The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13

your umbrella.
What does it profit Spain that Maceo
is dead so long as Cuba lives and has
fighting blood IN her?
Californians are clearly much more
united than ever before. Even the pros
pect of a Cabinet office hasn't started a
fight YET.
The deficit for the present fiscal year
already exceeds S39, ,000.0 900, and still CIeve-
land had the nerve to say that it need not
disturb US.
It is reported that Senator Hill has been
having repairs made on his teeth, and the
belief grows that he intends to eat some
body this winter.
1t is said that Europe is beginning to
find out the value of corn bread, and it is
probable that the next corn crop will be
right up on its ear.
The holidays in California will simply
be a preparation for the carnivals. We
are to be merry from this time on until
the summer roses fade.
It is possible that many of McKinley's
numerous visitors may have called on him
simply to tell him how to make the grass
grow on his lawn ain.
The Buffalo Commercial is in error in
saying the job put Up on Fitzsimmons was
IAN exhibition of highway robbery" The
thing was not done on the highway.
II Bryan has nothing better to do than
book-wTiting on the money question for
the next four years be had better whirl in
and pass the time shooting the chutes.
When Cleveland read that the civil
service reformers had praised him for ex-
tending the classified service he must have
smiled. 1t was a spoilsman's game with
him.
The Examiner is not alone in being proud
of Its enemies. There is qualification for
US all in knowing there are so many clean
journals in California outspoken in de-
nouncing it.
The frequency with which General
Weyler returns TO Havana ought to sug-
gest to the people the appropriateness OF
greeting him on his return with the music
of Often bach.
Having listened to all the criticisms at
the Pavilion, the horse will now have the
satisfaction of saying to the people: III
you wish to mend my ways you had better
improve your streets"
If you decide to send a book to an East
ern friend for Christmas gift be sure
you select book on California or by a
Californian author. There are plenty OF
them, and many are good.
If Spain and Cuba could be induced to
suspend the war until our Senators decide
on a proper means of settling it, they
would have the advantage of permanent
peace, without the necessity of surrender
on either side.
''Divine healers'' have become so COM
mon in the middle West that Kansas City
has decided to tax them $100 year ard
apply the money to street work, thus i'm
proving the ways of the people as it were
by the new touch.
On the issue between monometallism
and bImetallism there were but two sides
and man could take which he chose,
but on the problem of currency reform
there are as many sides as there are bank
notes, and 1t is risky to take either OF
them.
Strange stories are told of the weather
in the East this season. New York was
rejoicing in warm sunshine while Georgia
had snowsterm. 1t looks ss if the late
election had SO completely obllterated Sec
tional lines that even the weather bureau
had lost sight of them.
Seven candidates for Aldermen in Bos-
ton have made public an agreement not to
buy any ball tickets until after the muni-
cipal election, and the culture OF the city
is undecided whether to call the action a
reform or a revolution. In San Francisco
of course it would have been regarded as a
bluff and called accordingly.
An agitation has been started in Eng
land to induce the Government to store up
large grain supply for the use of the
people in case of war. The movement is
not altogether foolish one, for there are
possibilities that in a war Eng.ard's su-
premacy on the sea might be taken from
her and her people starved into surrender.
1t is reported that Japan is going to send
a war-vessel to the Philippine Islands to
look after the interests OF her people dur
ing the war with Spain. AS our Govern
ment has done nothing of the kind in the
direction of Cuba it is now question for
a debating society whether Japan or the
United States has shown the better judg-
ment.