The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-09

Nearly every critic said, 1.-THE message
is commonplace.
1t goes without saying that the horse
show will be dress parade.
Grover says the defcit need not disturb |
US, but all the same it does.
We can brag on our horses and women,
as well as on fruits and flowers.
The Examiner is showing symptoms OF
getting Sharkey fo- sporting editor.
The funding bill fight is right on US, and |
we may look for the rush to begin any day. |
Decaden. journalism reaches total |
degradation when it begins to publish its |
own record.
The Presidential message is so weak in
proportion to its size that it can hardly |
support its own weight.
Congress will please take notice that a |
good way to raise the revenue would be to
raise the duty on sugar.
II you did not read the Presidents mes
sage yesterda y you need not read it at all. |
1t is back number now.
1t is said the Washington public has |
lost all interest in this Congress, but there |
Is a bigger public watching it.
San Diego is marching to no boom this
time, but all the same she is on rising
ground and moving uphill steadily.
Cleveland says the time for interference |
in Cuba may come, and Olney says it is
near at hand. Now what will Congress
say?
The Bryan Democrats smiled when they
met Senator Palmer at the Capitol, but
every smile there was the cold CLEAN of
frosty morning.
1t is worth while repeating every day !
that in all preparations for holiday joys |
there should be some remembrance of the |
claims OF charity.
The silver Republicans in Congress show |
signs of continuing the fight against the |
party on the money question, but they
will stand with it for protection.
Cleveland may have learned nothing,
but his message shows that>he has forgot
ten something. For example, he has
forgotten that he once denounced the
German tariff as measure of ''perfidy
and dishonor."
The Chronicle asks, Wouldn't it be
good thing if Congress could limit the
length of the Presidents message?' 1t
certainly would, and it would also be a
good thing if Congress could limit the
length of its own talk
One of the satisfactory features of the
time is the active crusade now being made
against depraved journalism. 1t Is being
waged all over the country, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, and is everywhere
finding the support of all right-shinking
people.
If any movement is made by Congress
toward revenue reform this winter it must
be made on protective lines and must do
justice to all industries. The Dingley bill
will not suit the country in any respect
and if it cannot be amended it had better
be abandoned.
There is truth in the saying of Rev.
William F. Faunce of New York-"If
asked what it is right TO print we cannot
always answer; but we all know the diff
ference between an enterprise fighting for
purity and truth and one seeking to
rollute the people"
The election of Mckinley brought about
sharp advance in industry, which soon
gave way TO a temporary reaction, but |
that in turn has passed away and we are
now entering upon period which prom
ises a steady forward movement toward |
permanent prosperity.
Public sentiment in New York has been |
reused to indignation against the de- |
pravities of vicious journalism as exhib- |
tied by Mr.. Hearst's newspaper in that |
city, and it is time an equal Indignation |
should assert itself against the vileness of |
his paper IN San Francisco.
physician of Paris claims that en- |
ployes of gas works are exceptionally |
healthy, and advances the theory that |
breathing the atmosphere of any place !
where coal tar is largely used is proven
ton against not only epidemic diseases. |
but nearly all forms of sickness.
Inc reported Shipment OF green oranges |
from the southern part of the State has |
rightly excited the growers to investigate |
the story and to take steps to prevent such |
shipments in future. few carloads of
green oranges in the East could materi- |
ally injure the reputation OF California fruit |
in that section and cause decline in the |
demand that would entail heavy loss on |
the ripening crop
The current number of the Merchants |
Association Review is an exceptionally |
strong one and should be read by all mer-
chants and property in the City. |
1t deals with live topics of local import
ance and urges the cause OF municipal i'm
provement and development with force
ana vigor which will go far toward carry
ing them to success.