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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1008 (TIjcDnilii am 5 Eitablishcd 1873. Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINCER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year ...$7.00 By carrier, per month 60 WEEKLY By mail, per year, in advance Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at As toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence or place of business may be made byposul .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Oregon, Washington, nnd Idaho Fair and warmer. CONVENTIONS NEXT. The American people are going into convention to name their choice of certain men for certain office, the highest in the land, and until the selections are made there will be a deluge of debate and uproar from the great centers of assemblage back to the remotest precinct of the coun try. Once the candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency are named there will be four more months of turmoil and discussion, abuse and championship, asseveration and denial, bluff, buncomb, and bur densome jaw-work, in overwhelming flood, until the people shall stem it by going quietly to the polls and vot ing their choice into the exalted offices. The story is becoming old and trite, but it never loses interest, however much the electorate smiles at the farce precedent. It is well to understand now, that the people of the United States are not to be put off with weak men in this year of grace; they have had a taste of the real thing in the way of Presidents and the succession must be made of a quality at least ap proaching the strength and power of the man who retires. It is equally important to realize that the vice presidency must not go to some mere figure-head, some dawdling rich man or poor man whose name and influ ence demand recognition at the hands of the parties. Roosevelt has lifted that office up along with his own, and has accentuated the peril the country escaped by his own presence in the secondary station. WE want no re versions to ornamental incompetents; one of the chiefest lessons of Mr. McKinley's deplorable death finds expression in the standard and stam ina of the man to whom his mantel fell. The second place is as pro foundly essential as the first from this single viewpoint, and it may not be abandoned with any safety to the nation. It will be a grave blunder if there are not two strong men named at Chicago and Denver this year; an error that will not be soon forgiven if the country is ever called upon to witness the failure of a weakling at ( a juncture in the nation's affairs such as Mr. Roosevelt met and dominated. PREPAREDNESS. This is the time for Astoria to "get next!". 'While the dearth of business is on, and there is time to devote to the real situation, it is every man's duty to study closely the best plans and most feasible expedients for the com munal up-lift and report them when ever they will do the most good. In spite of every drawback that hinders and hampers her, Astoria is, today, one of the "sanest and safest" of the Oregon communities. She has no poor and indigent population to care for; she has more genuine workers and fewer loafers than any city of her size in the country; she has all the advantages she needs to build upon and plenty of money to build with; this is her season of preparedness and her people must "get next" and stay there. Her destiny lies in her own hands; she has been notified in unequivocal terms, of the disinclination of every great agency on the outside to which she has looked longingly for her re demption and launching, to buoy her through and aid her; she swings on her own pivot and must preserve her own balance. The man wth brains enough to evolve a working suggestion whereby she shall begin to forge ahead and" take on new leverage and lustre, is the big man of the community; and he owes a lot of his fellows who are willing, to a man, to owe as much to him and make good, if he will but Astorian. ASTORIAN. Si-50 open up. There is a way out of our upine condition and it will be found in our very midst; it must be, for there is no source of revelation nor contribution beyond our gates. We must prepare the base and line of our own evolution and having gotten "next," "get there!". NO KICK: JUST A HINTL As the second city in Oregon As toria rightfully asks for an improved telephone service. Every man here knows that the company's representatives and em ployes are making the best of a worn-out and decrepit system, and while we momentarily row and rave over the inadequacy and incompe tency of it all, we do ft in the general sense of a protest against the tools they are working with. By every rule of business expe diency, public and private, the com pany's and our own, Astoria is en titled to the latest and best in switchboards and other equipment that shall put her on a level with the coast cities of her class and those above it The entanglements that confront ed the company last year have been straightened out and may not be pleaded now. We are urging this as our own : due, for the company's profit and for the preservation of the sanity of the community in general. We know the lineage has been im proved and appreciate it but we plead for the correlative addenda that shall make the system what it should be in a place of this size, and shall hail the news of the company's readi ness to stock up this station, with universal satisfaction. A woman who evidently has studied her subject first band said recently of American society; "The whole trouble with society can be gummed up In one word insincerity. A love of outward display governs every action. People have become too fashionable to enjoy themselves and, while they do not know It, have lost the art of good liv ing." Others have discovered this, too, and that may be why so many plain people content themselves with homelike simplicity and genuine friend ships. American farmers cannot be blamed for the exorbitant prices of beef, eggs, vegetables and other products which go Into cold storage. They do not re ceive the fancy prices which the con sumers are forced to pay or go with out The trusts see to it that no