The morning Astorian., March 13, 1906, Page 2, Image 2

THE MORNING ASTOHIAN. ASTOIUA. OKEC.ON.
TUESDAY, MARCH t J, I05-
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TIIE
MORNING ASTORIAN
Established 1873
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Entered a Kont-rli, mattt'r June
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lira urroiuJ to eithr rwidrno or plat of
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through hone. Any IriviiUritj in ite
Urerj ohoulil be ouneJiately reported to the
offloe of publication.
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Official paper of Ctataop county and
the I'll; of Anoria.
WEATHER.
Western Orojpw anil Western
War-liington Snow lluriis. Not
io wM during aft't'inmii. North-
erly vriml.
Eastern Orejm ami K;i-ti'in
Wa-hinton Snow mill i-ouliim-
Pil cold.
ASTORIA'S THIRD PARTY.
The organization of the Ijjltor Union-ir-U
of this citv into uVlared politic il
formation, with the equally candid ex
pression of their purpose to comp -1
recognition of their p'an and desire-,
notably alonj; the line of municipal
owner-ship, is, of itself, important
enough to invite general consideration
and prompt recognition. And if, a is
claimed by pome, it is another Demo
cratic project to aid them in vaulting
into the political saddle of Clatsop, it
is entitled to more than piis-in notice,
at ieast at the hands of th" Republicans.
At a juncture of thi-. sort every move
ment of the kind is under supiciou
scrutiny and the Municipal Ownership
I-eague is not liable to escape searchin?
inquiry as to its real independence and
separate purpose. There is absolutely
no reason why it should not take it3
place as a t-'enuin- factor in the local
political world upon it- own. special and
independent basi-, and the A-torian will
give it homst and friendly welcome;
but if it is to I engineer d into al
liance and action by the Democratic
leaders, then, ?
GOT WHAT HE WANTED.
The talk of jiu jit-n in thi- count ty
recalls a toi told t W'alpole 01 "a
fjicjit miuiti'iir. nay. pr.uli-cr ot boung
iiiitl it'lliny." who willingly imparled
Iti- knoulcilc to IhuM' who coii-iilli'd
iiini. A iin.'wh;i vdate peer i-ited
the kitmirt one day. and, milking iih
him in hi- iitdoti. made the polite tv
maik tlial be would like to -iv a --peci
men ol hi- h.-t'- H'piUr.l -kill; upon
whiih th nthct "ci,-ed liim -u.ldciilj
liom hchinii, :iiiil iluew him over I11
liMio." Toi- i -iilciv ihe I'.irlic-t lt'
eoided in-l.ince ol jni l!u in l-'.iiiil.in.l
anil uieiil'il the -npeili n-pl of til'
wse-tler (o l'ie infui 1 itcd peel'; "My
'oi l, thi- 1- a piooi ol my gi'.i( nienl
-hip lor ou. I'lii- in.i-tii -troke I hae
-how 11 to no .iiher j'i"-on liim;." K
TRUMPERY!
A ie tiniiip. lei-, like men of other
calling-, have thrit nvoid, of which
tin hae a on. I ie,i-eii to le proud. The
nio-t f.nuoii- of them. -as " The l.ier
pool l'o-t." ha- piMli.ililx been Many
Kowe, of Nott iu-!nini. Kowe wa- born
in IT:!", and wa- for a time trumpeter
ill the Duke of Kin-ton's l.ijjht llor-e.
in which capacity he took pan in the
tiiiht at lullo.leu. After his military
service was oer Howe -eltled in ilk
nud had the gnnd fortune to In- dins n
a- trunii"ter t the lli.'h SherilT of
that county, in which olliee he served
lor I'uHv yi ars. When he died, in IStHt,
the following wa- hi- epitaph: " lb re
lies the boily of Harry Kowe. who for
the -pace of forty years held the olliee
of Chief Trumpeter to tin- High Sheriffs
of Yolk-hire. I'urin-.' his whole lifetime
he wa- inner know 11 to give a blast that
tended to the di-hoimr of his Kim: and
Hod Save the Kim,'' and Utile, ltiit.ui
nai' were bin favolit tunes.."
EDITORIAL SALAD.
Civilization in Kuia will get forward
on the ballot box.
Maine elected i Democratic mayors
la-t Monday, including one at Koeklaud
the home of Coveinor Cobb and a long
time Republican stronghold. Straw?
oci throw 11 iiini the whole empire ca-t
into the melting pot.
honesty in the nlo of food products.
