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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1906)
THE MORNING! ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1908. THE MORNING ASTOIUAN Established tijy Published Daily by THE J. S. DELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year 17.00 By mail, per month W By carrier, per month 65 WEEKLY ASTORIAJf. mail, per year, in advance..! 1.00 Entered aa tecond-class matter June 31, 1905, at the postofflce at Astoria, ore goo, under the act of Congress ol March 8, 1ST. CrOrdra for the deltTenn of TBI Mors" Mta uroaiaii to either residence or place of tianliifi oaf be made by poelal card or through telecbone. Any trreirularitj tn de liwy should be immediately reported to the sSoe of pobUoation. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. Official paper of Clatsop county and UeCity of Astoria. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO O WEATHER. O O o O Oregon and Washington O O Showers; slightly warmer. O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REPUBLICAN TICKET Pot United States Senator FRED W. MULKEY (Short term) JOANATHAN BOURNE (long term) For Governor JAMES WITHYCOMBE For Secretary of State FRANK W BENSON For State Treasurer GEO. A. STEELE For Supreme Judge , ROBERT EAKIN For Attorney General A. M. CRAWFORD For Supt. Pub. Instruction J. H. ACKERMAN Fop State Printer W. S. DUNNIWAY For Commissioner of Labor O. P. HOFF For Congress W. R. ELLIS. Clatsop County Republican Ticket, For State Senator W. T. SCHOLFTELD For Representatives ASMUS BRLX JOHN C. McCUE For Sheriff MERRITT R. P0MER0Y For County Clerk J. C. CLLXTON For County Treasurer W. A. SHERMAN Fer County Judge J. A. EAKIN For County Surveyor R. C. F. ASTBURY For County Commissioner C. C. MASTEN For Coroner C. E. LINTON For Justice of the Peace, Astoria Precinct P. J. GOODMAN For Constable JOHN SAYRE. Election June 4th, 1906. THE PROOF IN THE CASE. This paper has unqualifiedly sum moned the so-called CITIZENS' party of Astoria, and Clatsop county to the bar of public opinion upon the notorious hypothesis that it is NOT a citizens' party; that it is purely, and simply, a vehicle for the democracy of the city and county. That, whatever it was in its primary conception and work, in this community, it is now a mask, a subter fuge, a blind and clever snare; domi nated by democrats, officered by demo crats, administered, guided, and main taine by democrats for democrats; that 54 it name is a travesity and a fraud; and that the only reason it is permitted to maintain it title of "Citizens'" party N that it may scvve a a political hiding place foi' men who do not dare declare themselves to be Democrats and who dciro to vote Minvptitiou-ly against their own party; that the democrat of the city and county are the more candid of all involved in the pot-pourri, and are naturally appropriating to themselves and their party, the civatn of the whole situation, and that the cream i never denied them. This is our c;im And here is the proof, and all of it On the 21st of April last, the chair man of the alleged 'Citizens'" party, Judge C. J. Trenehavd, called it in con vention; that chairman, was and is. one of the prominent democrats of this city, county and state. The record of that convention weue kept by Secretary Max Pohl. n good a democrat as any in the land. Mayor Herman Wise, of this city, leading democrat, was made permanent chairman of the convention and the first important business of the conven tion was the appointing of a committee on platform which was done by the naming of Messrs. J. K. ftratke. 11. F. Allen, C. F. McDermott, C. K. Lancaster, ami H. M. Lorentson. each and all simon-pure democrats. At the evening session Chairman Wise (democrat), named Bert Ross (Democrat), as assistant secretary and Olaf Anderson (democrat), W. C. Lo tan (democrat), and Robert Wherry (democrat), a tellers for the session. The "Citizens' " convention thus clev erly man-handled in favor of the demo crats, then proceeded to nominate: H. L. Henderson, for state senator, a democrat of the democrats; O. I. Peterson for county judge, a leading democrat, and an ex-employe in the custom house, under Grover Cleve land; Geo. Morton, for the legislature, a democrat, if there is one; democratic candidate for sheriff two years ago and defeated; C. J. Trenchard, for the legislature, democrat (who subsequently re-nigged and is now running as a straight demo crat for the county