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8 A '1 'f ' 1 : ! i it 'll: n 1 1 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGO N. FRIDAY. MARCH SO. IMS. . . , . --, THE MORNING "ASTORIAN EsttblisM ISM. Published Daily Ept Monday fcy THE J. S. DSLUNUaK w. etTBRrPIPTION RATES. R miiL oer year..... 92 rt . : . iur mAnth..i...Mn W jjr ' wwiCKLY ASTORIAN. r maiL oer war. in advance.. ..$1S0 Entered at second-dasa matter July 30. 1906. at the postofhce at Astoria. Oregon? under the act of Congress of Marcft i, XT Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence w place of bfwinesrmay be made oy postal card or through telephone. Any regularity in delivery should be im mediately reported to the office of puDiicauon. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Western Oregon Increasing cloudi ness followed by showers. Western Washington Showers. Eastern Oregon, Washington and Idaho Showers. SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAV. BANK Courteous and Accommodating Liberal Methods. .Conservative Management . MISTAKEN CLEMENCY. C : : " ! Orchard, the many-times murderer, self-confessed, soul-sickened, hope less; a man to whom despair has become as a garment, and to whom men, and light and life are as nothing, in the face of the black eternity of forgetfulness and oblivion he longs for. This is not the man to whom human mercy appeals; to whom respite would come as a gift of peace; to whom judges and mandates and reprieves appeal. It would be a , criminal blunder to offer him anything but the death he craves as a boon and the earlier it is granted him the pro founder the benefice. We have watched this man's habit and poise as well as it was possible at long range, and are inclined to con cede him the one manly virtue of dig nity in the front he has put up to the fate he knows he has deserved; he has been quiet, patient, silent; has set up no plea, no demand, no contest, and has asked for nothing but the fulfilment of the edict that yields the only peace he may ever know. And we believe the recent stir in behalf of commutation, or freedom, or what ever else his friends are seeking, is a cruel mistake and should be aban doned. Orchard, in the deep silence and barred seclusion of a penitentiary is comparatively free from the hideous burdens of biting reproach and repul sion that would make a hell of his life on the outside; and the only justifica tion that would bolster the idea of his release now; would be the theory of deepening and prolonging his pun ishment by sending him forth in the vigor of his early manhood, to battle, as the Wandering Jew battled, against the cursing and condemning world of men. On any other hypothesis than this, clemency is out of the question. WE WANT OUR DUE. The recently filed report of the municipal special committee detailed to investigate immoral conditions al leged to exist in Astoria and especial ly as to gambling, was so warped with cheap politics as to forego any and all allusion to the remarkable and wholly creditable changes that have been wrought here in the past year or two; and that the truth may be known be yond our borders and simple justice mav he done Astoria, we desire to say that every dance-hall in Astoria, with all its concomitants for evil, has Deen and sealed aeainst future ex istence and practice in this man's tnn: that the banking-games of chance, along with the gentry who conducted them, have been shut down and out, and will stay out What of minor gambling is afoot here is not n( nnalitv or scooe to frighten any one, and it is under espionage and knowledgeable comment, ana suDjeci to reactionary treatment at any nour, ru rifv is cleaner and more whole- than it has been in years and ' public sentiment is stiffening against is c nf all kinds. The old-time in difference that is supposed to prevail in all sea-port cities, is passing, ana the larger and decenter, policy of reuglation and restriction is abroad with programs unheard oi nere uc Astoria has become cognizant of the injury these evils mtiicteo upon her commercial and social reputation, and they are to be expunged and man-handled until this port and city is openly and broadly acknowledged as one of the safest and cleanest on the coast, and her present status of redemption predicts lull ana cany achievement along this line. REAL HOME LOYALTY. Is there such a business-quality, in these days of merciless competition, as actual, faithful loyalty to one's home town and market? There is endless spouting and blow ing and "rah'-rahing about it on all sides; but who, and where, is the man that honestly adheres to the doctrine? This abstract howling for a prin ciple of this sort only emphasizes the constant departure from it, and does grievous injury to the community and its commerce. Scoff as we may, we owe an always increasing obligation to our own habitat and people and businesses, and if we do not keep things going, of our own volition and faith and pride, we cannot expect much from the man outside. This duty lies at the door of the seller as well as the buyer. The man who deliberately raises margins on the staples at home drives his neighbor to the field be yond, in sheer self-defense; and neither stands justified by expedience in the eyes of the on-looking neigh-1 bor. I There is but one clear path to pur sue: Stand by the home man, the home plant, the home-product, first, and far; and when he forces you out of the near sphere, let it be known of all men in plain terms. The public business, and the quasi-public con cerns, should be the last, and gen erally are, to turn down the local interest; yet it not infrequently hap pens, that they, too, go out of their way to become patrons of foreign es tablishments; all of which is bad pol icy and hurtful neglect EDITORIAL SALAD The big fleet has rounded the con tinent so smoothly that the only amende left for the naval critics is to turn turtle. The Ohio Republican platform is for an adequate navy. This is a safe adjective, but its usefulness some what depends on going into particu lars. Among the fish to be eaten in Greater New York during the Lenten season the sucker species will be as