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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1904)
PAGE TWO. Morning Astorian Established IS73. DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. RATES. ij mail, per year v . By mail, per mouth . ..." By carriers, per month ...... - $G 00 50 CO TUB SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIA3T. By iail,fer ycar.iu adTaoce $1 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. KEEP GOOD MEN IN OFFICE. Within a few weeks the republican convention will assemble at Astoria for the purpose of nominating candidates for county offices. The aspiring ones are , beginning to announce themselves, and from this time until the date of the convention the various can didates will make their canvasses. The Astorian is not inclined to be bitterly partisan in municipal and county elections, and believes, with most people, that politics should le more or less a small faetor in such elections It does believe, now ever, that good men should be named for offce. Men who have, been tried and who have proven their worth command vthe support of the voters, whereas men who have not been tried weaken the ticket on which they are nominated and often drag down to defeat deserving candidates. It is advisable both for polit ical parties and for the taxpayers that trustworty men, in whom the people haev' full confidence, be named for public office. We desire at this time to call particular attention - to one of our prominent county officials, whose ad ministration of an important offiee has been highly satisfactory and successful, and who is richly deserv ing of re-election. Reference is made to Sheriff ' Thomas Liuville. Mr. Linville was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the assassination of J. "W. Williams, a man in whom the people had unbounded --.sasM2i."lMJ . jfisile took .up the work of his popular predecessor, wJid it may truthfully be said . of him he has been Clatsop s best menu. At au times he has paid particular attention to the inter ests of the people, and has accomplished more for the betterment of conditions here than any other man ' who has filled this important position. His office has been a model of busbies activity and has merited and received the unstinted praise of experts who are familiar with all of the public offices of the coast. During Sheriff Linville 's career in his present pos- , ition the public had ample opportunity to judge of his work,-and it will be generally agreed that he has discharged his duties with credit to himself and to the people he represents. rAn efficient public official is a blessing, and it should be th6 him of the public to keep him in office Sheriff Linville has now been in office f6r about five years, having been appointed to fill the lamented Sheriff Williams' unexpired term and twice elected afterwards. Rather than being an argument against his renomination, the circumstance affords proof that he should be continued in office. He was first elected : because the people were satisfied with him, and he was re-elected for the same reason. It is not a matter of politics, but one of business, to keep good men in office, and the longer a good man is retained the bet ter served will the people be. The very fact that Sheriff Linvlle has held office for five years furnishes Teason why he should be renominated and elected, for he is the man whom the people have chosen to represent them and returned him again for his ex cellent services. There is no real sentiment against third terms for county officials, but to the contrary it is the cry set up by politicians who seek to create prejudice against efficient men, who can in no other manner be assailed. One good term deserves another, and so long as a county official serves the people well he should be kept in office. Sheriff Linville is not much of the politician. He treats everyone alike and is honest and conscientious at all times. We believe he is the best available man for tho republican nomination, and that he should be the unanimous choice of the convention. His nomi nation is equivalent to election, for the people have confidence in him. He should receive the enthusias tic support of all the delegates to the conevntion. SALARIES OF FEDERAL OFFICIALS. Senator Gallinser introduced in the senate a few days ago a bill increasing the salaries of the execu tive officers of the government and also of the mem bers of both branches of the federal congress. Sena tor Gallinger's bill proposes to raise the president's salary from $50,000 a year to $75,000, of the vice president and members of the cabinet from $8,000 each to $15,000, and of the senators and members of the house of representatives from $5,000 to $8,000 THE MORNING ASTORIA each, with 12,000 for tha speaker of the house. There ought to b uo objection to the increase pro posed for the executive officers of the government says the Ledger. Cabinet ofheers m particular are now under paid. A salary of $8,000 a year was doubtless adequate when it was fixed by congress, but hues have changed and the expense of living in Washington is vastly. different from what it was a few decades ago. The men who have accepted cabi net portfolios during the past few ndniinistrat ions !iave generally made & heavy pecuniary sacri fice 'hi order to serve the government. They are po sitions requiring mou of great executive ability, and xacting mast unbroken and painstaking attention. When Elihu Root, accepted a cabinet position he for sook a professional income of at least $75,OtX) or $100,000 a year to take a government