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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1906)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. MONDAY, MAY at, 190O. THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 1873. Published Daily bj THE J. S. BELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year 17.00 By mail, per month 0 By carrier, per sionth 65 WEEKLY ASTORIAN. B, mail, per year, in advance. .1.00 Entered seeond-elaM matter June 2S, 1KB, at the potto flic at Astoria, or?- Jon, ander the act of Congress ot March S, U7S. HfOrdert for the deli wing of TBI Mom" . . ts sUihmr Mridanca or dUcs of twsliws Mf be mada by postal card or tbroufa telethons. As? tmiroJaritj la do IfTCry should b inuMdMaiy reported to toe oOo ot pubUcatioa. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. Official paper of Clateop county and the City of Astoria. 000000000000000000 O WEATHER. 0 O 0 0 Oregon and Washington 0 0 Fair; warmer. 0 000000000000000000 REPUBLICAN TICKET For United States Senator FRED W. MULKEY (Short term) JOANATHAN BOURNE (long term) For Governor JAMES WTTHYOOMBE For Secretary of State FRANK W BENSON For State Treasurer GEO. A. STEELE For Supreme Judge ROBERT EAKXN Tor Attorney General A. M. CRAWFORD For Supt. Pub. Instruction J. H. ACKERMAN For State Printer W. S. DUNNTWAY Tor Commissioner of Labor 0. P. HOFF Fot Congress , W. R. ELLIS. Clatsop County Republican Ticket. For Statt Senator W. T. SCHOLFTELD For Representatives ASMUS BRTX JOHN C. McCUE For Sheriff MERRITT R. POMEROY For County Clerk J. C. CLINTON For County Treasurer W. A. SHERMAN For County Judge J. A. EAKTN For County Surveyor R. C. F. ASTBURY Tor County Commissioner C. C. HASTEN Far Coroner C. E. LINTON For Justice of the Peace, Astoria Precinct P. J. GOODMAN For Constable JOHN SAYRE. Election June 4th, igoS. AT THE LAST MOMENT. Whatever of doubt, disagreement, ambiguity, or ungratified personal inter est (if any of these things exist here), may taint the local campaign at this moment, it goes without saying, that every atom of it will disappear on the morning of Monday, June 4, 1900. Every republican In Clatsop must, and will, face the grave duties of that day, mind ful of the strong partizan obligation that rests upon him to place his chosen colleagues in ollloc, from .lames Withy-comix- to .lohn Sayre, from governor to eontalle. No bom fide republican mm. in just us1 to the exigencies of the day. do loss than this and' give a jnt ac count of himself. It is the day and the duty of re-adjustment of the patty in the state and county; it i the peculiar function of rehabilitation, to be crown ed by the supreme uoces inherent in i ho election of the last republican named for otlice. That done, pending issue of the le-ser soil, and private value, may be accommodated and adju-ted within the party lines, and the name of Oregon republicanism, spared the lat fraction of diminution and discredit. Think thi over, republicans! "EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY." This old saying U ever applicable; it has its daily and hourly manifestations; in love, commerce, business and politics; it is demonstrable here, there, and everywhere; there aiv no limitations that hedge it, no rules that accelerate it. nor obviate it; it i- the outcome of fixed fact and conditions that assert themselves logically and in determi nate fashion. The day of the democrat in Oregon has passed. This is one of the absolute facts born of the fixed con .lition of the narties in this state. The major party has determined to resume its sway in the commonwealth : there is nothing to oppose it save the aspira tions of a few democrats for office, as pirations begotten by the "acquired taste in the mouth" of a few years lease of power won by sheer chance; the wholesome status of the republican or ganization in the state, and the ab-ence of the faintest reason for having re course to other and outside elements, makes this fact, immense, invincible, and certain. There mut be extraordi nary causes for the election of a demo crat in Oregon. No cause exists! The democrat has had his day! He must be satisfied ! 0 TWENTY-FOUR VS. NINETEEN. When the world of commerce is in volved in a disagreement between the highest authorities that exist on the actual depth of water to be had, for the purposes of common usage, on a sea bar like that at the mouth of the Columbia river, and that disagreement involves a working depth of live feet, the lay man may well stand to one side and watch the outcome with bated breath, or an amused smile, as he shall be best equipped to indulge, and bide the issue as it shall fall. Some of the great and official sponsors of the bar declare there are twentv-four feet there at low water. Other practical and intimately informed persons in daily touch with the barrier, declare there are but nine teen feet available. Ships may come, and ships may go, hut it is the one tht neither conies nor goes that tells the tale in the end. Have a care, gen tlemen, the responsibility is something enormous, and the blunderer will be held to the most rigid accounting! The truth must and shall prevail, even if the Columbia has to climb out to sea! 4 EDITORIAL SALAD. Mrs. Dowie now seems to have be come the striking figure of the show. The Douma shows signs of talking back to the Czar as if it thought it were a Senate or something like that. 0 Perhaps Dr. Crapsey can now fix up an interdenominational commerce com mission that shall be superior to the courts. 0 Greatness is thrust upon some people. There is the case of the Gould family and Count Boni. Death Valley Scott supporter by some dogs and others is now producing a, sensational drama. The dogs are said to show much intelligence. 