The San Francisco call., 1896-02-12

country.
This is the anniversary of the birthday
of him who freed the slave and kept the
Union whole.
Whichever way Huntington looks he
sees fight in the foreground and defeat
in the distance.
Things are coming our way simply be-
cause We are giving them strong pull by
pulling together.
The members of the Junta will imita te
the clam, but it is case of tongue tied
and not high tide, so they are not happy.
As the Senate confesses an inability
even 10 reorganize and distribute the
offices it may be regarded as hopelessly
stuck.
The movement to foreclose on the Union
and Kansas Pacific roads has begun, and
before long it will reach to the Central
Pacific.
In suggesting Quay for the Presidential
nomination Pennsylvania has the satisfac-
tion OF knowing she is putting up boss
candidate.
Now that General Weyler has arrived at
Havana we shall soon find out whether he
is to be pronounced a wiler OF victory or
waller of defeat.
1tnow appears likely that the tariff bill
will meet the fate of the bond bill. and as
far as legislation is concerned the Senate
is a slaughter-house.
The monopoly bosses at first thought
the Kentucky movement to repeal the
franchise was only joke, but they have
quit smiling at it now.
The poet laureate has at any rate the
satisfaction of knowing that he can write
court poem as well as Salisbury can
write Queens speech.
The Sultan has given Miss Clara Barton
safeguard, but it is safe to say it was the
pressure of the moral sentiment of civiliza-
tion that forced him to do it,
Along the Mexican border the troops of
two nations are watching two pugilists,
and still some people go back to the mid
die ages to get plots for opera bouffe.
If the President, the Senate and the
House can agree on nothing else they
might at least agree on the re-establish-
ment of the reciprocity system and hurry
up with the work.
New York declares herself solid for Nor
ton about as often as Ohio does she is solid
for Mckinley, but in the declarations of
both there is something that sounds like
the reverberations of a drum.
The anniversary OF the birthday OF Lin
coin is not National holiday, but it
should be commemorated in every loyal
heart and marked by some ceremonial OBJ
servance in every public school.
Ii there is not so much heard now of the
work of Milk Inspector Dockery as there
was at one time it is only because the op-
position has about given way. The work
itself is going on as effectually as ever.
If the poolroon; takers do not look out
they will find their strength is Just about
strong enough to enable them to break a
law that they cannot patch up again and
they will tumble into prison before they
know it.
Now that, Hunt ington has induced his
friends in Kentucky to urge the Legisla-
ture to defeat the repeal bill those Ken
tuckians who are on the side OF the people
should be active in urging their friends to
stand up for it.
Rontgen photography has rendered It's
trst service to humanity by enabling Ger
man surgeons to locate a needle that en-
dangered the life of a young woman who
swallowed it, and so the cathode ray shines
forth as new blessing to the world.
AS an outcome of the present situation
there has arisen in the East discussion
as to the advisability of abolishing the
Senate altogether, and while the discus
sion is futile ii is worth about as much as
those taking place in the Senate itself.
The San Francisco Pos1office showed
less business in January than in the CORE
spending month of last year, and perhaps
this IS warning to the Government that
If 1t doesn't give US better building we
will quit patronizing the Office altogether.
The discovery that the resolution
adopted by the last Legislature protesting
against the refunding scheme has been
omitted from the California statutes and
reports shifts the storm-center of the
fight to Sacramento for a moment, and an
investigation is in order.
The statement of Mr.. Samuel Braunhart
that Buckley and Rainey are both in
politics despite their protestations, but are
dead never to rise again" seems to involve
contradiction, but perhaps Mr.. Braun
hart is wise enough to see that all who are
in Democratic politics this year are dead
and lost 10 hope.