The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-18

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DAVID NJ. FoLTZ Special Agent
MONDAY .................. -........M MAY 10, 1oeo
The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
In the present campaign of education
experience has done the teaching
The early adjournment is off. Congress
seems to have caught its second wind.
The greatest my stery Of the season is
what the Democrats are to harmonic for.
1t is pretty hard just now to tell the
difference between a Democratic politician
and bowling Dervish.
German seems to have gone so CON-
pletely into retirement that he has practi
cally wiped himself off the slate.
It is about time for the Eastern gold
bugs to explain how western mining
camp States" can beat them building
ships.
1t is time TO remind the people that
Decoration day should be solemn
memorial observance and not an idle
frolic.
The Tennessee Democrats have de-
clared for National income tax, thus
standing pat on a hand that doesn't count
in this game.
There is so much smoke emanating from
the Junta leaders a natural suspicion is
aroused that they do their talking through
stove-pipe hats.
The Republican Executive Committee
can be counted on to assure victory. 1t is
made up of men who know how to win
and are bound 10 do it.
The Junta leaders were counting on big
chickens from the eggs of official patron
age, but Clevelands civil service order
Matched them with an ak.
1t would be a good enough joke on
Grover if the Democrats would go right
along and nominate somebody else with
out giving his fairness chance to decline.
From the way things are going now it
may be the delegate from Alaska who
casts the deciding vote at st. Louis and
names the next President of these United
States.
There is chance that Hill will make
fight for the Democratic nomination this
year in the hope that it will be considered
self sacrifice emitting him to another
chance four years from now.
The chief object in life to the scientists
OF Texas should be to devise a means of
making cyclones come at the right season,
harvest the crops instead of the houses
and deliver them in Chicago instead of
scattering them all over the wild prairies
1t is fairly pleasant to hear the Queen
Regent OF Spain speak of the correct aud
friendly conduct of our Government to
Spain, but the people would like it better
II the administration were little more
correct and friendly toward the Cubans
who are fighting for independence.
It is worth noting that in all the rivalry
for the leadership at st. Louis there has
not been bitter word spoken by the par
tisans OF either favorite against another
and no matter who is nominated, the
whole party will support him cordially
from the first day of the campaign to the
great victory on election DAY.
The proceedings of Congress are rapidly
becoming of such little interest to the peo-
pie in comparison with the Presidential
campaign, that unless the bond deal in
vestigation should begin at once or the
funding-bill contest be precipitated the
public will soon cease to care whether the
session ends this month or continues all
summer.
A contractor has offered New York City
$245, 900 year for the exclusive privilege
of picking over the collected rubbish, ex-
GLIDING the garbage, ashes and street
sweepings. As he is likely to get it, those
who have made living by rubbish
picking will be thrown out of employment.
and thus will another small industry pass
into the control of capital.
The talk in the Democratic camp is
mainly about Carlisle. Pattlson and Rus
sell, but there are some expert politicians
in the East who have not ced the great
activity and vigor recently displayed by
the gold-bug wing of the party, and have
drawn from it the conclusion that the
secret council OF the leaders has been
moved by Whitney and the Standard Oil
barrel.
Dun's Review in noting the export of S.
$4,000 of gold for the week ending May 8,
says: at does not matter whether the
gold is required for Russia or anywhere
else, it would not go from this rather than
other countries if there were not balances
to be met" That is an exact statement of
the situation, and as long as we have the
Democratic tariff it will remain I'M
changed.
If the South Africa Company is found
guilty of abetting Jameson's raid into the
Transvaal Cecil Rhodes will not be the
only man to suffer, for the chairman of
the company is the Duke of Abercorn and
the ce-president is the Duke of Fife, SON.
in.law to the Prince of Wales. and there
are several more dignitaries hardly less in
rank who would have to pay part of the
indemnify demanded.