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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1906)
iif'jt(LOtjswdit-"- 2 THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1000. 41 THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established U73. Published Dally Except Monday by Tli. J. & DELLINGER COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. By mail, per year , By carrier, per month..... $7.00 .. .. M WEEKLY ASTOKLA.lt. mail, per year, in advance.. 11.00 Entered a eeoad--elaw mat tor July W, INt. at the postofflce at Astoria. Or. ton, ndr tb act of Conrrres ol March t, 178. ;' Order tor the dttfmnn of Tai Moas nwUToaustostUMr rastteooe or pfem of boalima nay made by potal card or throajra Me hono. Any trrcgularity ta da limy should be mmcdMtWj reported to the offloe of pubUoatk. TELEPHONE MAM 661. tteClty ORlelai puptr of Clatsop county and or Astoria. essentlnl, and must paas to preserve the credit of the municipality; but we .protest against this habit of In creasing; the debt -limit every time the legislature meet as & quick method of meeting obligations that should not have been Incurred, and against the 1 method on general principles, as a ' bad custom and calculated to belittle the communal wisdom, which calls for the administration of public afrit Ira with a careful and timely observance of the limitations of responsibility In money-matters, rather than a resort to the expedient of securing broader legal allowances In public expenditure, to meet the blunders that carry us to, and beyond, the lawful limit. We advise the adoption of the amendment at this time, for the sheer necessity of making good the public credit; but we trust the habit will be overcome, by an adherence to the safer methods of business, that will pbylate us applica tion in the future. 1 0 f III HII'lllllllll M 111 llll 1 1 MM Ml I Ml 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 H T ii H poem for Coday OUTDOING THE COMBINES. WEAMEK. Western Oregon and West- era Washington Occasional rains. PRESIDENT, RIGHT OR WRONG! Right, or wrong, Theodore Roose velt is President of the TJnlted States, and acts In manly fashion at all times, but never with a previous knowledge of his wrong estimates. He Is abso lutely right In his conclusions and acts In relation to the Brownsville outrage, and the discharge of the three colored companies of troops. The further this matter is probed In a public way, the plainer becomes the President's attitude, and the more! commendable bis deductions and em- phatic procedure. It is one of the best lessons !n military discipline that has been given In long years and will have salutary effect In Incidents of similar character in the future. But, we cannot believe he is right in his estimate of the California-Japanese school question and the bearing It Is to have on the relations between this country and the "most favored na tions" affiliating with us. The two predicates upon which the solution of this vexed issue depend, are, the Mon goltan or non-Mongolian character of the Japanese, in the rating and appli cation of that term; and the right of the State of California to declare, and operate, age-limits for the pupils at tending her public schools; and in the face of doubt attaching to so grave a matter, we feel that the President's assumptions should have been In fa vor of this country and Its Integrals, first, rather than with the country to which the broad doubts so palpably attach. Another peculiar element of this brand new question Is that It has nev er been raised In California, nor any other state of this Union, until the close of the Russo-Japanese war, and yet has been amenable to adjustment If one-half the testimony rendered against President Cornelius Shea, of the Teamsters" Union, In the Chicago Criminal court, during the past few days, Is true, or one-half true, then the limitations of brutal Indulgence in this civilised age are Indeed un- I known. This testimony reveals a : scope of violence beyond anything yet charged to the supposedly merciless trusts and combines, and, as it stands. Is the dirtiest and foulest record yet produced in the history of the war fare between capital and labor. Hints of these things have been given out before, but hints and proven facts are widely different things and we had hoped the hints were Inspired by some warring element in the great fight; but. If there Is more to come of this sort, for the sake of Justice let us have SLAVERY By William Cowpcr H, for a India In some vast wilderness, Some homilies ooutlgtilty of ahndo, Where minor of oppression ami deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Mljtfit never reach mo more! My ear la pained, My soul Is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth la 01 led. There Is 110 flesh iu man's olMlurnte heart; It doe not feel for man; the natural (mud Of brotherhood Is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of tire. He Amis his fellow guilty of n sktu Not colored like his own. and. having power To enforce the wrong, for auch worttiy cause Dooms and devotes htm a his lawful prey. n n 1 1 m 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 mi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Til I ATI I I Illi Tnnaa to leave the school, which he H I il 1 1 11 1 1 il I ill dU! Aftr ch0l hd tnkrn Up' K(' II I till 11 II II I II coUcte(1 th b00k fc'loMng to II I 1 111 1 1 M i 1 1 1 1 J xhnmas and threw them out of the window Into the street, where several IF YOU THINK YOU CANT AF FORD A PIANO JUST NOW, THEN READ THE FOLLOWING AND THINK IT OVER AGAIN. With any average family, the ex- month for any considerable period of time, is quite a serious matter, at first thought. But when you consider that half that amount will, nine times out the worst and last of it, in order that ' ten b expended anyway! every wagons passed over them before they could be gathered together again. This before all tha puplla. An excellent exhibition of an angelic dispo sition and a tamper under complete control "Later In the afternoon and after school had closed, Thomas came bark for his books, but Kester ordered him out again and enforced th ordr with a few blows from a ruhhor hniw w hl. h pendlture of six to ten dollars every 1 . ... .... . 