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THE POLICE COMMISSION.
Public opinion Is divided upon the
expediency of the motive that actu
ated a certain contingent of the repub
lican party to elect a police commis-
aion without the consent and approval
of the rank and file of the republican
party. There are two sides to this
question. Looking at the proposition
tn the light of present condtlons. there
Is some Justification for their actions.
Astoria has no police commission at
the present time and has had none for
nearly a year. One commissioner does
not constitute a police commission
wttbln the purview of the city charter.
According to that document, which Is
the governing statutes of the city, a
board of police commissioners Is com
posed of three persons, who must be
residents and taxpayers within the
city. T of the present alleged com
mission possess neither qualifica
tion, and, therefore, a vacancy exists
either by operation of law or by gen
eral rules of construction of existing
vacancies.
W. H. Barker, one of the police com
mission la a resident of British Colum
bia. His family also live there, and
that is his legal residence. W. J. Cook,
another of the commission, has dis
posed of all his Interests In the city
and gone to New York. He Is neith
er a resident or a taxpayer. The char
ter does not contemplate that public
officers, elected by a vote of the peo
ple, charged with the control and
management of the police department
should reside In British Columbia and
New York. Exeglencles might arise,
where a meeting of the board would
be necessary, and It would be Impos
sible to secure one. Charges pre
ferred against a police officer or the
chief of police, must be Investigated by
the board of police commissioners, and
a majority thereof is necessary to dis
charge an officer. This Is impossible
tp secure.
1 This Is an outrage, and one that
should not be tolerated. If the absent
commissioner , will not resign, then
their office should be declared vacant
The vacancies should be filled In the
manner provided by the charter, and
not by questionable political methods.
If these vacancies are filled, all of the
commissioners' term of office will ex
pire at the next election, and a new
board can be elected who are identi
fied with the business of the city, and
not men whose business Is removed
from the city, and where they are not
in a position to serve their constitu
ents. For this reason there might be
some excuse for the actions of the re
publicans In springing three men for
police commissioners at a late hour on
the day of election.
The Astorian is republican in poll
tics. In fact, It Is only republican daily
newspaper published In Clatsop coun
ty, but it will never be a party to, nor
indorse ulterior motives In securing
political preferment by professed poli
ticians. It is opposed to ring rule, star
chamber nominations of men for polit
ical offices, and questionable methods
occasionally used by those who claim
the authority to dictate, believing that
the Interests of the party can be bet
ter subserved by leaving the avail
ability of candidates to the party as a
whole, rather than to a self-constituted
committee, whose actions are. fre
quently condemned by the rank and
file at the polls. '
Clatsop county Is republican on a
straight party vote, and would be so
today, If conditions were different
When prominent republicans, Identi
fied with the principles of the party,
begin to question the motives that
have actuated some of the leaders of
the party: when one faction
Insists In naming all the candidates to
the exclusion of other factions, Just so
long will there be a repetition of the
result of the election last Wednesday,
and its tendency Is toward the dlsrup
tlon of the party.
The Astorian does not want to criti
cise the action of any man, committee
of leader; It does not want to dictate
the nominations for any office, or the
management of political campaigns,
but It win certainly insist on a new
deal, when exeglencles arise making
such a change Imperative for the suc
cess of the party. It believes In the
highest standard of politics along the
line established by President Roose
velt. No one man or set of men should
control party affairs, for they bevome
a ring, and political rings art distaste
ful to the voters of the party which are
necessary, tor success. In election. The
Astorian will not lend Its aid or In
fluence to any uch combination, for
to do so would be to put It In teh cate
gory of a "ring organ, position thai
It doe not seek an wlH always refuse
td'fill.
If the ' republican party of Clatsop
county la to be successful there must
be a reorganisation. There must be a
community of interests, and uot the
building' up of a clique or ring. Expert
enee ha demonstrated In election In
Astoria and Clatsop county during the
past six year, the republican party has
been defeated, and these defeat art
the result of lack of confidence tn party
management How far they are justi
fied In this belief, it Is not necessary
to discuss, but past experience should
be sufficient to Impress upon some of
the leadersfl the lack of party confi
dence that actually exists In the re
publican party of Astoria and Clatsop
county.
