THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA," OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1008, THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established 'Wl A' Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year", 7 -99 By carrier, per montn . . . . .w ; ; ; weekly astorian; By mail, per year, in advancer. .. $1.50 Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 1 : , - , -i. 7 Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence w place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be im mediately reported to the office of publication., ;rt , i . t; ; TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Western Oregon and - Western (Washington -Showers an warmer. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Wash ington and Idaho Occasional light rain or snow; continued low tempera tures. - SYSIEI1 OF ROBBERY We.Invite Your Attention to tho SCANDINAVIAN AMERICANSABAN 505 commercial street. ; " fc ; ; " COMPLETE FACILITIES FOR DOING ALL KINDS OF BUSI NESS INCIDENTAL TO CONSERVATIVE BANKING, i : HANDS OFF! PEOPLE FIRSTI I The day of strict party conventions is setting; and if it were but realized, the fuller power and influence of partisan expression lies with primary polls, and hi Oregon this is essential ly true of the Republican interest and control. The "beachcombers" arid "hacks" and "party-perennials,'? of course, do not stand for this for a moment, 3 nd all counsel contravening it niay be safely scanned for selfish inspiration, set afoot by them. The principle of primary popular expression is alive, and legally alive, in this State, and of all the clamorous gaggers and high-binders in the domi nant party or in the minority parties, not one dare to move for the , repeal of the law. As that law is construct ed and construed it may have several or many imperfections; it needs amendment and will get it, from time to time, until it shall be as nearly perfect as human wisdom can make it; but the principle behind it is im moveable. "') It strikes us, in the course of a review of the situation at present, with a number of good Republicans already in the field and their candida cies alligned for the primaries, that it ia going to work a sharp injustice -I to these men to foist endorsements and specific declarations prior to the open avowals of the party at the April polls; that real partisan faith demands strict silence until the party has spoken of men and measures at the primaries, and then to call all the conventions and mass meetings that may be ' necessary, get behind the last one of them, and put them in place and effect. We may be old fashioned, but we are honest in thisl maintained at the best standard pos sible. No standards can be preserved without money these days, and there fore it is the duty of .the people to supply the great school with the $125,000 it needs, and which was voted it by the Legislature last Winter, and which has been passed up to the people for confirmation this Spring. Vote "yes" on the refer endum in this behalf and do a mani fest duty to the young manhood of the State by making the institution devised for his and the State's benefit, a success and a credit. Build it, ex pand it, keep it in line with all other universities on the coast; or cut it out! It is a State matter and State pride should protect it, always. ' THE ANARCHISTIC MOUTH. " There may be American anarchists, but : we have yet: to know them as actualities. The man who despises all forms , and principles of govern ment, regulation and restriction, moral, ethical, social and commercial is 999 times out of 1,000 born on foreign soil and bears a foreign name. Just why he is here exploiting his in sane propaganda is one of the mys teries that must be solved soon and finally or we shall have them in such as to make them an actual threat to the peace of the nation. The cult relies on the weak and badly balanced socialist to pass over into its camp and the reliance is well placed; it takes thorough poise to be a real socialist, who at his best is the &ntithesi! of the anarchist; but the . vapid, irresponsible, unstudious