The San Francisco call., 1898-06-22
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME

| |E directed attention few days ago to edi- 1 \NI torial of the Richmond Times, warmly con- mending the adoption by the Democratic party of policy opposed to what it called imperialism" The Times desired the representatives of the party in Congress to get rid of Bryan and Bryanism by substituting new platform in place of that adopted at Chicago It proposed that the fight in the Con- gressional elections this fall should be made not for free silver against the Supreme Court, but for what it called the "oldtime traditions of Democracy and against annexation of any islands or territorial extension of any kind.
 That was one way to get rid of Bryanism Now the Louisville Post which speaks for the Democracy of Kentucky with much authority as the Rich mond Times speaks for that of Virginia comes for ward with another plan for eliminating Bryan from the future. It says:
 We wish to have the Democratic party put the past behind it; wish it to turn from 18o6 to Iooo to 1910, with views and plans and policies for great development of international commerce We wish to declare for
 "The freedom of Cuba
 "The acquisition of Porto Rico
 "The annexation of Hawaii
 "The acquisition of the Philippine Islands.
 "The building of the Nicaragua canal
 "A navy twice the size it is to-day.
 "A regular army of 100000. l the regular army"
 With such divergence of views between Virginia and Kentucky it is clear that much tobacco must be smoked and much bourbon drank before an agree ment is reached. About the only note of harmony they have enanates from desire get rid of Bryan and that note IS like grunt of distress than battle cry. The platform search of Democracy is in fact becoming interesting and the imp of the per verse only knows what sort of thing they will be standing on when the fall elections take place
 There is only emotion excited by the Exami- ner's interview" with the Spanish Minister of Ma rine. It is feeling of disgust mingled with won der, that any paper likely to under the eye of intelligent people should lie so. It may be stated with confidence that the interview" was not only a fake, but particularly stupid and palpable one
 In refusing to surrender prisoners in exchange the Spanish to forget that in short time they will themselves be prisoners. Some of them now act in such way that the painful duty of lining them up in front of file of marines may yet fall to our gen. erals
 Editor Costello of New York rises to remark that our pavements are bad We hasten to laud him as of discernment, but too mild Our pave ments than merely bad and have passed the superative stage of unworth. They are rotten
 People who are charging Admiral Monteio with cowardice perhaps not in position to judge When they have faced American fleet commanded by Dewey perhaps they will take different view of the matter.
 Amid the crash of wars, that some of the con- fdence ravaging the Klondike had been Iynched by their victims would afford light and diyertinp reading
 
 Spaniards announce that their "honor' is unassail- able. So it is. The difficulty of assailing phan- tom of the fuddled brain is easy to recognize
 Explanation that Spanish officers go into action ldrunk can hardly be accepted They run too well