The San Francisco call., 1896-04-16

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DAVID NJ FOLTZ, Special Agent.
THURSDAY. AY......................A 16, 1885
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
An unpledged delegation is the thing.
Perhaps Holmes thought his confession
was lust killing.
Il raihed yesterday, out the spirit of the
primaries was not dampened.
AS a work of political art the Kelly and
Mahoney combination viii figure only as
bust.
The creation of Cleveland's that will live
longest is probably the Venezuelan Com
mission.
Whenever a Democrat sees a brick he
throws it whether he sees head to throw
~ it at or not.
Santa Barbara took the lead in starting
California festivals and has very pretty
show OF keeping it.
Spain may get a considerable revenue
from Cuba, but it is not enough to defray
the cost of keeping it.
California is opposed 20 none of the
great leaders of the Republican party and
should not appear 10 be so.
In scattering all over the country many
Democrats are deluded into the belief that
they are spreading themselves.
People who have as a rule the least SYM
pathy with Populist fads would like to get
an imperative mandate on Grover.
Eastern editors of all shades of political
opinion have about agreed that the man
who wrote of balmy spring was an idiot.
Cleveland will not fire the gun of Amer
lean recognition OF Cuba until the sun OF
independence has got about noon high.
The funding scheme is on the teter
board in Congress and no one can tell
whether it viii be taken up or allowed to
drop.
Eastern weather students have begun to
call attention to the fact that balmy spring
is the season when they have cir worst
cyclones.
worthy delegate will do his duty with
out a pledge, while an unworthy one
would not do it if he were made to take
forty pledges.
The war agitations in Europe are caused
less by movement among the nations
than a desire to keep still without losing
their balance.
There may be some doubt of the ability
of the Cubans to govern themselves, but
there can be no doubt of the fact that the
Spaniards can't.
The cathode ray excitement is dying out
and we are not likely TO have another SCI
enufc sensation until DR.. Nansen dlscov-
ers the pole again.
We notice III good many of our Demo-
cratic exchanges from the East an earnes.
effort to talk entertainingly about the
prospects of baseball instead of politics
The faculty of Yale has ordered the
course of novel study discontinued, and
the boys will now have to revert to the
old way of learning love story by prac-
ticing it.
The city OF Cleveland will be 100 years
old next July and proposes to celebrate
the anniversary with a four days frolic
just to show it can be as frisky as any
young thing.
With the opening of the festival season
it is well to remind our Eastern friends
that there is room enough in California to
accommodate half the population of the
United States.
The Detroit people who are backing
Mayor Pingree as candidate for Cover
nor OF Michigan are evidently willing to
resort to anything to get him out of the
Mayors Office.
1t is announced that a man named
William Shakespeare wishes to run for Con-
gress in Michigan, but it is not stated
whether the money plank of his platform
is cryptogram or not.
California should send to the st. Louis
convention a delegation pledged only to
the principles of the party and to any man
whom the party may name as the next
President of the United States.
While most people would like to see an
early adjournment of Congress they would
lot like TO see it until the Nicaragua canal
bill. the immigration restriction bill and
the Hawaiian cable bill are duly passed
and sent up TO Cleveland.
The Ohio Legislature has actually passed
law subJecting the managers of a the
ater to fine OF $40 for every hat in the
audience that shuts off the view of the
stage from any person, and it is now in
order to subject the manager to further
fine for every fat man that crowds another
fellow.
Some people say if Quay were seriously
candidate he would be at home fixing
his fences and not fishing in Florida. while
others say if he were not seriously in the