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THE MORNING ASTOlllAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
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SUNDAY) DECEMBER it, 1907.
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IHE QUESTION WOULD HOT DOWN!
The citizens of Astoria have negatived
the proposition of William H. Garland,
of New York, for the establishment of
steamship lines out of this port to the
Orient and Alaska, because they could
not ascertain with whom they are deal
ing. The terms of the proposal were
entirely satisfactory, but involving as
they did, the early subscription of the
strenuous sum of $500,000, and its with
drawal from circulation here for a period
of nine months, they felt quite justified
in their insistonce upon very definite
knowledge as to whom they were dealing
with and the ratio of responsibility rest
ing with the projectors of the plan. Nor
is this insistence unreasonable; and Mr.
Garland's rather peremptory refusal to
enlighten us on the one essential is3ue
of the large matter, is the fundamental
reason for its signal failure. ,
There was no disposition to delve into
his private affairs; no desire for details
beyond the province of our inquiry as a
business community; but his manner on
several occasions indicated an indiffer
ence if not a resentment, in this rela
tion, that rather augmented the demand,
and his complete refusal to meet the
inquiry was all that raised the final bar
rier.
Mr. Garland did not have to give what
information in this regard was essential
to the Astoria public; he could have
agreed to meet our wishes by imparting
all that was needed in this line to the
special committee ' originally chosen to
handle this important deal, and having
shown them enough of his status and
credentials to ensure an adequate under
standing, they could have reported back,
and their word would have been quite as
cood in this community as his or Brad-
atreet's. It was a definite assurance that
was wanted; not personal and particular
information; and Mr. Garland's rather
aggressive attitude in the face of these
pertinent inquiries is altogether charg
able with the reactive.
,; Astoria is loth to pass up any propo
sttiou of this nature; she is sharply in
line for all such development! aa this
and eagerly alive to their value; she
hailed this with Immense, but quiet
atifaction, and would have soiled and
held it but for the facts quoted above,
Jlut being denied the explicit and ration
al knowledge of who and what were
behind the scheme, she forbore to
plunge; and. to all intents and purpose,
the thing is off.
Superficial statements are alright
far as they go, but they rarely serve to
carry so large a propositiou as this to
any sort of binding issue. In this day
of chicane, double-dealing, and financial
high-vaulting ou other peoples' money,
there ia a very natural, and growing,
sense of reserve in the public mind, that,
dispensing with glittering superficialities,
demands of right, and reason, something
very much more tangible: Mr. Garland
having rather haughtily refused tui
reasonable ingredient, has put it beyond
acceptance here; though It is understood,
that Tom Richardson, who happened to
be here during the early negotiations,
indicated to Mr. Garland, that if he fail
ed to connect here, he might succeed
very quickly at Portland; which may
be true enough, yet we venture the as
sertion that if Portland takes the deal
in hand, it will not be until she has
turned Mr. Garland inside out on the
very, thing we sought to know aud
were baffled.
There is left us the pleasant reflection,
however, that Astoria is forging to the
front of financial and industrial consid
eration abroad, and it is not unreason
able to expect that others will follow
the jrentleman from New York, with
greater, or lesser, proposals for invest
ment here, some of which, coming in
more candid guise and coudition will
materialize for the good of all con
cerned.
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BRE'R TAFT AT HOME.
Hon. William II. Taft, United States
Secretary of War, has returned from his
low? trip through Europe and is again
on duty at the national capital. We
note that he is not saying much in a
political way, but is telling happy and
appropriate stories of what befell him
in the lands abroad. It is hardly reason
able to expect him to plunge into a range
ful discussion of the political situation.
with the spring of the gang-plank still
swaying his rotund frame; but we will
not wait long for a clean-cut statement
from this important element in the coun
try's Presidential program. He will say
what is necessary without much loss of
time, iwhen he shall have duly sensed
the real status of affairs, as they have
warped and woven, during his absence.
Mr. Taft is logically in line to succeed
his great chief; and his known affiliation
with the President' policies and pro
grams, will gain him instant and re
spectful hearing all over the country;
and yet, it is incumbent upon him to
show that he is all the people count mm
to be, quite independent of the admitted
espousal of the Rooseveltian doctrine:
We are not looking for parrots, nor lay-
figures, in this year of grace; we want
a whole and wholesome man in the
executive chair at Washington, and no
other sort mill arrive there if we know
anything of the popular temper,
Taft will be tried out to the last
lining of his conscience and character,
before the assembling of the great con
vention in Chicago, and the ordeal will
be the same for every other aspirant in
the field. We have become accustomed
to big men and big things and the vast
ness of the country and its co-ordinate
volume of huge interest, calls for the
culling of the weaklings and the selec
tion and election of a very genuine man.
ONLY
TWO
DATS
Left toi your X-Mas traiing.
Of course there are many presents you must
get yet but you wonder what shall it be
The Bostoini Stoire
Stands ready to help you out with their fine assortments of
Toys, Fancy Goods, Handkerchiefs, X-Mas SKppers of all kinds
Silk Umbrells, Ladies Fancy Collars, Mens' Gloves-Ties-Suspenders,
etc,
And Will Positively SAVE You 10 to 25 per cent on Every Article.
