The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15

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THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL
Congress talks business.
We may have tariff bill after all.
Tom Reed shows signs of rushing things.
What the East yearns for and knows it
not is the California novelty.
The Senate has sharp stick for Spain,
but apparently no sword for Cuba.
Fresno claims attention this week and
will give good show to all who attend
her.
A Dingley bill with amendments will be
all right if proper stress is placed on the
amendments.
Decadent journalism ceases to be dan
gerous when decent journalism comes
forth to combat it.
In few more days you will hear the
bunk journalists squealing of virtue and
pretending to repent.
1t is better to shop during rainy weather
than to wait for sunshine and be caught
in the crush at the end.
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IfAmbrose Bierce doesn't look out "Long
Green" may detail him to act as bad-man
referee of the next prize-fght.
The people of the blizzard blown East
will please take notice that our citrus fairs
have begun and travel is cheap.
Weyler seems to have returned to Ha-
vana this time simply to hold ratifca-
ton jubilee over the death of Maceo.
1t is now reported that Barney Barnato
is trying to form gold-mining trust. Is
there to be no end 10 that sort of thing?
The statesmen are by no means in favor
of an extra session if they can avoid it.
They know what Washington is in the
summertime.
In preparing for the work of Christmas
charity don't overlook the Salvation
Army. 1t always carries help where help
is most needed.
CaIifornians will fight for Cabinet rep
resentative, but they will not fight over it.
There is a prospect of harmony in this as
in everything else just now.
Every lottery ticket sold in this City
is just so much taken away from the activ-
ity of business, the comforts of the home
nd the joy OF the Christmas season.
The Republican Senatorial committee
appointed 10 promote a return to bimetal-
lism has begun its work, and the none
tary cloud has once more a silver lining.
There are increasing evidences that
Speaker Reed intends this to be something
more than routine session of Congress,
and when he intends anything it generally
happens.
If some of our contemporaries had not
advertised so many lottery swindles to
de'raud the people during the year they
would not have so much need to he calling
for charity now.
It would not surprise anybody if ''Long
Green Lawrence should make the En-
aminer declare it was Coils Huntington
who put up Wyatt carp as referee and
liked the whole job.
Now that Grover has gone duck hunting
again the State Department has an oppor-
tunity to show some of the vigor it dis
played on the Venezuelan question when
he went on similar expedition last year.
In putting all the European consuIates
under the civil service Cleveland evil
IDENTIFY had no other thought than that of
making office-seekers under the coming
administration as disconsoIate as possible
The minority of the Pacific Roads Com
mittee of the House may prove to be in
the majority when the vote is taken.
Their report shows they couldn't be left at
the start and they may be all right in the
end.
Tbs report that the House will under
take to pass tariff bill this winter should
awaken the attention of Californians. Our
great sugar industry needs protection, and
should be provided for in any measure of
the kind proposed.
As the Examiner has quit publishing the
opinions of the enemies it is proud Of
there is possibility it may be preparing
to dump upon the public something from
the friends who are proud of it, thus CIV
ing the slums another opening.
The Placer argus is slightly in error in
saying that by holding the mirror up to
nature the people can discern plainly
what rotten concern the Examiner and
Journal com bination is for fact" The
combination is not for fact, but for fake.
Mr.. Oalsen, secretary of the West Indies
committee in London, is quoted as having
said recently that the planters of the
British West Indies felt ''they would be
better treated If absorbed by the United
States" This is another hint of manifest
desfiny.