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THE MORNING ASTOK1AN A STOMA, OREGON.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1900.
$10 REWARD
We shall give $10.00 in gold as a first prize, and $5.00
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. All
poems to be handed in before 6 P. M. on February 16, 1905
CHARLES HEILBORN SON
Complete House Furnishers 590-592 Commercial St
THE MORNING ASTORIAN
Established 1873.
Published Daily (Except Monday) by
THE J. 8. DELLINGER COMPANY.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
one of the most Immoral rltles on the
raolfle const; that the dives, saloon
keepers and gamblers with their coterie
of boosters and ward healers have run
the polities of Portland for a number
of years. Many of them assisted In
the election of Sheriff Word, supocs
InK he was their friend. Sheriff Word
has proven himself an honest official
with the moral courage to enforce the
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I laws us they exist on the statute books
By mall, per year S 00 j of the state. It Is claimed by the ward
By mall, per month 50speelers that If Word should run for
By carrier, per month SO snt?rifr j,, he ot be elected.
In this they are mistaken. Word will
THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTORIAN. be elected by the largest majority ever
given a sheriff In Multnomah county.
Jin fact. It would be a deserving compll
By mall, per year, In advance 00;ment lf tne rcpublll,uis indorsed him.
tt. ; jf the republicans are In favor of en-
pr-Ordors for the delivering of Ths Morsino forcing the laws, they will do so.
AarosiiN to either wsHlem-e or place of busim. . . , , .
mde br r.tl owl or thrv.mh fie-; Among the laws Introduced Is
phone. Any irregularity in delivery should be prohibiting side doors In saloons.
Immediately reported to the office of publicauon.
1. , u . cm of the respectable saloons w ill noi
ject to this measure. It Is only
Today's Weather.
Portland, Jan. 19. Oregon
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All
not ob-
the
dives that harbor petty larceny thieves
that oppose the measure. Another law
that is proposed will not only be bene
ficial to Portland but to Astoria. It Is
"" ! a measure to brand with the odium
of felony all male persons who live
and wholly or in part upon the earnings
posed by Senator Tuttle legislate no
one out of office, they simply provide
for a police commission, something th"
people of Astoria have endeavored U.
secure and have been prevented by the
cltlxens ring. Ta cnarter provide
for a police commission of three mem
bers. Is there such a commission In
existence In Astoria? Certainly not.
and there never vr',1 be as lonjr as th
politics of the city ure dominated by a
political ring who are feathering their
nests at the expense of the tax payer.
There is a demand among nine-tenths
of the people for ti e amendments pro
posed by Senator Tuttle and the peo
ple propose to haw them. If the cltl
xens will not perform their duties, pro
visions can and will be made In the
charter to compel them to do so. This
Is the whole matter In a nutshell, and
the people have some rights that poli
ticians must respect.
ASTORIA CHARTER.
first Insertion and 8 cents for each sub- of fallen women. The law covers the
Washington Friday, rain.
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recalcitrant husband who connives at
the prostitution of his wife, and pro
vides that she shall be a competent
witness against him. The penalty pre-
CITY CHARTER,
tvntn a ronort current on the streets,
additional amendments have been made ""'bed ! Imprisonment from one to
to the city charter. It is stated that j ten 'ears-
nf ,hP revisions in tile charter This is a law th it will no doubt pass
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ianu ir me onuers nae ioe niurui cuui-
present'age t0 enforce w'" r'd tn commu-
. i nity or some or tne vnesi specimens
, tof humanity. These vagrants who
'live off the earnings of fallen women
. ;are harbored and protected by the
veiutju uy vxudnu iiinv ...... .......
been Incorporated into the
charter. The amendments do not leg
Islate anyone out of office, in fact, they
keep four of the present officials in
s,ffiu tnr air months' loneer. The
,, iV, t iv, dens of Iniquity which they trequent.
amendment proposed provides that the,. ......
general election shall occur on the first
Monday in June instead of December,
as at present. If this is adopted the
first election under the charter will oc
cur In June. 1906, while the terms of
Auditor Anderson, Treasurer Dealy,
Superintendent of Streets Kearney and
Surveyor Tee expire next December.
