The San Francisco call., 1898-02-20

hundredth part as much; the fact that Spain has established her shambles at our very doors and defies us to stay her hand-these make up vital points as we'll. President McKinley's duty is plain. It is to turn Spain out Of Cuba now. A timid suggestion is not enough There should be an order, quick, hnal and backed by the whole force at the command of the President. So far as this country is concerned, there IS nothing to be compromised, no apol- ogies to be accepted; only the simple course of telling Spain to go from the hemisphere her presence stains, and making her go. But perhaps this IS jingoism.
 Tn an experience of several years in newspaper work have never come Tn contact with an episode more dranatlc than that furnished by J. J. Livernash. He wrote an account of his own sui- eide, sold it without in any way reveal ing its nature, and then followed to the most minute detail the plan he had outlined. I am unable to summon up a great respect for the average suicide, and am ready to believe generally that insanity guides him. Yet man Who stands at the border of eternity lnto which he has elected to pass ana de- nounces Andy Lawrence as scoundret cannot in justice be called crazy hope Livernash will rest we'll in tha grave he sought A failure Tn HIe' per- haps death may introduce him to con" ditions more kindly. But hope alsd that no idiot with but the faculty OF imitation left will undertake to follow his example. The hero of the most dra' matic suicide is soon forgotten, ana a majority of those who take the troupla to regard him at all will regard him as a fool.
 My hat is off to the gentleman who wrote in the Report an account or the prompt and able fashion in Whlch Hearst and Pulitzer took charge of the Government at critical perlod. Every emergency produces it's man, but this is a big emergency and needed two men, They were both on the spot When the emergency has passed would suggest that the spot be funi- gated.
 The police of this city need instruc- tion in morals and manners. Perhaps to volunteer it is no part of my busl- ness, and yet if they read here any thing tending to make them gentle men and proper officers, they are more than welcome. I do not understand the police privilege of assuming to be superior to the law-abiding citizen. IF a passer-by happens to pause to read a bulletin board 1t seems to me arro- gance on the part of the police to or- der him to move on." The pavementS are free to all. I have noticed with regret the police tendency to be hog gish and dictatorial, the regret aris- ing from the fact that the average pa trolman weighs more than I do and that protest would only result in a losing fight. But with tolerable safe ty I may seek information. I would like to know by what right the police put supposed offenders in jail, keep them there as long as convenient and then turn them loose, no charge hav- ing been made. Such conduct would not be permitted in Russia but in San Francisco 1t is common, and I have never heard of a policeman being licked for 1t yet, plain neglect of duty But when, in an excess of zeal, a police man arrests somebody who may be supposed to have pull, the haste to turn him loose again is almost pathetic. Now, nobody should be conceded te have pull If it is right to put Tom in jail for a fancied offense, it is right to put Dick there, and Harry is no better. But Dick and Harry, armed with pull, have only to display their cards and they are told to go and please to forget the incident and the mistake is much regretted, etc I would make a plea for Tom, who does not carry card, and also I would fire the guilty policeman.