THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTOHIA, OREGON,
THURSDAY, PI8RUAAY 14, 1807.
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f understanding, that the work has boen
wretchedly misdirected and ts In con
fusion and arearnge.
There Is a brief season In which
recoup and the only hope loft l that
the extraordinary responsibility will
be met in some monsura and that real
rood wilt come out of the muss. If
the big and popular things demanded
by the people at this session are Ig
nored, crowded out, denied enactment
there will be some retroactive ac
counting with tho men responsible fur
the failure which Is beginning to
take on the color and guise of de
liberate, and Inspired, purpose.
WEA1HES.
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t Oregon, Washington, Idaho
.Fair. , . .
TONIGHT'S THE TIME!
When Astoria gets itself together
tonight at the Astoria theatre and
summarizes her real status, most peo
ple will be surprised at the scope of
favorable conditions that belong to her
of right, and the only marvel will arise
from contemplation of the fact that
she has temporized so long with op
portunities Instantly and always avail
Able, Overweening, outside Influences
have done much to retard and dis
courage her' she Is not wholly to
blame for her denial of benefits that
should have been wrought long ago.
Now she Is to scan her own field, do her
own work, start on her own Initiative,
compel recognition and enforce her
own ends. She lacks nothing by way
of natural and legal predicate; she
has everything to win out on, If she
will but take snap Judgment and de
mand Instead of ask.
Organization Is the first needful
thing; after that comes the real work.
Once banded In a common purpose,
the essential requisites may be pro
grammed in Importance and sequence,
and put Into the hands of live com
mittees. Abandon red-tape, chuck
diffidence, scout all Interference, turn
down the temporizers, put up a bold,
honest, defiant front, and go after re
sults. It has been done in other
places that lacked half the natural,
commercial advantages we possess. It
can be done here, and what is more,
It will be.
The man in Astoria who deprecates
this policy of aggressive, strong-hand
ed acquisition of things that belong
to us, will do well to keep mum on
the subject, and let, the real acquis
ttlve spirit of the community have
fulplay for a while. Come out, ev
erybody and come shouting for As
toria!
THE DYNAMITE COWARD.
. That lowest of all low and cowardly
criminals, the dynamite brute. Is
abroad. la Portland. He is evidently
-working out reprisal on the street car
company, and attempting the ruin of
Its property, regardless of the Inno
cent lives involved in his treacherous
scheme ' of retaliation. It Is to be
hoped the police will follow the fiend
up, as they did the postal thieves of
Sellwood, to the last scoundrel Impli
cated, and put them where even dy
namite will be ineffective. The crim
inal user of this agency, or its Ilk,
should be shot to death on the spot
with the law's best award for the gun
user!
TEN DAY8 YETI
All Oregon is on the anxious seat
as to what its legislature will do In
the next ten days to recoup the. fright
ful waste of the previous thirty. It
looks "to a man up 'a tree," as if it
would be necessary to order up the
vital business of the people from th
committee rooms, and, Ignoring -th
calendar, debate the greater measures
and pass them in the best order ob
tainable," casting superfluous stuff to
the winds, and so 'redeem the session
from hopeless barrenness '
Not In years has so little been ac
complished at Salem; "We do hot know,
nor do we care, where the fault lies;
It is too bitterly plahi for any mls-
TO THE VERY END. .
Colonel W. S. Roesslr, In charge of
the United States engineering depart
ment, directing the work on the Co
lumbls river Jetties, enjoys, deserved
ly, the confidence of this whole sec
Hon, as a man who does more with
his brain and hand and less with his
lips, In the great matters entrusted to
him. The renewal of Jetty work, un
der his sway, this year, backed, as It
Is, by generous and adequate Congres
slonal appropriations, has the sanction
and good will of all classes hereabout,
who, until now, have looked askant
at the yearly humbuggery that has
gone before.
, We believe, having heard Colonel
Roessler avow his policy of never
stopping the work until the system is
completed, that he will carry It out,
finally, and successfully, and we wish
him every advantage possible In the
undertaking, propitious weather, quiet
seas, undelayed traffic In material,
good labor service and all agencies
that shall contribute to the achieve
ment. It Is one of the tremendous es
sentials of the Northwest, and we,
trust the last of Interference and de
lay In the great premise, has been
recorded.
MANY POSSIBILITIES
Presidential Timber Plentiful in
Republican Party.
