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"THE KING IS DEAD!
"the' King is" Peadl ' Long LJv
the King!" v
When the successor of an office
holder is chosen as a leader for the
next campaign, the predecessor must
realize and recognize' the : fiat; the
dead king must make way for the
living one, and do it gracefully, or
attract critical comment and suffer
in his reputation for astuteness, fair
ness!! '
Samuel Elmore has been popularly
named for the mayoralty of Astoria
and unless all signs fail he will be
elected in December by as generous
a showing at the polls as was Mr.
Wise three years ago when the Re
publicans joined heartily in the popu
lar movement to make him mayor, in
fact, made that movement popular,
for no movement can be popular in
Astoria that is not supported by Re
publicans. ; 1;i,r!"
Mayor Wise is happy in being able
to retire with all his honors - undis
turbed and goes, back to private life
and its compensating peace with the
abounding good will of his fellow
citizens; and what is more he is do
ing it without undue participation in
-the campaign that retires him. i Al
ways thj; sign of the practical poli
tician and the good citizen. The fact
that he is tentatively at outs with his
council, or the too active majority of
It, ig altogether to his credit in the
administrative, and the political,
1ense;.his recession vill have no
stumbling-block, nor cloud to dark
en, and he will take with him the
.undiscounted honors of B three-year
tefffl that has few parallels.
tht people, conscious of the fact
that he wai retiring, have fixed their
good will upon another leading titi
zen and have frankly sought him out
and done What they may, td date, to
tiaitie him for the ornce. samuei w
iriore is that man, The choice is con
spicuously excellent and altogether
promising, and Mr. Elmore is the
largest and best feature in the popu
lar vision at the moment and will be
until the returns are all in, when he
' will become a fixture with which all
men must ." reckon for the good of
the city. The hope of the commun
ity is centered upon him, now; and
Republican though he.be, he is no
less broad than Mr. Wise, and will
orove it if the administrative reins
are turned over to him.
THE WAY , TO RE-ORGANIZE.
For how many years longer are
the .Republicans of Astoria to fritter
away their normal prestige, their
splendid majority, to the caprice of
the minority? The condition has be
come abnormal, ridiculous and cpw
ardly. '
There is but one way to re-organize
and unless it is followed the term
and type of Republicanism had bet
ter drop for good and all. Every
manful ; Republican who recognizes
himself as sucn, must 1 courageously
assert himself and merge wih his
fellows to restore the power and
function of that party in the , city
and stand by-it until its utility and
credit are so established as to make
it natural 'and .'easy, .to vote the
ticket aeain.
It is becoming vitally essential that
steps be taken in this behalf if the
party is ever to be known as a
reality here arid responsible for, the
uplift of the community. The fact
that a Republican -major - vote is
subscribing to and supporting Demo
cratic plans and people in their work
is so ridiculous : as to have at last
become painful and shameful. ;
We believe here will be distinct
and permanent revulsion in the local
campaign about to open here, and
there was never a better chance to
annul the follies of the past and take
over the place and prerogative that
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belones to us. If it is not done
there will be deep and lasting regret
for the cowardice and self-interest
that prevents it. Astoria should be
known all over the State as a Re
publican stronghold, and it is up to
the Republicans to make the
"tab" and stick so deeply that the
knife will cease td cut their own
throats and slash a bit in other di
rections until the minority is where
all minorities belong. Nor does this
mean that our friends of the minority
must be ignored or barred; they have
their place and influence m all pub'
lie OMtters and must often be recog
nized and supported in their better
presentments; but their leadership
must be clipped and the prestige
placed in the hands of the over
whelminz majority that can, if it
will, resume and preserve its com
manding and rightful faculties.
JUST FOR EXAMPLEt
The fine steamship Geo. W. Fen
wick, of the Hammond Lumber Co.'s
fleet, which went to sea at high noon
on Sunday, bound for San Pedro,
with practically 2,000,000 feet of lum
ber on board, and drawing 18.6 for
ward and 26 feet aft, is a case in
point wherewith, , to accentuate ,; the
facility of Astoria as a quick-des
patch port , This vessel entered port
and docked at noon on Wednesday
last There were but 41 hours de
voted to her loading, out of the 96
she was in port, showing that she
was not rushed to sea, but took the
normal course of dock-procedure.
