The San Francisco call., 1896-02-14

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Pennsylvania is determined to be known
as the Quaystone State.
1t is pleasing TO learn that Huntington
is blocked, but we wish to see him stumped
1t used to be Lincoln and emancipa-
tion,' but now it is Lincoln and protec-
tom
The Republican party is offered Quay
for a valentine, but Democracy is still
hunting for somebody.
Huntington once boasted he had never
dropped quarter, but it now looks as if
he would drop his whole wad.
1t is evident that among reviving things
we are TO have this year revival of the
inspiration of Abraham Lincoln.
The reported discovery of the north pole
is one of the things we must put under the
cathode ray to find out what is in it,
The Chinese claim to have now driven
out the devil for year, but it won't be
long before they begin to raise him again.
From the record of Wednesday it is evil
dent we need no National law to provide
for the observance of the birthday of Lin
coin.
Perhaps the only sure way to get the
scandals out OF the Custom house would
be to make clean sweep including the
officials.
The pcolroom fake.s think they are
fighting for life, but really they are going
through a spasmodic struggle in the throes
of death.
1t is announced that Mrs Lease will be-
come preacher, and accordingly we may
expect from Kansas new religion with
frllls on it.
Smuggling Chinese women for Illicit
purposes into this City and then passing
them off as native daughters is clear case
of adding insult to injury
"a bond-issuing, gold-depleting, debt
increasing, misunderstanding low-tariff pol
icy" is what Mckinley called it, and he
called it by the right name
The battle for the improvement of Fol-
som street is virtually but Just begun.
The chief part OF the fight will be to see
that the work is well done
At last the Senate promises US a com
mittee to investigate the bond deals and
now we may expect to see how the thing
looks when turned inside out.
If Gladstone should re-enter Parliament
to demand justice for Armenia it might be
not only dramatic stroke in politics but
the impulse TO new crusade.
Kruger will visit other capitals as we'll
as London, and does not intend to pose as
British colonial show when he can make
himself an international exposition.
The inspiration OF Lincoln animates the
spirit of the Republican party and all that
his glorious example stands for that party
represents in American politics to-day.
General WeyIers arrival in Havana has
been followed by the aggressive movement
he promised, but not in the way be prom
lsed, for 1t was the Cubans who made it.
1t seems that Kruger applied to Ger
many for aid and the Kaisers famous let
ter was not an impromptu attempt to
caprice.
The original draft of the legislative pro-
test against the funding bill has been
found, and now the question arises whether
II was hidden away or just lost in the
shuttle.
Ii the Republican speeches on Lincoln's
day were bound in the same volume with
the Democratic speeches on Jackson's day
the Republican party would ask no better
compaign document.
The voice of the orators at the Lincoln
banquets in all parts of the country formu-
lated the course of the Republican cam
paign. The issue is protection to industry
and labor and the battle-cry is America
for Americans
With the Goulds, the yanderbilts and
the Atchison system competing with Hun
tington TO get the Central Pacific, it seems
clear the Government will get good deal
more out OF 1t than two streaks of rust and
right OF way.
1t is reported that the House Committee
on Territories is opposed to the admission
OF Arizona because her people would send
two silver men to the Senate. and if this
be true it will make one more issue for the
Greater West to settle with the goldbugs.
Ii the proposal to make the BIRTHDAYS of
Lincoln and Jackson National holidays is
carried out we shall have TO put in nearly
all the time from Christmas 10 the end of
February in celebrating and will hardly
have time to sober up between the festi-
walls.
The abolition of class B racers by the
American League OF Wheelmen seems on
the face to be good move. A racer in the
nature OF things must be either profess
sional or an amateur, and there was little
fairness in having class that straddled
the track as well as the bicycle.