The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-09

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DAVID N. FoLTZ, Special Agent.
..............-JANUARY 9, 1896
The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
The emergency tariff bill is for revenue
only, and still the Democrats do not like it.
The Governor of Cape Colony bears the
name OF Hercules, but he is not living up
to it.
The capture of Havana by the Cubans
will not be the fall of that city, but its
liberation.
Boston proposes to elevate the stage, but
it may turn out TO be a movement to ele-
vate Boston.
If General Campos does not soon resign
his command to Spain he will have to sur
render it to Cuba.
Now that Eureka has started "a self-help
association she will find it easy to start
anything else she wishes.
In The path that Grover is walking there
is no room to turn round, and if he ever
gets out he must back out.
The City Hall dome must be completed
in ninety days, and let Us hope it will be
well done if it were done quickly.
We may surely count on peace this year,
for there is enough blowing among the ma
tons to blow the war cloud over.
Utah cannot be too prompt in sending
her two Republican Senators to Congress.
The country needs them right now.
We will thank the Senate kindly to give
Us the tariff bill at once and save the sill
yer discussion until there is more time
to talk.
According to Jameson's statement he
would never have been captured by his
foes if he had not been taken in by his
friends.
The Kaiser's letter may have been in
tended merely 20 distract the attention of
the Germans from the agitations OF the So
cialists.
Cleveland bonds will rest upon the whole
country, but Huntington's funding-bill
bonds would have 70 be paid by the Pacific
Coast alone.
Now that work has begun in China
Basin the competing road is coming into
sight in San Francisco as well as in the
San Joaquin.
AS the British press has come to the
conclusion that arbitration is proper, we
may consider the victory won and call off
the war dogs.
Don't forget to arrange your dates so that
you can attend next Monday evening the
mass-meeting for the relief of the Arme-
MAN sufferers.
Clevelandism has put an end to old De-
mocracy, and if the party ever hopes to
have new life it must be born again and
born different.
It is not certainly known what the
Queen wrote to the Kaiser, but she prob
ably told him if he recognized the Beers
she wouldn't recognize him.
we can count on Congress to supply the
medicine that will cure the ills of the
country and make Grover sick.
The Associated Press has not vet ven
tured to declare Boston the storm center
of the Cuban war, but it continues to use
her as headquarters for dispatches.
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Cleveland has already increased the Ma
tional bonded debt by 1852, 900 900, another
s100,000,000 is in sight, and he has still
more than year to work his bondmill.
We may get Cleveland out of Office, but
the old man has got his administration
saddled on us in the form of a debt that
will stay with US for many years to come.
The Portland Oregonian eclipsed all its
recent efforts by issuing a superb edition
with which to open the year. 1t presents
the attractions of Oregon in a mastery
way.
The House has taken good step in ask
ing the Acknowledgement what has been
done to enforce the law against trusts. 1t
is full time to make the administration
begin 10 explain itself
Senator Perkins bill providing for the
settlement of Alaska may not attract many
people there so long as California has room
for more, but all the same so long as we
own the country we might as we'll open it
up.
A New Years edition of great size and
special merit was issued by the Ogden
Standard 1t is particularly timely as a
review of Utah's greatness, in view OF the
recent admission of the Territory as a
State.
The statement OF Huntington at meet
ing of the Southern Pacific directors that
"henceforth the railroad and politics must
be divorced" will not be accepted by the
courts as evidence that the railroad was
ever welded to politics, while the people
won't accept it as evidence that he ever
had any intention of divorcing them.
The motion of Senator Lodge to have
the editor OF the New York World prose
cutad hecausa he nOh1iebad in+aruia1ye