Commendable effort are now in pro
The action of the Hons.' t'ominitliv on gre-s for the pie-ervutiou of Niagniii,
Interstate and Foreign Commerce in re lot' the I'nlismles, of (he While Mountain
pelting the Heyburu Pine Food bill,
with ameiHlments, bring tue bill lu foie
the popular branch, whose excellent ice
ord for thi- esion ,1111 be -till further
iiuprMvcd by pacing a uiea-niv defend
foiVsl and of W'alkin- tilen. We -houhl
like to see litem extended to cover the
I Ma ware Water tiap mid a lew nthei
wonder of nature in that part of the
eouutiv, and to hae them all -ucce-
ing public health and enforcing common ful.
America's Navy
Needs More
Battleships
By R.ir Admlril JOUPII B. COCIILAN. U. . N.
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Political Dnformation
Altnoiiiiceini'iili of eiiililUlale for ollloe will tie Milillliei III llii'e coliiliim ill li'UKini
alile rule lor me I ol ull (nil lie,
REGISTRATION
liewUllitllell hoolo, oneluut liy ColinlV I'lei U. Tiliilii , Jilliliill V ni
Iteulolmiloii liooln eloei fiir I'rllnin v Kleelion, April I . " . in
lit u 1 i 1 ol ion liin'l. oiiemit uncr primary eleeilou, April '.
10 tlMiiillun liiHik eloaeil foi ijciieitil eleellnn, Miiy I , o III.
DIRICCT PRIMARY KLKCTION
I'oillilV I 'lii k - iihe iinllce of I'iIiiiiii V I IcclUni nol lul. I limn Miirell
I not iliiv lur IIIIUK pellllotia lur pluelilK imnieon imlloi lor liiln, coiikii nalotiui Htm
ilhtrlet oilier, .Mutch HI,
I jim t iluv liir iIIIiik pellllou foi I oiiiiI) olllcurn, April I,
DATE OK PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL tu, iqoO.
i'ativulnK ole of primal)' iiicllon foi ulule orillep Mu.v :i,
GENERAL ELECTION
Ijinl iluy (or flllnij eet tllteulea ol nominal Ion for liile oilli'r In iielntis of ii 1i ,
April
Uil it it forfllliiij iioiiilunlliiK 'l 1 1 Inn for slale oltti e, Muv I.
I jiit ii for niliiu eertincuie of iiomliiiillou foi oonnly ofMeer hy ixneiiilil) uf
ehvlor. May 4
I.hhI itiiy fnrtllliiii iioinliiulliin pelllloti ri 11 .1 01 11I y oltli e, May i,
GENERAL ELECTION, JUNE ,
BE SURE AND REGISTER
London with a population hall again
a- huge a- New York has a city debt
about half a; larg W hat bar, New York
to i-how for this diffeience?
The subway as rapid tran-it to con
tiguous bank- vaults is the late-tt bur
glar cnterprie headed off by the ,ecret
service iu Philadelphia.
0
IV -ident t'a-tro's propo-a!
the Monnx- doctrine lemind
how of the boy's nitfortunali
-e- if it was loaded.
to te-t
US some
desire to
TRICKY WEATHER.
Juet as Astoria, was glowing and smil
ing and bragging over the superb spell
of soft and sunlit weather that fell to
her lo' during the first five days of la-st
week, a mean trick was turned within
the hour of her boasting, and the bit
terness of a deadly east wind swung
down on her, encarnadining the nases of
hep people, inventing them with cold.s,
and rheumatics and all the discomforts
incidental to such a change, aud abso
lutely freezing the vaunting words up
on their lips. It was a mean and un
timely trick.
A i!e-p -baft in the Wall Street dis
trict ha- -truck gold. F.vcnbody knew
that lot- of money had 1 11 -link in
that leiiimi.
0
If the -tar over the imiUi pole i
calleil the pol-V.ur. would a eat at the
north pole be called a . but what's
the u-e?
Nearly a million and a half dollars is
a big budget for an institution of learn
ing. But then Columbia is a big univer
sity. 0
Aren't there a f-w more points of ob
jection to the Armstrong recommenda
tions on the part of the insurance com
panies? Their ph a to be let alone sug
gest that they have been let alone
much too long.
CHRIST TH PERSIA.
