The San Francisco call., 1896-02-10
LIE call SPEAKS FOR AL.

MoNDAY................. 10, 1896
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
CleveIand's Americanism seems to have
made one splutter and then died out.
Every one who rides over Folsom street
is in favor of overriding the Mayors veto
on its improvement.
If the fight against the funding scheme
pauses for moment the lobby will soon
rally and adopt a new trick.
There is one good thing about the Turk:
nobody regards him as threatening COM
petitor in any line of industry.
Even if Cleveland cannot recognize Cuba
he might at least recognize the inevitable
and advise the Spaniards to go home.
now this week we must really insist that
the Senate take notice of the emergency
and proceed to consider the reform tariff.
The tramp problem has become SO per-
picking in the East that some reformers
advocate the death penalty for habitual
hobos.
Now that China Is coming to the front
as a cotton producer the Sunny South will
soon cease to hurl defiance at the 'robber
tariff"
Michigan proposes Senator Burrows as
her candidate in the Presidential race,
and, of course, there is room for him to
come in if he wishes.
Huntington has ridden his Kentucky
horse long time in security, but now the
reins have dropped from his hands and the
saddle is slipping off.
II Democracy would subject itself to the
cathode ray it might discover a whole lot
OF Presidential fossils lying around in
various parts of its system.
The disease which makes Turkey the
sick man OF Europe must be something
infectious, for all the doctors are very care
full to keep their hands off.
Belva Lockwood will not be candidate
for the Presidency this year. She has been
disbarred for taking an excessive fee in a
pension case and that bars her out.
Eastern gold-bug papers refer to Till
mans speech as ''pitchfork eloquence."
but the chances are it felt to Cleveland
more like hayrake or gangplow.
That California is the home of a most
extraordinary diversity of products is at
tested by the fact that it even produces
some people who favor the refunding
scheme.
Coast defenses. naval extension, tariff
reform, reciprocity and the Monroe doc
trine are all included in the Republican
demand for complete American protec-
tive system.
One of the richest mines in the Cripple
Greek district is named in honor of the
Wichita Eagle, but alas for our contempo-
rary, while the mine is full OF gold the
honor is empty
Reform in local Democracy would not
amount to much even if it went to the ex-
tent OF a revolution. You can't improve
the odor of a garbage cart by simply
changing the driver.
Up to date the only Democrats named as
Presidential candidates have been named
by Republicans. The subject seems to be
one on which the Democracy has been
knocked speechless.
We are now promised that Congress will
complete its work by June and after that
our over-worked Senators will not have to
undergo the fatigue of meeting every day
and moving to adjourn.
If there are any free-traders not cured of
their heresy by the bitter medicine of the
three years of depression, the threatened
dose of oriental competition will undoubt-
edly do the job for them.
II think it possible" says the Secretary
OF the Inferior, ''for the Government to
pursue some of the directors OF the Pacific
railroads for the recovery of the diverted
funds" And the people not only think it
possible, but would like to see it done.
The first National gathering of Repub-
licans took place in Pittsburg on February
%. 1856. and some Eastern Republican pa
pers are urging the celebration of the day
this year as party festival, but it ought
not to be done. That day is for Washing
ton.
The latest financial scheme submitted to
Congress comes from the Merchants Asso-
citation of Boston, but as it asks for gold
reserve of $500, ,0Oo, 900 and an issue of per
cent bonds to provide it the Boston fellows
might as well put it right back where they
found it.
Some time ago movement was started
in Germany to raise money by popular
subscriptions to construct a volunteer
cruiser" but, despite the well-known inter-
est of the Emperor in the subject, the
movement has collapsed without raising
money enough to pay the cost of the agi.
tation.
The Chamber of Commerce is none too
soon in beginning campaign OF education
on the subject of the taxation of shipping.
The work should have begun long ago. 1t
is full time, as the committee says, that
our ship-owners should be put in a posi-