This will continue all these official in
office until July 1, 1906.
Changing the elections to the regu
lar state and county elections will save
the city of Astoria about 500 a year.
Of course the citizens will object to
this on account of politics. They do
not care what the expense to the city
Is, as long as they can win all the offi
ces. This is all the interest most of
them take in the management of city
afTairs. By having the city and coun
ty elections in June it saves the trouble
of registering every time there is an
election. Those who register for the
June election register for both the
county and city election. They are reg
istered before the county clerk and re
lieves the auditor from keeping regis
tration books. The same Judges and
clerks of election, the same voting
booths, the same ballots and election;
supplies are used for the one
There are at least 50 of these vagrants
!in Astoria and at least 1000 of them In
Portland. If It Is made a state law
instead of a municipal regulation, there
will eb no trouble to drive them out of
the city. The police are anxious to rid
the community of their presence, but
they only have the vagrancy law, and
the saloonkeepers assist them in evad
ing this law by giving them light em
ployment, because If they lose the vags
their women go with them, and there Is
no opportunity to hold up a man and
rob him. This Is the only avocation
this class of reptiles follow. When
license is refused to these vile dens, it
will go a long way in removing the
stench that attaches to these dens that
harbor criminals.
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THE PROGNOSTICATORS.
According to the report of the
weather bureau Thursday night pre
dicting the weather for Friday, "rain1
was scheduled. The 5000 readers of
the Astorlan were unanimous in pro
claiming the predictions unreliable. In
stead of its raining the sun shone
bright and clear ail day and it was a
model winter day. It has been sug-
gested that this "ruessinjr contest" on
ity hundreds 0fjweather Predictions be made the day
ttocahtt onUln tntk f
j. ., ... 7 v m w . after the weather has been experienced
dollars. AH elections should be made I ,
as simple as possible both for the can
didates and voters and if voters only
have to register once In two years
they will take more interest in the elec
tions. The other amendment, as we have
been informed, simply calls for the
election of three police commissioners
at the election In 1906 In order to
straighten out the present muddle. As
a matter of fact, Astoria is today with
out any police commission. It is
claimed that the amendments sug
gested are in the interests of the re
publican party. If it means that the
republican party Is more Interested in
cutting down expenses than in holding
the office, the assertion may be true.
But whether In the interest of the re
publican or citizens party all the
amendments proposed are necessary
and beneficial to the city and there
fore should be Incorporated in the bill
to be passed by the legislature. It will
so that it may insure us renaDiniy.
There is no doubt but the Portland
weather bureau Is actuated by honest
motives In prescribing the kind of
weather that will exist, and they have
made some gooj guesses on several
occasions. Instarcrs are on record
where they have guessed the climatic
conditions as often as twice or three
times a week. Of course people do not
place any rellanec on weather predic
tions emlnatlng from the weather bu
reau. A man of ordinary intelligence
can form a correct idea of what the
weather has been after the day Is over
and these are the only authentic re
ports that It pays to tie to. From the
report of yesterday's weather and the
weather as it really was, it is evident
that a cog must have slipped In tru
bureau machinery. Prognoatlcators
are up against It in Oregon and o
account of the variable climatic con
ditlons, they ougat to have another
do no good to make a kick on any of,guess "mln
the proposed amendments, aa if the
legislature wants to pass them, the
citizens and democrats have no power
to prevent it. All they relle on is a
veto by the governor.
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WHO IS IT?
The politicians connected with the
citizens party seem to be perturbei
because there are other people In As
toria who desire lust a word to say
about amendments to the city char
ter. The Burns-Smith charter is good
MORAL AGENTS.
The legislative assembly of the state
of Oregon seems to be imbued with the enough as far as It goes, but It does
idea that "reforms are necessary." It not go far enough. No one objected to
is certainly composed of men who are Jack Burns and Tony Smith getting
In favor of removing many of the up a charter, although they are not
tumbling blocks that beset the weary the only pebbles on the beach. The
traveler and to regulate evils that are ' usual procedure In preparing charter
considered necessary. All of the re-1 amendments is by a mass meeting of
form measures seem to be aimed at the citizens. This Is the first year that
the purification of the morals of Port- amendments have been prepared by a
land. It is conceded that Portland is political ring. The amendments pro-
Senator Tuttle Adds Few Amend
merits to the Council's Charter.
