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TIIK M01LNINGAST0RIAN, ASTOMA, OIIEGOK.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER M, 1908,
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THE WEATHER'
- Oregon Fair by increasing cloud
iness with rain near coast
Washington Fair followed by in
creasing cloudiness; rain in extreme
west portion. ,
BUSINESS.
There are various kinds of busi
ness, but those most familiar to the
ordinary run of people are of three
very distinctive kinds, towit, private
business, public business, and graft.
The latter phase is of an injective
quality and appertains to the other
two only as an imposition, secret,
false and destructive, because dis
honest. The term "covers a multi
tude of sins" and is hated and feared
everywhere on the ground that it is
becoming a standard element m ev
ery sphere of business done by the
people. It is the first thing , a man
looks for in every proposition sub
mitted to him; it is so dreaded that
it is taken as a matter of course in
nearly every relation that arises, or
exists, and has become a fixed in
gredient in the summary of all en
gagements, public and private. The
shamefulness of the thing has been
lost sight of in its very commonness;
but it is still a repellent theory and
the nation is arousing itself to the
vast task of its expurgation. ' " '
If it shall be eliminated from the
public affairs of the people, it may
be possible to pass the benefit on to
the private concerns by the sheer
force of its value in the larger and
opener field of business; at all events
there is a rapidity expanding sense of
righteous antagonism afoot against
it and the sentiment and effort will
not down until there are tangible re
sults apparent everywhere. 'V !
Astoria is not preening herself on
the. score of her freedom from the
evil; she knows pretty well what she
has permitted in this line," 'publicly
and privately through the years that
have gone, but her veryf conscious
ness will serve to forward her reme
dial work in this fine and, with every
' other community in the State, ' she
will gradually cleanse her skirts, pol
itically and commercially, until she
will, in due course, be able to make
report of her emancipation, at least
in part. The day is at hand and the
people are ready for the work: They
are intolerant of the evil now, and
every champion, and promise, of re
form along this line, that bears the
sterling impress of honesty and con
fidence, will be accented and bolster
ed and wrought with, earnestly and
successfully, at her polls" and in her
markets,
V JAPAN'S SINCERITY. "
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The Empire of the Rising Sun,
from its imperial head to its lowest
coolie, has given the world a lesson
in the superb art and grace of nation
al hospitality in its' reception of the
American war fleet. The sum of Jap
an's good will has been manifested
as no other nation ever manifested
such spirit before, no matter the
cause nor the guest. .She challenges
mankind to do a . more stupendous
deed of , ciyicj friendliness and her
challenge must remain unmet for
many a long day. Even the wonder
ful license of generosity of the Eng
lish colonials in the Australias is
transcended by this enlightened .Asia
atic group of friends, and no more
can be said of the expression than
that.
There are those who would doubt
the sincerity , of this demonstration:
But we insist that such a doubt is
untenable. . Somewhere in the vast
program there would have appeared
the sign of falsity, the note of de
ceit, the revelation of duplicity j, no
such scheme could , have been
wrought to fulfilment . so perfectly,
so spontaneously, had it been charg
ed with anything save the frankest
and freest of sentiment; the very loy
alty of the Japanese to their own
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Emperor and . country must have
been responsible for the signal of
guile had a fraction existed; and the
honor America demands that all such
sentiment be expunged from our con
ception of the tenders made. We. can
do no less thac match the splendid
spirit they have shown, and doing
this we invoke the continuance of
the highest principle we may attri-
hute to them in the case and lay a
predicate for the preservation of the
bonds that unite the countries indis
solubly. "OF SUCH IS HE KINGDOM."
While we are at it, we may as well
say a word of Astoria's babies
We are not given to bragging on
things Astorian as a rule, because
the best she has; to offer usually
speaks so plainly that our- interven
tion is superfluous; but with the ba
bies it is quite- different; they can
not speak for themselves, and their
real champion? are ordinarily restric
ted to the' family they adorn. or the
immediate neighborhood ' they inha
bit, and they are therefore denied the
proper haralding. '
In a general way, we venture the
declaration that no city of 15,000 peo
ple in this land can show a finer ar
ray of babies, for health, sturdiness,
physical beauty, color, form, disposi
tion, and promise than dwell in the
municipal territory between Smith's
Point and Tongue Point on this pen
insula,' nor' more of them.
Naturally we cherish this idea, for
it embodies the crux of our future.
You cannot have citizens, without
plenty of babies and our' embryotic
supply is" always' normal in quantity
and quality. We have the homes and
schools and agencies for their equip
ment and culture and the people who
appreciate them enough to raise
them to the proper standards; all of
which is comforting to a wide sense.