What was done in her case may
be done with every vessel that comes
to the mouth of the Columbia, either
for lumber or grain, and the 214
miles of river-haul and the two es
sential days devoted to that haul, in
cluding the wage, pilotage, time and
interest, might be saved to the own
ers; if only the owners f would get
out from lindef the hypnotic spell
that Portland, has cast or if
Portland would shake off her own
blinding and fatuous ambition and
make this her sub-port, owning, con
trolling and building the commerce
of the river. Of course, this is all
mere piffling stuff, but . we know
there is a modicum of gumption in
it, despite the hard and fast facts
existing, and we cannot help revert-
ine to the economic side of ' it, to
save ourselvesl
What a pennant winner Mr.
Bryan would be if his logic equaled
his oratorical voice.- i- .
"Wailing for the Dead!" The late
eruotion in the Budget anent the
Common Council Charter Commis
sion Seawall Bill. "Requiescat In
Pace!" .'. , :' v- . '
China, the ancient home of the
umbrella, now uses a sunshade made
in Germany, Some Yankee should
introduce the Celesials to American
kites and fireworks.. -
. Nebraska has never voted Bryan's
way except once, in 1896. The
time that Bryan has given the state
this' year shows that-he knows the
chances are against him again.
iThe election of Taft , will give an
impulse to all new enterprises; the
election of Bryan would be a hold
up of business, , perhaps , for years.
What good Seaman fails to slow up
in a fog?
The unique discovery in the Berlin
race is that two balloons ca'ii 'burst
at. t'he; height. .of , a mile, and c6rne
COFFEE
Five degrees of excel
lence: good; better;
fine; finer; w
finest: all Schilling's Best.
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down without injuring the men in
the baskets. But pains will be taken
to avoid the habit. ' t y ' i ' ,
Though on the retired list Colonel
Stewart will receive during life a
compensation of $5000 a year. Uncle
Sam is not ungrateful to an old sol
dier even if he has an alleged impos
sible temperament. I'
Our respected evening contempo
rary will do itself and its readers
. . n- t
justice, u it win can at tnc omce oi
the Hammond Lumber Company at
Tongue Point in this city, and ascer
tain the truth or falsity of the order
lately filed there for a big cargo
shipment of lumber, provided that
Mr. Taft, is elected, and subject to
cancellation in the event of Mr.
Bryan's election. ' .
BATS AS PETS.
A bat in a woman's bed-room can
cause more excitement than can otic
lone burglar or even a dozen mice.
As the strange creature of the night
comes flipping and flapping against
the walls and ceilings such shrieks
are elicited from the terrified female
as t? icuse the whole family and
bring tfcsm. to the rescue with Voorfis
and cans.
.All of which is sheer foolishness,
for if she would but give him
chance the bat Could Prove to her
entire satisfaction tnat ne is an in
tel'.igeni and amiable Creature "and
not unworthy of a permanent place
in th..- household. Yes, the detested
bat makes a most agreeable house
hold pet 1 .
' He U a most 'affectionate Creature
and will attach 'himself 'to a person
as dofeS a kindly and' intelligent dog.
A College professod days:
4ttn.u T
VY ncn
was a student at the , oihiversity I
had two bats, which Came and Went
freely of their own accord. In' the
evening they we're wont to 'rush
through the window into the neigh
boring garden, hunt insects,- and
vhen their 'hiiilgfe'r Was "slpp'dased they
would return to my room. They slept
dh a "bookshelf, where they suspen
ded themselves from a dictionary. At
the present time I possess a bat that
shows a touching attachment to my
person and follows me about through
the rooms of my house, if I call it."
