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THE MORNING ASTORIAN; ASTORIA, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER s, 190). I THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1S73. Published Daily by TEL J. S. EELLINGEB tOXPANY. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. fy mail, per year 17.00 By mail per month............ .60 By carrier, per month.... ...... .73 WEEKLY ASTOKIAIf. By mail, per year, ia advance. 11.00 Entered aa seeond-elass matter Jane a. IK, at the poatoffioe at Astoria, ure aoo, aaderUM art of Congress ol Marco S, IKS. , v aLtiaTi Wssssss tV-OntarafortaadeUTennitofTlia Moan m imui to dLhr nrideaes or Dlxs u tsalnrss HT a made by postal can! or through tale. boo. Aor IrraRuUrttr ia do tin? should be tsuaeiUateij reported to tba oOosot publication. TELEPHONE MAIN Mi. WEATHE2 REPORT. Western Oregon Occasional rain, part snow or sleet. Western Washington Occa tional rain. A STATEMENT OF FACT. The Morning Atorian desire to place itself squarely or record in a matter of importance' to very many people, in cluding iU management, and upon which it desire no sort of ambiguity to cxit This is a non-political juncture and the time for making just sinh declarations. It is this: This paper has made a clean, square fight for a closed town ever since last Hummer;' it has really made two fights, winning in one and losing in the other. It has been absolutely sincere in its contention against gambling and againat dance halls as public evil and has made its content upon logical grounds, In the matter of the recent election the people of the city, as was their high prerogative, decided against the policy of this paper upon this particular issue. But, tans apologies, sans ac counting, the Morning Astorian stands right where it did upon this grave ques tion, and when the people determine to reverse their verdict the Astorian will be with them in mot unambgiuous fashion. It was not inpired in its op position to t!iee potent evil by any political bias, nor will it, in the event of further and future contention on the same subject be swsyed by partisan mo tives. It isVadically and diametrically opposed to the two linen of human in dulgence named, from principle alone, and will fight them upon principle as long as it operates under its present proprietorship. Let there be no mi ' understanding on the subject, now, nor in the future. This is final. The electoral key-otfice, by which the lilies of a closed town and an open town were decided by the people on the 13th instant, was the police commis sion, and as the candidates for whom the A-torian stood had indicated their personal antagonism to the two trench ant evils, in unequivocal terms upon their certificates of candidacy, the peo ple had a plain understanding of the hit nation and overwhelmingly chose thoxe candidates whone views were broader and les rentrirtive of the dan gerous lii-iinses. So be it. The As torian relinquishes, nothing of its op liosition on this seoie, and will take up the contention on its original lines whenever it shall Ik- ehdient. 0 THE UNSATISFIED CROWD. There is trouble brewing in tlie local Democratic camp. One of the vital aids in their lu(et political m-liieveineiit, the winning of the city election iimhi a "wich; open town" lui-is, was the pal puttie twi-taiwe rendered by t!ie gamb ling fraternity and the dance h;ill men vho did herculean work for the Demo cratic ticket and won it through in heavy ratios. They lent their aid for a tih:ted return, wliich was nothing more or h's than the re-op-iiing of their places of lui-ine; and now the bosses are atempliiig to vitiate tlie promisee! reward ley roiiiiieliiiijr the sporting men to wait until after the June election Wore opening up. JCaturally, these people are filinjf vigor ous and justifiable kicks of the hottest and promptest kind. The hypotlie-i of Democratic success in June was 110 part of the bargain under which they operated so assiduously inDecember.and is too vague and intangible a limit for the receiving of the reward already yarned. The Democratic suggestion that the sporting world shall wait for it pavment and political compensation until after Clatsop county shatt hav nn Democratic in June has not enough savor of the sure-thing about it is to satisfy the sporting creditor of the dominant party. Thera will be a "monker and parrot" time before the firt of January, and the reward w be delivered oon after, however grudge ingly it may be doled out. Keep faith gentlemen, keep faith! o THE PRIMARIES FIRST. This paper will take tip no man candidacy in the coming Mate cam paign, from governor to constable, until after the, April primaries Khali have dc elared the first will of the people this relation. After the returns are iu from the primaries, this paper will champion the Republican mmiinees in good faith and support them, to the last man named, no matter who he, or thev, shall be. This announcement does not bar these columns, however, to any man who desires to use them in an in dividual way, for the exploiting of hi particular candidacy, upon the custo mary space-rates in such case made and provided. The primary law of the State of Oregon must be given its full est opportunity for utility and public expression, upon this, its first formal test in actual service, and it is " the duty of every man, and paper, in the commonwealth, to stand pat upon the results accruing and do party duty strict conformity therewith. 