The actions of those in authority last
Wednesday, In electing a board of po
lice commissioner Is not calculated
to Inspire confidence In the party. The
proper method to have pursued wa
that when the city convention was
held, nominations for three police com
missioner should have been made by
the convention. But underhanded
political methods will not be tolerated,
no matter how honest the persons were
who believed that a desperate disease
required a desperate remedy.
The Astorian will never antagonise
teh republican party, not any man
nominated by it, as long as the con
ventions are properly called: all con
flicting factions permitted to have a
vote, and ring rule Is eliminated. Thin
is the policy outlined for the guidance
of the party In the future, and which
will be strictly adhered to, believing
that it is for the best Interests of the
party and will bring victory Instead of
defeat
PREFERRED RISKS.
The decision of the big life Insur
ance companies to give lower rates
to total abstainers will weigh more as
a temperanec argument that ail th.
eloquence, tract and statistics of tem
perance advocates.
The average man fights shy of a
"reformer," whom he consider a spe
cious kind of person difficult and un
necessary to follow. But the man
agers of insurance companies are ordi
nary business people, who avoid a
danger because it is a danger and rate
a man a a second class risk because
something Is the matter with him.
Tbelr discrimination against one who
drinks can only mean that the drinker
Is at a physical disadvantage compared
with an abstainer, and the discrimina
tion Is known to be free from every
bias in favor of a "cause." It will
surprise many people to learn that the
insurance companies have discovered
by a series of investigations extending
over years and Including many thou
sands of cases that even the moderate
drinker Is a substantially Inferior risk
to the man who does not drink at all.
Some of the figure make the difference
a much a 50 per cent and In no case
do they fall below 20 per cent
The insurance companies are willing
4 back their opinion with cash, a
they are preparing politics at ' a re
duction to total abstainers, and this
faith In their deductions will strength
en the hands of temperance workers
powerfully. Whether, taking for
granted that Insurance companies are
correct In their belief, a man's right to
drink ought to be restricted Is an en
tirely different question. It Is often
more advisable to regukjte an evil
than to attempt to suppress It, and
many will question the desirability of
a long but dry life.
But It is something gained to. have
the experience of the Insurance com
panies crystallized in an expression
of opinion on the question of drink, as
a man can now know, with a consider
able degree of probability, the effect
of his Indulgence upon the length of
his days.
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PEN8IONED TOO YOUNG.
German Army Corp Received
More
Attention.
Berlin, Dec. 11 During the debate
In the Reichstag on the pension bills,
War Minister Von Elnen answered
the complaints frequently appearing
In the newspapers that the emperor
caused officers to be pensioned too
early In order to keep the officer corps
young. The war minister asserted
that on the other hand the average
age of brigade, regiment and battalion
commanders and captains was now
higher than In 1877. For the highest
rank the German army knows no limit,
using an efficlentgeneral so long as
his strength 1 intact
Mother Suicides.
Portland, Dec. 16. Having been ex
tremely despondent since the death of
her husband last November, Mrs.
Sarah R. D. Dukehart, of 654 Yam
hill street, committed suicide about I
o'clock last evening by drinking car
bollc acid. Dr. Hollister was called
but' could not save her life. She leaves
two son and two daughters. Coroner
Finley ha Investigated the case, and
has decided that no inquest will be
held. The funeral wlU be from the
residence tomorrow afternoon.
THE MORNING ASTORIAN
JAIL HELD BY WOMAN.
Prisoner Lock the Department Out of
Door.
Chief of Police Hnllock I no "ma
tron," and he defle any on to prove
the contrary, but a female prisoner,
Mr. M K. Moore by name, erase J
from the effect of drinking pur alco
hol, last night attempted to Jump Into
the river, and wa only prevented by
the fact that her feet had the wrong
Inspiration ' and balked ' at a critical
moment until the watchman could get
hold of her; .whereupon h was com
mitted to the tender mercle of the
chief.