judgeship) ; J. V. Burns, for sheriff, than whom there is no more certain democrat, and a democratic ex-member of the state legislature from this county; R, R. Wallace, for treasurer, an other democrat, declared, and registered; C. C. Utzinger, for justice of the peace, an undeviating democrat. Joseph Bartoldus, for commissioner, still another democrat; W. C. A. Pohl, for coroner, a life-long democrat; And, upon motion of the democratic city attorney, A. M. Smith, the "Citizens'" convention unanimously en dorsed the nomination of the king of the Oregon democracy, George E. Chamber lain, for governor. As a sop to the old traditions of the Citizens' movement in its early organic days, the county surveyorship was ten dered to G. L. Parker (Republican), who has never even acknowledged the dis tinction, much less accepted it. Not a word of this is written in a reproachful sense to these democrats, as such; they took the goods the "Gods provided," quietly aided by their own adroit political manipulation and the tendencies of the convention. But it U written to show the color and character of the so-called "Citizens'" party of Astoria and Clatsop; and "he who runs may read" the pertinent and perfect truth of the whole situation. 0 PAST AND FUTURE. The demand of the hour upon the R publicans of Oregon is for the future; the past is, or should be, done with, with all it3 blunders its bickerings, its mistakes, its jealousies. The immediate future commands the first and fullest devotion of every Republican in the state; home factions and the animus behind them are contemptibly small be side the larger and more crucial inter ests of the whole party; the stake overshadows all petty, personal issues and interest, and the redemption of the state to Rppuldican trusteeship is the one living issue involving the good faith of every man who calls himself a Republican. He has a superb ticket to enlist his ardor, his pride and his inde fatigable effort. The opposition offers nothing of distinguishable moment, in contravention of the men and policies declared for by the Republicans of Ore gon, and nothing short of partisan treachery and a selfishness, that over rides the best dictates of honest Repub licanism, can account for any lapse from the program. What is true in state matters, is equally true in the counties. . The time is at hand for the abandonment of all factional purposes and the assumption of the bigger and broader obligation to the party as such. It is not a question of men, for the men who are standing for the true Republican spirit and ideals of the party in Oregon, are simply flawless, and their election, from governor down, is the supremo test that shall tell the story of party loyalty, or of party dis honor. The question of the hour is answerable in one way only, by the custiug of an enormous majority vote in favor of the Republican nominees on the fourth of .lime. Anything less than this must put the banner Republican strttc of the West upon the "doubtful" list; and once thetv, the process of political diintegition is well afoot. EDITORIAL SALAD. Very few hud time to rend It, but the general impression is that Mr. Ida T. Ciulield has quite outdone herself. To him who can learn the combination gray hairs are not time-lock on a wom an's a fleet ions. The customs-duty evader, with ltkk) feet of photographic film wound about his body, mut have made a picture of ail around development. What puzzles the people in New York who wMi to follow regular Sunday habits is whether they must hereafter go into a saloon that isn't open or a hotel that is not a hotel. Quite likely Mr. Corky and company will make about as much after all out pf the ten twenty-thirty cireuit as they would under swell literary patronage. When any two authorities agree on the exact significance of Goremykin'a appointment as Premier over Count Witte, the prize in the great puzzle problem of the year will be awarded. The Pennsylvania Railroad is right on time, as usual, with its vindication spe cial, anent the report of Commissioner Garfield on freight rebate. It runs as smooth! v as oil. It continues to be the fact that when a railroad make a mistake as to how many trains can occupy the same space at the same time, the unfortunate pos tal clerks head the list of victims. The classification of Olympian ath lete i another reminder how generally the Englishman who want to win vic tories in war or peace goes first thing and gets himself born in