BRYAN IS DEMOCRATIC HOPE
Vice President Fairbanks Has Most
Perfect Organization, While Tsft
Has Support of Roosevelt, and
Many Others Are Strong.
EDITORIAL SALAD.
A seductive headline "Golf In
South."
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Astoria will be on parade tonight
Then comes the real work.
The small boy and the snow man
are renewing old acquaintance in New
York.
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It's the man who can't behave that's
always got a kick against the law
and the way it Is administered, In
Astoria, as elsewhere.
Perhaps the Japanese have been
reading about the Teddy bear and
think It Is some sort of an animal
like the Russian bear.
Clatsop puts up an even hundred
cases for circuit court review next
Monday; with a beggarly minority of
them on the criminal side.
There must be some good work, and
a number of "lightning changes," up
at Salem, during the next ten days if
any good is to come out of the legis
lative Gideon.
Lest It be thought strange it is so
difficult to find great statesmen to
represent Rhode Island and New Jer
sey in the Senate, it must be remem
bered they have to be looked for In
New Jersey and Rhode Island.
o
If Professor William A. Shepherd of
Columbia University, in his tour of
South America next summer, can at
tract numbers of the youth of the
southern republics to our schools the
Monroe doctrine, as well as some of
our commercial advantages, will re
ceive new force and encouragement,
o
The Japanese embassy at Washing
ton has taken the pains to deny, and
to condemn as ridiculous the statement
that an ultimatum had been delivered
to this government In the matter of
the California school controversy. It
was Mr. Richmond Pearson Hobson,
who said it was so that he had seen
it. We are forced to conclude that
Mr. Hobson's eyes are not gooJ, nor
his speech to be trusted Implicitly.
A 8TITCH IN TIME
will save nine. r So will a bottle of
Ballard's Horehound Syrup always
kept on hand save many a spell of
sickness. A sure cure for Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, and Whooping
Cough. Mrs. S , Hot Springs, Ark.,
writes: "I keep a bottle of Ballard's
Horehound. Syrup in my, medicine
qhest and thank my forethought many
times. It has prevented many severe
spells of sickness. Sold by Hart's
drug store.
"Hello Girls." How to be healthy
and happy and be, a. phone girl. Ring
us up for a package of Holllster's
Rocky Mountain Tea with full par
ticulars. 35 centsi Tea or Tablets. For
sale by Frank Hart.'
WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. Although
the pressure of Congressional duties
rests rather heavy upon public men
during the short session of a Congress,
those who manage affairs and whose
opinions have weight In the party
councils are finding the time to discuss
the relative merits of prospective can
didates for the Presidential campaign
of 190$. It Is a significant fact that
up to the present no name In connec
tion with the Democratic side of the
coming campaign Is mentioned se
riously save that of Mr. Rryan. This
does not mean that other distinguished
Democrats are void of ambition, or
that the party has not available Pres
idential timber, but It does seem to
Indicate that by common consent the
man who has twice made an unsuc
cessful race ,may stand a better chance
of nomination under changed condi
tions and changed public opinion than
any other nin today prominent In
the parry.
In the Republican party there are
quite a number of men whose qual
ifications are being carefully and se
riously considered by leaders, and al
though the time for election Is still In
the future, by the process of elimina
tion efforts are being made to central
ize public opinion around some one
man who may be found to stand head
and shoulders above his peers. Upon
whom choice may finally rest is a
question that could not now be an
swered and probably will not be an
swered until the very eve of the con
vention. That President Roosevelt will
do all within his power to assist In
the selection of a man who will con
tinue the policies brought into exist
ence and given force and effect by the
President, no one can doubt who un
derstands the Individuality and sin
cerity of Mr. Roosevelt. No matter
how men may disagree with him, few
are so bold as to charge the President
with Insincerity.
Therefore, It Is reasonable to sup
pose that If the President can control
the convention he would swing It for
the one man in whom he has a con
fidence that nothing can 'shake Sec
retary Ta ft. t The only thing that may
prevent the War Secretary from being
a candidate would be a vacancy in the
Supreme Court Justiceship. He is
Judicial in temperament and recently
In an official statement admitted that
there were certain objections to him
that might make him unavailable as
a Presidential candidate. If Chief
Justice Fuller retires during the term
of President Roosevelt, the probabil
ity Is that Mr. Taft would accept this
place, ns ho looks upon It ns a post
Hon worthy the ambition of any man
tn this country.
