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the City of Astoria.
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HUMAN NATURE.
What is euphoniously styled "knock
ing" has become a component part of
the every day life, particularly in As
toria. There is too much jealousy, where
there should be harmony, too much of.
an inclination to "get even" for some
imaginary wrong, too much of a dispo
sition to injure a fellow man by cir
culating evil and often false reports
concerning him. It does beat the world
how jealous we all are. We are always
ready to jump on and praie some fel
low who is engaged in something that
doesn't cross our path. He is a crack
erjack if he is working in some other
field. But the moment he gets into our
front yard we begin to knock him. All
of us are too much stuck on ourselves.
The lawyer thinks he knows more than
the fellow who is on the other side.
When the other fellow skins him he
lays it on the justice. When some fel
low beats our time with a young lady
we always say, "It beats the dickens
what fools these girls wil make of them
selves." There is a business that would
beat Standard Oil profits if it could be
worked. Just buy men for what they
are worth nnd sell them for what they
think they are worth. Knocking is a
habit and prevails to an alarming ex
tent in Astoria and the only exeus that
can be offered or be accepted by the
public is, that it is human nature.
THE WILD EAST.
PARTY HARMONY.
Thou' has never, been a time in the
liMnry of politic in the State of Ore
in, or in Clatsop county, when party
harmony and fealty predominated to
uch a decree as during the prelimi
nary fkicmith preceding the primary
nominating election. There srenis to
1h a disposition on the pait of the
otcr to permit any pei-MUi so desiring,
to run for any office hi liltle heart de
file. There aro several candidate for
I'liited State M'lhitor, for governor, sec
retary of state, and in Clatsop county,
it appear to W the- lull before the
storm. Political leaders, with on or
two exception, have consented to leave
the choice of c uulidate with the voter,
with the intention of lining up at the
June elation. It i the first time the
direct primary law ha been tried in the
tSate and the people who voted for it.
many not knowing what they were
voting fop, will have an opntunit to
more thoroughly understand ii pro
vision and it efficacy 111 purifying
Hlitics.
The situation in l'latop county i a
mild a a June sunset. The voter are
registering, saying nothing, but sawing
wood. They have the first oportunity
of their live to take a hand in nomi
nating candidates, and there seem to
lie a dioition to vot for such men. as
in their judgment will le elected, irre
spective of what faction they formerly
belonged to. There will be 110 canvas
made by the candidat . a men are
too biisv to listen to profuse political
proiiiie. which are often overlooked
like a white check, after tin' election i
'tit it..
over, the contest win i principalis
among Republican nnd there i an
abundant of good material to select
from, and the ultimate nomination of a
winning ticket at the poll in June.
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e EDITORIAL SALAD.
Now that the Republican have filed
their p-tition. the citizens' eireu billed
for April 21, will have the boards.
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The vellow fever germ having been
discovered, all that i necessary to de
stroy the plague i government regula
tion of the germ.
The exact fact is that like most mod
ern citi Astoria ha an ample and
almost exhaustablc supply of both water
and whiskv.
What has become of that southern
combination of cotton planters which
was organized to make Wall -treet
desolate?
A little early to decide from the legal
proe-edings whether the patent medi
cine men are bringing lilx'l suits for a
vindication or for an advertisement.
Most of the trouble of the big insur
ance companies appears to have come
from carrying too much of the busine-s
in the head instead of upon its books.
The Wild West i3 a memory, fragrant
still, but fast fading. It has reality only
for worshippers of Buffalo Bill, and for
small bovg so surfeited with dime novels
that they are ready to start afoot to
fight the bad Indians. But the Wild
West we have even now with us. We
have it not merely in the organized wil
ness of Tammany Hall and in the
cynical raiders of Wall street, but also
in those more delightful manifestations
which well upu from the very bosom of
the life of the people.
What could be truer to the imaginary
Far West than this incident carried by
the current dispatcher from a city as
far east as Richmond, Ca.? At the vil
lage of Norwqod a man, name regret
tably unknown, being "too lazy to get
out of bed to extinguish a lamp which
he had forgotten to put out before re
tiring, attempted to shoot out the light.
