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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1908)
THE MOILNING ASTOltlAN, ASTOIUA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2'), ions, Daiinr 'Established 1873. Published Daily Except Monday SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year . . . . By carrie, per month ' WEEKLY By mail, per year, in advance Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, a the poatoffiee at A " toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ; . ' Orders for the delivering of The or place of business may b made by Any irregularity in delivery should of publication. ; ; ;;;. . ... ; ; -j TELEPHONE MAIN 6SL THE WEATHER Oregon, Washington and Idaho- Rain. GET THE VOTING HABIT. The Republicans of Astoria may be a bit backward when it comes to engineering a "Citizens' conven tion upon the standards that govern the Democratic minority, but they can easily ecquire the voting habit and attending the public polls in such strength as will make up for all 'de ficiencies in the political scheme al luded to. They will be called to the polls three times within ., the next forty-two days; at the Presidential election on Tuesday, No vember 3rd; at the general primary election for the city on Monday, No vember 9th; and at the city election on Wednesday, December 9th. Ev ery one of the dates and duties are imperative; especially upon the ; Re publicans, the major party of this city and section. None of the three calls for the exercise of the fran chise may be ignored under any cir cumstances that may be obviated, and this is especially true of the sec ond on this list; the primaries, . on November 9th call for a showing on the part of Republican Astoria that shall make the , opposition entirely conscious of the real strength of the dominant party here. This plea has been made times without number, by. this paper, and not always responded to as it should have been, but we in tend to "preach the word" untiL it sinks in and bears fruit The time is at hand for an expression of Repub licanism that shall be really signi ficant and convincing. DANGEROUS MISCHIEF. : It has 'developed that the fire alarm sent in to the department yes terday morning early was a piece of mischief, pure and simple, There was no fire. It is hoped that if the offenders are caught and proven guilty of the work, the police authorities will ad minister a punishment that will make every mischievous boy in the town "sit up and take notice" for all time .to' some, The safety of the city it self may rest, at some unpropitious hour, upon the proper use of this system, and the destruction of any home in Astoria may be assured by the mere tampering with the boxes and wires. The department may be called out on one of these wild-goose phases wh?n jt? actual service is re quired at some opposite and remote point, where serious loss will be en tailed on account of the absence of the apparatus on distant and futile errands such as it was out on yester day. ' Mischief is a poor name to give such wanton interference with public utilities such as ' a municipal fire alarm service; and if we mistake not, Police Judge Anderson will make it . decidedly interesting for any boy or man reaching his cour under a pro ven charge of this character. Fire Chief Foster is on the trail of the offenders in this case and if he overtakes them, will prosecute ; the matter to its last provision for punishment. The vicious folly must he "ninned in the bud" and the "buds" made to pay for it! "TO MAKE ISSUES OF MEN" 1 . MMHM "They (the Republicans) are try ing to make issues of men." John W. Kern, Bryan's candidate for Vice-President, ? ; Why not? Are the Bryanites . afraid "to make issues of men?" There are many reasons why they should decline to face a comparison between Taft and Bryan, and it is , not remarkable that Bryan's associ . ate on the Denver ticket should re gard with disfavor and apprehension the very proper deterniination on the part of the Republicans that the American people shall have he ful- "i ftstarfrnt by THE J, S. DELLINGER CO. .$7.00 .60 ASTORIAN. Morning Astorian to either residence postal .card orf through telephone. be immediately reported to the office lest possible opportunity to arrive at a correct judgment as to whether William M. Taft or William J. Bry an is the better fitted to direct na tional affairs at home and abroad. When Mr. Bryan's past and pre sent are considered and compared with the past and present of Taft, ii is tar trom strange mat air. Kern should dread to have American vot ers asked to decide the election on such a comparison. Mr. Bryan begs that his past shall not be made an issue, on the ground that it was omit ted from -the Denver platform. Mr. Taft offers no such plea. On the con-1 trary, he expressly stands upon his public record from the day he ascen ded the bench until his retirement as Secretary of War to accept the Republican' nomination for President of the United States. That record is a leading issue in the campaign, as it ought to be, for it proves William II, Taft to be the fittest man in all America to succeed