Ireland. With 50,000 longshoremen on a strike, the commerce of the great lakes from Buffalo to Duluth is now involving all concerned in a loss of a million a day. Should it come to government inter ference the President is fortunate in having Assistant Secretary Keep at his elbow. Few, if any men, in the country know more of the lake carrier busi ness. It is rather more interesting than comforting to our English cousin to learn that the serious uprising in South Africa may be due to the belief of the Zulus that they remain boys until they shed blood in battle; that in blooding their assegais they become men. 0 A Cat Dilemma. A babu In charge of the documents of a certain town In India found that they were being seriously damaged by rata. He wrote to the government to provide him witJh weekly rations for two cats to destroy the rats. The re quest was granted, and the two cats were Installed, one, the larger of the two, receiving slightly better rations than the other. All went well for a few weeks, when the supreme govern ment of India received the following dispatch: "I have the honor to Inform you that the senior cat Is absent with out leave. What shall I do?" The problem seemed to baffle the supreme government, for the babu receive! no answer. After waiting a few days be ent off a proposal: "In re absentee cat I propose to promote the Junior cat and In the meantime to take Into government service a probationer cat on full rations." The supreme govern ment expressed Its approval of the cheme, and things once more ran smoothly In that department. Heatlnic Building. There Is ample evidence to prove that the rational heating of buildings was a well understood art severnl thou sand years ago. In the palmy days of Pompeii's early existence, before Its burial under volcanic ashes, the old Soman baths In that town were heated by steam and In a better and far more scientific manner than is followed at the present time. The walls of the buildings were double, and the steam, it atmospheric pressure, no doubt, was carried up through these walls all around the rooms to be warmed, bring ing them to a temperature approximat ing that of the steam, and the occu pants of the room were thus exposed to a radiation of warmth from all di rections. In this we have the true tho 017 of beating. OUR FASHION LETTER Buttons and fringes Art Favor ites For Trimmingi. Lace Girdles Are to be Very Popular This Season Sid Combs Have Made Their Reappearance White Sleeves a Novelty. Lace girdles uuulc over the popuhu gold or silver tlsaue lining are execud lugly attractive. They ure trlinmod with narrow flat gold braid. Th stock Is made to match the girdle, fas tened In front with little tows of the braid that look like pretty caricature of prim ties. Iu the case of the "tub" prlucess frock the material Is shirred for sev- BUTTERFLI COMBH. eral Inches above and below the waist line, und there are usually two or three or even more flounces posed In fanci ful Hues upon the skirt. The tailor turns out a princess gown that Is the perfection of fit and finish. The (lressmuker Is apt to handle It ac cording to the figure of the wearer. The draped effects, the corselet designs, are topped for street wear by the smart little Ktou or bolero. In the thinner cotton goods there ure plain and dotted swlsse that make such sweet dancing dreiwes now and later are equally appropriate for the "best summer frock." The most fetching dressing gowus are made up In empire style for tiny coquettes of soft chlua craiw or silk, wadded and trimmed with ribbon. Yal lace continues to be the favorite adornment ou all kinds of costumes, and luter In the seusou It will be diffi cult to find desirable patterns. The Illustration shows the latest de velopment lu side combs. The butter fly wings are charmingly carried out In tortoise shell aud French filigree. LACE IS PARAMOUNT. It Is quite a fud to have the sleeves finished with severul taffeta rucbiugs, and they are more practical thun the lace ruffles that were so tremendously popular. Ou the smartest lingerie blouses ap pear embroidered motifs of large flow ers, such as roses or popples, worked only on the outer petals, the heart of the flower being done In a succession of tightly curled petals with a bit of lace set squarely lu the center. Ofteu the leaves are treated iu the sume way. These motifs give the whole design uu eflect of light and shading that Is ex ceedingly attractive. Fringes and buttons play au impor tant