salary of $8,0tH) Of course Mr. Root is an exceptional man, but tb resident should be abTe to secure the services of the ablest men in the country without asking them to make a pecuniary sacrifice for the privilege of direct ing a department of the government. The treasury portfolio is the most responsible li nancial position in tho country. Mr. Gage left th presidency of the First National jank of Chicago and after four or five years at Washington accepted the presidency of a large trust company in New York He was worth $50,000 or $75,000 a year to a financia institution, but the government paid him $6G6.GG a month, or about enough to pay house rent for a suitable residence for a man of his means at the na tional capital. The postoffice department certainly requires a man with the ability to manage a railroad successfully. Railroad presidents draw salaries from $25,000 to $50,000, or even more, a year, but there is not a railway system in the country whose annual gross earnings equal the cost of operating the post office department. There is no reason why the fed eral government, which is the most important and powerful organization in the country, should not pay its chief officials something like the comiiensa tion which their talents and ability command in private life. There is no such glaring incongruity between the salaries paid and services rendered by members of congress. Nevertheless, it is expensive to live at Washington, and few, if any, congressmen more than cover their actual disbursements with the salary allowed by this government. The salary of a cong ressman should be large enough to be attractive to able men, and to justify the neglect of private busi ness that proper attention to legislative duties re quires. The government can afford to pay all that Senator Galinger's bill provides, and the right man is worth the' increased salary in every case.' V: '- ' '''' " : W lURSDAY, MAKUIi 1U, .fllHTOJl , IA ii IT1-""- "is p The difficulty of capturing such a place as Fort Arthur through naval attaek recalls memory of one of the masy inventions of the great Dnndonald. That extraordinary genius devised a "secret war plan" which, he declared, would within four hours annihilate Sebastopol or Cronstadt, and he offered it to the British government for such u in the Crim ean war. An expert committee investigated it, pro nounced it practicable, infallible and irresistable, but added that it was too terrible for a civilized nation to adopt. Therefore it was never tried, but has to this day been kept a profound secret. Whether there is any record of it, or anyone now living knows what its awful details were, is uncertain. Peter the Great said : "He who has only an army fights with only one hand. He who has also a navy fights with both hands." Therefore he built the Rus sian fleet. In the loss of her east Asia fleet Russia will be doomed to fight the war through with one hand against a two-handed opponent, unless the war shall prove to be a long one. So vast an empire as Russia can quickly replace an army that is lost. But no nation in the world can build a new navy within several years; and Russia is not well fitted for ship-1 building, so that it will take her much longer to re-j place her lost fleet than it would any other of the great powers. Among the neutral fleets in the far east the British is first, the American a good second, and there is no third. France, Germany and Italy have fine squadrons of cruisers there, but not a single battleship while we have three of the most powerful battleships ever built. It is said that Germany will send four battleships thither as quickly as possible, a curious commentary upon the declaration that Germany has not the slightest interest in the fate of Manchuria. The Astorian desires to extend its congratulations to the ladies of the public library, who have now placed themselves in certain position to receive $70 monthly for the maintenance of the institution They conducted an excellent campaign, and were present to see that promises were kept. From this circumstance, we take it there is no hick of business ability in the library association. 4 The sea wall should be built now. To defer the improvement will add t6 the expense fnd incon venience of the undertaking. It's the greatest proposition ever put before the people of Astoria for their advancement, and the property owners should display the proper spirit. By all means, biuld the sea wall and do it now. EC0RATING The quu't, artistic beauty of any homo is easily niurred by taek'of tasto in wall Jeooratioiis. Wo wish to state that tlio New Tear will find us in a better position to do decora t . ing tlian ever before. New patterns arc beginning to arrive, and all wo ask is that you favor us with an op- Ltf portuiuty to show you tho lino. B. F. ALLEN SON. ?65-7 Commercial Street. BLACKSMITH I NO. CARRIAGE AND WAGON DUILMKU. FIRST CLASS IIORHK BUOE1NG. -08Bl8 Cnmp Work. AM kind of wagon ronteriuls in mock for Rule. We guarantee the beat work done in the city, Price right. ANDREW. ASP. Corner Twelfth ami Dunne Htreete. 'Phone 201, St. Louis World's Fair News PROM HEADQUARTERS A Great Combination Offer We 111 furnlHh tho T loe-a- Week lamieofthu St. Louis Globe-Democrat HITU rim Twice-a-Week Mt Astorian ASTORIA AND COLUMBIA RIVER RAILROAD Both Papers ONE YEAR ? TiUST. LOUIrf (JUK DKMOCKAT . 1 lamed fcicuil-Weekly, cktit pag' or " ' v' unm, every Tuesday ai4 FriJay. 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This saddle, which Is a work of art, cost $20,000 and has been eight or ten years In course of construction.