The San Francisco call., 1896-03-12

that wherever they see record they will
run over it.
olney's secret visit to Boston is worth in
vestigating. He may be sprouting a little
boom IN his back yard.
1t is the general opinion that the funding
scheme is dead for this session, but the
thing will bear watching.
Now that Sherman and Hoar have had
a spat there is no reason why Sullivan and
Kilrain shouldn't return to the ring.
Cleveland is said to be worried about
Cuban independence, but he might get it
off his mind if he would take it on his
hands.
The Spanish EN- bassador at Washington
is another of those diplomatists who talk
too much without concealing their
thoughts.
Santa Rosa is far enough along with her
festival to start the battle of the ballots
for the election of queen, and practically
the frolic has begun.
the Italians can vet extract honor from
Abyssinia, but he is more likely to extract
nothing bat blood red dye.
There is nothing surprising in the dis
covery that Europe is opposed to the Mon
roe doctrine. seeing that the doctrine is
decidedly opposed to Europe.
There have been many new parties
starred III various parts of the country
this year, but in every case the platform
has been made of chestnut planks.
A few more bad breaks like those of
Bayard and De Lone will convince the
world OF the advisability of using diplo-
macy as an asylum for the dumb.
Senator Hoar has the honor of being the
first to introduce the cathode ray meta
phor into the Senate, but somehow it did
not seem to tighten up the subject.
It is now reported that serious conflict
is expected between the Cubans and the
Spaniards, but it will probably turn ont to
be no more than a conflict OF dispatches.
Now that the House has begun consid-
Grafton of return to the reciprocity sys-
tenn there is a chance for men of all parties
to get together and do some good WORK for
the country.
The Cuban planters who have appealed
to the Captain-G eneral for suspension of
taxes are right. If laws are to be sus-
pended during war the tax laws should be
hung I'D with the rest
1t is hardly worth while for Washington
correspondents to contradict the story that
Olney and Cleveland have fallen out. If
they ever get out of the position they are
in they will have to climb out.
AS Austria has followed Germany in
placing restrictions upon American insur-
ance companies, it seems more evident
than ever that if we cannot have recip-
rocity, we must try retaliation.
When Senator Hoar accused Senator
Sherman OF saying ian improper thing in
an improper way" ne probably intended
his remark as an illustration of how to say
that kind of thing in proper way.
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Congress has at last incorporated the
National University and given it large
grounds at Washington, but it remains to
be seen whether it will grow as great en-
terprise or languish as political job
Havana loyalists denounce Congress,
Congress denounces Spain, Spain de-
nounces the Cubans, the Cubans denounce
the Havana loyalists; and so the talk goes
round until the grand revolution of de-
nunciation is complete.
The P:ttsburg convention, that proposes
to bring together in a new party Popuiists,
Prohibitionists, Silverites, Woman SUI
fragists, Greenbackers and Single-taxers,
may effect com mbination of the kind, but
it will never succeed in getting such a
party composed.
The Sacramento Bee suggests that ali
Pacific Coast delegates should go to the
National conventions impartial as to can
didates, but resoiute for free silver coin
age, and the suggestion has sufficient
merit to make it worthy OF attentive con-
sideration by all friends of genuine BIZ
metallism.
Expert students of the drift of Republi-
can sentiment assert that Allison is the
second choice of the friends OF all other
Presidential candidates in the East and
leads them all in the West. On the basis
of that estimate it would seem he Is pretty
sure to be the winner in the convention
and before the country.
The report that the admission of New
Mexico as a State is strongly opposed be-
cauSa II rould odd two silyar adyooatao n
the Senate shows the extent to which the
goldbugs are willing TO carry their oppo-
sition to bimetallism. They not only
stand in the way of legislation, but even
endeavor to check the development of the
Union itself.