THE MOKNING ASTOMAN, ASIOMA, OREGON. . ' Friday, January a i07.
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4) WEASSER.
Western Oregon Light rain
or snow south, sloudy and theat-
THAW.
Tor the next twenty, fifty or hun
dred days, this country Is to be sur
feited with tho mawkish drivel em
anating from the Eastern court that
has the case of the "State of New
York versus Harry Thaw" on Its
docket. Slobber, and rot, specious
pleas, theatrical poses and simulation,
hired eloquence, and "human Interest"
stories on the side, and all the gush
and slush that money can procure
will be wired and fired broadcast and
at the end oX it all the millionaire
lecher and murderer will Jump Into
his carriage and drive home with a
contemptuous shrug for the Ul-adr-vlsed
delay of the law that withheld
his freedom from him so "beasttly
long, you know!" There la no place
In all America where the old. never
dying doctrine of caste Is so vividly
apparent as In the court room, and It
sways bench, bar, Jury, officers and
spectators alike, to the utter, yet un
realized, shame of a free people.
solilsh personal ambition In the Col
onel. He has exhausted every resource
of modest effort to avoid It.
Life would be lacking In one f Its
chief Joys if there were not contin
ually some statesmen at Washington
who try to maneuver to put Theodore
Uonsovelt In a hi'le, and then have to
call loudly to be pulled out themselves.
among us who when he Is asked for
coal g'ves you stone.
Motor-car sickness will probably
be diagnosed eventually as uutouto
biliousness.
or snow south, cloudy and
threatening north portion.
Western Washington FUr.
Eastern Oregon Light rain
or snow.
Eastern Washington. Idaho
Generally fair.
DANGEROUS REVERSION.
Bourne tactics and Bourne success
have created an intense partisan feel
ing in Oregon against the operation of
the initiative and referendum law and
not altogether without cause, but this
sense of injury must not be permitted
to run counter to the principle of
popular selection that lies at the very
root of the law itself. There are not
many men of Bourne's pertinacity or
methods or means and such thrusting,
struggling, money-bolstered campaigns
as his for the federal senatorship are
likely to be rare, especially when the
people shall come to know better the
primal purpose and real use of the
law. He was shrewd enough to real
ize the popular ignorance and distrust
of the law, and skillfully forced his
name and claim to the forefront of
consideration, winning out on the hy
pothesis that the initial handling of the
edict by the people would be clumsy,
inapt and practically reckless. The
law does not need amendment, so
much as the people need education as
to the actual, organic operation of the
best statute they possess; and if it
must be amended we insist that this
be done solely for its simplification
and easier application. The whole
state will resist the re-establishment
of the old regime of party primaries
and conventions. To press this mat
ter to a resumption of the old polit
ical program, in whole or in part is
a reckless aftd dangerous reversion
to things known and hated and an
invasion of newly acquired (If not
wholly understood and appreciated)
liberties. There is folly in retrogress
ive measures always, and the proposed
bastard-bill attempting to fuse par
tisan and popular primaries will prove
the star blunder of the session. Amend
the law, knock off its useless and con
fusing points, simplify it until the
school-children of the state may read
ily interpret it, but do not assail nor
mimify its vital principle and precept
of freedom. There is danger in such
reversion.
CLATSOP'S CONTRIBUTION.
Hon. John C. McCue. of the Clatsop
representation in the House, has in
troduced a bill licensing the salmon
packers and canners of the state. We
have not reviewed the bill and can
not say what it signifies, nor how
well Justified It may be but, on Its
face. It is a good thing. The Industry
Is not likely to suffer If the men who
realize the last and largest profits of
it. are compelled to pay for the ad
vantage within reason. But this con
clusion may undergo reversal when
the text and terms of the propose!
new law are fairly and critically analyzed.
r'lvo women were chosen as county
treasurers and seventeen women us
county superintendents of schools In
Idaho, at the recent election, ulul yet
women must llglft for tho franchise
now conferred even on llowery toughs.
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The Imperial tlusotte of lVkln Is said
to have been published for over 1,500
years. Its earlier tiles must throw
light on the origin of Punch' Jokes,
and some of old Cuuncey'a after
dinner humor. ,
Your Uncle Jim Hill will bo pleased
to have the public regard the snow
blockades of this winter as a com
plete explanation of the abominable
service of his railroads during last
summer and fall.
Disgusted Congressmen have dis
covered that $2,500 mote a year Is not
to be attained merely by waiting to
have the Senate force It upon them.