A great hullaboo has been made In
the camp of the citizens party, because
Senator Tuttle has added a few amend
ments to the amendments proposed by
the common council to the charter of
Astoria. These cltlxens claim, or at
least try to, mat no law should oe
passed In Salem affecting Astoria un
less It has the indorsement of the
1 itliens ring, with the label blown In
the bottle. The cltlxens have been
trying to maintain a ollce commission
In Astoria for the past four years, with
one man, as police commissioner, and
one man as dictator. Senator Tuttle
proposes to do what the people refuse
to do, and that Is to appoint a police
commission of honorable men, com
posed of S. S. Gordon, K. J. Carney and
R. G. Prael. The only change In tho
commission is ousting . j. rock, a
resident of Portland, a promoter of
Nehalem coal, and ". II. Barker, a
resident of British Columbia, neither
of whom have as much right to the
Office as Carney and Prael. The bill
provides that all the police commis
sioners shall go out of office In July,
1906, and all three of them shall be
elected at that time. This Is no more
than Just and equitable. It does not
legislate a single man out of office, as
bci'h Cook and Barker have been leg
islated out of office already. It simply
ly appoints two men who are resident
and tax payers In Astoria and against
whom no one has a word to say. The
people of Astoria have put up with the
petty policies and political chicanery
of the citizens party as long as they
are going to, and proposes to see that
the provisions of the charter are lived
up to.
The only other change Is changing
the time of the election from December
to June. This will save the taxpay
ers of the city over $300 annually. 1
legislates no one o.it of office, but con
tinues In office a majority of the citi
zens for six months. Not only will it
be a saving to the city, but It will do
away with an election every year. It
will not be necessary for voters to reg
ister every year, as under the proposed
amendment registrations will only be
required once In two years, and all city
and county officers will be elected at
the same time. The amendments made
by Senator Tutle will meet the ap
proval of nine-tenths of the people
of Astoria Irrespective of politics, and
the only opposition will be the political
barnacles and grafters who live off the
public.
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SENSATIONAL
CLOTHING NEWS!
HirtSchilTncr
V Marx
Ibnd Tailored
To make room for our Spring and Summer
goods wc have placed on sale suits
ranging iu price from $10
to $18, to go at
$8.60
ANY SUIT IN THE WINDOW.
These suits arc made by the Hart, Schaffncr
& Marks. Crouse Brandagee People and
man wearing these garments is
wearing the best that of high
class tailors can produce
Swell
Togs for
Men.
p. a. mm
Men's
Quality
Shop.
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Our annual sale Is the talk of the
town patrons have been waiting for
It don't miss It; come early. C. H.
Cooper, the leading house of Astoria.
HEDRICRiS'
THEATRE
THE IMPORTANT EVENT
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Next Time
You need a pair of
Men's, Women's or
Children's
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Honest, Durable !h$
F o r less money
than you have
been paying try
S. A. GMRE
543-545 Bond St.
First Notional Bank of Astoria
ESTABLISHED 1886
Capital and Surplus $100,000
Saloon Men, Attention!
Now is the time to have your places of busi
ness made neat and attractive. No one is
better prepared to do this class of Decorating
than we. We have the materials and the
competent workmen.
BETTER SEE VS IMMEDIATELY!
B. P. ALLEN (& SON
JOSEPH JR.
and
WILLIAM W.
JEFFERSON
in Sheridan's famous
Comedy of Manners
HT
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Supported by Mr. Jefferson's
AlLStar Cast.
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25c, 50c, 75c, $1.00
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Come and See!
INTERESTED
SPECTATORS
have their eyes on Russia except a big
bunch of Astoria People, who are more
Interested in "Grifiln's Hook Sale."
Good reasons for It too
$1.25 I'added Leather 65c
50c, 40c, 35c Jlenly Hooks for lioys
and Olrlg 25c
Special 25c and 35c line now 15c
25 per cent off Children's
toy cooks.
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