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THE MORNING
ASTORIAN
Established 1873.
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THE WEATHER
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near coast '
V A BLITHERING FARCE.
The report of the Special Commit
tee of Five appointed by the Mayor
of Astoria, upon the order of the
Common Council, to investigate the
gambling status of this city and to
report thereon, has been compiled,
submitted, read and ordered filed in
the archives of the municipality,
where, for the credit of the city all
men hope it will remain buried for all
time to come.
It is flimsiest, most immaterial, in
direct, and candidly prejudiced docu
ment that was ever sent to the civic
records of Astoria. There are but
two palpable, acceptable, rational
statements in the 2000 words that
were wasted in its compilation; and
we quote them simply to emphasize
the raw vacuity of the whole thing.
They are' as follows: The Committee
says: .
"We find that so far as the prohibi
tion or suppression of gambling in
the City of Astoria is concerned, that
at the present time there is fully as
much gambling in progress in the
City, excepting slot machines and
banking games, as at any previous
time in its history. The order of the
District Attorney and the laws gov
erning the same, being flagrantly vio
lated. That whereas formerly the ma
jor part of the gambling done in
Astoria was confined to the classic
precinct of Astor Street, it is now
diffused through Commercial and
Bond Streets, the retail and shopping
streets of the City. The business
men on Astor Street, seem to have
implicitly obeyed the mandate of the
District Attorney, not only in so far
as the suppression of gambling is con
cerned, but also in the matter of Sun
day closing of saloons. The abject
failure of the proper officials to carry
out the orders of the District Attor
ney and the provisions of the laws of
the State of Oregon, has resulted in a
decided lowering of the moral tone of
the community, as well as prevent
ing the City from obtaining a revenue
from these non-taxpaying gentry,
thus increasing the burdens of the
legitimate taxpayers to the amount
approximately, of $15,000.00 per an
num." Here is candor of a sublime order;
the candor of the "hammer," than
which none is more meanly aggres
sive. But the pith of the matter lies in
the following query and answer; in
which the question is asked with an
avid hope that it may damn certain
men and officers, in the answering of
it; and the answer that took the "wind
out of the sails" of the committee and
negatives the political animus of the
"Specials." The Committee asks, and
Judge Thomas A. McBride answers,
as follows:
"Question 4. Is it the duty of a Sher
iff, to inquire into and investigate
rumored violations of law, search out
witnesses, and file complaints or in
formations before the District Attor
ney?
"Answer. It is not the duty of the
Sheriff to police the County nor town.
It is the duty of the Sheriff to do as
much of this as his other duties will
permit, but no more so than Con
stable. Police officers and other peace
officers. It is the duty of all peace
and police officers to use such means
as in their judgement is reasonable,
to detect criminals and bring them to
iustice."
The entire work of this committee
is a bungling piece of political clap-
trao. directed boldly and pointedly at
the offices of Sheriff and Assistant
District Attorney, with the sole view
of shielding the police of the city at
the expense of another department
SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN
SAV. BANK
Courteous and Accommodating
LitxratMethods. . Conservative Management
As long as the gamblers and games
were worth $15,000 a year to the city,
the police knew every man, game,
house, room, and peculiar detail of
the business, as it transpired in As
toria, and could put their hands on
any sport that was wanted; but the
instant the revenue end of the busi
ness drops out of sight, police in
terest falls to the ground and stays
there, despite the fact that this special
committee solemnly declares that
minor gambling is flourishing here
just as it always has done; and des
pite the unequivocal statement of the
ablest jurist in the Northwest, that
it is the bounden duty of the police to
"use such means, as in their judg
ment is reasonable, to detect crim
inals and bring them to justice."
We would not go into this shallow
thing so largely, were it not for the
fact that the committee had gone
broadly out of its way and duty, to
raise a political issue in the course of
a given civic assignment; a course of
procedure that transcended their in
structions and was wholly voluntary,
as well as uncalled for and unjust.
This farce of casting the responsi
bility for the arresting and prosecut
ing gamblers back and forth between
the police department and the
shrievalty and district attorneys
office, is an old game; the people are
sick and tired of it. The correction
of these evils is as much the duty of
one as the other. The police chief
and police force are either officers of
the law and the legal prosecutors of
its offenders, or they are not. If they
do NOT come within this category,
then the disbandment of the depart
ment is in order as the revenues of
the city will not warrant any orna
mental luxuries just at present We
believe Chief Gammal wants to do
his whole duty, but like many others
in this man's town, he is working un
der orders, and the men who have
the ordering are to blame for what of
inanition the force is chargeable; the
District Attorney should know just
where, when, and to what extent, his
orders are obeyed and disobeyed and
do bis duty in the premise; and as
far as the Sheriff is concerned, he
seems to have done his share of exe
cutive work in the closing of the
dance halls and bank games that
made the city notorious.