Don't Forget We Are Snowing the Finest Line
of CANDIES in Astoria.
The 25c and 35c pids'ai 15c; the 50c and 65c Kimds at 25c.
T BOSTON STORE
Successors to the Morse Department Store.
He who passes the try-out will be
worthy tbeNdeopest public consideration;
and all will get it who shall achieve to
convention honors in the coming sum
mer; -while the November judgment will
be historical f the profundity of its
popular wisdom. This great function of
the people is becoming, yearly, a derer
and graver prerogative, and Theodore
Roosevelt is responsible for the access.
He has set a pace that forever precludes
the choice of an inferior man, in any
of the political divisions of the nation.
Mr. Taft may achieve to the splendid
dignity, but if be does, the people will
cut out his work, for him and see that
he does it thoroughly. The day is at
hand when the people of the United
States want it known that they liveund
have their being somewhere else than in
the covers of the Constitutions anil
statutes of the country.
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. MIDNIGHT MASS IN ROME.
It was a simple service in the church
of St. Luc des Francais with the babe
smiling from the cradle before the altar.
One wondered how anyone could spend
the holy night in any other way than
in prayer beside a manger-Jo not the
very oxen kneel at midnight! And how
very unimportant seemed to me all the
book. I had read about the first chapters
of St. Matthew and St. Lukel Nothing
really mattered except peace on earth
and good will among men. The Travel
Magazine
EDITORIAL SALAD.
The 12,000 sailors on the sixteen
battleships will have an interesting story
to tell how they looped the loop of the
Western Hemisphere.
General Funston's presence in Gold
field did not add much to the bulk of
the population, but should trouble arise
the miners will find htm to be a rich
specimen of concentrated quarts.
The air at Denver Is so rnrefted that
it is hard to understand why the town
wants to be the birthplace of a Demo
cratic national platform.
The oldest 'of the sixteen battleships
on the way to the Taciflc was completed
since the war with Spain. Spring and
fall styles in navies are expensive, but
it is necessary to keep up with the mode.
Great Britain is comparatively a small
bit of land, but It mined last year $500,
000,000 worth of coal. The coal wealth
of the United States runs into too many
billions to look reasonable.
Now tlje corporations are begging for
protection from the people.
The theory that trouble always come
from an unexpected source does not hold
good in the case of Senator Tillman.
PreitJrnt Roosevelt htt already com
pleted plant for his next vacation. H.
will go to Texas to play hid and tek
with the bears, 1
Morning As tor lan, 00 rests per month
It would be a pity if Russia should
execute General Stoessel and at the same
time add to the decorations of the grand
dukes who managed the military bureaus
during the war with Japan.
A few years ago the people were cry
ing for protection from the corporations,
Honey Deposited In the
Scandinavian - American
Savings BanH
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COME IN AND ASK US ABOUT IT.
IF YOU WANT TO BUY, BORROW
SOME MONEY, OR TRANSACT ANY
OTHER BUSINESS IN THE BANKING
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Here Are Christmas Specials
In Winter Suits and Cravcnettcs at $12, $20 and $25
that wfWeseiit the greatest clothing values ever offered here in season, as our various style lots become broken
TOvlfmZfTtf MARK THEM AT PRICES THAT WILL INSURE THEIR SPEEDY SALE. NOW IS THE TIME FOR
YOU TO BUY. COME EARLY. FOR THE QUANTITY AT EACH PRICE IS LIMITED. , , , ,
"EFF-EFF" FASHIONABLE CLOTHES
TYPIFY THE HIGHEST ATTAINMENT IN CLOTHES-MAKING FOR MEN. THEY ARE CLOTHES THAT SATISFY THE MOST EXACTING MEN'S
IDEAS. STYLE, TAILORING, QUALITY AND FIT THEY ARE THE BEST TO BE HAD READY-FOR-SERVICE,
HINTS FOR MEN'S HOLIDAY GIFTS HINTS FOR MEN'S HOLIDAY GIFTS
FANCY HALF HOSE in various -weaves, eotton, lisle, cashmere and silk, ranging SUITCASES-Hand-stitched, in various styles, leather-lined . $L75 to $lg
at all prices j per pair . 25C UP SILK AND LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS ftt gfc tO $1 00
DRESS SHIRTS, regular or coat front, attached or detached cuffs $1 to $4.50 SILK MUFFLERS in the very latest designs and colorings, also black" and
SILK, SUSPENDERS, handsomely trimmed with gold or silver buckles in var- , . ............. K i fcl n1
ious colored silks
SILK UMBRELLAS, gold or silver-mounted; natural wood handles$L50 to $5 i CAT SWEATERS J nJ forf $3.00 to $4.50
CONQUEROR HATS We are sole agmtsj one price, only $3.00 I SILK CRAVATS 'a the new style four-in-hands, nscots, English folded
HATS We have hats of all kinds and all prices . .'SOC to $5.00 : squares..........................:. 25c tO $1.00
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