The bullet hit the wrong part of the
lamp, it is true, but that only shows
that the Wild East is not universally
expert as yet. The saloon, the dance
hall, the gambling palace, and other
buildings in that part of the wilderness,
to a total value of .$20,000 were destroy
ed in the conflagration that, followed.
The time may not be far distant when
the sedate cowboy from Texas making a
brief visit to the east for the sake of
roughing it, will find Virginia, New
York and even Massachusetts, treating
him to a la tenderfoot, making him
dance to the music of bullets, shoot
ing his hat off for fun, and put
ting out the lights for him by bullets.
What stories the man from Texas will
be able to tell when he gets back to
his children.
The report that La-.-ie ( luijwirk is
growing out is not alarming. Something
of that sort is almo-t sure to happen to
a person intently engaged in serving a
ten-year sentence in a penitentiary.
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If any Republican has been overlook
el, and who desire to be a candidate,
he will have to hurry. Only a few days
left in which to fib- your petition and
make your political promises.
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The insurance company officials are
pleased to announce that any policy
holders who are dissatisfied with the
management can die and get their
money paid to their beneficiaries with
out delay.
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A committee of the Portland common
council has solemnly decided that when
a policeman gets drunk on duty and as
saults a citizen who is attending to his
own business on his business premises,
then the policeman "exceeds his au
thority." 0
Doctors Are Puzzled.
The remarkable recovery of Kenneth
Melver, of Vaneeboro, Me., is the sub
jeet of much interest to the medical
fraternity ami a wide circle of friends.
He says of his case: "Owing to severe
iniflmmation of the Throat and con
gestion of the Lungs, three doctors gave
we up to die, when, as a last reson, 1
induced to trv Dr. Kincr's New Dis-
eovery and I am happy to say, it saved
my life. Cures the worst uongns ana
Hotds. Bronchitis. Tonsilitig, Weak
TiuntrR Hoarceness and LaGripns. Guar
anteed at Chas. Rogers' drug store. 50c
and $1.00. Trial bottle 'ree.
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If You Are Not
Earning Wages , You
Are Earning Hatred.
By Mr PEARL MARY TlRtSA CRAICIE (John
Oliver Mobb). Novellit and Social Reformer u
Cured Consumption.
Mrs. B. W. Evans, Clearwater, Kan.,
writes, My husband lay sick for three
months, lhe doctors said he naci quiCK
nonsumntion. We nrocured a bottle of
Ballard's Hoarehound Rvrup. and it
cured him. That was six years ago and
since then we have always kept a bot
Mb in the hnnf-e. We cannot do with
out it. For coughs and colds it has 110
equal. 25c, 50c 'and $1.00. Sold by
Hart's drug store.
The Morning Astorian, C5o a month.
1 UNDERSTAND there are voting ami nttrnetive women em
ployed in great nunilers in New York who are paid $1 ami
$5 a week, from which sum they must pay for board, lodging
, and clothe. I think SUCH FACTS Sl'KAK FOR
THKMSKLV.ES. They do not recjniro any comment from
me. The state should require a wage which would insure proper food
to the worker. I do not menu quail and terrapin, but nourishing and
wholesome food, which would insure the good physical condition of
the worker. This should be done NOT AS A MATTER OF
COMPASSION OR 1TIT, lU'T OF COMMON PF.CKNOY,
of race preservation and of self preservation.
No set of beings were ever designed in order to form the stepping
stones of the bountifully inclined to heaven. The poor were not cre
ated in order to afford the rich a chance for the development of their
charitable instincts. It is not a matter of Wing kind to the poor. It
is a matter of giving them ,1 F STICK. Is it not a shocking and horri
ble thing that the workers in every line have been obliged to organize
in order to secure the most elementary conditions of fairness from
their employers J We speak of "capital and labor." IT IS A
DANGEROUS DIVISION.