The citizens of Astoria want to re
spect their officers, from top to
bottom, and there is nothing
that will beget that respect and
hold it so firmly, minus all parti
san bias, as the honest, unpreju
diced, prompt fulfilment of the statu
tory, and ordained, duties of every
officer of the law; without regard to
the lesser orders, and inspired man
dates, of commissions, committees or
cliques, be they partisan, or organic.
And while were are about it, we
want to say that this office is besieged
daily with complaints, sardonic, criti
cat, and otherwise, of the fact that
the majority of the saloons in this
city are maintaining open back doors
every Sunday, without let or hin
drance from the authorities, while the
minor number of them are trying to
comply with the law that bids them
close. This may be a small matter,
yet it is very essential, in the light of
the wonderful report under discus
sion; but perhaps this too is beyond
the jurisdiction of the police, and
amenable only to the shrievalty and
constabulary. At all events it is flag
rant and open, and up to some of the
"guardians" of the people and the
peoples' law.
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EDITORIAL SALAD
This must be a lucky year for the
Republican party. It picks up a sen
ator in Kentucky in the most unex
pected fashion.
Before the People
Cards of Candidates in the Coming
Campaign.
The compliments of Senator-Elect
Bradley of Kentucky to Mr Bryan
of Nebraska. As usual, the Bryan
advice was a boomerang.
A new silent firearm may work
changes in methods of warfare. Its
effect in the field is described, but
what can 't do in the forum?
South Dakota has realized $5,000,
000 from its divorce mill, but it would
be hard to find a state wiling to take
the money along with the reputation.
One of the Maxims has invented a
noiseless gun. It was found that the
For Congress,
T. T. GEER
Candidate for Republican Congrei
sional Nomination in the Second Dij
trict. Liberal Appropriations fo
Waterways, Equal Opportunities an
Privileges for Labor and Capital, an
Governmental Control of Corpora
tions.
To The People.
In submitting my name to the elec
tors of the Fifth Judicial District for
their consideration for the office of
District Attorney of said District, I
desire to ay that if I am nominated
and elected, I will, during my term
of office, honestly, vigorously and
impartialy perform all the official
duties pertaining to (aid office, with
out fear or favor, endeavoring always
to accord to every individual, irre
spective of party, politics or person
alities, a square deal under the law,
keeping always uppermost in my mind
the interests of the tax payers of said
District and State.
E. B. TONGUE.
old kind was making the citizens of
Kentucky deaf.
CoLBryan has the courage that is
born of frequent repetition of the
same coruscating platforms. What
the colonel needs is some new stage
thunder.
The new Republican senator from
Kentucky is some offset for the Re
publican governor who was driven
from the state by the Goebel conspir
acy against the ballot
The humor of the pending campaign
will be furnished by the Democrats.
Some of the delegates to the Denver
Convention want to punish Kentucky
by indorsing prohibition.
A bad season of the year was se
lected for the New York-to-Paris
automobile race. The machines should
have been equipped with runners, like
a sled; or fins, like a fish.
Mr. Burbank is working on a ba
nana which he thinks will grow as
far north as Massachusetts. The paw
paw may have been started for a
banana, but somehow the job went
wrong. ,
With 175 military and semi-military
schools in the United States, and
nearly 60,000 cadet soldiers in train
ing, there is no danger that the Amer
ican martial spirit will soon die out.
The Republican party is so rich in
material that Secretary Root is not
introduced at the banquets he attends
as the "next President of the United
States." Happy the country that has
more good Presidential timber than
it can use.
NOT A SOLOIST.
The late Theodore Thomas was re
hearsing the Chicago Orchestra on
the stage of the Auditorium Theater.
He was disturbed by the whistling
of Albert Burridge, the well-known
scene painter, who was at work in the
loft above the stage. A few minutes
later Mr. Thomas' librarian appeared
on the "bridge" where Mr, Burridge
merrily whistling, was at work.
"Mr. Thomas's compliments," said
the librarian, "and he requests me to
state that if Mr. Burridge wishes to
whistle he will be glad to discontinue
his rehearsal,"
To which Mr. Burridge replied,
suavely: "Mr. Burridge's compli
ments to Mr. Thomas; and please in
form Mr. Thomas that, if Mr. Bur
ridge cannot whistle with the orches
tra he won't whistle at all."
COFFEE
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WATERFRONT ITEMS
French Bark Eugene Pergellne
From Antwerp.
