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MR. TAFT, HIS WAY.
William Howard Taft has been too
long in the limelight to have need for
spectacular processes in the walk
over to the Presidency. He is highly
trained, and wholly used, to the front
rank of exalted place and utilities and
has nothing to learn of the disposing
of supremely great issues and pol
icies. He will be all there when he
arrives.
Mr. Bryan is occupying the center
of the American stag.: just at pres
ent, but by the 3rd of November he
will be in the second file of the "pop
place" and shouting with the chorus, :
but not very loudly. On the contrary, j
one hears comparatively little of the
big Ohioan, and that little is of a
qualified sort. He, nor his friends,
nor his party, take high or assump
. tive views of the campaign nor its
outcome; they are trusting to the real
and powerful influences attaching to
the situation for the final endorse
ment the people must give to the
continuance of the Rooseveltian pro
gram; this is all there is to the Re
publican attitude this year; and that
does not mean that Mr. Taft will take
orders from anyone nor ape his pre
decssor in a single thing. It will be
found that he has his own way of
doing things, and while he may ad
here with devotion to the high prin
ciples that actuated his Mend and
chief, he will be his own master and
dispense his great functions accord
ing to the light, and faith, and faculty,
peculiarly his own; the people, know
ing him to be in full harmony with
what has "one before and that he has
had intimate part in the formulation
and operation of the best and great
est of it all, are not likely to forget
for a moment where safety lies, pa
ralleled by strength, and profound
experience.
Taft's quiet, forceful, thought-out,
direct way of doing things, instead of
bowline about them, is a winning
way, and the last days of the
campaign will prove it.
1908
THE UP-LIFT IN SIGHT.
Out here on the coast tangent
there is a lively spirit of anticipation
for the business of fall and winter; all
hands conceding that while things are
a bit hemmed in for the moment
there are bright prospects for the
whole country when the key-string of
the situation is loosened, the Presi
dential election.
With a magnificent wheat crop in
plain sight and a smashing big fleet
coming after it; with the lumber inter
ests looking up sharply all over the
Northwest; with the election of Mr.
Taft almost a foregone conclusion;
the bankers growing optimistic and
the ordinary citizen still busy and
without cause for apprehending a ces
sation of employment; with all our
industries in full operation and some
of them on double time and no hint
of abatement; the coast markets
looking up, everybody at work who
wants work, money rationally easy
for all current businesses, and no
failures anywhere (and the best Re
gatta ever, looming along to consu
mation), we, of Astoria, are easy and
eager and earnest as to the present
and future of the country and our
particular section of it.
It don't pay to be in any other
frame of mind. This letting one's self
down to the "demnition bow-wows" i
because a floating shadow lingers a
day too long in its passage over us, is
folly; the thing to do is to take a
comparative survey of the field daily
and measure it by the worst condi
tions and standards "our oldest
citizen" ever knew; then we get the
hunch that things are immensely bet-
ter than we supposed and the con
seiousncss that we are still on the
very surface of things, and swimming
easily, conies with a rush and brings
a glow of satisfaction. It is a poor
day, indeed, when things could not
be worst!.
OUR MARINE FESTIVAL.
, The Regatta spirit must never be
permitted to languish in this city and
port. The marine festival has become
one of the institutions of the north
west, and must be perpetuated, sea
sonably, and with advancing ardor,
for all time. The one now in course
of preparation will be the best ever,
and so they must range year by year.
The whole community is committed
to the policy now 'by the long, conse
cutive list of happy entertainments
already to its credit.
There is nothing lacking. We have
one of the most beautiful water
courses on the continent, seasonable
winds, superb summer weather al
ways, lovely scenic attractions, clever
and hospitable citizens; all the requi
sities for such an "annual"; we will,
by degrees, take our place in the
roster of great athletic events, and to
this end we must put up greater
prizes and bill the more alluring and
sportful issues of the day. This will
all come in time, and following the
pace already set, it will not be many
moons until we find ourselves on the
best records of the world in such be
half. Mr. Gompers is not denying that
he jumped into Bryan's support with
out waiting for speeches of accept
ance or any other particulars. Some
times the early bird, in a dim light,
tackles a caterpillar.
