The San Francisco call., 1896-05-30

The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Honor Memorial day.
Show reverence for the heroic dead.
Take part in the decoration o. the graves
of the Nations heroes.
In the assemblies of the people on this
occasion politics takes back seat.
Let US hope that Cleveland will have
the decency not TO go fishing to-day.
If we had not bound the arm of Justice
crime would not be so bold in our land.
To-day we honor the private in the ranks
of the Grand Army as the generals IN COM
mand.
Dedicate your best thoughts to-day to
the heroic deeds of the defenders OF the
Republic.
II was known of old and said that the
law is condemned when the wicked escape
punishment
Money is not too cold to show the
people of the East.
After the past week of disasters Con-
gress ought to adjourn next week and give
US a complete rest.
II is time to remember that every COM
munity is responsible for the crimes it
hesitates to punish.
Gt, A.
cyclone the charity bureau must get ready
to open up for business.
Let us not wait for St. Louis to ask aid.
Let Us offer it with the zeal OF generous
hearts and ready hands.
A grateful Republic mourns her noble
dead, but proudly honors the immortality
of their accomplished work.
In the observance of the solemn me-
mortal services of the day every citizen
should show PATRIOTS interest.
Do not forget in the hurry of the day to
leave orders for THE SUNDAY CALL, so as to
have good reading for tomorrow.
The civil business of our courts can well
afford to wait until the criminal cases have
been brought to trial and adjudicated.
After this there is no city in the Missis-
sippl Valley that will feel safe when it
sees funnel-shaped cloud in the distance.
A system of law weak enough to be sus-
pended on verbal technicalities can never
be strong enough to hang dangerous Grim
inals.
1t is but mean and niggard loyalty that
decorates the graves of the dead but would
refuse an honorable pension to the living
veteran.
Fail not in any way to do full honor to
the memory of the heroic dead who fought
the war that freed the slave and kept the
Union whole.
Every child in the land should be taught
the meaning of the celebration of this day
and its noble lessons deeply impressed
upon the heart.
1t does seem as if the cyclone might have
crossed the Mississippi River without tax
ing the bridgeif it had not been actuated
by pure cussedness.
After the crimes and disasters of the
week the consideration of Memorial day
comes as relief to the mind almost as
sacred as benediction.
The Buckley primaries were as quiet as
if the lambs had been muzzled with their
own tails and led to the polls with their
own wool pulled over their eyes.
The cyclones of this country are getting
to be more destructive than the wars OF
other lands, and unfortunately there is no
prospect OF getting rid of them by arbitra-
ton.
From the racket worked by the elements
for little while on Thursday night it
seems there is a possibility that this also
may become an electrical storm center for
change.
Among many men of many minds there
will be many ways of celebrating tue day,
but no American will be unmindful of its
significance or its value as National OBJ
servance.
Death is rapidly summoning the mem
bers of the Grand Army, and we should
hasten to show them all the love and
loyalty OF grateful people while they are
yet alive.
In remembering the noble dead of the
Grand Army let US not forget the living.
Every veteran of the war for the Union
deserves the honor of all citizens of the
Republic.
We condemn the authorities of Victoria
for neglecting to make stronger their
bridges, and they will retort by condemn
ing us for neglectlng to make stronger our
courts and our laws.
To-day the Nation recalls the names of
Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Logan
and Thomas, but in every household there
is remembered q humber name, and
these also does the Nation honor.