socialist is ripe material for the icont oclastic .brood that parades under the banner of anarchy, and generally reaches his destination tinless his per version is checked by his fellows or chance impediment that thwarts the final fall. There are anarchists, and anarchists; just as there are social ists, and socialists; and by their mouths the world may easily distin guish them.' " "! ' ' Before the People Cards o! Candidate! ia the Coming ' "Campaign." " For Congress, - t T. T. GEER . . I 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 tions. '' v. S MUSICAL PLEASURES AHEAD. Everybody in this city with music in their souls is hoping devoutly there may be no serious impediment to the organization of the Philhar monic society that is in course of formation under the auspices of Dr. Emil Enha, aided by the two score -ladies -and gentlemen who. possess eonlfttrtrtofy. gifts H hat are to consti tufc'fcb effective cham. -Such a so-iiettf- is"s6reSHefeded toere, hbt-'aldife J5h WoUtitgof the d6BMft of 'kacHnH it eTtainiffCht, W beaaee ofc Sh'e ' oM. itf 'toili ' d&Iiri g the 4!n;bf 'f e&l 'utt re! i'lWfte sUmt iteoplePiiAstdfla s tfiortfineJ voitei'fctcc her'dpulafckm! an-ariVlavihthe-'fStal tffld"She! ifouldshave-1 an-sagencVthatf will'dei Vefopbad2(ibut'i6h.vthfsiip"erfe faculty try its' last limit'f ctiltue iMitx&kif sion. .vunf;o3 sfrf lo 'Aqartf -B:AMd1WSt feftly'tibw AsWla'i'rieed' tMsrciafctSs 1ft ivicbf'VoJfc: !M "she simpy: ye"B"rrig torflbie fstnSaftforL cilestratio4iiittfaioen 'Iran relied fea'tot quality 'n J"f.erfliiency 'as ii ' kSjutfct W'hefi)'oM currirjultfrn. ''There' are e verat itaillJ 'frdflps't of I w fl? trained &&iih$r smltip the cbrnnvVnnity','-in nfcpliaJtifd'J fa shiofl j? ' (excellent $taye?s on variotfj In stfoirrrents;1 'heeding! GtAf thtfiviVluert'oWhesioI-'Sti'd bekpeft ladershipnoevoivg Tmkgntf icefit o' Chktfaia SeH!lcon1)i'teShV not payiifot a'while,''butsriit0fpidid aliflcfetifflc'enatdettfatrt'i hl'e'Mt;rwt$Urd3 itfi ih-fbhftd tbhmSkl'-li an tfn-disjpfin&biefi'iarid 1 ' Jf mmmtive ir!stittitioW.'9lfdf' Heavens sM&j'tWit bfel ;'i ow, ntstlf to lis toll b lo hohzbmuimuzw ilt-u ificf srfi is': . rftEPAN0j tKtrrartnrfr'rfi -.ThneTsiYy &oii3rm a mikf&'WotMi chiefest of the elemental fixtures of the commonwealth and should be EDITORIAL SALAD Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest wo man in America, has moved into a $19 flat at Hoboken. Instead of an automobile she can use the $70,000,- 000 tunnel under the Hudson. Mrs. Green is an economist- who looks closely to details in providing against a rainy day. Havana is beginning to cheer Governor Magoon when he appears in public. In the course of time the Cubans will admit that another with drawal on the part of the United States doesn't look good to them, and that they can think of no alter native to annexation that will work. Valparaiso will erect a municipal theater on the site of one destroyed by earthquake in August, 1906. The material will be steel, which is also proposed for the passenger railway cars of the future, an idea urged with the 'statement that it will reduc rail w.ay 8ffSualfre3- one-half. unequauea as a iure xor v.roup. To The People. j 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,' desire to say that if I am nominated and elected, I will, during my ternj of office, honestly, vigorously and impartialy perform all the official duties pertaining to said office, with out fear or favor, endeavoring always to accord to every individual, irre spective of party, politics or person alities, a square deal tinder the law, keeping always uppermost in my mind the interests of the tax payers of said District and State. E.B. TONGUE. CHARTER FOR NEW YORK. ALBANY, March 26.-The As sembly passed without an amend ment, the Senate bill providing for a new charter revision by a commis sion for New York City. f Involving City Esr.jtloyes and Bi; business firms. v if- IN WATER DEPARTMENT GRAFT Supplies Never Used by ' the City Were Purchased Ostensibly for the Water Department and Then Used . by City Flumbers. PRICES OF DIAMONDS. NEW YORK, March 26."With a view to correcting my misapprehen sion on the part of the public and the trade," the jewelers board of trade, whose membership ' includes import ant firms in the diamond, jewelry and kindred trades throughout the coun try, have issued a statement in which it is declared there is no prospect of a reduction in the price of diamonds. SHOPS SHUT DOWN. HOUSTON, Texas, March 26.