJ
security he Is doing it with great success.
The Examiner may now have a decent
spell for a little while, but don't count
on it.
Wyatt carp swears he did not write that
thing for the Examiner so there you have
another fake.
The street-lighting movement came just
in time to make Examinations fer the
holiday trade.
Street improvement has done the proper
thing by starting in the middle and work
ing every way at once.
If you do not preserve Yourself by doing
your Christmas trading this week GU will
be in the jam next week.
Cleveland's recommendation of the re-
tirement OF creenbacks went into innocuous
desuetude at the first jump.
The policy of this country is peace and
that is the reason why we wish to see it in
Cuba, but won't fight for it.
Mr.. Choate announces he is running for
the Senate in New York, but the Office
seems to be running for Tom PIatt.
There are social reformers in Washing
ton who wish to abolish the custom OF
holding inaugural balls. What next?
The old Dingley bill is dead, but new
one is in sight SO We may all unite in
shouting, Long live the Dingley bill"
The report that Huntington doesn't
wish the funding bill continues to 60 the
rounds without waiting for confirmation.
The lumbermen of the South have
ceased to be sectional and are cIamoring
for protection along with the rest of the
country.
The announcement that John Sherman
intends to be candidate for the Senate 10
succeed himself may be news but it is not
startling.
The CALL is the newspaper of the home
and has all the home advertisements You
can ind in our columns the very bargain
you are looking for.
Senator Calls fiery speeches against
Spain have probably no other object than
that OF warming up his chances of re-
election this winter.
People who do their shopping in bad
weather have the advantage of finding the
stores uncrowded and abundant oppor-
tunity to inspect goods.
Long Green Lawrence should set Wyatt
Earp TO write "Prattle' and Ambrose
Bierce to refereeing prize-fghts. The
public demands a change.
Cleveland has put so much of the pub.
lie pie in the civil service pantry that the
average otfice-seeker can see nothing out
cabinet pudding to apply for.
The only way to make California
manufacturing State is to patronize the
products of the factories we have and give
them a chance 10 develop into greater
things.
Among the advantages to be derived
from the retirement of Grover Cleveland
will be the opportunity it will give to
Henry Watterson and Charles A. Dana to
shut up.
The Cuban League of the United States
may not intend to monopolize everything
in the island, but we notice that Coils P.
Huntington has prominent place in its
membership.
1t is rather odd to see John Jacob Astor
figuring as membe of an association to
promote the Cuban cause. If ne wishes
the island 10 be saved from Spain why
doesn't he buy it?
A Federal Grand Jury in Chicago de-
cided to abandon an investigation of the
men propose to take it up and cover Chi
cago with confusion.
The weather forecast bureau in San Jose
has been put in charge OF a real estate
dealer and any kind.of weather needed to
boom land IN that section will now be
Kept on tap ready for delivery.
The Ministerial! Association of New
York is to be credited with giving the
country a very good description of The
CALL. 1t was engaged in formulating the
conception of an ideal newspaper.
1t is estimated that public building
schemes involving the expenditure OF $780,,
100000 Will be introduced into the next
Congress, SO we must keep close watch
on the appropriation for our Postoffice.
1t is worth noting that the Democratic
Senators have held no caucus to consider