The solemn announcement i made
that Christ is now in Persia; that He is
again on a pilgrimage of the earth
fighting the same old Adam; He has
been seen, and conversed with, and is
indubitably the Christ. We will concede
there is a good man in Persia; that he
is doing all that one poor human atom
can do for the souls of his fellow?; that
he is pure, and true and wholly lovable,
a real example to his brethren. W ith
this admission we leave the man and his
votaries, sane, and insane, to the muta
tions of time, place and circumstance.
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ASTORIA'S FUTURE IS YOURS.
What of the future of this city? Is
it to draw upon the community in an
inocuous way; is it simply to arrive,
with nothing to mark il and make it
notable and realistic and coniieiisating
and worthy of anticipation. What are
Y'OU going to do about it? It iK-longs
to you, and yours the duty of carving
and fashioning it and making it answer
to your ambitions and hopes. Don't let
it creep upon you, listless, void of good
things, charged with inertia, barren of
objectives. It is up to YOU.
The Senate Philippine Committee
ems to have acted on the theory that
it was safe to take it out on the Fili
pinos, who had neither friends nor
vote
o
"There is not in all Europe,'' shouted
Congressman Shaekleford from the floor
of the hou-e, "a man clothed with more
absolutism than Speaker Cannon."
"Uncle Joe" intiH have doffed that gift
suit of South Carolina homespun.
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Now that gold has been found tinder
Broadway, New York, new interest will
attach to the operation of mining for
foundations for skyscrapers. Perhaps,
al-o, it may now be easier to get bid
ders for new subway-, if the bidders
arc permitted to utilize all the pay dirt
they may find.
I'! an grvatlv itt tn'fl of a itirtvliniit niarint', but wo are
more in m f HATTI.KSI I U'S. We liuvo only
oiirhtivn ships of lighting oaliluT tliat tiro STRICTLY
MOOKKN, aii'l two of that hunch aro now out of
on lor, so that instead of forty we count only mteon
today. Knjrlanil has cloven ironclads alone In her second clans hIio
has shij's of tirst class fighting material, luit we do not jilaco any tirt
class ships in our second class. Our ve-e!s are good enough TO
LOOK AT, and they will give as good an account as jiohmMc when
Hooded.
There arc a lot of them that have done service in the past that ar
now doing merely police duty, and they seem to he regarded an good
enough to lly the tlag. Many of our fhips are old timers, and yet they
ure carried on our list of KKHlTIMi ships. It would cost 11 fortune
to make the Olytnpia, Dewey's llag.-hip in Manila hay, u fighting
vessel.
The war in the east has taught us one lesson, and that is that the
battleship is the only vessel to carry on a war or TO IHXTDK A
WAR, at a critical issue. We must build more battleships if we are
to hold our own.
We have twenty-seven battleships now in course of construction,
and by 190$ we will employ 65,000 men in "tir navy, where now wo
employ only a'tf00, and thus far we are going along strong lines. Rut
our navy will never be like England's, for we are not building enough
SOU BUILDING FAST EXOrCill to catch up to her.
Following the fads of various persons, we find among our twenty
seven fighting ships some millions of dollars wasted on four monitors.
In the harbor of Manila 1 have seen one of them rolling twenty times
a minute trying to hit something with a twelve inch gun, much as I
have seen a woman trying to hit a hen with a stone.
Three submarine ships came to the navy yard last Fpring for re
pairs. Heaven only knows when they will get away! As soon as you
repair one end of a craft THK OTHER END needs rebuilding.
The insides have been wholly rebuilt, and the only thing I can tee to
do with them is to build new hulls. .
In 1008 we shall rank on paper as the feeon-l naval power of the
world, but if we strike from the list such ship as the sainted Oregon,
now real I v a second rate battleship, from the lir-t line we will rank
among the sea powers of the world only sixth, possibly fifth, but that,
will be the REST RATE that we could reach.
We tnii-t continue to build ship-, and in passing let me say that the
government built .-hip is us good as, if not better than, any. 'I he Con
nectieut, svhich is now building in the Rrooklyn navy yard, will dis
tance its mates which are being built in private yard-. Rut the real
test will come later on when the COST OF REPAIRS is known.
After all, there is only one kind of nhip to build, and that is the
SPEEDY RATTLES I MR of the line. All others above tho water
are no earthly good. The armored cruiser is beautiful TO LOOK
AT, with its graceful lines and its buoyancy on the water.
The recent visitors from England showed this as they lay at the
head of the line in the North river. In war they may be good for
eomething, such as scouting in the Caribbean. We have a few for
such purposes as a Santo Domingo difficulty.