0 Across Atlantic trips are expected to be shortened to four days by 1010. They will never be popular except be tween moons. Controller Metz of New York wants to know if there is any way to compel a rival telephone company to live up to its promises. Still philanthropy wouldn't be philanthropy if it were compulsory, 0 Mayor Dunne of Chicago now has an opportunity to utilize his energies in patching up the municipal ownership city hall that is tumbling down over his head. .Mr. Hird Color sayi he will 1k satistled with either William Haudolph Hearst or Charles K. Hughes as a candidate for governor. Surely, no one eould ask a w ider range. What's the matter with the presi dency ! lvo-evelt says he won't have it. Hryan say he doesn't want it. Cleve land spurns it. We may yet have to iidvcrti-e the thing. 0 given out that the Cxar would It is have his nay reorganized on an en- tirelv new Astern. The problem has been' simplified bv a Japanese gentle- ' 1 ,",,m',! l",,' 0 When the awestruck Ijjscar crew on a Itritish ship encountered the dry dock IVwev in the Mediterranean they per- formed religious eitcs and sacrilied a -beep. Had the two collided, it would have been a ram. 0 i The Somerville .lournal has just dis covered that to a boy n white fence suggests charcoal and a black one chalk. Had it gone further it would find that any felloe Miggvt to him sclili(t or picket duty. Congressman Keifer declares that the 1 old saving, -In time of pea prepare! , . ... . ,. . .I for war, is obsolete, and that the new motto should be. "In time of peace pre- pare to maintain it." The emandation i is excellent, and typifies the pirit of j tho-o who are seeking to upbuild the American navv. The officers of the navy lightly pro tect against the conduct of the llrook lyn. N. Y., magistrate who holds up enlistment as an alternative to the penitentiary. The navy is no Hotany Bay. The great majority of bluejackets are patriotic law-abiding, self-respecting men, who are at least the equal of their fellows on land and can more tiian stand comparison with the men of any foreign navy. 0 A San Francisco editor says of his city: "She's crippled, thirsty, hungry and broke; she ha a few whole churches, only half her sehoolhouses. not one French restaurant, not a thea ter; she is full of people without homes, jobs or clothes; she is the worst bunged up town that ever was. Hut the spirit of her is something to bring tears of pride to any American's eyes." That leaves nothing to be said but "Bravo, San Francisco!" The notion that the germs of tuber culosis could have been carried to Eu rope and America with mummies from .Egypt is ridiculous. Yet a word of comment on it may not be out of place. There are at least half a dozen conclu sive reasons for rejecting the sugges tion. One is the absurdity of supposing that bacilli eould retain their vitality for centuries. Another is the impossi bility of their escape from the tissue of the lungs of a carefully embalmed body, if they ever really resided there. It is a pity that the learned Egypt ologist who imposed this reckless propo sition on an unsuspecting audience in Chicago last week did not first consult a bacteriologist in regard to its reason ableness. Candr and the Flat. The following Is accredited to tho late 8enator Hoar; At a Fourth of July celebration in a Canadian town where both English and American guest were assembled the flags of the two countries were used In decorations. A frivolous young English girl, loyal to the queen, but with no love for the tars and stripes, exclaimed: "Ob, what a silly looking thing the Ameri can flag Is! It suggests nothing but cneckerberry candy." "Yes," replied Senator Hoar, "the kind of candy that has made everybody sick who ever tried to lick it." Charity-. Charity is a universal duty which it la In every man's power sometime to practice, since every degree of assist ance given to another upon proper mo tives Is an act of charity, and there la scarcely any man lu such a state of Imbecility as that he may not, on some occasions, benefit his neighbor. John son. His Advaataae. First Man How do you do? Second Man Beg pardon, but yot bare the advantage of me. First Man Yes; I guess I have. We were engaged to the same girl, but you married her. The taste of beauty and the relish of what is decent, Just and amiable per fect the character of the gentleman ind the philosopher. Shaftesbury. Exposure To cold draughts of air, to keen and cutting winds, sudden changes of the temperature, scanty clothing, undue ex pisure of the throat and neck after public speaking and singing, bring on cougs and colds. Ballard's Horehound Syrup is the best cure. Mrs. A. 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Caxette Th WoadrrUI Diatom. One of the most wonderful thins I" vegetable life Is a beaut !ful and mi nute class of seaweeds called diatoms. They belong to the seaweed family, yet they may be found by the thou sands In any roadside ditch, fresh or alt water luke or even lu cisterns, wells, springs, etc, Most species of I plants are made up of an Infinite num ber of little cells, but with the dlntom j It la otherwise. Each representative 1 ! of this wonderful family of pltiuta Is F formed of but a slugle cell rnd this so "ln,,t ,hut lt M ""lulr 8. of the most common form, laid end to . , ... , . . end, to make a string an Inch lu length, 8(Mue .j of daU,nm llgve u,tf JK)W. of lndeetideut motlnu, and on that account were for some time believed to "Imals. . Stomach Troubles. Mrs. Sue Martin, an old and highly respected resident of Faisonia. Mi., was sick with stomach trouble for more than six months. Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets cured her. 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