Theodore Roose velt in the White House, and to car ry forward the irreat policies to which the Republican party is pledg ed by principle and by achievement The personal issue should be, and must be, predominant in a presiden tial campaign, and if Bryan and Kern shrink from confronting it, they con fess a fatal weakness which inevita bly foreshadows their humiliating re jection at the polls in November, and the election' of Taft and Sherman, who are not afraid "to make issues of men." ' ' LAST-XIQUOR DECISION. The decision, just handed down by Supreme Justice Moore, of the Ore gon Supreme Court, in the Medford liquor case, which is very clear and sweeping in its scope, practically puts the municipalities of a State above the edicts of the State at large as they apply to the issue of prohi bition. It may be excellent law but we are constrained to doubt its ef ficacy; since it is in the cities of a State that the liquor interests are centered almost wholly, and the ex emption of lhese communities, speci fically and exclusively, tends to nul lify the doctrine and operation of prohibition as a principle of human action and popular law. We believe the people should have and hold, certain unassailable reser vations for common safety and pro tection against the encroachment of all businesses charged with elements of evil; and while we do not believe in the useless and indiscriminate em ployment o these reserved powers at any time, it is folly to reduce them to a condition of paralysis and use lessness as has been done ' in this case. ' ' The interest of the larger commu nity should always supervene upon the broad ground of larger benefit demanded and secured: But the case at bar completely shatters this theory and practice , and absolves the city, as an integer, from all responsibility and allegiance to the greater man date, leaving it free to thrust an evil upon that portion of the larger elec torate already of record against that evil. BAD FAITH-BAD SIGN! ' When a people, a clientelle, a pa tronage, a following of any sort, who are exoectine square treatment, in their individual and collective af fairs at the hands of a man in whom they confide, are compelled to pause and wonder if they are going to get it, and cause for pausing is furnished directly by the man or firm or com pany or leader or champion or advo cate in question, it is a bad sign for the man, company, leader, etc. etc. There are admissable departures from the strict letter of prescribed procedure among men, in the fervid phases of business and politics and other common concerns; they pass: with a shrewd, indulgent smile or comment that robs them of the lar ger portion of their danger and evil "-"""'HIM ' I Q. MJStfW ' T. V ( A & . - - - - ....... -- - -- CV-U'Vy a i voyw in Another Misfit effect; but these 'things have their limitations; it is unwise to transgress these on account ofthe jealously guarded line between honestly and dishonesty which all men are sup posed to cherish, at least superficial- ly, whatsoever they may lean to pri- vatcly. Public construction of such transgressions is quick and often wonderfully correct, especially in ca ses where the public itself figures and participates. " Sophistry goes a long way to mit igate such offenses, but the essence of the fact always remains in the popular conscience and serves to re-J duce the "measure of confidence it once possessed in the man, company, etc., who has broken that relation, by so much as a hair-breadth. " V HERE AT HOME. Astoria Clitizent Gladly Testify and Confidently Recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. It is testimony like the following I that has placed Doan's Kidney Pills so far above competitions. When people right here at home raise their voice in praise there is no room for doubt Read the public statement of an Astoria citizen: ' Theodore Josephson, of SIS Sev enth street, Astoria, . Ore., says: "About five years ago 1 used Doan's Kidney Pill? and derived great bene fits: I was suffering from pains across my back and loins, at times so se vere that I was unable to stoops f My kidneys also botheVed me I a great deal, the secretions - being J too fre quent. At last Doan's Kidney Pills were brought to my attention and I procured a box at Rogers' drug store. Thanks to 'this remedy my health is now excellent." For sale by ail dealers. ; Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents or the .United States. Remember ' the name ;D?an's and take no other. QUESTION OF RATES. Individual Pearls Have Cheaper Du ty Than Whole Necklace. . . NEW YORK, Oct. 28.