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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1908)
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12 A SUMMER MM Evils of the Black list and the Boycott. Established 1873, Published Dailv ExceDt Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OllEGON. V fm i ", SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year By carrie-, per month .' 0 WEEKLY ASTORIAM. By mail, per year, in advance '. Entered as second-class matter Jaly 30, 1906, a the postoffice at As toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Ordr3 for the delivering of The rtlorning Astorian to either residence or place of business may be made by postal .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication . . ; TELEPHONE MAIN 66L THE WEATHER Oregon Showers and cooler. Washington Showers, cooler cept near the coast. Idaho Showers and cooler. ex- PUBLIC PATIENCE FAILING. Whatever the nattering unction the Common Council of Astoria is laying to its corporate soul, the actual fact remains, undisguised and unmistak able, that the patience of the Astoria public is failing; and there will be plenty of significance given before many days have gone by, of the real extent of this lapse from confidence and regard. It is but another reitera tion of the old story of the arbitrari ness of long-continued authority and the inevitable assumption of infalli bility, and the consequent expression of intemperate purpose; these tales are always told to the end, and the end is always the same. The people are just beginning to understand that the council and its committees and advisers are not so clever, nor thoughtful, nor consider- ate of the public purse and pride as they should be, and the realization is wrought of facts that permit no oth er accounting, such as the raw and costly blunders developing constantly in the matter of street improvements and the hard-and-fast program laid out and adhered to in the case of the proposed seawall, along with lesser manifestations of incapacity and of ficial disregard of the essentials of cost, convenience, and general con servation of the popular interests. The impression is justified that the council and its group of attaches are too closely knit, too unified in pur pose, too compact and homeogenous, to serve the broader ends of real public service and this conviction leads to the downfall of all civic faith and reliance. No council is above the electorate that puts it in power; nor does its pretended adherence to the wishes and will of the people, al ways lavishly made under reproach, relieve it of the charge of indifference, or worse, when based upon such tan-j gible pleas as Astoria now makes against the present administration. The council is blundering badly in more ways than one, and it will do well to call a halt in its autocratic By Juitlct DAVID J. BREWBR. Unlttd Sttut Supreme Court. HERE ar certain individual rights, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and they are rights which belong to every individual in this broad land. THERE IS NO CROWNED HEAD IN THIS COUN TRY WHO CAN SAY "I AM THE STATE." THE ONLY THINQ WE HAVE TO FEAR IS THAT MAJORITIES WILL GET TOGETHER AND FOR BUSINESS OR COM MERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL, REASONS WILL CRUSH OUT THE IN DEPENDENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL Nothing appeals to me so strongly as calling for tho combined action of every true American to preserve theso inalienable rights. The spirit of liberty prevails here. No majority and no power compel you to remain here or do anything against your own reasonable wishes. Now we have both capital and labor demonstrations of different character in this country. There are vast combinations of capital which exist. It is not fully known, and probably never will be known, supplies incident to their coming, etc. etc. We do not doubt, disparage or deny any of it. There are too many palpable capabilities in the project to discredit it; and .we are only too just how many business men are compelled by these combinations to glad to feel that someone has found ;0:n ,, it tho busing Ir1fln w nat ioin thpv arranc to iinnVrsll 4 "4 J " him and break up his business. IT IS NOT PHYSICAL FORCE AND COERCION, IUT WHEN AR RANGEMENTS ARE MADE BY WHICH A MAN'S PROSPERITY IS SWEPT AWAY FROM HIM UNLESS HE JOINS A COMSINE THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE HAVE BEEN VIOLATED AND A BLOT HAS BEEN CAST ON THE NAME OF AMERICAN LIBERTY. I DO NOT CARE WHO DOES IT OR WHAT COMBINATION IT 18, IT IS A DISGRACE. tun anything with the earmarks of bless edness in old Clatsop, especially any one up in the metropolis. Here's to 'em!. SOUNDS LIKE BUSINESS. The samo thing is equally true of labor. There is nothing nioref wholcsotno than the collection of labor into union or organizations. It Portland is to spend many millions of money in excavating for a harbor and when she is through will have 10 or twelve million square feet more than she has at present. She will need it all, considering the little she has now; and we hope she will not tends to give them higher wages, better standing and countless other spend the money in vain. We have 40 or SO square miles of the com modity down here we should be glad to have her consider as a resource in this line, if she will but use it. She can handle the business even at an even 100 miles away. SPOT-LIGHT MANIA. Mr. Bryan s mama for the spot light is being gratified to the full these