THE MOILNING ASTOltlAN, ASTOIUA, OREGON,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2'), ions,
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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-
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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 & .
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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
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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:
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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.
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?ednesday, Oct. 4.
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Prices, 25c, 50c, 75c and $1.00
ASTORIA THEATRE -
,. "F; m7hANLIN7Lcb8 ec nd Manager." :?7 -
Thursday-,-
JOSEPH and
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andtan exceptionally talented company
in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's
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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
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ioiier
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