The San Francisco call., 1897-06-26


Care should be taken to keep Balboa
avenue in good order for we may take a
notion to extend it before long.
The critics who were saying a month
ago that Mckinley had no foreign policy
are now accusing him of having too much.
The most satisfactory feature of the sit
uation Is that business improvement is
not waiting to keep step with the tariff
bill progress.
The newly created Ii. D. of the country
should hold a convention this summer
and show the people what they Can do in
the way OF doctoring laws
When the jubilee festivities are over
there will be more talk in England about
imperial federation, and once again the
great plan will run up against colonial
tariffs and go to pieces.
The San Bernardino Times Tnder makes
much of the fact that Alabama makes
pig iron at S. ton." But what is the use
of making pig iron at S. ton when you
can make Chinaman iron at IS cents a
day?
The programme arran ged for Bryan by
the rece ption committee of his party pro-
vides for too much travelling and too many
speeches. The distinguished visitor
should have chance to rest and enjoy the
climate.
Suffering under the accumulated ills of
fa mi ha
people of India regard the jubilee reioic-
ings as an insult. and the British may
have to fight for their empire before the
year closes.
The fact that the slaughter of the Bel.
gians on the Congo will affect the British
expedition up the Nile is another evil
dence that a brick thrown anywhere
in the world is pretty sure to hit British
interest before it stops.
Following the lead of the man who made
silk from wood fiber a German inventor
has devised a process of making it from
cotton, and perhaps before the century
closes some fellow may succeed in making
silk purse cut of a sow's ear.
There's plenty of 70 ON at the top"
quotes the Morgan Hill San in burst OF
eloquence. However, the Sun should not
in its haste overlook the probability that
the author of the proverb referred exclu-
sively to himself and the top of his head
The Los Angeles Record gives space to
the wall OF the local milk inspector, who
declares that his Office is "of no earthly
use" We should imagine he is correct
it is more watery use than an earthly
use which makes milk inspection popular.
The convention of the National Associa-
tion of Musicians in New York is said to
be attended by about IL, 900 delegates, rep
resenting all musical professions, trades
and industries. Other reports announce
that the number of New Yorkers leaving
the city for the summer resorts is unusu-
ally large.
Since the war broke out between the
Greeks and the Turks affairs in Crete have
been overlooked by the general pu blic,
but according to latest reports the Cretans
have established a provisional govern
ment of their own and are getting along
very well while waiting for the crisis to
settle itself or begin again.
The report that the charity bazaar fire in
Paris was caused By anarchists is too alb
surd for serious consideration. Dozens of
Witnesses have declared it was due to the
fame from an ether lamp and the only
evidence of anarchy in the affair was the
fact that ladies used such an illum inant
instead of patronizing the product of the
Standard Oil Company.
Kaiser Williams attempt to go from his
yacht to the Columbia during a gale was
foolhardy, but as he had sense enough to
turn back before it was too late there is
reason to hope he may be wise enough to
abandon some of his foolish efforts to
carry out medieval system of govern
ment in the face of the rising storm of
liberalism in Germany. The dangers OF
politics In his empire are not less menace
ing than those of the sea.
The chancellor of the University of
Georgia has recommended that women be
admitted to the institution aud the trus-
tees have Endorsed the plan, but it will re-
ouire an act OF the Legislature to make
the change and there is some doubt
whether the Bourbons from the backwoods s
districts will agree to it. What has been
accomplished. however, is a good evil
dence of progress and shows that Georgia
intends 10 keen in the lead of the new
South along all lines of advancement.