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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1904)
PAGE TWO. ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1904. Morning Astorian Established 1873. Application made January 4, 1904, to be entered as second-class mail matter at the jHst office at Astoria. Oregon. DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. RATES. . Sent by mail, per year .......... Sent by mail, per month.. ...... Served by carriers, pe month. . . . .S 00 . 60 GO THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAN. Sent by mail, per year, in advance fl 00. ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. PATTI AND HER TRADUCERS. Ashton Stevens started it, the San Francisco Mus ical Age, in an extra edition of abominable stuff, pushed it along, and all of the San Francisco criti cism was reflected in the articles of the Portlan "critics" poor, weak pretenders, who must fain fol low the fashion and traduce the greatest vocalist the world has ever seen and heard.. Stevens was gen tlemanly aout it-which is something out of the muallv he is vulsrar. The Musical Age, the expressions of which are so unkind. .1 was brutal. The Port- OU land "critics" or mimics were, like all parrots silly; and their expressions bore the unmistakable earmarks of the San Francisco criticisms. Portlam you know, must needs be like San Francisco at crit ical times in her career, else some one might 'doubt her very great greatness. Just think 1 what an ever lasting stain would have remained on Portland's fair name had Patti been courteously dealt with by the weaklings who rushed to print with their senseless prattle 1 "What imperishabl grief would have come over the elite of Portland society and intellect had it not been informed by these discerning, super ior ones that it had been bilked because seven-a .-w" as one critic polLshedH' expressed it, was an essentiality! Surely it was well for Portland and her distinguished reputation that the critics dwelt within her midst. We shudder to contemplate what might have transpired but for their presence, and the lasting tribute to art reflected in the caricature appearing in the Oregonian, to say nothing of the lame jokes of the funny men who draw down good money for the privilege of practicing upon the pub lic Madame Patti is 61 years of age. Her voice is not what it once was, as she well kiiows. "She has lost w hrh Tu.tps and her lower register is sadly thread bare," 'the Musical Age wys, and the Portland crit ics echo the sentiment. Those who went to the odeon to hear Patti knew what to expect. They knew she once possessed the grandest voice the world has ever known, and they knew time had told upon its sweet notes. But they went to see her and to hear her, not so much because they expected the old-time toneR, but because they desired to pay their last tribute to the wonderful vocal ability of Patti, or else desired to pose as people of sufficient mental accomplishment to appreciate the high order of entertainemnt presented. The art lovers were there because of an irresistible, honest impulse; the snobs were there, as snobs al ways are, posing for effect; and the curious went just as they would flock to see John L. Sullivan, or any other celebrity who had held the world's atten tion, i What does it matter that Patti's high notes have been lost, that her lower register is threadbare? Is she not the grandest living vocalist of the age of 61? Did she induce the crowd to gather under false pre tenses? And, if she is the complete failure the Port land critics brand her, why did the tears come to the eyes of that vast throng when she sang "Home, Sweet Home ?" Surely, there is some of the old-time charm to her voice none the less of the personal magne tism that brought the world to her feet. The Portland critics have merely followed the fash ion and roasted Patti. To turn them on the cultured old woman reminds one of turning a bull into a china shop to restore order. For her enemiesPatti will be loved more than ever, even though her dear sweet voice is not. just what it was 25 years ago. e i - GETTING THE NOMINATION. Just at the present time the papers are full of words of condemnation of the action of William Randolph Hearst, who is, if indications count for aught, desirous of securing the democratic nomina tion. Mr. Hearst owns papers in four of the large cities of the country, and, it is reported, will com mence, the publication of a paper at St. Ijouis, where the democratic convontkm is to bo held. For fully a year past his papers have kept his name promi nently before the public, and the supinvsition that he is seeking the nomination at the hands of the donuw crats a doubtful honor from the view point of suc cessis probably correct. It is 8itpptwe.il his di'term ination to publish n paper at St. Iiouis is merely a part of his plan to bring to boar upon the national convention the greatest possible influence in his fa vor. His papers published at widely separated points, reach practically all of the people of the country, and their utterances are familiar to the ma jority, of the men who will make up the convention. We can see no reason why Mr. Hearst is to 1h con demned for thus planning to get for himsolf the democratic nomination. He is anxious to become prominent politically, and already holds a seat in congress, representing the Wall street district of New York city, Mr. Hearst is a democrat, and makes as good a congressman as any other democrat would make perhaps a better one, for he is ener getio and has the means to carry, out his ideas. Dem ocrats follow beaten political paths, and Mr. Hearst's footprints may be. found upon them. It is not the intention here to discuss the merits of Mr. Hearst's political character, but to consider for a moment the means he has adopted to gain his ends. He has presumably determined to use his pa pers in his own interests iu his tight for recognition, and that he should lie condemned for his course is ser iously to be doubted. Mr. Hearst is an eminently successful newspaper publisher. His papers are wide ly read, and they priut the news for which they have been dubbed, "yellow." The man who owns them believes in advertising. It has made other men, and he knows of no reason why it should not make him. He is merely advertising himself into public notice. His papers set forth his claims, and if there is no general response it is not the fault of the system. As is the case with all other kinds of ad vertising, he is simply letting the people know of existing conditions; the choise lies with them. It might be said of Mr. Hearst that he is disre garding the proprieties by thus "tooting his own horn;" that he is vulgarly forward in urging himself for the nomination through the columns of his own papers. But this view is not well founded. The man who "boosts" himself is the one who succeeds, and were it not for Mr. Hearst's efforts in his own behalf he would surely not now Ik; a memlier of the lower house of congress. Through the medium of his papers he secured the political recognition, aud by similar means he hopes, it is to lie presumed, to land the presidential nomination. Those few poli ticians who have been literally forced into office by 'nthusiastic friends are merely the exceptions which prove the well-established rule that the successful politician must attend very carefully and consis tently to his own campaign, before the battle as well as after. ' Mr. Hearst would unquestionably he defeated if nominated; no demoevrat, with the possible excep tion of Mr. Cleveland, could even be seriously re-! garded in a contest with either Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Ilanna, of whom one or the other will doubtless re ceive the republican nomination. But certain it is, in the absence of any very material popular demand that he be nominated, Mr. Hearst is using the best available means to secure the indorsement of the na tional convention. That he owns the papers which are giving him the greatest portion of his support is an immaterial circumstance; like every other dem ocrat who is seeking the honor, he is employing the best means at his command and the best at the com mand of any man. For it pays to advertise. .. Those democrats who are superstiti ns should re member that Mr. Tilden was nominate,' at St. Louis in 1876 and beaten, and that Mr. Cleveland was nominated there in 1888 and beaten. Mr. Somebody will be nominated there in 1904, and there is nothing just at present to indicate that he will not follow in the unfortunate footsteps of the previous St. Louis candidates. 1 The Tribune Almanac for 1904 is whnt the Tribune Almanac has always been the most complete pub lication of its kind issued. It is an absolute guide of technical information, and practically indispen- sible m libraries. The Almanac represents much careful research, and its selling price, 25 cents, is far below its value. 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