one but themselves gets in on the division of profits. Recently the I'orto Ricans celebrated the eighth anniversary of the estab lishment of civil government In the Island. There were parades and mass meetings and speeches, but nothing In the reports to Indicate any fretting for home rule and al! that President Roosevelt talked recently to natives of hIx different countries In their own tongue. Little chance for the crafty, tip hunting courier when he goes on that world tour. Many a vice Is a virtue which baa passed from service to mastership. Subscribe for The Morning Astorian 60 cents per month. Contains full Associated Press reports, besides all the news in the local field. Subscribe for the Morning Astorian, COFFEE A middling steak and first-rate coffee are better than middling' coffee and first-rate steak. Con sider the cost. Your yrocr rtturna your muntj If roa don't liki Schilling, Best; wpij-him, T, Episode In the Legal Career of Senator Stewart HIS LAST CRIMINAL CASE. Tho Trial Which Movtd Him to Do clar Ho Would Ntvor Again Deftnd a Man Charged With Murdor and Turnod His Cartor Toward Politico. "Every true lawyer will be loyal to his client above ail things," said for mer Senator Stewart of Nevada. "1 once heard that great lawyer, Senator Davis of Minnesota, say, 'When a man places his life In my hands there H some danger that I may go to the pen itentiary, but there Is no danger tlint he will hang.' "Seuntcr Invls meaut to convey the Idea that he would resort to every conceivable means to save the life of any client who placed that life In his keeping. That was the principle which encompassed me when I was In crim inal practice. Because I went to ex tremes in saving a man from the gal lows I quit criminal practice. "My last crlinluul case was a singu lar oue. I was practicing law iu Ne vada and bad achieved quite a reputa tion as a criminal lawyer by reason of several almost phenomenal successes, as luck would have It The rougher element seemed to have confidence In me and to feel safe In placing their in terests in my charge. Thus It hap pened that when a man named Ellis was arrested for killing a man named O'Brien, ou a mining claim, a frleud of Kills came to me and paid me a re tainer to tlefend Ellis. I accepted the retainer without making any Inquiries as to details or particulars. I was busy with other matters. "Just before the case came to trial I looked Into it and fouud that the case against Ellis was a strong oue. In fact, I did not see how Ellis was to have a ghost of a show for his life. I could find no plea on which to de fend blm. The community was preju diced against him, and some of my best friends came to me and begged me not to defend him. But that made no difference to me. 1 had accepted the retainer, nnd I was Ellis' lawyer. It was my duty to save him. If possi ble. Consequently I told my friends that 1 was Ellis' lawyer and that 1 Intended to clear him. For the life of me, I didn't know how, though. "As trial day drew nigh, Ellis grew moro and more nervous. He sent for me again and again to come and see him, but I persistently refused to do so. I felt that he was guilty. I be lieved that he would lie to me and confuse me. I stayed away from him and sent word that I would be on hand to defend blm. He was obliged to be satisfied. No other lawyer would take his case. But I made a bluff of telling all over town that I was going to clear Ellis. Meantime I had been making desperate plans for my client "Only one year previous to the trial of Ellis a popular young Irishman named Barney had been convicted of murder on circumstantial evidence. Subsequently the reul murderer was found and lynched. The case of poor unfortunute Barney was fresh In the minds of all, and the man who had been his attorney and had earnestly pleaded for his life was now the pre siding J'idge. Moreover, the principal witness against my man Ellis had been the principal wituess against poor Bar ney. "There was another witness, who vas affllctel with an Impediment in his speech. When excited he would stutter and go through such contortions that nobody could understand anything that he said, and his gestures were the wrltblugs of an Insane man. I had no witness for the defense and had to dear my man with the witnesses for the prosecution. "There had been a row on the moun tain side, and the evidence showed that Ellis had murdered a man named O'Brien without provocation except that O'Brien had claimed prior right to the mine of which Ellis had taken possession. O'Brien bad gone Into the mountain to assert bis claim, and Ellis bad killed him In the presence of two witnesses. "Well, when the time came for trial Ellis sent word to me that he wanted to talk to me In the courtroom, but I sent back word for him to keep his mouth shut and see me Immediately after the trial was over. The poor devil sat In the dock and eyed we wist fully. I could see that he had confi dence In me as a criminal lawyer who had never lost a case, but his life was at stake, and he was guessing hard. I allowed the prosecution to make out its ease with its witnesses and offered no objection of any kind. I told them that I was busy and wanted to gut through the trial as soon as posslblo and as soon as my client was acquitted must take up another case, involving a great deal of property. It was a bluff, of .ourse, but a bluff sometimes beats a Jull hand. "When my turn came I took the principal witness for the prosecution, and I went after him In this faRhion: 'You are the man that swore oway the life of poor Barney last year. His itlood cries aloud for vengeance. We ill know, everybody here knows, judge and Jury and all the people know, that you swore away the life of that poor boy when be was innocent. You seem to make it your business to testify in such cases. You evidently like to place yourself In a position where you i c CLIEN ran swear away human Uvea. Ivery. body knows that poor Ituriiey was here In Nevada, and his aged mother weep, lug In Ireland, when you swore against blm, aad he was hanged altogether oa your testimony. I dou't know what you have against Kills hero, but of cotirso you have some grudge.' "Here the prosecuting attorney prop, erly