With ths Secretary of War ellmlnat
ad. It Is difficult to see In what dlroc
tlon th President might turn for the
kind of a man ho would like to soe
ns his successor. The talk that Mr
Roosevelt, himself, would again ho
candidate, U Idle.
Vice President Fairbanks, perhaps
up to this time, has the most perfect
and effective organisation. He Is an
avowed candidate, and his friends In
all sections of the country are, ner
getlcally nl work. Although It I not
admitted, there are several bureaus
engaged in disseminating Fairbanks
literature and otherwise keeping their
candidate to the forefront. Mr. Fair
bunks makes no secret of his ambition
nnd his friends are In constant com
munication with his Washington head
quarters. It the suggestion of ons of
the prominent Chicago papers, made
within the lust few days, should be
carried out, Mr. Fairbanks would have
opposition In his own stats. This pa
per In a vigorous editorial called the
attention to the policies of ths prea
ent administration, to which It gives
cordial approval, and declared that If
these policies were to be perpetuated
the one man who might be counted
upon to do so was Senator neverldge
of Indiana. This paper declares that
In the condng campaign the fight must
be made on the issues as defined by
Mr. Roosevelt, and not upon the per
sonai qualities of any candidate, and
upon this assumption It declares that
tho senior senator from Indiana Is the
Meul candidate.
In the list of those who may be
designated as avowed candidates, the
name of Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of
tho Treasury, must be placed. Mr.
Shaw retires from office March S, and
will then be at liberty to devote his
time to the advancement of his own
Interests. In some of the Southern
States Mr. Shaw is understood to be
particularly strong and Is said to have
built upon an organization that Is la
boring to advance his Interests. Hi
strength In the South Is said to lie
chiefly In the Atlantic coast states. A
thorn in the side of Mr. Shaw, how
ever, is the candidacy of Governor
Cummlna of Iowa. Between him and
Mr. Shaw and the other standpat tar
Iff men of the party there has been
a bitter struggle for several years, it
Is claimed by persons who profess to
know the situation In Iowa that a dl
Tided delegation must Inevitably go
to the national convention.
If Judge Taft abandons his IJea of
going to the Supreme Court and be
comes an active candidate, a similar
outcome is likely In Ohio, where Bon
ator Foraker will contest with Mr, Tafl
for the support of the Ohio delegates,
Hoth Mr. Taft and Senator Foraker
live In Cincinnati. The senator's
stronghold Is the southern part of tho
state, but Mr. Taft would find his sup
porters chiefly In the northern part
and particularly In the lake region,
where Representative Burton Is one
of the party leaders. Mr. Burton,
however, is said to have Presidential
ambitions and he might find some
thing to bis advantage in the Ohio sit
uation if the Foraker and Taft factions
get Into a wrngle and nnd it neces
sary to agree upon some dark horse.
Just at present Foraker, aided by Hen-
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are confident that it hus boon so be
cause our goods are so overwhelm
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clothing of such character as this at
considerable saving in price are get
ting a great month's buisnuss to
complete tho biggest year in our
history.
Today we specify various items In
Men's Clothing. All are freshly
made, beautiful new goods con
structed of finest fabrics on latest
and thoroly correct models. Tho
tailor work is hlghclusa and the
garments fit and look as they should.
In every minute detail tney leave
nothing to be desired.
The Biggest Clothing Values
In Astoria Will ke Found
at This Store This Week
A great stock of brand new high-
grade overcoats and suits fn this
season's best and most sensible
models is marked away below the
real value.
Wo Institute this salo fur two re
asons'first ami primarily, to en
force our rule of carrying at little
stock as possible to another soaaon.
Second, for tho tremendous good
will and advertising value that a
special tale always brings to the
stora that dea It squarely and gen
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following:
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values to $16.60 at $10.00
Amazing bargains in men's suits
or overcoats at $12.(0 and $15
Men's $2,50 natural wool and
camel's hair underwear -Sale price
$1.85
Men's 25c fast black wool hone,
two pair for 3.1c.
PANTS
Worth $2.25 to $5.00
at
$1.65 to $4.00
Soil Cases In a Special
Sale!
Some rvsly amasing values
ready for tho mid-winter travel and
Southern tourists. Three big
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