What immigration may fail to do
for us in expanding our population,
we can do for ourselves and always
maintain the ratios of development
from within our own sphere. Nor is
there any surfeit of kinds: we have
all variations, each cemplete in its
measure of beauty and strength and
alround allurement; there is not a
single ugly tot in the collection; this
is Astoria's strong point and makes
for the justification we enjoyin writ
ing oi them. To all doubters, (and
there will be many,' of. course) we
simply say: A four mile tramp be
tween the points named, in this city,
will convince you of the utter truth
of these statements, unless you are
a grump, in which case you cannot
escape" entire conviction, willy nilly.
, GOMPERS REBUKED.
"The vote of organized labor, as
a body, will not, should not and can
not be delivered to any party or by
any man or set of men." This is the
declaration of Norman E. McPhail,
president of the Typographical Uni
on ,in a letter to Willis L. Moore,
chref of the United States Weather
Bureau. Thus another voice is added
to the ising protest ;of union; labor
against the attempt of Mr. Gompers
to 'deliver" the vote of free Ameri
can citizens. - , ;
President McPhail's letter is as
follows: .. , ' , : ;
' "Dear Mr. , Moore Your letter of
September 22 has just been received
and read by me, as I have to-day re
turned from a tour of some of our
COFFEE 'i ,-vr;
The, w o r l dj is f u 1 1 of
anonymous coffee : 4 'Java
and'Moclia,"
Who returns your
money if you don't like
'em ?
Your (rortr r-rurnt four morjr I m 4n1
K& Schilling Vr !t, bias
New England, cities for our organi
sation,
"In reply to the question you ask
me I will state that in my opinion
the vote of organized labor in this
country as a body will not and can
not be delivered to any one party by
any one man or set of men. To al
low such a' thing would be suicida
to the labor movement of the coun
try.
"Meracbers , of labor .unions, as
citizens, have the right and should
carefully consider the platforms 'and
promises of the different political
parties, and should vote as they be
lieve the broadest and best interests
of our country lie.
"There can be nonobjection to this
from any source, and it Is something
which every citizen should do! To
claim that any man or set of men, as
has been blazoned forth in the news
papers, will deliver , the vote of or
ganized labor to; any party Is ab
surd as ' it is an impossibility. Sin
cerely yours, ' "NORMAN E. Mc-
PHAIL."
NEWS OF CHEER.
The people of the upper coast
country are glad of the news that
comes up out of Coos as to the safe
ty of R. D. Hume and his party from
the dangers that beset them on their
recent cruise. Especially, of course,
as to Mr. Hume. He is one of the
energetic, capable, enforcing spirits
of this Northwest of ours, and the
moments of anxiety, when the wites
were silent as to the outcome Of his
voyage, were very real and very gen
eral throughout Oregon and Wash
ington. "All's well that ends well,"
however, and the fishing and timber
interests of this section are still in
possession of his intelligent and
trained interest. , .
DID SHE SUICIDE.
Tragic Death Of A Nine Year Old
, Girl In New York,
NEW YORK, Oct 22.-Reciting
over and over to herself the little
verse which she was to have spoken
before her class in school today and
clutching in her . hands; a five cent
piece, the last coin of her mother's
little store, with which she was to
buy milk for her baby-brother, Ma
rion Meade, 9 years old, ran in front
of a trolley car last night ancf was
crushed to death.
No one knows just how the acci
dent happened but when a policeman
called for volunteers and a hundred
men put their shoulders to the car
and turned it over on the side there
was' no life left in the mangled little
one underneath the trucks. The nick
el was still clutched in the little dead
hand. ' T f i :f 'h '
Angry men and women made a
demonstration against the niotorman
of the car, but he was rescued by. the
police and locked up on a charge of
homicide. ' . .
SHORT ON WATER.
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New. York State Up Against A Start
ling Condition Of Affairs.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-From'all
parts of the state come complaints of
water shortage. So serious is the
situation in many lections that ex
treme measures will soon be needed
to prevent actual distress In vari
osu places " dairymen are ' compelled
to drive their cows for miles to ob-f
tain water and in others if "iffc'elng
carried for miles to supply domes
tic wants. In the Hudson and Walk
hill valleys and in the Catskill moun
tains the shortage is serious. Wells
and springs have gone dry and small
streams which in the past have been
sufficient" to supply localities through
which they flow are now waterless
for the first time in years. At High
land Falls adjoining the We6t Point
Military reservation", s the situation
has become so serious that the gov
ernment has ' permitted the tapping
of the West Point water mains and
the town is now being supplied from
that source. '
NEW YORK TO CHINA.
' NE W YORK,:. -Oct. 22.-The Chi
nese government selected W. A.