BUT FOR ACTUAL WORK AND FOR ACTUAL RE8ULT8 IN WAR
WE MUST DEPEND UPON THE BATTLESHIP OF THE LINE.
CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR GOVERNOR. FOR STATE PRINTER.
Republicans of (begun are hfrrby The undrrlgiie announce )ilmili
informed that I am a candidal for thuja Republican candidal for renoiul.'ia
nomination of (invemor at the. prim- j lion for fstato l'l Inter, itibjact to tit
ariea to le held April 20th : dccLlon of the Republican voter at tin'
JAMK.S VVmiYCOMllK. j primary tdndlon, April SO.
j Now nerving firt tt-rm. Tin iui"
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. ! courtry that ha bcim accorded to htale
I hereby announce mynelf a cndi- officer generally, that of a renomina
data for the ofllc of Secretary of Slate,' timi, would be greatly appreciated,
and ask the aupport of all R.publi- J. R. WlllTNKV.
can. K. T. WRKSHTMAN. j Albany, Oiegon.
j FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
FOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL. ' INSTRUCTION.
t
The undernamed hereby announce j I hereby niiounci myelf a t rn
himself an a candidate for reebctiim ; didnte for rrnominntlon for the office
to the office of Attorney -Oeneral, aub-'of Superintendent of I'ublio luatruc
ject to the approval of Republican tion, and nolleit the upport of all Re
voter at the primaries 'publican at the prlmariei, Apt il 20t'i.
A. M. CRAWFORD. J. II. ACKKRMAN.
NOW IN , OUR NEW STORE
COR- BOND AND 11th. STREET
WE ARE BUSY GETTING SETTLED BUI CAN FIND TIME TO
SHOW YOU HOW COMPLETE AND EXTENSIVE IS OUR STOCK OF
WALL PAPER, PAINTS, OIL, GLASS, MATTINGS, MOULDINGS, ETC.
COME IN AND SEE OUR NEW LOCATION AND LET US FIGURE
WITH YOU ON ANY WORK N OUR LINE.
B. F. Allen Son, and Eleventh St.
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
i:st u;i,imii;i inno.
Capital and Surplus $100,000
There seems to be little doubt, that
the Chinese government is earnestly
trying to discourage mid to suppress
ant i foreign demonstrations by ' the
people; but in so vit-t and so decentral
ized an empire the ta-k is not an easy
one. The part of reason and of justice
is, however, for foreign countries not to
embarrass but rather to aid and suh
tain the Chinese government in its laud
able efforts. It would not be for the
good of the world to have another Boxer
outbreak or to have the Chinese dynasty
H
Study the Map
Thirteen states and territories of the Middle
West are traversed by Rock Island lines. There
are more cities of 25.0 population and upwards
on the Rock Island System than on any other
Western road I From Minnesota to Texas, from
the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes, it is
Rock Island country. The Rock Island System
occupies a strategic position in the western
railwayworld.
Goig somewhere ? Get a Rock Island folder
and study the map ten to one your destination
jo Jv,. prtrt island or reached by way of it.
14 VII v w
ote our several offices maintained in the
Northwest :
Portland, Seattle, Spokane,
RnttP and Salt Lake City.
f The Kock isiana is i cat-mug v
ness and solicits yours.
a. h. Mcdonald,
General Agent, Rock Island System,
140 Third Street, Portland, Ore.
1 1 F'H In
Sherman Transier Co.
I HENRY HflKKMAN, Mumper
Hacks, Carriages Isaggagc Chcrked anil Transferred Trucks and Fur
niture Wagons rianos Moved, Hoxed and Shipped.
433 Commercial Streetl Phone Main 121
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, Preaidtnt.
0. I. PETERSON, Vice-President.
r'RANK PATTON, Cuhler.
J. W. GARNER, AsslsUnt Ctsbisr.
Astoria Savings Bank
Capital Paid In 100,000. Burplui and Undivided froHU fM,UUP.
TraniwcU a General Banking Iltmlniwii. lnurel I'ulil on Time fJeiolf
Tnth Street,
ASTORIA, OREGON
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That AH Important Bath Room
You have often heard people remark "If I were
ever to build, I would plan
my bath room first and would not put
all my money into the parlor with all
its finery." That is good common sense
sentiment, for the bath room is the most
Important of all the household.
We would like to help you plan your
rth room and will gladly quote you
prices on &tvduir Ware, the best
ir Dour aanitarv fixtures made.
A. Montgomery, Astoria. J N