Hard times, according to a writer
of the day, have an optimistic lining.
Plain living is declared to be a pre
ventive of sunstroke and a lack of
funds promotes a desire to substitute
arbitration for litigation.
The proposed disruption ' of the
Harriman system of railroads will
keep the lawyers and the courts
busy for the next quater of a cen
tury. Mr. Harriman will be found to
be a tough customer.
Mr. Taft's speech accepting the
presidential nomination gives the
plain indication that the matter of
filing the office has had his serious
consideration. There is not a word
of uncertainty in the entire speech.
The selection of Theodore Roose
velt to be first honorary president of
the peace and arbitration league is a
strong indorsement of the, policy o
constructing bigger and better battle
ships, and more of them.
VETERANS TO AMALGAMATE.
MANILA, Aug. 14.-The veterans
of the army of the Philippines, now
assembled in convention in this city
have unanimously endorsed a propo
sal to amalgamate the island organi
zation with the United Spanish War
Veterans of America in compliance
with an agreemnt recently entered in
to at Washington, D. C.
Colonel Harboard of the Philip
pines constabulary, was elected de
partment commander by the conven
tion. Resolutions adopted by the con
vention endorse the administration of
President Roosevelt and also ihat of
Governor General Smith.
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COFFEE
You are both jude and
jury for Schilling's Best
Tour grocer returns your money U ye ita'l
Ilk it; we pay him
MORE HUMMELLS WANTED.
If Brooklyn Had Six Mora Lik Him
Team Would Be a Good On.
While several members of tho Brook
lyn Nationals liny bwn playing
rug-god bull since the sousou opoiu'd,
thorp Is one who Una ployed a consist
ent game wlieiYver he lias been as
signed. He Is "Silent John" lliiuiiitell.
tho Suporlms' star nil around num.
Ilummoll tins hold down rIx different
positions on the Itnmklyti toniu this
"siL ext. John" hlmmki.l or mi brook-
tTN NATIONALS.
year mid tins pluyed n splendid ganiu
lu each. He Is a fast fielder, a good
batter and n clever base runner. If
the team hint n few more Hummells It
would now Ih well up In the first di
vision In place of fighting for the cellar
championship with St. Louis Any
way, it would be n good thing If sev
eral of the so called ntnrs ou the teem
would try to emulate "Slln! John"
AFTER PATENT "DOPES."
Formal Enquiry To Be Made Into
Certain Medicines.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Foods
of every description, especially pre
pared for infants and invalids will be
scientifically investigated by the bu
reau of chemistry of the department
of agriculture to determine whether
or not they are injurious to health, j woh disappeared Tuesday evening,
While there is no specific authoriza- Las probably fatally injured, was re
tion to make the proposed inquiry. . 'rJ . ,,y c mtWs eous.
the work will be undertaken under the j(
general authority given for the en- A . jn
forcement of the food and drugs act. ,rt ntn
The first step will be the collection of
data from physicans, especially speci
alists in hild's diseases, author",
manufacturers and others.
The next step wil be the collection
of samples of infants and invalid's
foods that enter into interstate trade
and imported from abroad. Ihese
floods will undergo a careful chemical
analysis with a view to determining
whefher they comply with the pure
food and drug act.
ON RUNAWAY TRAIN.
Passengers Didn't Know engineer
Had Fallen From Cab.
RATTLE CREEK, Mich., Aug. 14.
-With Engineer Charles Strang ly-
y injured alongside the track and
the fireman busy on the back of the
tender, the Grand Trunk Flyer, cast
bound, ran for miles yesterday after
noon with no guiding hand at the
throttle and with the 300 passengers
in the coaches calmly gazing out the
windows ignorant of the fact that
they were riding on a runaway tram.
Finishing his work on the tender tne
fireman returned to the cab to find the
engineers seat vacant, inc. mem....
brought the train to a stop and back
ed it up until the engineer was found
lvine beside the track with his lett
arm and left leg broken, one shoulder
crushed and his skull fractured. It is
supposed the engineer lost his bal
ance in leaning from the window or
got out to look for a hot box. He
was taken to Nicholas Hospital here
where it was said there is a chance he
might recover.