- The Southern Pacific and Texas Cen tral shops were shut down today. Two thousand men are thrown out of work., : "-. " i" "Besidesr being, annexe for colds and throat troubles, Cham- WBson of.Waynetpwn given as soon , as aai'jo'jxs -sdot iom' iv.en as soon .as tne.croirpy cougn appears, this remeay win preven 9nvr' h r.tt rtof?rt',tir.. nor It is used ,succeastully in- manv thousands .of homes. . Tor sale: .by Frank Hart ind'ieadirig f3nlggijtS. (it noiiiirriD.'; Drij mrr arxrTor i; Hid vonsnrr; 5i .!"-. :f oi MmZ . When yon want -srpleasant physic Liver Tablets a trial. They are mild angeritfe;ln thelj lama 3ndT always pfodfcjei'aj pleasantf' cathartir);effcX Dali.at Frank Hattriandileading dreg gjtsii9'Askiiforj5l TStetPi&bivhMi rns 9?BrfT oi ImJial '.nd Mnno3 rfT" snhub I ft o i LamriShouMeTi J j.yvi,m -ifiismsf noiiibrtfu-iirf bfiJi 'ish odt from rheumatic, pains, there is noth ing. so good for a Jame shoulder as at each 'application and a quick cure is certain For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. Shakespsart'e Wild Animals. . Shakespeare makes use of no fewer than twenty species of British wild animals. Of these the badger, the otter and the water rat are once each em ployed by name merely as terms of abuse. The polecat and hedgehog ere also terms of abuse, but are so far "described" as to be called respective ly "stinking and "thorny." The dor mouse and ferret are each used once as adjectives for "sleepy" and "florce." The shrew gives Its name to a play. but is never mentioned as an animal. The moLa Is mentioned twice as being "blind," the wildcat once as "sleeping by day," the cony as "struggling in the net" and "dwelling where she is kin dled" and the squirrel as "the fairies' coachmaker" ' and as having already hoarded that year's nuts on May day. The rat and the mouse, being only the M. domesticus, required no "ob servation" by , the poet, so that .the jbove represents the total of Shake speare's natural history with regard to all but six of his British quadrupeds, he poet's only "original" references it thetweasel are blunders. The bat is 0enfct6&ei three times as an actual an maJ7T!oacqiwr,ongly as a migrant, like '$?fifureu,nS summer; once ranciruiiy. as tne "reremouse," out of whose "leathern" wines Titan la's elves finely, "ere tm mi 'nntn,u-fl6Wn uls cloistered ' 'flight,' w flctldgJtHa hburotf Duncan's jiTftej fqjof .gousesaffioKls fladlea,.opr of raole and tradition could hakes the fox of not be surpassed. London ttaw'11 inDff'frto.0 cl'dw oil". :7oflol. ?z f.r, vtoWkM . 'bwni Ms TAiM . aoor4 vm wsl turn v.rrnojoo. orifqn olJineCity 'Cour't'has! under ion rtiTr; CHICAGO, March 26. An" amai ing system of robbery and graft in volving city employees and big busi ness firms and extending back through several years was uncovered yesterday" in the water department As a result of the revelations two employees, including a division head, were removed, and 38 subordinate employees are slated ; fort discharge today. Some of them may be in dicted for complicity in the thefts. Through the use of tampered meters -and the connivance of city employees several large . corpora tions have defrauded the city of hun dreds' of thousands of dollars in water taxes. At the same' time the employees of the meter division to whi'.h the scandal is confined, have plundered the stock of supplies, sell ing meters to junk dealers and bar tering materials for drinks in saloons. Supplies never used by the city were purchased ostensibly for khe water department and then used by city plumbers " in private outside business. f : The payrolls of the division were found padded with idlers and incom petents. The force which originally numbered 200 men was reduced by Superintendent W. J. McCourt, of the water bureau, to fifty. The un earthing of the crookedness is due to the efforts of Superintendent Mc Court, who was appointed head of the bureau six weeks ago, after win ning first p!ace in the merit test for the place. b EMBEZZLER CAUGHT. NEW YORK, March 26.