1 he keeps for that purpose. Thomas resented the blows and Kester had him arrested for assault and battery. Now Thomas and. Lawrence are rec ommended for suspension, as an ex- we may form wiser and honester con clusions as common judges of our fellow-countrymen. Thanks be, that there are great labor fraternities in this country against whom such charges will not lie, and they them selves should be the first In the land to deal the knock-out blow to such vile and hateful travesties upon the status and claims of the organized workmen of America! EDITORIAL 8ALM After all, is not the farmer the real advance agent of prosperity? 0 But that Englishman who Is talking about "the Joyless American face" never saw us on pay day. Tou bet! o The stockholders of the Pullman company have dug up $27,000,000 that I should have been In the pockets of Its patrons. Japan feels well qualified to take charge of the deportment of the American people and bring it up to the oriental standard. month; and nothing of very lasting benefit will be left to show for the money. Looking at the matter of purchas ing a piano In the latter light. It means simply to add each month three or four dollars you wouldn't miss) and be actually buying your piano for but three or four missed dollars per month. (Tou wouldn't feel It) And right now you can select from a choice collection of pianos, among which are a few used ones that we will take out for more additions to It. Tou will have such famous makes as the Kimball, Haddorf, Clarendon Bailey, Marshall & Wendell. H. M, Cable and Aeolian pianos to select from. And on such sacrifices by us on price that we will be "one-fourth" to "one third" paying for your piano for you out of our discount. Open evenings. ' EILERS PIANO HOUSE. 424 Commercial 8t. J. M. Ward, Special Salesman. A. R. Cyrus, Local Agent. ilsWiisfcs" ssWii 1 1 mfciii am) 1 s sua1 mis iP AVVfif fable Preparation for As- stmtlating ffic food and Rctfula ftomotestsUoaOrtinjl' ocss and HcstContaira neither Opwm,lorphliicv nor ISmaL Not Narcotic. JmXa. AMffedtknedv forConsUM- tion. Sow Stomach.Diantkxa, Warms .wrmibionsJevfnsh oas endLoss or SLEEP. aassJSMssiMMasMssaaasaaBsaM YkSukSs Sifnaturtat KWYOHK. sssJIiBaaiijLsM EXACT COPT OF VlAFFCa), Ml For Infant! and Children. l The Kind You llavo Bought Bears the Signature Always m - 111- Id Uso For Over Thirty Years 0) U IT 11 Tut MMstta , ajra, The cost of living, according to fig ures complied by one of the big com merclal agencies, Is higher than it has been for twenty years. 0 Spain is spending $72,000,000 on new navy. The source of the money Is not known, as she has not unloaded any islands on us for some time, 0 One of the easiest things in the in ita present locale at any time dur-1 world to do Is to preach the right mg the past generation. This goes to show that It Is, prima facia, an innovation on the part of a people who are "feeling their oats," and seeking things they never asqired to before; an element of bravado that will not operate favorably in the out come of the matter. We have noth ing of reproach to cast at the Jap anese; they are a great people and have a superb future before them, but they will have to learn, and un learn, a vast deal, before they attain to ALL they desire, and above all things, to take as a favor the things they aspire to wrest from their friends. TH08E AMENDMENTS: WARD8. NEW kind of philosophy In regard to living right and practice something else. Tommy," said little Maoel, "I'm writing to the Lord for a little baby sister. What is the Lord's first name?" "I'm not sure," replied Tommy wise ly, "but mamma always calls Him O Lord." We wonder how many parents real lze that their child la a book of blank paper In which shall be recorded the record of their lives? Be careful, therefore, what you have written there ror the world will read It! All your secret thoughts the child will try to write. Instead of burning cotton seed to get rid of it, a practice that was fol lowed in years gone by In some por- ; tions of the South, last year 4,500,- 000 tons of the cotton seed were bought from southern planters, for which the sum of $75,000,000 was paid. The pending amendments to Sec tions 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 118, and 127, of the City Charter, which provide for the setting up of a new ward and shifting the boundaries of the old so as to include the additional integre, are so purely matters of public con cern as to need little or no comment It is up to the people at large to ad minister their city government upon Just what Integral basis they will; and as there is, practically, no ob jection manifest, to the proposed re-. adjustment, It may pass undiscussed in this office. The amendment increasing the pub lic debt limit to $230,000, is, at the Morning Astorlan, 60 cents present Juncture of city finances, very 1 month, delivered by carrle1. "The times of love touched from the chord