EPIDEMIC OF DESERTIONS.
Hard Times Cause Many Husbands
To Leave Wives.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. -Hard
times are the cause of a wide spread
epidemic of wife desertion in the
poorer districts of ,the city, according
to reports turned in by the visitors of
the Children's Aid Society. In the
instance cited by Mrs. Edith McAr
thur, the visitor of the East 88th St.,
station, the primeval instinct of the
survival of the fittest is responsible
for the epidemic.
"Conditions in my district are real
ly so terible," said Mrs. MsArthur,
"that I believe that if work is not
forthcoming immediately for the men
the whole neighborhood will degener
ate into a condition which will shock
New York. The sufferings the peo
ple have been through
and which
many ore still experiencing are liav
iiiR a bad emotional effect. The in
stinct of self preservation is becoming
stronger with the men than love for
the wife and children.
A WAITERLESS CAFE. "
NEW YORK. Aug. 14 The old
Sarauac Hotel, on Broadway near
4.'nd Street, it is said, will be con
verted into a restaurant, 4th tunny
novel features,
One authority say that the new
building will have eight floors the first
three for dining rooms the next font
floors for private dining rooms and
banquet halls which will accomodate
any number of persons from a party
of four to 12ttO, the eighth floor being
used as the kitchen, The waiters will
all be invisible. The guests will write
what they want on a pad. put it on
the table, which will then sink down
to a space between the floors where
the waiters will till the orders. A fur
ther tale i that in time there will be
a chain of such places from New York
to the Pacific coast.
HE MAY BE INSANE.
PARIS, Aug. U.-Dr. John Miller
Moore, an ex surgeon in the United
States navy, is detained at the Ville
vard Asylum, whither the police con
veyed him on account of his peculiar
behavior in certain Paris hotels and
which led them to believe he is suf
fering from hallucinations. Mr, Ma
son, the American consul general
here, is investigating the matter. Dr.
Moore is said to have served aboard
the battleship Kansas on the trip of
the Atlantic battleship fleet from
liaiuptuii Roads to California. He is
said to have left the vessel at San
Francisco.
HIDING HIS BLUNDER.
Automobilist Injures. Man And Se
cretely Carea For The Victim.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-A mysterious
letter telling of an automobile accident
in which lohn L. I'ittman an auditor
Pittman was struck by a machine on
the south side of the street and was
taken to the residence of the writer
where he was being cared for by him.
He also said that he had discovered
Miss Stilley's address among papers
found in Pittman's pockets Miss Stil
ley took the letter to the police, say
ing she believed it was true.
Detectives found that Pittman's
wife and children arc now visiting in
Virginia. No one could be found
who had seen Pittman since Tuesday
evening
The letter was written on a plain
sheet of paper of good quality. There
had been an evident attempt to dis
guise the handwriting, as the letter
t . . i i i.i i
was written in a lorccu ai kh.iiiu
style.
The police believe, with Miss Stan
Icy that Pittman has been hurt by an
automobile owned and operated by a
wealthy man who has taken him to
his home in order to avoid notoriety.
Today all physicians on the South
Side will be asked if they have been
called on to attend a man injured in
an auto accident.
Astoria and Portland
ROUND TRIP DAILY
(Except Thursday)
Sir. Cta. E. Spencer
FARE $1.00 EACH WAY
For Portland and Way Landings.
Leaves Callender dock, Astoria 2:30
p. m.; arrives Portland 9:45 p. in.
Leaves Washington St. dock, Port
land 7 a. m.; arrives Astoria 1 p. m.
SUNDAY EXCURSION
FARE $1.00 ROUND TRIP
Leaves Washington St. dock, Port
land, 8 a. m.; arrives Astoria 1 p. m.
Leaves Callender dock, Astoria 2 p.
m.; arrives Portland 9 p. m.
Connecting at Astoria for all
Seaside Resorts.
Renowned for Speed, Comfort and
Courteous Treatment.
CAPT. E. W. SPENCER,
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Astoria Office, Callender Dock,
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prise you let us explain to YOU.
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