Hallock did the best he could. He
locked her up, but this morning
large portion of the fume of the vino
had evaporated, and the chief did not
secure the woman a closely a might
be, under the Impression that he, not
being a matron, had no right a a
bachelor, to "ride herd on a woman
prisoner. The chief took hi two cats
out of the office, ensconced them In the
vault and then abandoned the Jail.
He returned several time and looked
at It from across the street to ee
that the place hadn't been moved, and
then returned to where he could lean
up against something and weep till he
felt better over the thoughtlessness of
misguided policemen who would bring
a woman Into a matronles Jatl. Chaa
Gamble Is the matron, but hi motherly
Instincts failed him yesterday and the
chiefs fuith In the Lord and the pro
tection of his friends wa all upon
which he had to rely.
Sheriff Llnvllle. however, wanted to
hold communion with a prisoner who
seems to have secured divorce from
his better Judgment and whom the
sheriff wants to examine thl morn
ing, so he went down after his man.
The Jail was locked.
The sheriff wa surprised. He
knocked. No go!
Peering over the curtain of the
chief's private office Llnvllle decried
Mrs. Moore sitting in the chiefs chair,
her feet on his desk, and almost the
same air of profound abstraction
glooming her features that pervades
the countenance of the chief when he
is thinking of his sins at 3:3 p. m.
Tom Llnvllle grasps a position very
quickly, so he sent a hall to the chief
and then tried the effect of persuasion,
but Mrs. Moore had the bird cage
locked on the Inside.
In fine. It took the effort of the de
partment to break into It own Jail,
and It would be laying seige to the out
side now If Llnvllle hadn't bethought
himself to smile, and few women can
withstand the sheriff's grin.
Mrs. Moore shot the bolt back and
opened the door. .
WORK SUSPENDED.
$1,000,000 (Mine I Lying
Idle In
California.
Redding, Cat, Dec. 16. No work Is
now being done. It Is said, In the mines
of the Trinity Copper company, loca
ted near Kennett, In this county,
owned by a Boston corporation, capi
talized at $,000.000. of which Thomas
Lawson Is the president and controll
ing power. Thl company was or
ganized In 1900 to purchase several
groups of coper locations, Including
some 51 claims, a smelter site and
right of way for a branch railroad
connecting the property witn tne
Southern Pacific railroad. The price
paid at that time I said to have been
In the neighborhood of ll.ooo.ooo.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Chris Olsen of Chinook was in town
yesterday.
Frank Bonhart came up from Sea
side yesterday.
H. W. Smith of McGowan was in the
city yesterday.
F. Bartoldes of Youngs River was In
Astoria yesterday.
Albert Johnson of Seaside was
in
the city yesterday.
J. P. Holland of Portland was
I it
Astoria yesterday on business.
B. E. Bradbury of Seaside was a
visitor In the city yesterday.
Andrew Young was In from his
Youngs River ranch yesterday.
Chas. E. DuBol of Seaside was In
Astoria yesterday on business.
John Stelner returned from a busi
ness trip to Portland last night.
Mis Hazel White of Cathlamet
visited friend In Astoria yesterday.
I Leback, the well-known Chinook
trapper, is in the city for a few days.
Hon. C. F. Lester and Sidney Camp
bell of Warrenton were In the city yes
terday. At Schroder of Ross, Hlgglns & Co.
has returned from a business trip to
Portland.
O. E. Helm is here, after a success
ful trip in a missionary Held of the
upper Willamette In the Interest of
Bethany church.
Wm. Brown of Locksley Hall re
turned from Portland yesterday and
went to Seaside.
Mrs. Martin Ford and daughters ar
rived from Tacoma last night. The
Misses Ford have been attending the
Anna Wright seminary and came home
to spend the holidays.
