The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-29


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WEDNEsDAY..... ........JANUARY 90 1895
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
We are counting on Kentucky.
The monopoly is fighting for its life
now.
The lobby war horses are grazing in the
blue grass region.
The railroad choir is saddest when it
sings of "The Old Kentucky Home"
Unless the monopoly heeds the danger
signals ahead the whole cabocdle will be
ditched.
When railroad bosses attend to politics
more than to business accidents will
happen.
Already that much boosted flying squad
ron is lost to sight and isn't even to men,
ory dear.
The powers of Europe may have the Sui
tan on rail, but they are not taking him
anywhere.
The Southern Pacific of Kentucky must
either get out OF politics or be forced to go
out Of business.
Huntington fights hard for his funding
bill, but he lets everything else on the rail
road go to smash.
Between the Senate and the House the
doctors disagree, but the people will de-
eide IN November.
The more the Senate talks of compro-
missing the silver question, the more it
compromises itself.
Oh, say can you see through the dawn's
early light some sign in the heaven that
the sun is still there?
Congress should keep its hands off the
railroad and compel the railroad to keep
its hands out of Congress.
Five railroad accidents in less than ten
days are emphatic notices to Huntington
TO mind his own business.
All other nations content themselves
with talking, but the Turk and the Russian
keep the buzzsaw running.
Congress calls upon Europe to protect
Armenia, but, of course, Europe will ask
why Congress doesn't help.
OF course John Bull would like an ALI
ance with Miss Columbia, bat this is the
ladies' year to do the proposing.
If the Senate prefers to be debating
society rather than legislative body, the
next topic for discussion should be Cuba.
The Sutro street railway is now running
to the Cliff, and in the meantime Hunt
ington's big road is caving down the bank.
While the food of public sentiment rises
around all the tracks and ways of the mo-
nopoly the engineer in charge had better
go slow.
1t is astonishing how many grave and
reverend Senators we have who continue
to reiterate their belief in bimetallism and
the gold standard.
From the recent action of Congress it
appears we may have hand in the slicing
of Turkey, providing the Russian bear
hasn't already taken it in.
The House Committee on Pacific Rail-
roads has referred the refunding bill to
Hoke Smith, but all the same the people
will have the last say about it.
If the conflict of kilograms goes on much
longer IN Cuba we may be able eventually
to recognize the belIigerents, but we will
never be able to recognize the truth.
Where there are so MANY railroad acct
dents there is surely some one at fault,
and, moreover, the fault is not always that
of the men to whom the accident happens.
Ii Huntington had expended on his roads
in California the money he sent to Central
Africa the tracks and bridges would not be
giving way every time we have rain
storm.
Secretary Morton has committed much
greater offenses than that of refusing to
distribute the seeds that Congress pro-
vided for, but all the same the Senators
were perfectly right in roasting him for
that.
OCSPAtS inc hdlSST s letter, the living
squadron and all the buster and blow of
war, the Transvaal incident seems to have
closed up by shutting a prison door upon
solitary California miner who had moth
ing to do with it. That's funny.
The Cloverdale Citrus Fair opens to-day
and will continue for three days. Excur-
sion trains Will be run for the benefit of all
who wish to enjoy the pleasure of a holt
day amid the display of midwinter fruits.
and the festival will no doubt be literally
patronized.
There is talk in Chicago of urging
Cleveland TO send Potter Palmer as EN-
bassador to Germany, and if all that is
wanted is man rich enough to give balls
and learned enough to judge dry goods it
might be just as we'll to relieve Chicago
for time of Mr.. Palmer presence.
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