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PAGE TWO. RNING ASTORIAK, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, lfctf. Morning Astorian EsUblUhtd IS73 ' .. " liATKS: Bent by mail, per year...... Sent by mail, per month. . , . . , Served by carrier, per month. .$5 00 . SOc . SOc SEMI-WEEKLY. Sent by mall, per year, In advance 1 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING CO. The Astorian gu&rantees to its ad vertisers the largest circulation of any newspaper published on the Columbia Klrer. ANOKKGON HEKO In all tiroes and in all climes, from centuries before the Christian era to the present, and from the ancient Greece to Fair California, the tensest tring in the gamut of human emotions has been the one attuned to vibrate to the deeds of a hero, says the San Fran cisco Call. In the hurry and scurry of life it may sometimes seem as though selfishness were the dominant and that aelf-sacriflce were dead in the world; that the feelings that the Gfeeks had In venerating their heroes, even to the point of regarding them as'deml-gods, is old-fashioned and vanished from the world. But the age of heroes has not passed away, and at times we are, re ' minded of that fact by the brave deed i of some hero still among us. lndustrlons and thrifty enough to take tare of themselves very soon thereafter. They quickly turn their hand to any thing that promises to yield them a living. - V' . Instad of helping to "assimilate" for Immigrants, the passage of the Adams bill wouM be likely to have the opposite effect. If Intending Immigrants of na tions like Russia, Italy, and Austria- Hungary knew that a law of this kind was In force they would make haste to be Included in the limited SO.000 and, as a consequence," many of them would come here before they were financially prepared to do so. They would arrive with thinner purses than they already do, relying upon chance to help them out. It would be a case of "first come first served,, with an Indiscriminate and frantic scramble among Intending immigrants for ship passage as a re suit. . If there Is to be a further restriction of Immigration It ought to be based on some Intelligent and Impartial princi ple, one that will deal fairly with Immi grants from oil nations. The Adams till seems to besmerety an arbitrary. off-hand way of dealing with the sub Ject, with the likelihood that it would make matters worse than they are. There Is no man or woman who will not feel the blood pulse quicker upon reading of the death of the young ath lete. Summer Smith, near PortlaiM, Ore., on last Tuesday afternoon. The passengers of the steamer America were suddenly startled by the shout from one of their number that "there's a young girl fallen overboard and I - can t swim." Quick came the answer from young Smith, '1 can," and forth with he leaped into the Willamette river, where Oza Brown, a 12-year-old girl was struggling for her life. Smith held the girl aloft until she was saved, but before the rescuers could reach him he waa caught by the treacherous cramp and gave his life In -sacrifice to duty.' ' ; " " . T :?j The call to him was tragic and Sud den, hut gallantly he met It, counting not the cost, and was baptized a hero In the murky waters of the Willamette. None among us ran be more noble or mak3 a creater sacrifice than that made by one who In the first flush of athletic manhood freely dies that a helpless girl may live. The name that the steamer bore, America, to uphold which so many heroes have nobly died, will be honored by none more worthy than this young Oregoidan, and though from the pitiless tide, swollc-n by spring freshets, Sumner Smith's body may never be recovered, all will pause in honest admiration at the thought that he gave up his life that another might live. I Restricting Immigration. Or the ground that the scheme would give the American people a better op portunity to "assimilate" foreign immi grants, Representative Adams has in troduced a bill at Washington, providr fng that not more than 80,000 aliens from any single nation shall be ad mitted to the United States In any one year, says the New York Commercial. How he happened to hit on 80,000 as the proper limit does not appear. Why 80,000 instead of 60,000 or 100,000? It Is noticeable that if such a law had been In efTsct last year It would have shut out 150,000 Immigrants from Italy. 126,000 from Austria-Hungary and 56,- 00 from Russia, or about 332,000 out of a total of 860,000. Immigrants from other nations would not have been af fected. Had such a law been In oper ation still earlier, It would probably Have resulted in excluding from our bores thousands of German Immi grants and thousands of immigrants from Great. Britain English, Irish Scotch and Welsh and should the Adams bill be passed it might readily have this effect in the future.- Only last year nearly 70,000 immigrants landed here from Great Britain. There has nevor been any great trouble about the "assimilation" of Im migrants in this country provided they came with sufficient means to support themselves for a pell. No one hears any objection to immigrants from Germany, (France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Ireland and Scotland, for the reason that most of them arrive here with some money In their pockets. For that matter, most of the Italian Immi grants are readily "assimilated," be cause, if they don't happen to have much money when they land, they are First Voters. An Important factor that will have to be reckoned with in the coming presl dential campaign is the great army of first voters" that will take part In the contest. Ten years ago nearly all of these coming voters at least, those who are American-born were mere striplings, and consequently the cam paign issues of 1S92 or even those of 1S96 will seem to them like ancient his tory. So far as these Issues may play part in the pending contest, they niust be presented anew to such voters and, as these, questions will be mingled with questions of a later date, it is im possible to predict with assurance whatever what the effect may be on the minds of this young electorate. What the