proimnent this year as ever before. The anarchists have served notice on youn King Alfonso. A man of authority is no longer safe, whether he wear a royal crown or a police man's star. Nebraska's Democratic delegation is instructed solidly for Mr. Bryan. He named it himself and wrote the platform, which is good practice for the Denver one-man show. The Jamestown Exposition grounds are offered to the govern ment for $2,500,000. Uncle Sam need be in no hurry. None of the show men will rush in to cut him out of the bargain. The Ohio Republicans should not revise the tariff with so sharp a pair of borrowed shears that it would take a microscope to discover any remain ing protection for American wages and industries. SITUATION IMPROVED. SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 18.Mayor Taylor of this city and Repert Blue, U. S. Surgeon in charge of anti plague operations, have issued a notice to the Public in which they state that the plague situation is very much improved, there having been since the first of January but two bacteriologically verified and but three clinical cases of plague, with only one death. What makes the sit uation peculiarly and distinctively satisfactory they say, is the thorough in the work of sanitation, co-operation on the part of the city auhtorities and the citizens generally "There is every prospect they say," that by the time the fleet anchors in the bay of San Francisco, the city will be cleaner than it ever has been in its history. It is quite evident to us that the danger of an epidemic from plague is very remote." Before the People Cards of Candidates la tha Coming Campaign, For Congress, T. T. OEER Candidate for Republican Congres sional Nomination in the Second Dis trict. Liberal Appropriations fo Waterways, Equal Opportunities an Privileges for Labor and Capital, an Governmental Control of Corpora Hons. 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 say 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. 4CCCC COL. ROBERT HOUGH DEAD. BALTIMORE, Mar. 19,-Col. Ro bert Hough, a confederate veteran and well known to horse owners throughout the East, died last night of congestion of the lungs, aged 67 years. He was one of the founders and for many years secretary of the Pimlice Driving Club and was famil iar in the judges stands at trotting races in this section of the country. CHICAGO, Mar. 19,-More than 300 strike breakers left Chicago last night for Denver to take the places of Union boiler makers machinists and helpers on strike at the shops of the Union Pacific and the Denver and Rio Grande Railroads. FIGHT ON HIGH GIRDERS. ST. LOUIS, Mar. 19.-Chas Havi Iand and Chas. Bert, ironworkers, fought on the iron girders on the six teenth story of the new National Bank of Commerce building at Pine Street and Broadway yesterday. The interference of others saved them from falling to the street. For five minutes the battle was waged on a steel beam 18 inches wide. Haviland was badly cut about the face and had to be treated at a dispensary. 4CCCC ATHLETES GO TO ST. LOUIS. NEW YORK, Mar. 19. Two of the Metropolitan Districts best known athletes, Martin Sheridan and Melvin Sheppard, left the city last night for St Louis, where tomorrow evening they will compete in the 10 games of St. Louis University. 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"ft EE them two old plugs ' over there r the landlord of the kjf Maverick hotel asked, pointing acrosa the street The grocery drummer, who had been caught over Sunday In the little Kansas cowtown, looked up and aaw two grtealed, gray old men alttlng peacefully aide by aide on a dry goods bos In the shade of a building. "Aa mild and quiet as a pair of little Innocent lambs," the landlord added, with a chuckle, "and dwelJIn' together Jeet like they waa own twin brothers!" The grocery drummer yawned and took np a paper and began to read. The old men did not interest him in the least It waa no uncommon thing In hla experience to see a couple of old fellows loafing on a village street "But that's jeet the way they always are," the landlord went on. "You hard ly ever tee 'em when they ain't to gether. Wherever one goes the other goes, and whatever one does the other does. Ever since a feller come along here and pat us on to It we been csllln' em Damon and Pythias. You've beard tell of them cbaps, I reckon P The drummer nodded. "Well, these two' old cube Is jest like that so far as their friendship goes- stand by each other through thick and thin, and either of 'em would fight to the last .breath for the other. And quiet and peaceable! Ton would natu rally thick they'd been raised np in a 8unday school and hadn't never heard tell of nothln' bat the Bible all their Uvea." : The drummer made no reply, and long alienee followed. At last, bow ever, the landlord emitted a soft chuckle and, pointing across the street said: "Too wouldn't ever guess, 'now, a-lookm' at them settln there that way, that they used to be two of the toughest cusses that ever run the range and that for two years tbey tried their very best to kill escb oth er. Now, would yon P "Hardly," the drummer answered. ; "Tit Ifs even so. I bet each of 'em has got a pound of lead in him now that the other pat there, and as for scars-well, I reckon they're branded each other up about as complete as they could without puttln the scars on double." The drummer began to show interest. ! lie laid anltlo bis paper and asked for the particulars. "Well. It's like this," the landlord be gan. "Joe Kern that's the one on the right there ho used to be a cowboy and worked on the Triple X ranch, bout twenty miles south of town. And he was shore n holy terror. There wan lots of mighty tough cowboys round here In them days, bat the toughest of 'em wfjs as mild and harmless as babies compared with Joe. Their Utile scrappln' and shootln' wo'n't much more than Sunday school work when looked at alongside) of what he done. "Among the eccentric notions Joe got Into his head was one to the effect "THl BALL OUT A LOOK OF EAIB VBOM AB'S HEAD." that this town didn't need no marshal and shouldn't have none. 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