0 A Buffalo paper says the fanner of that county will not maintain good country roads even 'after the city pays for them. People as close-fisted and lioit i;hted as that are doomed to N4rmud-hole sort of existence all their live. 0 We imported thirty-seven million dol lars' worth of diamonds and other pre cious stones at New York alone this year. There is a suspicion that tlie farmers of the eouutry'art beginning to number diamonds among the neves sario of life, o Another New York editor has been EDITORIAL SALAD. If the big packers' are sent to ja for rebating they will expect, of course, to have their sentences commuted. - o The rzar is another instance of high salaried man to whom tlie year 1905 has brought a lot of trouble. Mr. Ilearst's attorneys will appeal to the New York legislature to settle the controversy between the mavor-elect and the mayor elected. 0 Governor Jen Davis will be delighted if the Republican leaders of Arkansas make a wrangle over post officers the Republican issue in the state. 0 An American girl married a foreign title by granting an allowance of $40 week. ' Even now the value of the article has not struck bottom. Important business at the White House will prevent Mr. Lungwort h from taking a very active part in tlie con gressional proceedings this winter. 0 it Is fioniitiui if the rzar can mus ter force enough to warrant him tn announcing that order reigns, in ar aw or any other part of the empire. Socially and spectacularly, the White House wedding announced for next spring will find the void occasioned by the absence of a world's fair in 1900, 0 The magnetic pole has been reached more than once. As the terrestrial pole is 1200 miles farther north, it is not likely to be investigated for some ime. Senator Tillman has conceived udden and violent antipathy to the Panama canal, and is trying to fill the great waterway from the vials of hi wrath. 0 On her Texas tour Mme. Sarah Bern hardt is playing C'amille in a tent. The oien air of Texas will, it thought, be good for jioor Cami!le' consumption. 0 Germany has apologized to Brazil, Castro has backed down before France and the Sultan of Turkey has gracious agreed to reform. Weather indica' tions are fair. 0 TlnMiuh Ohio is not in the White Hot-use, it has managed to get next Ice-iiesiiient rairbanks was born in Ohio, and so was the President's pros 'tive son-in-law. A wireless telegraph ojierator in Pur to Kii-o a few days ago caught a me- Mg passing between New York and Boston. V.wn now electricity apciir to chapter. the marvels of lie in the first A f iiiiinliiin syndicate proposes to build a canal and ship railway that will flank l-ales Erie an St. Clare and part of Huron. In ventures of this kind it i well to know alien the Canadians will insist on annexation. New Mexico reports a ' remarkable turquoise di-coveiy. Prosjiectors , will keep 011 until Ciev find a jireat Ameri can diamond field, and then the big trust in South Africa will have to stand competition in the business. Under the statehood measure pro posed by the Republican caucus Ali son will absorb New Mexico, but the new -rate will not be entirely harmo nious, ivtune time must elapse before sagebrush and cactus ran fraternise, 0 Secretary of State .will benefit by this Mtuatiou ' His following is not only a positive ftcpuhliean element, but he has taken a strong stand for tax reiicu in the right direction. Mli. Wrightman baes his candidacy on the very tangible proposition that stata revenues should be derived from intangible sources. This means something to tin taxpay er. , As revenue officer of the stats ha will seek to raie all state taxes with out direct tax on the farms and homes of the people. Salem Journal. SERIOUS BLUNDER. arrested on a, charge of blackmailing rich man. An editor who works to accumulate lacks the true spirit of the profession and deserves to suffer both the paugs of poverty and tlie pains of the penitentiary. o The celebration of the 200th emitter- sary of the, birth of Benjamin Franklin comes in February, but he was such a many sided and original man that lie can be run as a serial, and then not ex hausted iu matters of pat and present interest Another tradition has been swept away. There was no such person as llendrik Hudson. It has been found by examining official documents that the explorer was Henry Hudson, an Eng lishman, and that he needed an inter preter lander' in conferring with the Hol- Therr is plenty of food for thought in the statement that a fad for hunting birds' nests in the vicinity of Lawrence, Kan., deptived that section of an apple crop for six years. Birds are natures hief balance wheel in keeping down insect pets. Yet many country folks are dissatisfied with a game law unless it is a practical nullity. 0 ' In the countries that carry on the most complete and cheapest parcels post system the following annual pro fit are reported by their postal de partments: Oermany, 113,120,700; Great Britain, $22,523,000; France, 14- 00.000. In the United States last year the postal dclicit exceeded 914,- 000,000. Uncle Sam, for a change, should try a parcels post at reasonable rates. 0 EFECT OF GEER'S CANDIDACY ON The statement of the Pint hind Afro Amerkan paper that Attorney -Oners I A. M. Crawford is not a candidate for re-election is without founds tiou in fact. Mr. Crawford hat given po.l satisfaction and the Indlcatiogs aie he will be given another term without op position from the Republicans. ITOUPTOYOU REMEMBER IT'S FSEI. SEE THIS MACHINE. READ 0US 0FF1S. i ; I t A NATURAL TONE TALKING AND SINGIHii MACHINE .. Morning Astorian, 75 centa a month. SUPPERS- A HILL LINE. Best GMe of Shoes on the Market. 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