Boston's troubles have taken on vi
vid colors. An epidemic of scarlet
.fevejr has seriously Interfered with
pink teas among the blue-stockings,
o
Baseball magnates make a great
mistake In not mocking their enter
prise for J3.000.oao and establishing Its
Intrinsic value on the New York curb.
EDITORIAL SALAD.
The gentlemen who delight In In
troducing Mr. Bryan to the lecture
audiences as the most distinguished
private citizen in the country might
properly and that this1 distinction Is
in no way attributable to any mere
After mature deliberation it Is be
lieved that Senator Tillman will decide
to reply to Senator Spooner, rather
than to attempt to answer him.
The cause of Justice sweeps on by
summoning men before the grand
jury to tell whether they committed
a crime, and if not. why not,
Evidently Governor Swettpnham is
confident that Jamaica ginger Is good
for any klnJ of a bellyache that Ad
miral Davis may develop.
Oregon is In n fair way to nttraot
the attention of magazine specialists
Intent upon a study of the model legislature.
There Is that manner of fuel dealer
WHY SO MUCH CONCERN?
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What Difference Does It Make Who
Owns the A. & C?
A reader of the Astotian says he
'does not see why there Is so much
concern on the part of the public as
to who holds the stock of the Astorbt
A Columbia Hlver Hallroad Company?
The road la runningdoing n large
business making lots of money, and
will soon have to double It tracks
It Is now the. terminal road, one, by
which all the trans-continental roads
coming to Oregon, reach the ocean at
Astoria and Flavel?
At first glance this Inquiry seems
quite plasulbie. Bui another reader
of the paper it of the opinion the
query Is answerable. Ho says the own
ershlp of the road meant the "dif
ference between being a mere feed
er, and an active element In a com
posit system; between the Inactivity
of a by-way and the commercial en
ergy of a highway; between possess
leg the status of a fictitious terminal
and that of a real, potent commercial
terminal, with all Its adjunct us, faell
Itles and rates; between being Astoria,
the shunting point of an Indifferent,
principal road, and Astoria, the fixed
and desirable objective of a system
of roads converging and merging here
for business."
And there you have It. One good
man assumes that n will make no
especial difference, whether Mr. Hill
or Mr. Harrlman. or Mr. Hammond,
own; the properly; that It will not
amount to any more than It has ever
amounted to; and the other, undoubt
edly basing his convictions on the su
premacy of Mr. Hill, believes the road
ami Its territory, has a big and defi
nite future. Take your choice.
SUNDAY TRAVEL TO PORTLAND
Increase and $2.50 Hound Trip Rata
via A. o C. R. R. Is Popular.
Travel from this city to Portland
nn Sunday at the low round trip rate
of J2.G0 Is on the Increase and many
enjoy that day In the metropolis each
week. This rate will be continued
throughout the winter and the volume
of travel toward Portland every Hun
day would Indicate that the public
appreciates it. 11-l-tf
ASTORIA THEATRE,
Wednesday $ Thurs. Nights, U
en. 30 and
THE BEAUTIFUL FAIRY EXTRAVAGANZA
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SAME OLD CREED.
Up at St. Helen's, on the Columbia,
a good town, but small, devoid of the
conveniences and markets and attrac
tions that the traveling world rejoices
In, there was gathered for a
week a big fleet of big
steamships, all barred from Portland,
their point of destination, by the ex
traordinary! barrier set up by Na
tnure, at Warrior Rock. Why were
these vessels sent up there? Why
were they not permitted to remain
in this port, at good safe docks, in
sheltered channels, with a ready mar
ket at their elbow, for every possible
human need In the way of utility or
diversion? The queslton is suscept
ible of one answer only: the fear of
the Portlanders that too long a berth
in this port might awaken the con
viction in the minds of owners and
masters of the extraordinary super
iority of Astoria as a port of refuge,
entry and departure, and give rise to
natural inquiries as to why they were
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T'n Kind You IIuvo Alwiiy llouiflit, mid which lut been
iti iin for over 00 yearn, Iium bortio tho ftltrimturo of
mid I111H lMMMi miulo umlor ItN nor-
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All Counterfeits, Imitation mid Jiut-iw-(fool"uro but
KiptrlnwtitM that trttle with and Miriiuirr tho health of
Infants and Children Kiuerlonoo uyulnnt Kipurlmoiit.
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Collo. It relieve Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
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Stomach and llowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
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