days; but as of old the central figure will gradually recede to the up stage-rear-exit and fade dismally while the refulgent beam of the s.l. will find the real ands correct focus and fall where it belongs. For the moment he is enjoying the recurrence of an epheremal popularity that will frazzle out early in November and leave the "idol"' in proper shape for the dust and desuetude of another four years; it cannot fail to issue this way; it never has; and the coclusion is foregone because there is less this time to bolster the idea of his elec tion than ever before; he has no new hold on the American public thought and interest; nor even so strong a grasp as he held eight years ago; he is simply a reversionary candidate. logical, because he was the only available man in his party or parties, As to Mr. Taft getting in the glare of the calcium, we don't give a hang if we never hear of him until the evening of November 2nd next, and then only to the effecj.that he has been elected to the Presidncy; in the meantime the country, knowing the man and all he stands for, may safely advantages, and of this I most heartily approve. But when any body of laborers say to one man in that same branch of endeavor, "You must join this organization or you won't bo permitted to work any where," and resorts to violence or boycotting or anything that cuts that man nut from pursuing his happiness in his own way, I say that organization also has insulted the name of American independence. LET THE TIME COME WHEN ANY ORGANIZATION CONTROLS BOTH CAPITAL AND LABOR, AND THE GOVERNMENT FOR WHICH OUR FATHERS DIED WILL VANISH FROM THE EARTH. Unferniented Grape Juice absolutely non-alcoholic Concord ...Coc quart Catawba... ....... Coc quart Welch's Grape Juice Nips.... ,)) 10c AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. 589 Commercial Street THE PROMISING FUTURE. course of doing things irrespective of about its business and eschew the rntt and rniinKr-nlpas from th ! radiance that emanates from the public; especially in this matter of the seawall. A continuance of its per emptory schedule will invite reprisals that even it may not flout. For if it dreams for one instant that Astoria is going to have a million-dollar public improvement crammed down its Bryan camp, for it is but the immater ial glow of the mock-fire from the "woods" toward which he is headed and hastening. The New Pure Food and Drug, Law We are pleased to announce that throat without proper preparation and Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, essential scrutiny of all preliminaries, it is going up against a lesson in the efficacy of the law' bf injunction that will open its eyes. It can have its way about 'the "seawall, provided the taxpayers 'and the people generally have their way first. This by way of warning!. A BEAUTIFUL DREAM. The news comes down from Port land, and must, therefore, be of irre proachable verity, that the whole of Clatsop beach is to be transformed in to a sort of Eden, a dreamland of modern delight and happy indugence, a premier resort for the pleasure-seeking world, in which Messrs. Hill and Harriman have blended their power and purpose, along with other con spicuous people; and that when the scheme is fulfilled there will be noth ing between Nome and National City to compare with it for scope and magnificence. . Good for us!. Astoria's interest in this develop ment can hardly be measured just now but will probably come within the range of computation as the work unfolds and then it will be found that it means an immense deal for this place; as this must be the distributing point for the hundreds of thousands of summer visitors and the enormous colds and lung troubles is not affect ed by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recom mend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. 3lRnor, 1 now wool gpcaka true soin' thcengs (hit Ran' curprlsa you, Baycnuse you l:avo not ondrastood Italian reoplji vera KMd, Ah, you wccll see w'at eet shall b Eel you wet-ll kca'rn now to me. Een all dees Una blgKu land. Wnero evnit'ireng cut ecs so :ini An all men cos i s'poso' to be Wan Ilka 'notlier, equal free, Dero ecs tvim mosta noble race Dat should be put con highest place, Baycauso Jey play sooch bigga part Ecn evra beui'ncss. evra art, For mak" so younga land like dees To be da greata throng eet ees. Bayhold, da grand Italian racel Com', see w'at iirlde ecs een my face. Ah, vera manny. manny year Wo been sooch leetla pcopla here, But now all dat pes gon' be change'. lou theenk dat w at 1 say ees strange- Ah, yes, but true! Eh? How 1 know? Big, wisa man he tal me so. You laugh. 1 s'pose you theenk dat he Dat tal all decsa ncv.s to mo Ecs like iii.vsjI', Italian. Not so; ho ecsa 'Mcrlcan, An' he ecs vera recch an' swaL I weesh dat you could hear heem tal Wat grancla thecngs ecs gona be For poor Italians like me, Dat vecll be wise an' "boost da game" By hclpln' Mecster W'at's-hees-name- You know, dat blKga fatta gent Dat's gon' be 'lccta president Ah, vera manny, manny year Wo been sooch leetla peopla here, But now wo look you In da face Bayhold da i;rand Italian race! T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard anl Timca. Progress. "Yes," said Mrs. Malaprop, "my boy Is doing fin-t rate at school. I sent him to one o' them alimentary schools. and his tencber says he's doing fin; lie's a first class sculler, tbey tell me. and Is head of bis class in gastronomy. kno-.vs bis letters by sight and cm spell one o' these deformed spellc;i down to Woshlngton." "What's he going to be when" le grows up?" "He wants to be an undertaker, and I'm declined to humor him, so I've tokl the confessor to pay special Intention to the dead languages," said the proud mother. Harper's Weekly. tie prince along with us to the sva shore? He Is so literary I Just know be will entertain you." "No. tlmulis." replied the old million aire firmly, "I don't care to take any literary supplements." Chicago News Aristocracy. "This, 1 ruppose," said the visitor, "is the guM carried by your great grandfather in the Revolution?" "That was bis gun," replied Rleblc.v Kadd pompously, "but he didn't carry it. His man did that for blm, of course." Cdtbollc Standard and Times How to Avoid Appendicitis. Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipated, Orino Laxative Fruit 'Syrup cures chronic constipation by, stimulating the liver and bowels, and restores the natural action of the bowels. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nau seate or gripe and is mild and pleas ant to take. Refuse sugstitutes. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store. His Vay of Proposing. Subscribe to The Morning Astorian. Nothing dv o nore fcr a grocer, one way or the other, than coffee. He must sell poor; (he needn't sell it to you) it is good tf" it makes him. Tour grocer returns your money if tea leal Ike Schilling'! Beit; we pay blm They Left Nothing. , "And what." asked the bereaved lady, "were my husband's last words?" "He didn't say anny lasht wurruds. ma'am," replied Pat "Afthcr the doc tors got through wld him on de operatln' table be hadn't aven a wurrud left In him. poor soul." Houston Post POLLY THE JESTER. How a Mischievous Parrot Jollied Windy City Physician. A south side physician gave his wife ft parrot which ho bad purchased for bis office, but wblcb was so uncanny Bud mischievous that it gave its own er nervous prostration. Then he turn ed It over to his wife, with strict or ders that it should be kept out of bis sight. No one can ever bank on a parrot, and Mrs. Physician kept the bird in a cage in an alcove of their room where the doctor could not see It and covered the cage with a heavy blanket during the time the doctor was at home, Pol ly was as mute as a mouse when cov ered up, and the man of the house never even surmised her proximity. But one day when he was sharing himself a sudden gruff chuckle gave him such a start that be cut a gash In his chin. He looked toward the al cove, from wblcb the sound came, and saw a white eye protruding through n bole In o Jlanket a fiendish eye, filled with an unholy delight Then a hoarse voice croaked: "What yer doing?", "Can't you see what I'm doing, you blamed fool?" roared the doctor, wip ing the blood from his chin. , Then Polly, with a wicked laugh, twinkled that white eye maliciously as she shrieked out the shibboleth of the barber shop: "N-e-x-tl" Chicago Reeord-IIerald. Fisher Brothers Company SOLE AGENTS s Marbour and Finlayton Salmon Twines and Netting McCormick Harvesting Machines . Oliver Chilled Ploughs Sharpies Cream Separators ' Rsecolith Flooring Storritt's Tools Hardware, Groceries, BbipQ Chandlery Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatic Add, Welch Coal, Tar, , Ash Oars, Oak Lumber, Pipe and Fittings, Bra is Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Fishermen's Pure Manilla Rope, Cotton Twine and, Seln Web Wo Wont YowrlTrodo FISHER BROS. BOND STREET Be? John Fox, Pre. P. L. Bishop, Sec As tori Savings Baa. Tress. Nelson Troyer, Vice-Prcs. and Supt ASTORIA IRON WORKS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery, Marine Engines and Boilcis COMPLETE CANNERY OUTFITS FURNISHED. Correspondence Solicited. . Foot el Foartk Street School Books And a full line of supplies. Tablets, Composition Books, Pencils, Ink; everything that the pupil needs at prices that will save you money. We have hired plenty of EXTRA CLKRKS. YOU WON'T NEED TO WAIT. HITWn BOOK STORE Free Rulers and Blotters . His Blunder. "Tour wife seems to have taken a violent dislike to Meechem." "Yes; when he was at the house tho other day be leaned bis head back against one of the ornamental tidies she keeps on the rocking chairs for that purpose." Chicago Tribune., He They tell me you are great at guesHing conundrums.' She Wei), rather good. lie Here's one for you: If I were 1 1 ask you to marry me. what would .voti say?-Plck Me-Up. Net Literary Himself. "But, papa." pleaded the pretry American girl, "can't you take the KIH.d the Kissts. "Yes, they tried to live on bread and cheese and kisses." "Didn't it work?" "No. She made the bread . and George furnished the Roquefort, and after that nobody wanted any kisses." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Logical Reasoning. Manufacturer The making of baby carriages ought always to be protected by the tariff. Social Expert-Why so? Manufacturer Because it is and al ways will be an infant 1nrtutrTui. ill l I 1 I TheSaturday Seaside Special and , The Sunday Portland Special Via the A. & C. R. R. Co. will be continuedjuntil Sept 12 and 13. Train No. 24, leaving Portland at 5:30 p. m., will continue to run through to Seaside until Sept. 30th. 0. B. JOHNSON. Qen'I Agent 12th St, near Commercial St ASTORIA, OREGON. THE '.TRENT 1 '. : ; First-CIass Liquors andGCigars M2 Commercial Street Corner Commercial and 14th. . ASTORIA, OREGON THE G EM C. F. WISE; Prop. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars ASTORIA, Corner Eleventh and Commercial OREG01J