This last statement seems , to be
unquestioable testimony in favor of
the theory that ,the ear of the bat is
not only susceptible to high and
shrill sounds, but also for . the lower
sounds of the human voice. Recog
TOUGH CLIMBING.
nizing' that it is called, the creature
evidently is able to distinguish dif-
erent shades and accents, ,y
This advocate of bats as pets fur
ther states that when he talks pleas
antly to it his present favorite raises
and lowers its ears, much after the
manner of a horse, blinks its eyes jn
contented fashion, licks its nozzle
with its tongue, and, in general dis
ports itself in a manner that indicates
it is oleased and contented. When
harshly spoken to, it lays back its
ears, shrinks away, and seeks to es
cape by climbing up the curtain.
The proprietor of this bat adds:
"When I sit by lamplight in the
morning working at my desk, I can
hardly get rid of it. It comes and goes
rambling about the desk or climbing
up my legs or else it sits on the cur
tain' and endeavors by violent shak
ings of the head and shrill twitter
ing t6 excite my attention and to ob
tain worms its usual food thereby.
Its appetite is indeed something un
canny. Thirty fat worms are readily
taken at one meal'Technical World
Magazine.
BABY'S ITCH EASILY tURED
Infantile Ecrem Qttickly Relieved
by External Use of OH of Win- .
Hrgreeft Combutld.
Infantile eC'zerrfa, 'which has baffled
ihl skifl tit tlie Ttest physicians for
so many years 'St last seems to be
curable and curable' with great ease.
Results 'of the 'last two years indi
cate conclusively that baby's itch,' in
fantile eCzerria and other skin' dis
eases of children can be very simply
cured by the application of a com
I WrliJrl! 'rhmnosed of Oil of Winter
r .
gfeen, thymol and glycerine, as in
D. t. D. Prescription.
Yhe Rev. Lewis Steeley, of Weath
erly, Pa., writes:
"Our baby boy's little face was so
dreadfully covered with eczema that
blood and water ran from the sores
nearly all the time. After using. 31
bottles of D. D. D. Prescription we
are so happy to tell you he is entire
ly cured and the disease has never
broken out again. If this letter is in
any way a help to other sufferers,
you may publish it."
If you have a child which is suffer
ing with' this terrible' itch, we are
sure you will not neglect one hour
tate at all in recommending the rem
edy for your children. Charles Rog
ers Si Son.
to give your baby the right kind of
relief. We have seen too often how
quickly the remedy mentioned above
takes the itch away at once and how
all the cures seem to be permanent;
we have seen tuif ton often to hesi-
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RIILLINERY SALE
Special Sale of
PATTERN
HATS
At the '
La Mode
G82 Commercial St. T
ASTORIA
F. M. HANLIN,
Thursday
JOSEPH and
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and'an exceptionally talented company
: in1 Richard Brinsley Sheridan's,
classical comedy,
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PRICES: 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50
CLOSSKT & PEVKRS,
PORTLAND, ORK.
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. AMUSEMENTS.-
Astoria Tlieatrc
ON It NIGHT
SIOEIPBER::
,imnn 211RI2
Mi1
LINCOLN J, CARTER
presents the picturesque
; "western pla' . T,
THE
FLAMiNG
ARROWS
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The Exciting Horse Race.
The Attack on Ft. Reno.
' The Council Fire,
1 & Ghost Dance. '
BIG SPECIAL CAST
GENUINE INDIAN BRASS BAND
PRICES: 25c. 35c. 50c, 75c.
THEyQRAND
: theatre: l, . J ,
Commercial and Ninth Street
TONIGHT
BLOODSTONE
or
PROPHECY OF THE RING
WHERE'S THAT QUARTER
FUN ON THE FARM
"TRUE HEARTS"
TRIP THROUGH CHINA
This Theatre Is equipped with
the latest and most improved electri
cal Machines. Don't fail to see these
pictures. ' ' V
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM
MONDAY, THURSDAY AND
SATURDAY
ADMISSION, 10c
Children, Sc
THEATRE
Lessee and Manager. ,
WILLIAM W.
October 29
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