' DID YOU EVER THINK THAT EVERY COIN IN EXISTENCE
REPRESENTS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WORK, EITHER MENTAL
OR PHYSICAL? WHO DID THE WORK REPRESENTED BY THAT
COIN? DID THE ONE WHO HOLDS IT? IF NOT, THEN SOME
BODY ELSE HAS BEEN OVERWORKED.
The most profound hostility is being developed all over the, world
against the rich. This hostility is more pronounced against the idle
rich than against the working rich. A man liko the lato Marshall
Field, all his life a worker, commanded a certain degree of admira
tion from nil other workers. Rut everywhere we encounter persons
who live in leisure on dividends. WHO IS SUPPLYING THOSE
DIVIDENDS? They can only come from work. Who is working
to produce them ? If there is any one who is doing nothing it is be
cause some one else is working overtime. If you get a great bargain
it U because some one ha been cruelly underpaid.
It wai in feudal Euroi that certain persons made the discovery
that they could not preserve their dignity without wasting their time.
You will recollect that they were RUDELY JOSTLED out of this
idea and ferociously punished for it in the French revolution. Now,
I have not come here with the purpose of alarming anyboi.lv, but did
vou notice that in the recent elections in England men of great title
and hinh position and old and famous blood were ruthlessly refused
the favor which thev asked at the hands of the voters ? It is the same
thing which, much more rudely und impolitely, the WORKERS did
in the French revolution. On the banners carried by the proce.-Mons
of unemployed in London there was a warning note, a dreadful note
''Curse vour eharitv !''
Since my arrival here I have been much questioned as to my in-
. .... .... icittv f fi'- Tn
terest in "working girls. 1 here seem to be nui K)i
GIRLS (URLS AND WORKING (JIRLS. In my life I have
met only girls. I do not know these distinctions.
The regulation of the wages of the worker should be taken out of
the realm of the personal and done in an impersonal way by the state,
because inquiries of that sort are impudent when made personally.
WE HAVE NO MORE RIGHT TO ASK A POORLY PAID WORKER
HOW .MUCH IT COSTS HER TO LIVE AND WHAT PROPORTION OF
HER WAGES SHE SPENDS ON HER FOOD THAN WE HAVE TO
ASK A BILLIONAIRE WHAT HE PAYS HIS CHEF. BUT THE GOV
ERNMENT HAS A RIGHT TO COLLECT STATISTICS FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE PEOPLE.
Political ifohnatton
AimomiwuiH'Uls oOanilltltttiw nmntlco will l puhlUlicd In Unn column itl rim
nhlv mU'M lor men of all mitu.
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REGISTRATION
H.'uMrallun luniks tiiM-iicit by County t'ltrs, Tiicn.lttV, January 11, UW
lti'iiltmiliiu IxHikvcloxM for 1'rlmitr.v I'.lwlion, April In, An, 111.
H.ni.iiiitlim tiiHik himmumI nttxt irlnmrv I'liviion, April Ut
It, ilMmlloit luniks cliMi'il lor gi iirni! cIih'IIimi, My I'i.O I'. Ill, ,
DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTION
Couittv rimlu ulv unlit or rrlnmry l- lioilmt mil Inter limn Mitred i .
ilny lr lllhiK x'lltliin fr plneinu iminrmin Imllut lur nUitn, emi,,iiuliml und
illnltlilortlww, Mured Ml". ....
l4tl tiny fur IIIIiik petltliMiii IW Comity uineem, April I,
DATE OF PRIMARY ELECTION, APRIL 10, i(t.
t uiivu.sluu vtite of prlumry elm-lion IW ulnle iiffltef' Mny 3.
( GENERAL ELECTION
I iixl ilny (or Ullii oertinVnti' of nomlmtttnn fur uieuflie by ittemly of eut,
AprlU.1, tr mi,) iiuniiimtliii pelltlotui lor "title oltli en, MM.
11 ilny for niing cerlinoitie of nitmhmtiimo for enmity offli'erii ly 'tnlily til
eleetom, Mny Y '
Utt ilny for nilim nomlruitlng peU(lun for eotiniy mtli e. My It.