Grant of New York to take charge of
the new engraving plant , which is
to be established in Pekin for the
purpose of printing the bank notes
that in the past have been turned out
in foreign countries. The plant, it is
expected, will be completed next
year.. . A commission was sent to
America some time ago and an in
vestigation of the American system
of fine engravng and printing was
made. The commission among its
recommendations adyised that Mr.
Grant be selected to take charge of
the Chinese plant. He acccnteJ the
offer and will sail for China from San
Francisco November 11.
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From the Philadelphia Prisa.
TRUE PROPHETS AND FALSE.
HOW TO TEST THEM.
"I will not deny that there may be pMuhett lo-drfjr.'tmt the trouble It t
tell the true prophets from the false oiivs. The Blblw m; tluit false prophet!
will rise. It tells us how to distinguish the fulsc from the true. It sajlt
By their fruits ye shall know them.' Wllllmu J. Bryan's Spch tt B1Uf
more, Jau. 20, 1900. ; ; r
BRYAN PROPHECIES.
"TAEUT WILL CEUSU THE FA EMU a." .
1803, rittm Trnt:
"Thus In every State, so far so these
statistics have been collected, the pro
portion of home-owning fanners Is de
creasing ami that of tenant farmers In
creasing. This menus but one thing: It
mesns a laud of landlords and tenants,
and, backed by the history of every
nation that has gone down, I say to
you that no people can continue a free
people under a free government when
the great majority of Its citizens are
tenants of a small minority." William
J, Bryan ; speech on the protective tar
iff In the National louse of Represen
tatives, March W, 1892. . ,
"GOLD BTATOAKD WILL DESTROY EOMES."
1806, Pre Colaaset 1 1.
fl s reply that,' Jt i protection ), has
lain Its tbousnndH, the gold standard
has slain Its term of thousunds."
William 3. Bryan ;s speech" at Demo
cratic National Convention, July, 1800.
-: The Democratic party has begun a
war of extermination against the gold
standard. We ask no quarter j we give
no Quarter. We shall prosecute our
warfare until there Is not an American
citizen who dares to advocate the gold
standard. Toa ask why? We reply
bat the gold standard is a conspiracy
against the human race, and that we
should ho more join In It than we would
an army to destroy our homes and to
destroy our families." William J. JJry
an; speech at Albany, N. Y., August,
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"ITO KOBE FOUBTH Off JULY."
I0OO, Imperiallaral
The flpht this year will be to carry
out the sentiment of that song we have
so often repeated: 'My .Country, 'tis
of Thee.' If we loe,: our children and
Our children's children will not suc
ceed to the snlrlt of that sone. and cel
ebrations of the Fourth of July will
pass away, for the spirit of Empire will
be upon us." William J. Bryan ; speech
to the Bryan Home Guards, Lincoln,
Neb., July, 1900.
. : . , "ROOSEVELT THE
i 1004, Amtl-RoiMvelt.
"I would rather gflo down to eternal
oblivion . than be Instrumental In the
election of Roosevelt."- William j J.
Bryan, Oct. 17, 1904, while touring In
dlana. ' The surrender of the present Presi
dent (Roosevelt) to corporate influ
ences furnishes an excellent proof of
the wisdom of Judge Parker In making
the statement he has. But President
Roosevelt stunds for militarism. ,
The present occupant ', of the White
House (Roosevelt) represeuts in an ag
gravated form the warlike spirit, as
contrasted with the pacific policy that
has heretofore characterized ourr na
tion." WIIHam J. Bryan, In a speech
a( Springfield, Mo., gept. 1, 1904, where
he accused President Roosevelt of sur
rendering to the corporations and hold
ing "bloody, brutal and barbarous" sen
timents. 'GOVERNMENT MUST
lOOO, GoYernnient Ownership of
, "I have already reached the conclu
sion that Ttitlronds, partake so much
of the nature of a monopoly that they
murt ultimately become public property,
and be managed by public officials in
the Interest of the whole community.
William J. nryan j Home-coming speech
at New York City, August, 1900.
OF ISSUED.
TUB ANSWERS,
Tb tuwM U 108.
The answer Is found la the prevail
lng good prlmi for grain, corn, hofs,
cattle, bay . anil 4 all the products
of i the i f arow 4 'together with -the
fact thiit since4 the ; date id Can
didate Bryan's - "crushing" speech,
W(wtern farm lands have doubled. Id
value, and housands of "Umant" farm
ers of that date have become prosper
ous home-owners, tilling tbelr own laud
In peace, Impplneta and plenty., Under
the National Irrigation Act, and the
Republican conservation movement, the
Wont Is soon to be the Intense agricul
tural and horticultural producing are
ef the United States.
