The San Francisco call., 1896-01-23
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.

THURsDAY................ JANUARY %, 1895
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
1t is time for the world to drop the war
talk and get ready for the California car
nivals.
1t now seems the flying squadron was in
tended only to make holiday parade for
the Queen.
To make a really cordial settlement
with England it may be necessary to
liquor first.
The work of street-cleaning ought to in
clude ridding the city of professional
tramp beggars.
The Senate discusses finance, but the
people are talking of work and wages and
demand protection.
The storm clouds have blown over and
nothing remains of the rain except the
blessing it brought.
As long as the Clarke gongs come so high
they will make more noise in town than
the owner intended.
We must return to the reciprocity sys-
tenn to make Pan-Americanism mean bust
ness in every respect.
Iowa returns Allison to the Senate, but
it is more than likely the Nation will call
him to another place.
In the Cleveland thirty-year bonds this
country will long have a reminder that the
evil men do lives after them.
If the new poet-laureate would kindly
make his office a sinecure and take a lie
long holiday no one would object.
The Davis extension of the Monroe doc
trine is only another evidence of how
things grow in growing country.
If Salisbury does not recognize our Ven
ezuelan commission it will be a sure proof
he doesn't know fact when he sees it.
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With its funding-bill schemes and its
lawsuits the monopoly comes very near
monopolizing public attention as well as
transportation.
The Fresno and Monterey Railroad has
been in the air a long time, but there is a
prospect it will now come down to earth
and get move on.
San Jose is crowding the season in get
ting in snake story this early in the
year, but then the people down there are
preparing for carnival.
The crater of Kilauea is regular worlds
exposition for Hawaii, and the islanders
seem to be able to turn it on whenever
tourist travelling needs booming.
Now that Argentine is reviving her
claim against England for the Falkland
Islands we might as well revive our old
demand of ''ffty-four forty or fight
Congressman who believe in protection
should remember that defeat of the
funding bill would be one way of protect
ing the industries of the Pacific Coast.
Justice Field says he is willing to resign
if he is allowed to name his successor; but
what kind of a Supreme Court would we
have if that rule for filling vacancies pre-
valled2
Professor Totten's idea of a Pan -Ameri-
can congress isn't bad, but the one we
have at Washington is Pan-American
enough so far as the Monroe doctrine is
concerned.
Considering that Salisbury began life as
working journalist and achieved success
at 1t, he is taking a very long time to write
his stuff in reply to CIevelands Vene-
Zuelan message
II Huntington and his associates would
propose to refund the money of which they
have defrauded the people there would
not be SO much objection to the very name
of refunding scheme.
The National Convention of the Manu-
factures Association has formally de-
manded return to the protective system,
and in doing so has sounded the keynote
OF the coming campaign.
Chamberlain says the war furry has
done service to England by enabling her
to show her face to the world, but if he
knew how that face appears to other ma
tions he would change his mind.
1t was hardly necessary for Goschen to
deny the rumor that the British Govern
ment intended to put another squadron in
commission, for up to date it doesn't seem
to know what to do with the one it has.
The report that the British are increas-
ing the coal supply in their ports near Ven
ezuela and have projected railroad to
point at the mouth of the Orinoco may
mean business, but it looks like a war bluff.
The request made of the British Govern
ment by the Venezuelan commission for
information concerning the British claims
is said by some OF the London papers TO be
fair and reasonable, while others call it an
insult, and it goes without saying that if
Salisbury is wise he will act with the fair
and reasonable crowd.
Among the papers of the State that have
taken a conspicuous part in the contest
against the railroad refunding scheme
none has been more vigorous than the Star
nor more emphatic in defending the wei
fare of the people. Editor Barry has long
been known as man who has not only the
COURAGE of his convictions hut the forca to