The San Francisco call., 1897-03-18

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DAVID NJ. FoLTz. Eastern Manager.
HE CALL SPEAKS FOR AL.
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THURSDAY MARCH is. 1897
There will be plenty OF time given for a
fair and fnll discussion of the tariff bill,
but no time for obstruction.
Champion Corbett, like President Cleve-
land, now takes an EEK" before his title.
We are having new deal all round.
While Congress is in session it might as
well pass the immigration bill which
Cleveland vetoed. The country needs
that as well as the tariff.
1t would have paid Carson better to
have held mineral exposition. She
would have made nearly as much cash
and got great deal more credit.
Crown Prince Constantine of Greece has
gone to the front with an army headed
for Constantinople and if there is any
thing in a name the town will be his.
The readiness of Greece TO DEFY the
great powers as well as Turkey confirms
the belief that she has strong friends to
take her part as soon as the war becomes
fierce.
Judging by the results at Carson the
predictions of the sports are no better
than those of the weather prophets, and
yet the weather men never bet on their
forecasts.
This is decidedly an unlucky year for
Spain, and the best thing her people can
do is to avoid war; diplomacy and specu-
lations and confine themselves strictly to
legitimate business.
Now that the work on the boulevard
has begun it should be prosecuted vigor-
ously to the end. The workingmen of
the City need the employment and the
City itself needs the road.
Protection to American citizens abroad
is one of the demands to be formulated at
the Cuban mass-meeting on Saturday
evening, and every patriotic citizen should
be present to approve aud indorse it.
As about 400 bills held over from the
last session are before the Senate it is
evident that body will not lack for work
while the House is considering the tariff.
In fact the Senate is in great need of
new set of machinery for the transaction
of business, and this would be a good
time to adopt it.
A proposal has been made in Massa-
chusetts to employ all the male convict
labor in the State IN cutting a canal
across Cape Cod. 1t seems there is no
other employment which can b, given
them without jury to free labor, and as
the canal has long been desired the pro-
posal has been very favorably received.
The bill protecting litigants from the
danger of having their cases tried by
preiudiced Judges has been passed by the
Senate and the men who charged that it
was supported by bribery have been re-
manded to jail, and so that episode passes
from the domain of current news 10 the
satisfaction of every body OF right iudg-
ment.
The ordinance making it a misde-
meanor for any one to spit on the public
sidewalks, in the corridors of public
buildings or in the streetcars has been
signed by the Mayor and has gone
into effect. Remember, therefore, that if
you expectorate in any OF these places
hereafter you cannot expect to rate as
good citizen.
When asked in the House OF Lords to
state the policy of his Government with
regard to Crete Lord Salisbury declared it
would support the policy outlined in the
recent speech of Premier Meline of
France. The excellence of the evasion OF
the question was increased by the fact
that the speech of the French Premier
was itself an evasion.
Contracts have been let for beginning
the work of construction of railroad be-
tween Oakdale and Sonora, and the enter
prise is to be pushed vigorously ahead
This is one OF the many evidences that
progress has started again in California
1t will not be many years before we have
the State eridironed with small roads as
feeders for the main thoroughfares.
Secretary Sherman has already been in
consultation with the Foreign Relations
Committee of the Senate on the subject of
the Nicaragua canal, and as he is known
to be favorable to the conduct of the en-
terprise under the direct control of the
United States the outlook is encouraging.
This administration may yet be noted for
starting that great work ard carrying it
we'll along to completion.
Santa Clara County mas begun ship
ping picked olives by the barreiful as
chance for it to grow into great one.
The Eastern people have not yet been
fully educated 10 the use OF olives, but
that will come in time. and then the
olive-grower of Santa Clara will be as big
as the prune-grower and have just as
mucii money to do his talking for him.
An illustration of the difference in the
way newspaper enterprise works in differ
ent sections OF the Union was recently
given by the Boston Journal, which pub
lished on Wednesday a report of an i'm
portant lecture and announced in the
closing paragraph that il would publish
picture of the lecturer on the following
Sunday. This was not speedy, but shows
that the Journal evidently knew what the
public expected and intended to satisfy it
within the week.