The San Francisco call., 1897-01-20

1908 Polk street; open until 9.5U o ClOCRs
OAKLAND OFFICE:
sos Broadway.
EASTERN OFFICE:
Rooms ri and 32 "a Park Row, New York CITY,
DAVID NJ. FOLTZ, Eastern Manager.
THE CALL SPEAKS FOR ALL.
There is fun in the mountains.
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See Truckee and reiuvenate yourself
Chief Clerk Duckworth won't do it
again.
The Nicaragua canal may come high, but
We must have it.
Stanford University should be relieved
from taxation Instanter.
Truckee holds her festival in an ice pal
ace, but the fun is red hot.
The Legislature presents bills, but the
people have to meet them.
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The Nicaragua canal comes to the front
in Congress with good backing.
The Queens speech to Parliament is
longer than usual, but it says as little as
ever.
Legislators who desire to undertake
iunketing trips should be made to pay the
freight.
The Cubans continue to ask for arms,
while the Spaniards seem content to rely
on their legs.
The stuffed payroll has given the Legis
lature an object lesson which the State
may profit by.
There are lots of extravagant bills be-
fore the Legislature for the members to
practice economy on.
1t is evident that irrigation has ten
dency to excite men almost as much as If
it were done with whisky.
Now that old man Salisbury has Parila-
ment on his hands, Grover should send
him letter of coincidence.
The people of every county should re-
member that legislative economy, like
charity, must begin at home.
The camor against the PARK Commits
sion seems intended to hide the noise of
the grinding of political ak.
1t is reported from Washington that the
Harrison refunding bill will be talked to
death, SO that affair looks all right.
Since the Cuban guerrillas have begun
TO attack Spanish warships Weyler won't
feel safe even when he takes water.
When economy gets a good broom in
her hand she will sweep out lot of COM
missions, as well as other useless things
Economy is the watchword to this ex-
tent at least that it is the word in the
Legislature. and the people have a watch
on it.
The wave of economy which has struck
the Legislature may be regarded by a few
people as a cold wave bat most folks will
like it.
Amcnument to Baker would not be an
extravaganza, but the payment of a debt
long due to genius. vaIor, eloquence and
patriotism.
The Delaware Democrats are talking of
sending a silver man to The Senate, and
Bayard might as well make up his mind
to stay in England.
E Bliss of New York was supposed to be
good Cabinet timber, but as he has re-
fused TO accept it is evident there was a
knot in him somewhere.
Very few appropriations asked of the
legislature so far are al all appropriate to
the season. Some need pruning and some
need chopping off at the roots.
Senator Hill seceived the nomination of
the Democratic legislative caucus at Al
bany for Senator, but it was long way
more perfunctory than complimentary.
Cecil Rhodes reference to the "unctuous
rectitude" OF his critics in England has
raised row in that country but the
clamor is strictly confined to the unctuous.
The establishment of a Secretary of
Mines and Mining would help Mckinley
out in his hard task of fitting all his Cabi-
net timber into harmonious adjustment.
The movement toward procuring the
appointment Of a Secretary OF Mines is
taxing shape at Washington and plenty
of strong men are getting ready to push it
along.
Irish affairs will occupy large part OF
the attention of the British Parliament,
and, as a matter of fact, will continue to
do SO until justice, is done and home rule
is granted.
In nominating ,Altgeld for the Senate
the Democrats of Illinois neither compli-
men,ed him nor did credit to themselves,
but fortunately the nomination meant
little and is worth less.
The proposed construction of water
way from the ocean to the great lakes is
good in ITSELF but as it will benefit only a
quarter OF The Union it should not be
given preference over the construction OF
the Nicaragua canal, which will benefit the
whole.
Miss Helen Varick Boswell has been tell
ing the women of New York they can
never obtain suffrage by acting as nom
nartisans-that they must join one side
or the other in the next campaign and
make a party fight of ii; wherefore it is
safe to say that in tie next election in
New York there is going 10 be in the field
such a thing as a surprise party,