-The cus toms authorities here are trying to collect a high rate of duty on an im portation for Norris Guggenheim of 59 matched and pierced pearls. The pearls were entered at a low rate of duty as pearl beads, while the gov ernment holds jthat they should be listed as a necklace and therefore du tiable at the rate of sixty percent ad valorem. The case is similar to that against the late William B. Leeds, which is famous in customs annals and in which the United States Cir cuit Court upheld the government's claim1. This case is now before the United States Circuit Court of Claims. The hearing in the Guggen heim case has been set for Novem ber 10. The claim involves $12, 500. CQl'TEE Good coffee is partly in buyi rig and partly in making:; . like . everything CliS. '' ( Yew srocw returns rn moBf U jtm dttl Ufcs fcUUIaf BmIs w pw him. LOOKS UKE I THAT MIGHT O I f?PAMP UIM AH IT- I l VI DON'T WANT TO . ' IliijiUU ' From the Bryan Emporium. F0H LOOKS ONLV. Om of Qntral Robtrt E. Lm' War tlm Dinntrt, The great aluipHclty of the habits of General KoUcrt E. Lee was one rea- sou for his MHrity with hla aol dlera. ' He fared uo butter than his troops. There were timet when for weeks the southern army had but short raUous, often doing entirely without meat : lu "Tb Old Booth and the Sew" 'Mr. Charlea Morris tella an awuslug story of one of these pe riods of aearclty. On a very stormy day several corps and division generala arrived at head quartern ' and were waiting' for the rain to abate before riding to their camps when General Lee'a cook an nounced dinner. . Too general Invited hla visitors to dine with him. On re pairing to the table a tray of hot com .bread, a boiled head of cabbage sea soned with a very 'small piece' of ba con and a bucket of water constituted the repast r c-.y; ... ! The piece of meat was so small that I all politely declined taking any, ex pressing themsclvea as "very fond of bollod cabbage and ; corn bread," on which they dioed. -'' Of course the' general was too polite to eat meat In the presence of guests who had declined It But later In the afternoon, when. they had all gone, feeling very hungry, he , called his servant and asked htw to bring him a piece of breaj and meat t The durity1 looked perplexed and em barrassed land aald In a deprecating tone; "Well, Marse Robert; dat meat what I sot1 before- yod at '! dinner wa'n'jt . oars. . I Jest, borrowed dat place of middlin' . from one of de couriers to season de cabbage In de pot, and, Beein',ns pa was gwlne to Lave company at dinner, I put It on do dish wld de cabbage for looks. But when I seed you an' none of de geuel- men touched It 'eluded you all know ed It was borrowed, and so after dh ner I Bent It back to do boy what It belong" to." -, r: , v ; i n tfhe country would be reassured by Mr. Taft's election Just aa It would be alarmed by, Bryan's. ;,,",,.,, , , Doubtless Mr.' Bryan wlpUca that President Roosevelt were not bo prompt In answering letters. f "Flngy" Conners isayB the people do not care much about platforms, but always want to vote for a winning Can dida. te.t In that pvent they will vote for Mr. Taft " ... " No one knows so well as Bryan that It Is easy for a man to believe what he wishes to believe. . 1 ' '" Judge Tnft points to the negro citi zen the, way, to recognition through In telligent industry, which Is always cou pled with political Intelligence, . ' :- Old Dr. Bryan Is giving most of his former paramount lHsues the absent treatment. . . Mr. Bryan says he bns been training for the presidency, for twelve years All Indications are that he has over trained.. : : The west la marketing the biggest wheat crop In Its liltstory, nnd It Is uot on a parity with silver either, as Mr. EJryau tnnv Ipnrn from a glance at the market rcj ,; :..'v: "This Is a w.st country," snya.Mr Bryan. Vp.i. It Is big" enough to f ur nish burial ground for all of Mr, Bry an's collection of dead paramounts. . t Mr. Bryan says he does not know whether he Is n farmer or an agricul turist. Unfortunately for blra, tbp "farmers know. ;.7: Postal snvlnKS banks wotild be u junrdlnn to thrift; guaranteed bank de posits would tax , the conservative to pay the losses of the reckleus. BDJJHB1T; SALE Special $alc of PATTERN HATS,. Atthe'.! V:;K-'.: La Mode C32ommcialSt, ", . , IDlili rrAstoria-cThsatrei? ?ednesday, Oct. 4. SECOND ANNUAL TOUR 1 Harry Scott Co., present that - . Furiously Funny Musical Stew merrily served in three courses, ''Ma's : Husband. ' ' Booki-DAVlb" Music, Lyrics GEO. vf r--r.V EDWIN FLETCHER If New, Clean, Catchy -jp 1 0 ; Musical Features. 10 A GREAT SHOW-is - the unani mous .verdict conceded by press , critics and theatre, going public Prices, 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.00 ASTORIA THEATRE - ,. "F; m7hANLIN7Lcb8 ec nd Manager." :?7 - Thursday-,- JOSEPH and rv 3 2 U3 andtan exceptionally talented company in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's classical comedy, , I i )) I i I! PRICES: 50c, 75c, $1.00, 01.50 HOT Oil COLD i i r m s - 10(1 Just Riht CLOSSIiT h DEVliRS, POXTLAKD, OR15, . fUSEMENTS. ' Astoria ; Theatre ON NIGHT spy, mm , LINCOLN J. CARTER presents the picturesque western play )..', THE FLAMING ARROW j ' BEE " The Exciting Horse Race. The Attack ou Ft. Reno. . The Council Fire, - & Ghost Dance. BIG SPECIAL CAST OENUJNE INDIAN BRASS BAND PRICES: ,25c. 35c. 50c, 75c. THEGRAND '7 'theatre 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 lateit and most improved electri cal Machines. Don't fail to see these pictures. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAM ' MONDAY, THURSDAY AND ' : . SATURDAY, ADMISSION, 10c Children, Sc ioiier 1 t 4 4 WILLIAM W. u.' S f Rf