interfered and demanded that the witness be protected from Insult, but the Judge ruled that the man who swore away the life of pir Itaruey deserved no protection. That decision had an Immediate effect upon the jury, and I could see It. I was not defend ing Kills directly, but 1 was success fully prejudicing the minds of the Jury against this witness. I kept on abusing him and finally compelled blm to ndmlt to Judge and Jury (hat he had beeu mistaken lu the Harney cae the preceding year. Then 1 ranted and shouted: " 'How dare you come luto this court to swear away auother human life? How dare you appear before a Jury of Intelligent men, all of whom know of the ltaruey case? You admit that you were mistaken lu the fluruey case and your testimony banged that uuhappy lad. lou are also mistaken In this case unless you are perjuring your self. But you can't hang Kills with your prejudiced testimony. I thank God that the people of Nevada did not mob you last year,- and I hope that they will not lynch you now, but you bad better get out of this community as soon as you can or I will not vouch for your worthies life. Get off the witness stand and get out of my sight.' "He disappeared. He was In a hurry to get out of the room, lie was almost cared to death, aud the Jury could see that too. While be was getting out of the room I called for the other wit ness, aud he came to the stand In a nervous, trembling manner, which In dicated that I alreudy bad him scared almost to death, lie was very much excited and evidently expected me to go after him as I had gone after the other witness. He coukl scarcely stam mer his name, aud this Is what I did to him: 'You saw O'Brien, the dead man, raise a shovel and try to brain Kills here. You saw Ellis run away from him. You saw O'Brien run after Ellis clear to the edge of the pit Your owu eyes witnessed the fact that Eills did not draw bis gun until he was about to le bralneri and knocked Into the pit. ' Now, tell the Jury the truth with out any hesitation or quibbling. Out with It!" "The poor fellow began to stutter and stammer and shake his head. He raised his arms and waved them about his bead. He stammered aud Anally j inn um uuuuh iu niM eyes, tears or vex- atlon flowing, and then 1 shouted: ".tears win not avail you. Let your conscience work. You know the truth, and you know that this deed was done In self defense. Tell the truth or get off the stand.' "He got off the stand. The Jury did not know thut he was a stutterer. They saw only that the witness was ' stricken dumb before a determined at torney, and they saw from his tears that he was regretting bis direct testi mony. My ease was won. It took less than five minutes for the Jury to ren der a verdict of not guilty. "As soon us the verdict bad been rendered Kills eume to me and asked If his life was saved, and I replied: 'Your life is safe for Just about ten minutes. These people are now going to the saloon, and as soon as their whisky takes effect they will come here and run you up on a rope, While they are drinking you must scoot up the moustain side and disappear. Now get out m fast as your legs will carry you.' " "No mas ever shinned up a mous tain UO with more expedition than Ellis did that iiioriilnir. I to "U UUUUUJ cvn saw him again In those diggings. I got on my horse and also disappeared, as I did not know what the mob might be tempted to do when they raned to unci t;m. or course, after ) me for saving my client, although they were all satisfied that he was guilty. Even the Jurymen told me afterward ! that they did not see how they ever acquitted him. "That was my last case in criminal practice. I declared that I would never again take the case of any man c&argwl with murder. I felt that I bad uone my duty as a iawyer and had saved the life of a client who trusted that life to me, but I was deeply Impressed with the belief that I could not do it again under any circumstances. So I quit criminal practice and went into politics. But I bad not seen the lust of Ellis, t hrt dismissed blm from my mind entirely, but ten or twelve years afterward I was In Salt Lake City participating In a public meeting. Late at night I was walking to my hotel when a man rushed out of a little alley, handed me a purse of money and said: 'Take it Ifs yours. You earned more, but that Is all I have now. You saved my life. I'm Ellis. -vvitn tnnt he disappeared, and I . have never seen or heard of him since. All of the circumstances were against I him, and yet maybe he was innocent. I A rntfn who will go out of his way to j pay a debt as Ellis did must have some good qualities in him. In the purse I 1 found the neat sum of $750, which ! must have represented his savings for j a long time. I presume that he had been watching my movements and fol lowed me on that occasion In order to pay for my services and let me know that he realized something of their value to him. Whether he was inno cent or not I did my .plain duty in A FEW SPECIALS SOMETHING Crcsta Blanca pS.d).: Cresta Blanca (Red nod White). Chianti Cresta Blanca Sparkling Burgundy. 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THE BANKING SAVINGS AND LOAN ASS'C'N. 108 10th St. Phone Black 2181 q jrPRACTICAL POINTS jZ PRACTICAL POINTS A If 1 1 j X Z SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN SAVINGS1BANK, 506-508 Commercial St., Astoria, Ore.;,: ; , . . ! t FIRST NATIONAL Mi DIRECTORS W. F McGregor Jacob Kamm J. W. Ladd fSniral aP"ai Surplus .' Stockholders' Liability r.HTAItLISIIICJ) 18KU. J. Q. A. BOWLBY, President. O. I. PETERSON, Vice-President. Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid in $115,000. Surplua and Undivided Profits, $100,000 Transacts a General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Deposits FOUR PER CENT PER ANNUM. Eleventh and Duane Sts. uerenamg nun. jno otner course would have saved him from hanging, and It was well for blm that he got out of sight as quickly as he did. Those were strenuous days In the mining regions. If Ellis Is alive, he will not blame me for telling the story. If he was Inno cent, be will be glad to have It told." Smith D. Fry In Los Angeles Times. 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