The San Francisco call., 1896-04-19

Louis convention it will not be necessary
TO put them under the bonds of a pledge.
Let US make it unanimous for an un-
pledged delegation to the st. Louis con-
vention and get ready to enjoy the festival
season.
From all accounts that come to US it
seems that during her festival San Jose
intends to put on as many arch ways as a
coquette.
The political philosopher who has just
started in to establish theory that Cleve-
land is hoodoo can hardly hope to get a
copyright on it.
Even after a Republican Congress has
made it clear how to deal with the Cuban
question Cleveland is too obstinate to go
ahead and settle it.
People who contend that an unpledged
delegation to st. Louis would be antagon-
istic to Mckinley ought to publish a dia-
gram and show US how they figure it out.
"Dematrimonializatio is a new word
the New York Sun has sprung upon it's
readers, with the intention probably of
starting language equal to the corpora.
tion of Greater New York.
The attitude of California Republican
ism to the illnstrious leaders of the party
is that of loyalty to all and hostility to
none, and 1t is in exactly that attitude she
should take her stand at st. Louis.
The mention of Bayard in Virginia as a
candidate for the Presidency has been
called boom, but it was probably in
tended only as a courteous notice that
Virginia is not in favor of any other
Democrat.
In addition to standing on his party
platform the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency this year will be expected to
sit down on the record of the administra-
ton, and naturally very few men feel
capable of the feat.
Having visited Washington and with
his own eyes seen the ruins of Democracy
and Cleyelandism, it is believed that
Whitney never thought it worth while to
ask the author of it all whether he in
tended to run again.
"
troubled waters it will undoubtedly be Of
advantage to them to nominate Whitney
and turn on the flow from the Standard
Oil barrel, but if some of the factions
should happen to be on fire at the time
there would be cataclysm.
Senator HilIs statement that the po,i-
tician who is willing to put himself in the
hands of his friends generally finds him
self in the hands of his enemiesi is one of
those bits OF wisdom drawn from expert
ence which untried office seekers had
better paste in their hats and read every
morning before they go out.
According to the New York Mail and Err
press, potatoes in the northern part of that
State are so cheap they are frequently sold
for 81 ton and used for fuel, and yet such
IS the present bungling system of civiliza-
ton that in New York City potatoes are
too high Tor some people to afford, and
they cannot get enough to eat.
A Cuban sugar-pianter now in, New
York is reported to have explained the
situation in Cuba by saying: 'If we under.
take 10 grind our cane the rebels burn our
property; if we do not grind it General
Weyler imprisons u.s." 1t would seem
that this situation clearly calls for Uncle
Sans interference to set it right.
In the platform put forth by the Demo-
cratic State Convention of Colorado on
Wednesday is plank declaring the policy
adopted and approved by the present ad-
ministration has resulted in the creation
of an enormous bonded debt in period of
profound peace. visiting deadly blight
on every industry, and carrying dis
couragement and dismay into the house
hold of every wealth-producer in the
land" And yet there are people who talk
as If third term for Cleveland were a
political possibility.