The San Francisco call., 1897-03-19

Hereafter the hardest Knockout drIn on
tap Will be known as Fitzsimmons punch.
The Cuban ass-meeting is to be held
in this City tomorrow evening. Don't
forget the date.
The blockade OF Crete has begun, and
still the statesmen of Europe declare to
the people there is no war;
The prize-fght is over, the Legislature
will soon ad journ and then we can turn
our attention to business and the coming
carnivals.
The knockout blow of the big fight was
SO queer and so unexpected that there Is
a tendency in some quarters to speak of it
as rum punch,
Secretary Sherman will be friendly
enough to Spain to give her plain warn
ing that she must let American citizens
alone, and that viii be truer act of
friendship than any ever shown by Olney.
San Francisco by her Board OF Health
may protect herself somewhat from adul-
terated foods, but it will take National
law TO prevent the making of such foods
in all parts of the Union, and that is what
should be done.
The prompJness of the powers in apply
ing coercive measures in dealing with
Crete will recall their hesitation in coerc-
ing Turkey. The size of the foe in sight
has evidently a great deal to do with di-
plomacy IL these days
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The Governors statement of his reasons
for vetoing the bill providing for the trans
fer OF the Gils Reform School from Whit
tier to Santa Clara is another evidence
that when people are divided amorg
themselves they get nothing.
The Republicans of the Ways ana
Means Committee kindly consented to give
the Democratic mem bers one day more TO
read the tariff bill. 1t will be reported
to-day, and on Monday the music begins
and The circus will be in full blast
Santa Cruz will not be the only water
carnival city this year as Lakeport is max
ing arrangements for O similar festival.
the rivalry between the two will stimu-
late each, and pleasure-seekers will find
that two shows are long way better than
one.
TIE people who were engaged in the
Civil War knew it was expensive, bat they
could never have thought it would cost
So, ,000,0 600 to write and publish a history of
it, and yet that is what the expenditure
has been for the official history issued by
the Government.
bill introduced into the Senate for the
relief of William ]. Bryan very naturally
caused ripple of laughter among the
Senators. They are acquainted with only
one maA of that name, and are aware the
only relief for him would be the passage
of free silver bill.
The announcement that just as tough
buttons can be made of milk as OF the
hoofs OF horses shows the possibilities of
science. We may yet shoe our horses
with condensed milk and eat our mush
with canned hoofs in which there will be
no danger of adulteration.
Bizzards are blowing in the Northeast
and rivers are flooding the country in the
Southeast, while in the sunny West there
are spring showers and preparations for
festivals. The United States is undoubt-
edly good country every where. but we
have decidedly the best of it.
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The investigating committee of the
Senate and that of the Assembly agree in
reporting there is no evidence whatever
10 support the charge of bribery in con-
nection with Assembly bill 273. That
Cf-f hoa a,ie sod ip ho 4
nothing remains of it but the jail pro.
ceedings.
The reported mining boom near Yuma
will serve to call attention to the many re-
sources of Arizona and will have a good
effect in interesting capital in the develop
ment OF the Territory. and therefore the
results will be good even If the mining
district itself does not turn out to be all
that is expected.
The New York Legislature is wrestling
with a proposition to revise the marriage
laws of the State. and some of the re-
formers are SO ardent in the crusade that
they desire 10 have Congress take the
matter up and revise all the marriage laws
in the Union. There is no telling what
sort of an issue we may run up against in
the next Presidential campaign.
The announcement that the Governor,
the Controller and representatives OF the
Finance and Ways and Means committees
of the Senate and Assembly are trying to
devise plan for reducing the tax levy to
40 cents on the 500 is encouraging. The
people desire just that thing, and if the
conferees can accomplish it they will win
golden opinions from all sorts OF people.
The arbitration treaty as amended by
The Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions is very different thing from the
Olney treaty, and will find much more
favor with the people 1t reserves to the
Senate right 10 voice in deciding what
questions shall be submitted to arbitra-
ton, and is in every respect much more
American document than the former one.