-Ferdi- nand Dudenhofer, formerly the tax collector for the Third District of New Orleans, who disappeared a year ago, was arrested here today. It is alleged he was $75,000 short. ..Warranted to Give Satisfaction Hose j& In Fancy Colors The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co Incorporated ; i , i i if i i a Successon to Foird & Stoksi Co. ? Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENTS ' , J S' ' Barbour and Finlayson Salmon Twins and Nttting ' McCbrmlck Harvesting Machines Oliver Chilled Ploughs ; ' ' Mslthoid Roofing , Sharpies Cream Separators Rawblith Flooring j ; Storrett'i Tools Hardware, Groceries, Ship Tan Bark, Blue Stone, ' Muriatic Acid, Welch Coal, Tar, Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Brass : Goods, Paints, Oils and Glsn Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twins and Sslns Wib ,, Wo Weitit Your Trade FISHBR BROS, ..);,.. -' BOND STREET .. i J.Q. A. BOWLBY, President O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President FRANK PATTON, Cashier J. W. GARNER, Assistant CtihJer Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid in $100,000. Surplus and Undivided Profits, SSOOOa Transacts a General Banking Business- Interest Paid on Time Deposits FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. Eleventh and DuanaSts. Astoria, Oregon. OUGHT TO LIVE LONGER. CHICAGO, Mar 26. Three score and ten years of earthly existence is an old fashioned allotment of a man's life according to Bishop Samuel Fallows. People ought to be ashamed that they do not live to be 100 or 120 years in this age, he holds. At 80 a man should be in the prime of life, whereas now 40 or 45 is de clared to be the climax. Bishop Fallows was speaking on "The Mission of Pain" at the St. Pauls Reformed Episcopal Church. COFFEE Five degrees of excel lence: good; better; fine; finer; finest: all Schilling's Best. Your grocer return your moner 1 you don't Uk it; we pay Mm ' V3a consideration 3fl 'Pitt-J'r.fft f a-, prrr j motion in. a suit of James Cavanaugh, a tailor ,of . Lon don. and.. Pans, airainsi the Duke de v 1 1 fir r.n-ir I iiUmi aI t ic ir- O 1 uhauines wnorecenti matjried OTiss LtirJ.9'.-srjr 1,1 n h. .blml M i,jto auegea to De aue ior e suit ;is to re l -fJ la. .St". 1J Jit 1 : 1 J I I . cover clothes furnished by the tailor to the duke in 1901. SB: 1 r-.r V tAKEMlENWC First National Bank of Astoria, Ore, ESTAULIHlll-l) HM. Capital $100,000 John Fox, Pres. P. L. Bishop, Sec Astoria Savings Bank, Treas. Nelson Troyer, Vice-Pres. and Supt ASTORIA IllON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED . i . . Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and ' Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. . . Foot of Fourth Street 1 ma 111 mil 111 ill UF-TO-D&TE PMPJI ; Ahsaye tm tb lookout for the most approved men e dates ftiB8S,wt hm scared th right to seU the well know paints. , sus, VKrntsaes, nude and sold under the narks ... ...... . ..if A snan ou eoaUsc aayone, novice or expert, to get,witbottt wum, nncay mm ngni noun lor wood or mud, old or new, inside or oat stimj i?hrihiff 1 jTisi 1 Tx 1 ALLEN WALL PAPER " AND PAINT CO. "llth'BondSoleAgts: '7."!'.'"'11 i) . ! SCOff BAY BRASS & IBOB Mil A8TOIIIA, OHEOON ..... ' T 1- 1 : t . - i v - AND BRASS FOUNDERS LAND AND MARINL "EKCIXEER8 rffft Trade Mrks Designs COPYRIGHTO &.C. mil. tioiw strictly conddeiiTluT. HANDBOOK on Putfiiiu iMta?Eram?Ws culatlon of fcny lotentiflo Journal. 'J'erni, S3 1 ft four montls, $L Bold by all newideuler Braocb Office. 62t 7 St. WuhlDgton. P. C Up-to-Date Sawmill Machinery, ioinsna Jfrankiin Ave. Prompt attention given .1 illrepak irortc TeJ Wain 24tl ASTORIA THE GEM C.F.WISE. Prop.. Choice Winesi Liquors , Merchants Lunch Irem . ? CIS" 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Hot Lunch at All Hours. Cetl vomer Eleventh and ConunerdaL