The morning Astorian., January 13, 1905, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNING ASTORIAN AS'
OREGON.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 180ft.
$10 REWARD
We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $$.oo
as a second prize, to the boy or girl under eighteen years
of age writing the best poem of two or more verses, using
the MONARCH RANGE as subject of the poem. A 1
poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905.
CHARLES HEILBORN a SON
Complete House Furnishers 590-592 Commercial St.
olossnl graft. The gentlemen who
have filled the various oftWw Are not
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Established 1873. to blame. They accept . the positions
with the emoluments that have always
MUMMIri Except Mond.y)b, with the o.Ilce The fault to In
the law. It will probably never be te
THC J. 8. OELLINGER COMPANY.' medled until a new constitution for O.e
, i state Is adopted.
ience of this fact.
Kin ploy era of the state engaged In
mercantile or manufacturing pursuits
have It In their power to break up this
evil to a great extent If they will re
fuse to give employment to boys that
smoke cigarettes, not only will they
secure more competent boys, but will
make It an Inducement for boys to quit
the habit. No boy that smokes ciga
rettes can perform the duties Incumb
ent upon him. Ills nerves are shat
tered, he Is listless, lasy tnd shiftless,
and In many Instances dishonest. He
has no ambition and his disgusting
habits become nauseating.
These facts are well known by rep
resentatives and senators In the state
legislature, and their duty Is to their
constituents and not to the tobacco and
cigarette trust. Any man that will vote
against a law prohibiting selling tiga
rettes to minors Is a disgrace to the
country he represents and a festering
sore on the body politic.
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Today's Weather.
Portland. Jan. II. Western Oregon
and Western 'I Washington Friday,
snow and continued cold. Eastern Ore
gon and Eastern Washington Occas
ional snow and continued cold.
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,v. FLAT SALARY BILL.
One of the moat important bills in
troduced in the legislature is the flat
salary bill. It puts ail of the sta;e
officers on a flat salary, the salary
provided being commuserate with the
duties of the office. Oregon has been
suffering; from political legalised graft
for many years. There are two offices
that make the incumbents wealthy
after four years of service, and in
many instances they hold the offices
for eight years. The office of secretary
of atate pays over $25,000 annually, and
the office of state printer equally as
much. If these officers were placed on
a salary and the fees turned into the
state treasury, the business of the state
would be self-sustaining. There are
hundreds of competent men in Ore
gon who are willing to take the office
of secretary of state on a salary of IS,"
000 a year.
The salary of the state treasurer is
only $800 a year, but the perquisites
attached to the office bring the emolu
ments up to about $12,000 a year. Some
of the emoluments are questionable.
The funds of the state are loaned out
at a certain rate of Interest, but the
state deos not receive the Interest.
Article 1J of the constitution of the
state of Oregon, provides as follows:
"The governor shal receive an annual
salary of $1500. The secretary of state
shall receive an annual salary of $1500.
The treasurer of the state shall receive
an annual salary of $800 dollars. They
shall receive no fees or perquisites
whatever for the performance of any
duty connected with their respective
offices."
The provisions of the constitution are
violated by the very officers who are
sworn to obey It. There is no legal
construction to be placed upon it
whereby the secretary of state and state
printer can rane down $25,000 annually,
but they do. If a poor man was in
prison and a constitutional question
waa raised as to the legality of his im
prisonment, the constitution is strictly
construed. If a politician Is elected
to an office, the constitution Is liberal
ly construed, not only construed but
warped all out of shape so no one
would know that it was a part of the
constitution of the state. Laws are
not made for poor people. They are
made for politicians and are worked
for every dollar they will stand. By
creating commissions and appointing
the governor, secretary of state and
treasurer as commissioners, salaries
are provided. The commissions are
worthless, but being of political origin
and for the purpose of perpetuating
the graft, they are tolerated by an over
burdened tax-paying community. As
long as politicians make the laws just
so long will the people be robbed by
their progenies.
When a man first starts in on his
political career and is a candidate for
some local office, he has a smile and a
hand-shake for every man in the com
munity. After he is elevated to an
office out of the graft of which he be
comes wealthy, his blood becomes like
a cold storage plant, and his acquaint-'
nncrn cue uuiy uuiultci cu amu.ig uic
tA fl dVi ai.atwfHkAv. .nil nnllHrol no.
oods. en wno assisiea in eievaung
him to the position are forgotten anil
he ha no further use for them. Poll
tics Is not only a science.- but It Is a
! t'RSURPATION OK TIME.
I Some men elected to the legislature
have an Idea that they are not serving
; their constituents unless they Intro
iduce a large number of bills. In their
efforts to thus serve their constitu
ents many bills absolutely worthless
jare introduced. They have no merit
.and nine out of ten of them are never
reported from the committee. The
present session of the legislature Is
no exception to the rule. A man named
Smith, who halls from Josephine coun
ty has already introduced more bills
than any other 20 men, and not one of
them has any merit worth considering.
Smith formerly represented Josephine
county In the legislature as a repub
lican. ' This year he Is a democrat.
;When he served his first term In the
legislature he introduced S3 bills, only
lone of which passed and that was a
! bill to incorporate a small town,
i ' One of the bills that this urban leg
islator has introduced is requiring
"political machines" to file an ltlmlsed
account of the expense of conducting
a political campaign In the office of the
J county clerk of the county and publish
the same in two newspapers published
in the county. If this bill had been
introduced in the Kansas legislature
nothing would have been thought of it.
The Information gained by publishing
campaign expenses would interest no
one and could be evaded by the cam
paign managers. They could JIvlde
$1000 up between ten men, and all that
would be necessary would be to publish
the names and the amount, aa the com-nUtUe-
would have no knowledge of
what was done with the money.