part In the world of trimmings. Buttons are small, und fringes are heavy, but no doubt this order of things will be reversed before hmg. Just now freaks of fashion ure numerous, for many trial trips are being made ou the field of dress. Velvet rlbljoiiB are a favorite trim ming on hats, made Into bows, ruch Ings and rosettes. One of the latest fads Is the wearing of white lace sleeves on sheer black evening gowns, such as those of net or moussellne de sole. On all the new frocks there will be an abundance of lace aleucon, baby, cluny, mechlln and Irish crochet. WHITE BILK WAIST. Where the lures leave off the embroid eries begin embroideries that actually rival real laces in their claims to beau ty. Sleeves will be short, but they will be made lu n thousand ways of lace frills und rutlles. with cuffs nii'iwlth- oul; but, whatever else, they will be short. Heavy homespun silks make smart 11 round gowus, but Paris decrees for dressier costumes plain soft weaves of Hlk. Ths waist Illustrated Is of soft wblto Ilk, The material Is gathered vertical ly about the figure Into n Louis pointed plastron, finished on eneli side with ruf fles. An empleceinetit of lace am! ths neckband arc outlined with black vel vet. The sleeves have putllngs of ths same becoming fabric at the fltiow, which continue In a novel fashion up to the arm's eye. The sleeves them selves are shirred Into the nrtnhole. EMBROIDERY TOO. Embroidery lu all Its alluring mani festations will play a prominent part ou summer gowns, Oriental effects are much liked, and strips of Chinese em broidery that were made for far dlf- mm, 0 8THAW TOJlK Of BKVHBH BLCK. ferent purposes ure finding their way In modified forms on some of the hand somest costumes of the season. Muttons by the hundred, generally tiny ones of metal, studded with col ored stones, ornament frocks aud wraps. Grny heavy lace Is modish ou gowui of this shade. A French model In chlf fon cloth has Its long skirt striped with two luch gray satlu rlbbou. Tim bodlet Is a mass of heavy gray lace exactly matching the material, applied In a bolero with stole ends. About the neck Is au oinpleeemcut of white lace. Th sleeves are tiny puffed affairs formed of the grny lace and small ruffles of i val. Shoulder collars of lace are not a deep as they were. The newest ar run with traceries of gold thread out lining the design. It Is an easy mat ter to buy gold thread and use It upon uch deep collars. The toque In the cut Is of dark sevre blue straw. A band of velvet toning with the straw trims the crown. A short green feather mount and chou of tulle ornament the brim. THE DAINTY MOUCHOIR. The newest fad for dressy handker chiefs Is uu all embroidery or all lace decoration. A pretty handkerchief Is edged with luce and has several rows of Insert loti at equal Intervals from the lace rullle. In the colored bordered handkerchiefs there are numerous designs. The smart est are ornamented by several lino of graduated widths In the same color as the border. Some of these handker chiefs, besides having colored borders, are covered with dots of n like shade. Little coats on "jKiny" lines are espe cially good with the trotting costume that aspires to being n trifle "sporty." JIAUVK I IlAl'K TKA GOWN. These coats do not confine themselves to plain tailored lines. They are strap ped 11 little at the back and have under arm scams slushed here find there. Vests are often lidded. The sleeves ure abbreviated to Just below the elbow. Whoever prophesied the passing of the short walking skirt certainly made a big mistake. Short skirts are far too comfortuble to be given up by women who know that the whole style and beauty of a costume depend upon fit ness. A charming hat for a small girl is 4 mushroom. shaped straw In JPJe jrreeiy resembling v ' .mi it:' o, Hiliichc 1 , Alice blue fit' .jje'il f.d.lnx are lied to tin hat With lniniiW IlV'h velvet lilihou, The tea gnfc"i ku In the citf Is nn empire creation tyjpiod out In iiiiiuv crepe th' cHlpM Atjlie bollni: of the skirt Is a iloep UtcUed rullle. Ths little Jacket Is of violet velvet, with em broidered revers of while silk, The putcli neck chemisette Is of mull trim med with small violet velvet bows. Ijice ruffles mid enibi-ohtereil w hite silk CUffS trim the beeves. Jl'IUO niUl.LKT. You tnka O ( f rool ' trouble when you nut on Malihoul Rooting. Thousands o ( builders will testify (o the superiority of Malthokl Roofing. 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