The San Francisco call., 1896-04-04

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DAVID NJ. FoLTZ, Special Agent
sATCRDAY................ APRIL i, 1896
The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Through open primaries honest politics
marches TO success.
By and by civilization will be one big
trust, and then it will bust.
To the cause OF Cuba one flibuster is OF
more value than ten Senators.
It is nov the sultan's turn TO put Eng
land on the stand and ask her what she
means.
.. When hydraulic mining gets free
move on there Will be lots OF new gold in
the swim.
Leave orders for THE SUNDAY CALL to-
day and you will be sure of good reading
for tomorrow.
Our distinguished visitors must not sup.
pose this weather was made 10 order for
them. 1t is the kind we keep in stock.
Considering il has q Democratic deficit
to face, the Republican appropriation bill
has done we'll for the country.
There Will be many festivals this year,
but there will be nothing monotonous
about them from start TO finish.
The Republican primaries will give to
honest politics so good a show that the
whole party will be proud OF the exhi-
bition.
The procession toward Republican vic
tory is about ready to start, and now is
the time for all good citizens to get ready
10 join it.
Chauncey Depew is evidently determined
10 90 down 70 history as the statesman
who would rather be a railroad man than
be President.
1t is evidently the opinion of Russia,
France and Turkey that England is doing
something more in the Egyptian hen roost
than feeding the hens.
So long as the British see TO it n at good
dividends are paid the gyptian bond
holders in France her occupation in Egypt
will not be fought very hard.
II the gentlemen of the Vanderbilt party
really wish 10 see the loveliness OF Cali
fornia womanhood they should spend an
afternoon promenaGing Kearny street.
1t may have been an original inspiration
with Mr. Depew 10 call Santa Clara the
finest valley in the world, but to the people
down there il Will sound like chestnut.
1t is pleasing TO note that Congress has
at last begun to talk about the Nicaragua
canal. Talk OF that kind counts for busi-
ness and has possibilities of becoming
business itself.
The experience with the Santa Monica
and San Pedro appropriation fight is only
another proof that we must get rid OF the
monopoly before we can expect improve
ments anywhere.
The proposed bridge across the bay will
be a good thing to talk about when we
have finished talking OF other things
which We need more and have better
chance Of getting.
II is now clear the administration
Senators will make a hard fight against
the proposed investigation of the syndicate
bond deals, but the fight itself will be
confession that something is wrong.
Kruger's offer of help to protect the
women and children of British settlers in
Matabeleland shows him to be magnani-
nous as well as brave and makes the
Jameson raid look more shameful than
ever.
The promptness with which Senator Hill
objects TO every motion for the inyestiga-
tion OF the bond deals raises suspicion
that he KNOWS a great deal more about tt at
business than he wishes other folks to
know.
The appropriation for restraining dams
was obtained because the California dele
CATION was solid in support of it. and the
moral to be drawn is that the delegation
should be solid for State improveme ents all
the time.
As the British mining companies in the
territory disputed with Venezuela are
shutting down their works we may take it
for granted they have received tip from
London that the Salisbury grab mill will
also shut down.
The debate in Georgia on the money
question between Secretary Smith and ex-
Speaker Crisp has reached point where
Smith has found it necessary to call Crisp
demagogue, so it Is clear that Crisp is
getting the best Of the argument.
Kaiser William is to have new racing
yacht built in England and modelled after
the Valkyrie, which means of course that
he is not aiming after victory or else he
would have had one built in the United
States and modelled after the Defender.
big combination has been formed to
put up the price OF steel, which means, of
course, that less steel will he given for a
gold dollar than heretofore, and it is now
time for the goldbugs to get in and howl
that this is conspiracy to depress the
value of their money.