Three Are Killed.
Los Angeles, Cat., Dec. 16. In a fire
that destroyed the Eureka Planing Mill
here tonight three men lost their lives.
The fires spread from some tanks of
distillate with such rapidity that, not
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man who wa with the Boston
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tered the hotel Just before 11 o"clock
and looked over the register. Chief
Watts held a brief conference with the
manager of the hotel. When approched
by the newspuper men the . chief said
he had heard of the meeting between
Messrs. Greene and Lawson and had
come to see that no disturbance wus
caused by cranks w ho might be among
the spectators. He and the Inspector
remained In the hotel office for ome
time.
Police Captain Cnln, In charge of the
division In which the hotel Is located,
arrived at the hotel shortly after noon.
Captain Cain said he "looked In" part
ly through curiosity. He talked to the
other officers for some time.
At noon a small crowd assembled In
the hotel lobby, but there was no ex
citement of any sort.
Later Chief Watt made a brief In
spection of the lower part of the hotel
and held a further conferenec with the
manager, it wa denied that the ho
tel people had ent for the police. The
statement was made that the chief In
spector and assistant called to see that
order was maintained. They had not
expected, however, that their services
would be needed. The officers were
still In the hotel at noon.
Charles Hayden, a member of it firm
of Boston brokers who transact busi
ness for Colonel Greene, arrived nt the
hotel and was admitted to the colo
nel's room. One of Mr. HayJen's
partners, Galen V. Stone, Is a direct
or of the Greene Consolidated Copper
Company. Shortly after Mr. Hayden's
arrival the conference sent out for
luncheon.
The conferenec wa still In session
at 2:1s. Up to that time no state
ment had been made regarding the line
of discussion.
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
Parker Hout.
R. J. A. O'Reilly, Portland.
W. J. Taylor, Portland.
T. H Allman and wife, Cathlamet
JesSe E Cantrell.
A. Brlggs.
C. A. Breeding, White Salmon.
N. R. Whltcomb, llwnco, Wash
E. P. Peck, Kelso, Wash.
H. Scarpatl.
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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
A Lsrg and Vsri.d Assortment at
Ekstrem's.
Here are a few article which will
make suitable and handsome Christ
mas present for anyone. All popular
and stylish, cheap In price, but high In
quality. Read: Silver novelties In
numerous different pattern, handsome
cut glass piece, sterling silverware,
ebony good In brushes, glasses and
toilet set, fancy umbrella and canes,
match boxes, tableware, fine chain,
chafing dishes, carving Mts, special
watches, diamonds, brochea and a thou
sand other thing. It will pay you to
consult our prices before going else
where. II. EKSTROM, Astoria, Ore.
Beit meal In town at the New Style
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Such wa the experience of Mr. 8. II.
Newion, Decatur, Ala. "For three
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and bowel trouble. Death seemed In
evitable when doctors and all remedies
failed. At length I wa Induced to
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marvelous. I Improved at one and
now I'm completely recovered. For
Liver, Kidney, Stomach and Bewel
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medicine. Only 60c. It's guaranteed
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Th Baltimore e Ohio Railroad's Nw
Through Ssrvle.
Effective November 27th, 1904, and
thereafter, a new dairy train will be
Inaugurated, leaving Grand Central
passenger station, Chicago, at 10:30
p, m., for Akron, Cleveland, Youngs-
town, Pittsburg and Intermediate
points, connecting at Pittsburg with
"Duquesne Limited" for Philadelphia
and New York, and with train No, 10
for Washington, D. C and Baltimore.
Thl train will be equipped with
first-class day coaches, Pullman sleep
ers and dining car service.
On all through tickets stop-over will
be allowed at Washington, Baltimore
and Philadelphia, not to exceed 10 days
at each place.
For further particulars address,
Peter Harvey, General Agent, Room
1, Hobart Bldg., San Francisco,
D. B. Martin, Manager Passenger
Traffic Baltimore, Md.
B. N, Austin, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
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