The San Francisco call., 1897-06-19

Happy to-day is the pleasure-seek ker who
sought it al Lakeport.
Provide yourself with good reading to-
morrow by leaving orders to-day for The
SUNDAY CALL.
Business is not often a picnic, but with
our merchants this morning the picnic
will be business.
If Berkeley ever wishes TO play in Oak
lands back yard she can. The gate is
wide open and the invitation extended.
Seventeen bodies have been taken from
the Thames in three weeks, most of them
evidently suicides, and yet it is jubilee
season over there.
Prospects of rate war among Western
railroads promise the Fasteners an easy
means Of escaping sunstrokes and enjoy
ing the summer in California.
Competent experts estimate ga National
loss OF s., 600, 600 every week the Demo
cratic deficit tariff continues In force. "
Fortunately it Will not be in force long.
The new tariff is in sight.
The reports of the failing eyesight of
the Queen will dim the gladness of jubilee
week throughout England, but it is now
too late to call eff the holiday, and the
procession will 90 marching on.
In calling his new organization 1.-THE
Social Democracy of America" Mr.. Debs
makes clear distinction between it and
the old Democracy, for it has been a long
time since the Bourbons felt social.
AS the Cubans have captured from the
Spaniards $500 900 in gold and will use it
10 buy arms, General Weyler may be con-
graduated on putting that much of his
money where it will do the most good.
The line Of the Valley road south Of
Hanford is being pushed forward at the
rate OF about a mile day. That is the
sort of speed with which enterprise is
bringing back good times to the coun try.
II is believed the Senate will finish with
the tariff in another week, and then if the
House is agreeable the bill can be sent TO
the President, and be enacted into law in
time to add to the Joy OF the people on In
dependence day.
Havana may see something of a grand
Fourth OF July celebration this year, for
Gomez is said to have collected his troops
in The suburbs of the city, and promises
TO make a demonstration there for liberty
and independence.
1t Is gratifying to learn that an Eastern
company desires to establish on this coas t
plant for the manufacture of shovels,
for it is beyond all doubling that Califor-
MIA soil would yield better profits If it
were cultivated only by California i'm ple-
ments.
From nearly every city Of the State
come reports of liberal subscriptions to
Fourth of July funds, and there is an evil
dent intent on the part of the people to
make the patriotic demonstration this
yeer one OF more than ordinary extent
and fervor.
By the reduction in the rate of fares
MADE by the Valley road the round trip to
and from Yosemite can now be made for
$24 so. This is bringing the grand valley
very close to the homes of the people, anI
before long it will be popular resort in
every sense of the word.
Los Angeles mas IoIloWed Fresno in
making war against Chinese lotteries. and
eventually both of them may decide to
follow THE CALL and make war against
lotteries of all kinds The white games of
that sort are just as fraudulent ana per-
nic.ous as the yellow games.
The report OF the Senate committee
recon- ending an appropriation of $780,
AaFr ~
United States at the Paris Exposition
ought to be promptly adopted. The
amount proposed is none too much, and
as time is an element of i'm portsnce in the
matter there should be no delay in getting
10 work.
As one of the results of our interference
to protect Venezuela from British greed
there has been opened at the capital oil
Venezuela a museum for the exhibit oi
American goods, the purpose being to in
duce the people there to purchase from
their friends in this country many articles
which they have hitherto brought from
Europe. 1t would be gratifying to have a
similar EXHIBIT in every country in South
America, as help toward bringing about
the establishment of the great Pan Ameri-
can policy of James G. Blaine.
The Governor of Indiana is quota ed as
saying that he has recently visited the
grave of the mother of Lincoln and found
it overgrown with weeds and sadly neg
lected. A movement has been started to
provide better care for it in the future
and it may be eventually marked with q
monument which will worthily attest the
respect the American people have for the
noble woman who bore our great war
President and nodded in childhood the
character that made him so useful TO his
county in the hour OF need.