Another foolish measure is allowing
members to file bills and resolutions
with the secretary of state prior to the
meeting of the legislature so they
could be printed and ready when the
legislature convened. This would en
tall an unnecessary expense and burden
on the state printing office. A large
majority of the bills are not prepared
by the time the legislature convenes
unless it is the 40th or 50th bill pre
pared by such Kansas freaks as Smith
of Josephine. Aonther bill Is to pro
hibit railroad companies Issuing parses
to members of the legislature. If
Smith Is sincere in this reform, he
should Immediately return the pass is
sued to him by the Southern Pacific
railroad, without which he might have
had to borrow money to go to Salem.
He is also the father of a bill to
place the state printer on a fiat sal
ary. If he would read the constitution
of the state of Oregon, and had suffi
cient Intelligence to comprehend it, he
would discover that the only way to
place the state printer on a flat salary
is by a constitutional amendment. If
he Is so considerate of the state's ex
penses he would best conserve the In
terests of the state by Introducing
fewer bills, as every bill costs money
to print and the tax payers have to pay
the printer. But every state legislature
has its freaks and Smith of Josephine
seems to be the representative of that
contingent In the state legislature.
STATEMENT OK FACTS.
Some f the journalistic nanles
of
Oregon, who still adhere to the demo
cratic doctrine of "to the victors be
long the spoils," are amusing them
selves by publishing that fact that the
state legislature will have to face 1284.
000 more liabilities than assets. They
do not attempt to explain how the In
debtedness waa Incurred, but simply
publish the fact for the purpose of mis
leading the public. This Is character
istic of that class of newspapers. They
have no principals of their own worth
emulating, and they advocate a policy
of tearing down instead of building up
For the enlightenment of that element
of society that regards a democratic
newspaper as divinely Inspired, It may
be stated that the Indebtedness creat
ed received the unanimous approval
of every democrat In the state legisla
ture.
This indebtedness waa created by the
legislature of Oregon during the ses
sion of 1903; $500,000 was appropriated
for the Lewis and Clark fair; $100,000
for the Indian war veterans; $160,000
for the Celilo canal. Taking these ap
propriations out and Instead of the
state being in debt it would have $4?(.
000 in the treasury. If the state leg
islature had been democratic instead
of republican, the same appropriations
would have been made. The amount
appropriated for the Lewis and Clark
fair will be returned to the people an
hundred fold. Those who pay the
taxes are not complaining, it Is only
the poor democratic newspaper editors
who never miss a meal or pay a cent
and have no property subject to taxa
tion, who are doing the knocking. It
will require a dispensation of divine
providence to convince some of these
country journalists of the error of their
way.
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P. A. STOKES
Swell Togs for Men.
Having made a Successful Slaughter of our
Men's Clothing we now proceed to put
the knife into our
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT
Remember i Everything in Boys' and Children's
Clothing below cost.
35 Feu- Cent CM
This Sensational Slaughter
Includes all the bright and nobby patterns and
styles that have made this store the center of at
traction for the fashionably dressed Man or Boy.
P. A. STOKE
"Swell Togs for Men.
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JUST ARRIVED!
IMPORTED NORWEGIAN
Anchovies, in barrels and
cans, also
IMPORTED ITALIAN
Olive Oil, Cheese, Paste, etc.
at the
BOND STREET MARKET
Phone 2183 Red.
ANNUAL BOOH SALE
Another Annual Clearance Sale, all new goods that
we have only one of a kind or with to close out for
some reason at
25 to 75 per cent discount.
bee the show window, then come in and look over
the Ilargain Counter.
jj. N. GRIFFIN
eiiniiniiini Today I
Special Sale (Underwear
CIGARETTE SMOKING.
There seems to be an inclination
among members of the legislature to
introduce a bill regulating the selling
of cigarettes. Everyone knows that
smoking cigarettes is pernicious and
demoralizing, but the entangling alli
ances of the members with the dispen
sers of cigarettes seems to be bounJ
h tha common ties of kinship. While
very few of the legislatures ever in
dulge in the filthy habit, they do not
seem to take into consideration that
effects upon the rising generation. Rev
Mr. Strublet who is taking an active
interest in the anti-cigarette cruslJe,
requested the Multnomah delegation to
Introduce the bill prohibiting the sale
of cigarettes in the state of Oregon, but
on account of the large number of cig
arette fiends among their constituency,
they declined to Introduce the measure,
but Bluffed It off on some representative
from the cow countries.
It seems strange that men of good
Judgment and endowed with ordinary
common sense should take so little in
terest in the habits of the young boys
of Oregon. They know full well that
hundreds of young boys In the state of
Oregon are ruined by smoking cigar
ettes. The report of the superintend
ent of the state reform school Is evl-
ladies', Men's, Infants' and Children's.
UCH remarkable value giving as we inaugurated this morning was .never even attempted by any
Astoria store before. Our Bargain Tables are literally piled high with choice underwear,
of all descriptions. We've just consummated a mammoth purchase whereby we become the
owners of two immense sample lines of Underwear. We purchased these at a discount
of 33 per cent on the wholesale cost and our patrons will reap the full benefit of our most fortunate
purchase, so get out your shopping bag Mrs. Housewife and come here prepared to participate in the5
grandest money saving event you've ever witnessed. Sale starts this morning and lasts until
every garment is sold.
Here are a Few Specials from the Pure Food Department.
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Griffin's High Grade Catsup, per pint, 20c.
Griffin's Concentrated Soups, 3 cans for 25c. . ,
Mission Black Figs, 3 lbs. for 25c
Pure Fruit Jelly, per pail 30c.
Special Reduction In Cook Stoves and Air Tight Heaters.
Foard StoHies Co
ONE PRICE TO ALL, THAT THE LOWEST,
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