''' The Atiwti la' 1908. rt ;''
The gold standard has "slain" no
one, ' nor did It write .the "future
In blood," nor did It destroy our
homes nor,-foreclose the farm mort
gage, nor did It close the dis
trict school; on the contrary, It has
proved the sound snd solid foundation
of widespread prosperity, leading to In
dividual progress Snd happiness, aided
In paying, off the farm mortgage and
expanding the country's educational fa
cilities, .. u: .('i , '-,'!.''' . '
It has brought such prosperity to
our country as was never known before.
Americans are the happiest and most
prosperous people on earth to-day.
The Aaawer Im 1008,
Answer this for yourself. Do yon
know of any spot In the United States
where" the spirit of 1770 Is dead and
forgotten and the Fourth of July
meaningless date on the calendar?
On the other hand the humblest cltl
sen Is growing prouder of his American
citizenship and the spirit of 1770 to
permeating the entire body politic,
Rpiarr- bv wAn : "
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-- w' The Amwm la ltOi.
President Roosevelt, Instead of rep
resenting the "spirit of war," stands
before the world the greatest ex
emplar of International peace! In bis
generation History will ' In " full
season award him the titles he
has justly won, and the greatest" of
these will be "The Peacemaker," In
spite of Candidate Bryan's assault upon
him In 1904. Under President Roo
relt's policies the United States has
taken its place In the front rtfuk of
world powers. Taft Is committed to
continuing these policies i
OWtf RAILWAYS."-
The Anarer la 1008,
The broad meaning of Candidate
Bryan's remarks on this -subject Is
that railway regulation by statute
law Is Impossible,, and that"gov
ernment, ownership" Is the only
remedy for transportation abuses
The enactment of the Federal Rate Law
has totally disproved the claims .of
Candidate Bryan aud vividly displayed
his unsound reasoning on great public
Questions.
SHE JUMPED ANYWAY.
Policeman Catches Woman In His
Arms From Threa Story Jump,
i CHICAGO,. Oct. 22.-Mri. Annie ;
Kline was snved from probably death
yesterday when she Jumped from a
third story of her residence which (
was a tire, by policeman Michael
Egnn, who caught her in his nrmn,
aftcf lie had shouted to her not to ' ,
Jump. . ' ; 1 ."J .
The cnue of the fire I not known,
It spread so rapidly that whih Mrs.
Klii!" w jgathHng i;;s some oi her
personal belonging oho found es
cape cut off, . " "
The policeman was st.inding almost
directly under Mr, Kline mid as the
plunged tihe fell head foremost lie
caught her in his nnui Doth fell to
the ground and . were unconscious
when spectator ran to their asui
lance. Kgnii'i helmet was broken,'
but Slide from being itunricd, he was
not injured, fr. Kline nuffercd bru
es, but was not seriously hurt
The fire cntttcd damage of $SX.
BIG GIN BURNS.
EVERGREEN.; Ky Oct. 21 -The
big cotton ginnery of B. F. Smith,
five miles east of Evergreen was de
stroyed by. fire yesterday. jten
Xwento
e burnedV
of Jncn-
seven .bale of cotton were
There I every Indication
iLLIIIiy SALE f
Special Sale of
PATTERN
HATS
At the
La Mode
682 Commercial St,
AMUSEMENTS.'
..Astoria Theatre..
Astoria Theatre
'" ONE NIGHT '
SUNDAY
Oct 25
WILLIE DUN LAY
..:,. in ."
george m. cohan's
Brilliant Comedy Hit With Music
ii.
The
iioneymooners
Elaborate Production
Cohan Songs, Cohart Boys, Cohan
Girls, Cohan Noise.
The Cohan Songs Hits "I'm a
Popular Man," "Make a Lot of
Noise," "Kid Days," . In a "One- y
Night Stand," "Nothing New Be-,r ;
neath the Sun," . "The Mysterlouf
Maid," '"Don't Go In the Water,
Daughter," "San Francisco I My
Home," "An Old Fashioned Walk."
The Incomparable Company, and
, the Bisque Baby Ballet, i-
Prlces-HEvenings, 25c to fl.50. Ma
, r v- . tmees, 25c to $1.00.
Mail orders fillld How.
THEGRAND
THEATRE
Commercial and Ninth Street
TONIGHT
FOR HIS SISTER'S SAKE
HALLO, HALLOO GRINDER
ILL-REWARDED HONESTY
TOM REMOVES
: ' ' SONG
"Too Late (Rosey)
' VIEWS OF ' '
S TRIP THROUGH HAWAII
This Theatre is equipped with
the latest and most improved electri
cal Machines. Don't fail to sec these
pictures.
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM
MONDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY
ADMISSION, 10c
Children. Sc