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GENERAL ELECTION, JUNE 4 I,
BE SIRE AND REGISTER
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CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR GOVERNOR.
Republicans of Orfgon art hreby
informed that I am a randulata for tht
nomination of Governor at tha prim-
aria to b held April 20th
JAMES WITUYCOMBK.
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
I hereby announce mvtelf a ci ndl
Jate for the oftlce of Secretary of State,
and ak the support of all It. publi
can. F. T. WHIGIITMAN".
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for sheriff on the Republican
ticket at the primary nominating elec
tion. KM8LEY HOUGHTON.
FDR ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Tha undersigned hereby announces
himself as a candidate for re-election
to tha office of Attorney-General, sub
ject to tha approval of Republican
votera at tha primaries,
A. M. CRAWFORD.
FOR STATE PRINTER.
The umlcmippd announces himself ss
a Republican candidate for renomlna
tion for State Printer, subject to the
decUion of the Republican voters at the
primary election, April 20.
Now serving flmt term. Tha samn
courtesy that has been accorded to Ktata
ofllcers generally, that of a renomina
lion, would ba greatly appreciated.
J. R. WHITNEY.
Albany, Oregon.
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION,
I hereby announce mynelf as a can
didate for renomlnatlon for the office
of Superintendent of Publie Instrti?
tion, and solicit tha support of all re
publics ns at tha prlmariea, April 2(H'i.
J. II. ACKKRMAN.
JUST ARRIVED
A CAR LOAD OF
Our New Stock of WALL PAPER
IN ALL THE LATEST DESIGNS AND COLORS IS NOW ON OUR
SHELVES AND READY FOR YOUR INSPECTION. GIVE US A CALL.
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
Full Line of Brushes, Paints, oils.
Glass, etc., etc.
B. F. Allen Son, JtSS
Professional Women
May Be Domestic
By Mn. FREDERICK NATHAN af New York. 5uAiSUt and lecturer
IIERE is no reason why women who are actively interested in
the affairs of the nation can't be JUST AS DOMESTIC
AND LOVELY TO LOOK UPON as those who lead a
narrower life. Most women have a certain amount of lei
sure, and they prefer to pans that time in talking about the improve;
ment of the city's parks, political conditions and writing addresses for
woman's suffrage meetings, instead of gambling at bridge, going to teas
and attending luncheons which take all the afternoon to eat and a
week to digest. There is a woman living near me who is a prominent
lawyer and who has a host of professional women friends. Well, al
most every day I see them crowded about the carriage of THAT
LAWYER'S BABY, showing just as much interest in its new tooth
as ever.
Conservative man says what woman is capable of and wlmt be is
incapable of, and when she steps outside the sphere that he has as
signed her he calls her UNWOMANLY.
HE SEEMS TO THINK THAT A WOMAN WHO BELIEVES IN
SUFFRAGE MUST HAVE SHORT HAIR, MA8CULINE CLOTHES AND
A SOUR DISPOSITION.
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President.
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President.
iTRANK PATTON, Cashier.
J. W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier.
ffAstqria Savings Bank
'capital Paid in $100,000, Surplus and Pnfiivlded Profit 155,000.
Transact a General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Time Deposits,
168 Tenth 8tret,
ASTORIA, OREGON,
First National Bank of Astoria, Ore.
!i:STAllLISIIi:i) 18KU.
Capital and Surplus $100,000
Sherman Transfer Co.
; QENRY SHERMAN, Manager
Hacks, Carriages Baggage Checked and Transferred Trucks and Fu?
niture Wagons Pianos Moved, Boxed and Shipped.
433 Commercial Street Phone Main 12
"SWST
That All Important Bath Room
You have often heard people remark "If I were
ever to build, I would plan
my bach room fint and would not put
all my money into the parlor with all
its finery," That is good common seme
sentiment, for the bath room !s the nost
important of all the household.
We would like to help you plan yaur
Uth room and will gladly quote you
iTce or "Standbr-iT Ware, the best
,. .7om sanitarv nxtiircs made.
:'T3ff5
J, A. Montgomery, Astoria
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