of memory will often unite estranged hearts In private and pub lic station," says the humorous para grapher of the Baltimore American, who writes such things occasionally, Just to show that his ipen is not en tirely controlled by his family home. ONE CITIZEN'S VIEWS. Important Statement of the 8ohool Fracas. Recent per me following communication was filed In this office last evening by its author and Is published at his request and with the knowledge of his very definite Interest In the matter as 1 citizen and as an official: "Astoria, Ore., Dec. 6, 190$. "To the Editor: "I notice In Wednesday morning's Is sue of the "Astorlan" you report the meeting of the school board and an nounce that Superintendent Clarke of the city schools recommended the sus pension of Thomas Andrlch aad Law rence Upshur of the Olney school. "The principle of Olney school Is one J. W. Kester, against whom so much objection has been made by the par ents of children In the communities where he has taught. To me, as dep uty prosecuting attorney, have come numerous persons with complaint against this same Kester, on account of his severeness In punishing the pupils for trifling transgressions of the rules. AH persons with complaints referred to the school board. "Several days ago I was called to the Justice court to prosecute a boy by the name of Thomas Andrlch. The complaining witness was one J. W. Kester, alleging that Thomas had as saulted and beat him. The testimony adduced at the trial showed that Thomas Andrlch and Lawrence Up shur, while marching up the stairs at the commencement of the afternoon session of school, whispered to one another on the stairs, at which "gross" violation of a rule of the school, Kes ter rushed up, grabbed Thomas by the collar and threw him down the stairs, Thomas striking several girls In his fall and piling them all up on the floor at the bottom. But that was not all. While Thomas was down, Kester sprang after him and placed his foot on Thomas's chest, re fusing to remove It when requested, upon which- Thomas shoved Kester off and got up. Then Kester ordered' ample to the rest of the scholirn, with the Idea that discipline must be main tained. And Kester, against whom so many complaints have been mado. Is retained as principal, to whom parents send their children to b taught, and from whom thrse children are supposed to get the Inspiration to attain tha highest degree of man hood and womanhood. Our public schools are for the edu cation of our boys and girls and not 9 rurnisn a livelihood to tarhnr with ungovernable tempers, nor do parents send their children to school to be unmercifully beaten and Insult ed. As was remarked In my hearing yesterday, "If a teacher can not handle the scholars, don't expel the scholars; get a new teacher." And "them's my sentiments." "President Roosevlt In his message to Congress aay that our children must be educated and kept out of fac torles and work-houses. Laws are passed compelling parents to send their children to school, parents are anxious to have their children In school. But here Is a case whoro a principal makes an ungentlemnnly, unmannerly and unnecessary assault upon a boy for a very slight Infrnc Hon of a rule, and to uphold th teacher In such conduct and deprive a boy of the opportunity to acquire an education is, In my opinion, a mis .Btt ui juiuice ana a wrong, nay, a crime committed for the purpose of upholding a teacher in enforcing unnecessary rules In a harsh and un- principled manner. ' ' wniu. is 10 Decome or these two boys if they are refused admission into the school? The School Board shoul look to the Interest of the children (and I have no doubt but what they will) and not to that of the teacher, because he Is a man and should know better, while the boys are boys. "CHAR. H. ABERCnOMBIE." KINO OF ALL COUGH MEDICINES Mr. E. a. Case, a mall carrier of Canton Center, Conn., who has been in the U. S. service for about sixteen years, says; "We have tried many cougn medicines for croup, but Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is king of all, and one to be relied upon every time. We also find it the best remedy for coughs and colds, giving certain re sults, and leaving no bad after eff ects." For sale by Frank Hart and Leading Druggists. 9 DONE BY DEED Angus McGregor to M. McFar lane, SE 1-4 Section 35, 8, 6...$ E. C. Belknap et al, trustees, to Carl Johnson, lot 85, Prairie cemetery , O. L. Colwell and wife to Mrs. M. J. Wright, 12 acres, Cal ender D. L. C , M. J. Wright, et ux, to J. C. Ti tus, 12 acres In Section 27-7-10 20 1 Dade's Little Liver Pills thorough ly clean the system, good for lazy liv ers, makes clear complexions, bright eyes and happy thoughts. Sold by Frank Hart's Drug Store. MONTH ANTOItl VM m;sT NKWHIVU'KH Guarantees to Its Advertisers A Larger Circulation Than Any Paper Published In Aftoria OUR BOOKS ARE OPEN TO INSPECTION BY OUR ADVERTISERS FINANCIAL J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President. J. I. PETERSON, Vice-President CRANK PATTON, Cashier. J. W. GARNER, Assistant Casblat. Astoria Saving s Bank Capital Paid In flOOOU, Surplus ana Unalrlded Profit K,000 TransMU a General Banking Business. Interest Paid on Time Deposit T,ntn Strsat, A8TOMA, OREGON First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. i:sTAi!LJsm;i i88). Capital $100,000 SCOW BAY IRON & BRASS WORKS ASTORIA. OltEOON IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERS Up-to-Dste SawlMIll Machinery 18th and Franklin Ave, rrompt attenlion glven tiiii, repair work Tel. Main 2401 The MORNING ASTORIAN 60 CTS. PER MONTH 71 1