addition to the total num ber of voters In the country is likely to be this year Is very hrd to conjecture, for the reason that between 1896 and 1900, so far as the election returns show, there was practically no gain In the number of electors. From 1ST6 to 1880 there was a gain of 800,000; from 1830 to 1884, a gain of 1,000,000; from 1884 to 1888, a gain of 1;300,000; from 1888 to 1892, a gain of 500,000 and from 1892 to 1896. a gain of 1,900,000. Be tween 1876 and 1896 the popular vote for presidential electors Increased 63 per cent or from M00.0OO to is.soo.ooo. Apparently owing to the fact that a vast multitude of voters did not go to the polls at all in 1900, the total popular vote In that year was only 40,000 great er than it was In 1896; and, If anything like a full vote Is polled next fall, there should 'be an enormous and unprece dented .increase in the total vote. In the eight years ended with November. U35, this vote Increased 2,400,000 and, as the population of the country has been steadily expanding eince 1896, the total vote this year should show a far greater increase than that of 1888-96. A thing that renders It extremely dif ficult to forecast what the Increase in this vote may be Is the fact that an exceptionally large number of immi grants have landed on our shores In re cent years. In the eight years ended with 1903 over 3,500,000 forelgnrborn persons were added to our population, and a considerable proportion of these persons Is now naturalized, and they will take part in the next election. What the proportion may be, however, it is Impossible to Judge. It Is none to early for political lead ers ana managers to grasp the Tact that "first voters" are likely to con stitute a mose Important factor In the approaching campaign than ever be fore and, as a conseqquence, that they are likely to prove a greater unknown quantity than has ever been the case hitherto. Evidently both of the great political parties will need to do a vast amount of missionary work If they hope for victory next November. fleet for It. Of course tne newspaper I all right to give node of social meetings and public gatherings of all sorts, and most papers give iww value in free announcements and wrlUups than the wealthiest cttlscn give to worthy objects In a lifetime. The editor can do that -glad to get the matter to "fill up." But when It comes to work that hi to be paid for why, he shouldn't be bothered with that. There Is such a thing as appreciating the advantages of a good newspaper, and the way to manifest It Is when you have a Job of printing, give It to your newspaper man . There Is such a thing as reciprocity, he helps you and you help him. , Remember this when you have a Job of printing. . ; 4 If congress shou'd grant all the spec ial appropriations demanded for var ious purposes .t this session, the gov ernment would absolutely be swamped. It would cost more than J200.000.000 to meet the demands along a few lines only. Some of these are meritorious, others not so much so, and still others little short of raids, or attempted grabs. Among the meritorious ones are those In the Interest of farmers, such as the good roads bill. The expositions, like the daughter of the horse leech," are still bogging for more, when as a mat ter cf fact, they already have more then they are entitled to. Their re quests are for "loan's" but everybody knows that the money might as well be called an outright gift as not a cent of It will ever be paid back. Consumptives are to be barred from first class Pullman curs on the Santa Fe railway, and hospital rare on through trains will be provided for them, says a Kansas City dispatch. These cars will be especially equipped and none but sick persons will be al lowed to ride on them. This Innova tion will be put Into effect between Chicago and Kansas CIfy to Colorado. New Mexico and California points, over practically the entire system. The hospital cars probably will be put on at the opening of the summer tourist business' this season. Forty years ago the negroes of the south dil not own a square foot of ground nor a roof to cover them. Now there are 130.000 farm owned by ne groes." valued at $350,000,000; 150,000 homes, outside the farm township, val ued at $265,000,000 and personal prop erty valued it $165,000,000. So, start ing ym nothing, here Is an accumu lation of nearly 800,000,000. When the work begin, not 1 per cent of the negro adults of the south could read or write. To.lay 40 per cent can do so. A pack train of 25 horses, with all of their accoutrements, will be one of the novelties at theyworld's fair. The un usual spectacle will be sent by citizens of Wyoming to mark Wyoming day. The horses will all be equipped as If ready to start on the trail. - A man who prefers the metropolitan daily to a home paper because "It's got more in It," lemlnds one of a man who picked out the largest pair of boots in the box because they cost no more than a pair that fitted him. . President Loubet has begun the sixth voar of his administration, and bids fair to complete the full constitutional term of evn years. Only one French president, MacMahon, endured for an entire septennate, and In his case the fur of what might befall If the then rather unstable equilibrium should be disturbed was more lnfluentlal,to main tain him in power than was his admin istrative ability. M. Loubet owes his lease of power soley to his personal qualities. Curiously enough, though the most democratic of all presidents of the third republic, M. Loubet has been entertained by and has in turn enter tained more high potentates than any previous chief of state In France, mon archlal or republican. Senator Gorman Is becoming wiser He has given up his opposition to the increase of he American navy. The Japanese shot away $100,000 worth of shells at Vladivostok and not even a mule was killed. The direct telegraphic communica tion between Mukden and St. Peters burg Is the longest in the world. It extends over 6.000 miles. A recent French duel wes Interrupted because one of the combatants got a blister on his hand. 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