WEATHERWAX REACHES PORT
A jolly party of about 25 were the
guests of John L. Carlson, on board
the new gasoline boat John L. C, on
Monday afternoon. It was on the oc
casion of the trial trip of the new
boat and was enjoyed by all present
The boat left Wilson's boat yard at
2 p. m. and took a spin along the
waterfront to Tongue Point then to
the jetty below Fort Stevens return
ing to Fisher Bros, dock at 5 o'clock,
where the guests debarked The trial
was a complete success and the boat
will probably be accepted today.
Cigars and refreshments were served
by the genial host who wss as happy
as a boy with a new pair of boots.
The John L. C is 70 feet long over
all, 14 feet beam and 4 inches by 10
inches depth of hold. She is fitted
with a 55 horsepower Union engine
and wilt be nsed in operating the Pa
cific Cold Storage Canning Company
at Tagu Harbor, Alaska.
The fine French bark Eugene Per-
gcline, 157 days out from Antwerpt,
with Captain Le Norman in command
crossed in over the Columbia bar yes
terday afternoon, and is now in the
lower harbor awaiting towage to
Portland. She is consigned to Girvin
& Eyre, and carries a cargo of ce
ment. She had a stormy passage this
side of the Horn; but all are well on
board, and glad to drop anchor after
the long voyage.
The oil tank steamer W. S. Porter
came down the river yesterday morn
ing early and went to sea without loss
of time.
The steamer Alliance was among
the getaways from this port yester
day, leaving out for Coos Bay at
noon, with good business on all
decks. V
The steamer Johan Poulsen will
dock at the Columbia mills pier at
Knappton today, en route from Port
land to San Francisco, and take on
her deck load of lumber from that
plant
The steamer F. S. Loop will be
here the first of the coming week to
load lumber at the Astoria Box Com
pany's pier, finishing at the Columbia
mills at Knappton; and thence she
will return to the Bay City.
The schooner J. M. Weatherwax
came into port yesterday noon, and
wilt go up the Columbia for an out
ward cargo of lumber.
The Albert Meyer will go up stream
as far as Rainier today on the haw
sers of the steamer Oklahama, for a
load of lumber, for San Francisco.
The schooner Alice McDonald is
due this morning with a load of lum
ber, outward bound for the Bay
City.
The Carlson launch "John L. C."
is being trimmed up for her long run
to Alaskan waters, and will leave out
in the course of a few days.
Movements Light on Bay and River
Yesterday Alice McDonald Due
Down Albert Meyer Loads at
Rainier Other Interesting Notes
Unequalled as a Cure for Croup.
"Besides being an excellent remedy
for colds and throat troubles, Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy is unequalled
as a cure for croup," says Harry
Wilson of Waynetown, Ind. When
given as soon as the croupy cough
appears, this remedy will prevent the
attack. It is used successfully in
many thousands of homes. For sale
by Frank Hart and leading druggists.
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Individually Molded desserts are
now considered the proper thing. The
moulds are hard to get outside the
large cities, but users of JELL-O,
The Dainty Dessert, can get them
absolutely t free. Circular in each
package explaining and illustrating
the different patterns. JELL-O is
sold by all good grocers at 10c. per
package. Do not accept a substitute
or you will be disappointed.
Fisher Brothers Company
SOLE AQENTI ' !,;.;: 3 v .V ....
Barbour and Finlayion Salmon Twins and Netting
McCormlck Harvesting Machines
Oliver Chilled Tlougbs
. Malthold Roofing
Sharpies Cream Separator!
.Raecollth Flooring . Storrttt's TooU
Hardware, Groceries, Ship
Chandlery
Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pips and Fittings, Brass
Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass
Fishermen's Purs Manilla Rops, Cotton Twtns and Istns Wsb
W Wont Your Trade
FISHER BROS.
BOND STREET
ALTERATION SALE
$900.00 Worth of New Fixtures
Will be here March 25th. Every counter
and showcase in the store must be moved,
hence these genuine reductions: ,
. 50c Boa Paper now 27c each 75c Popular novel now 47c copy
25c Boi Paper now..,.. 17c each $1.25 Popular novels now 1.09 copy
Other Books, one-third to three-fourths off. Sheet Musk 25c, now lie
copy; Music Books, one-fourth to one-half regular pries; musical Instru.
ments, two-thirds off. v
Six counters and four showcases for sale.
Cash Only .... Nothing Charged
WHITMAN'S BOOK STORE
Everything Reduced
STEEL & E WART
Electrical Contractors
ELECTRIC LIGHTING, BELLS,
TELEPHONES
ELECTRIC AND COMBINATION
FIXTURES
Phone Main 3881 ... . 426 Bond Street
John Pox, Pres. P. L. Bishop, Sec. Astoria Savings Bank, Treas.
Nelson Troyer, Vice-Prei. and Supt
ASTORIA IRON WORKS
DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OP THE LATEST IMPROVED ...
Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilers
COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED.
Correspondence Solicited. Foot of Fourth Stmt
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