The San Francisco call., 1897-01-05

S.SO O'CLOCK
339 Hayes street, open until 80 o'clock.
7l9 Larkio street. open until 80 o'clock.
eW corner sixteenth and Mission streetsi open
until o'clock.
251S Mission street; omen until o'clock
1l6 Ninth street; open until o'clock.
OAKLAND OFFICE:
sos Broadway.
EASTERN OFFICE:
Rooms 81 and 50, "a Park Row, New York City.
DAVID NJ. FGLTZ, Eastern Manager
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The CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
Politics is everywhere.
Sacramento feels as big as Washington.
Clearance sales keep the money moving
Republican harmony is the watchword.
There will be good legislation this ses-
sion.
Give us a Senator who will illustrate
young California.
The lull in trade will soon make way for
the spring revival.
Speaker Coombs can be counted on for
business and economy.
The people expect this to be the Legis-
lature of a thousand good works.
The East is wrestling with billiards
while we are talking of festivals.
The legislators Will not take snap iudg-
ment in the choice for a Seuator.
The funding bill fight opens in Congress
this week. but the end is long way off.
Not much is expected of this session of
Congress, but it may be a surprise party.
Pushball is one of the novelties of the
season which will find plenty OF people to
push it along.
Truckee is getting her ice palace ready,
and the fun Will soon be moving on the
toboggan slide.
Mayor Phelan's address was good, and
now let US hope he can get the Supervisors
10 help him live up to it.
Cleveland is getting ready to move out
and Mckinley to move in, and both move
ments are pleasing to the people.
California should be represented in the
United States Senate by man who can
speak for her interests and speak convinc-
ingly.
The Republicans CT the Legislature
should elect to the Senate a man who can
harmonic all factions and unite the
party.
1t is announced that Mckinley will not
make up his Cabinet until March 1, so
there will be good deal of time yet to
continue the guessing contest.
General Weyler has once more returned
to Havana, and, as he will not explain
why he did so. It's probable he only de-
sired to take little exercise for his health.
The man whom the leaders of all fac
tions Of the Republican party support for
the Senate is the man VINO should be
elected by the Republicans of The Legisla-
ture.
The trium ph of the moderate Republi-
cans and the defeat of the Radicals in the
French elections is another evidence of
the conservatism Of the age. The aglta-
tor is listened to when he talks, but he
gains no votes.
From the eagerness with which the En-
dDli1er is taking part in the Senatorial
contest among Repu blicans it would
seem to have desire to become Repub-
lican organ, but the chances are it is
only another fake.
The Merchants Association promises to
direct its attention to further street i'm
proyement and the promise is the more
welcome because the accom- plishments of
the association in the past give a guar
antee of the future.
Wild weather has been raging from
Kansas to Minnesota. In some places there
have been floods, in others cyclones, and
in others snowstofms that have damaged
property ana impeded travel. And still
there are people of a fair degree of intelli-
gence who live IN that country when they
might come to California.
1t is reported from New York that
nine-year-old son of Mike Donovan of
that city is desirous of making a match
for finish fight with the son OF Bob Fitz-
simmons, and while the challenge seems
somewhat premature both the babies NAV
be full grown men before the preliminary
tax is over, if such things continue as at
present.
New Orleans has been visited with a
kind of weather which gave the sky an ap-
pearance as ii the earth were on fire, and
Chicago has had the sort Of weather which
made the earth look as if the SKY were an
ocean of water. 1t seems to be only on
this side of the mountains that both earth
and sky look lovely and natural all the
time.
Stephen Crane, the novelist who was on
board the lll-fated Commodore. has good
subject for romance ready made to his
hands. 1t seems the ship was scuttled by
traitors on board, thus affording the con-
trast OF villainy with neroism, and the
romancer will have to invent only lovs
story and one or two fights in order to
make sea yarn worth spinning.
The San Francisco Vindicator issued a
handsome new-year number last Saturday
which reflects the highest credit on the
editors. The edition was well written and
well illustrated, and, being printed on a
fine quality of paper, presented very at
tractive appearance. As the Vindicdtor is
the recOoniZed organ of the cOlOred OeoDIe