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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1908)
THE MORNING ASTOIILAN, ASTORIA O11KG0N. WEDNESDAY, DKCliMRER 23 two mouths ago tltat the President cannot be released from hi. dultH m Established 1873. Published Daily, Except Monday by THE J. S. DELUNGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ' $7.00 .6C .$1.50 By mail, pet year By carrier, per month .. ' WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance.. ....... ,. Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, at the postoff.ee at Astoria Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Orderi for the delivering of The Morning Astoria to either residence or place of businesa may be made by vostat earn or Any irregularity in deliver, should ,be immediately reported to the office of publication. . ... ... 1 j TELEPHONE MAIN 661. ; "turn Iimm" this winter aiul indulge in some plain speaking. The prediction is being abundantly ful filled. Never before did olticial com munications from the White House t the capitol so bluntly call a spade a uade. And he has made no secret Of the facf that he has other plain lan guage in stock ready for use should Congress invite its issuance. When you come to think of it, there is no Eood reason why the President should not now speak his mind. He has champed at his bit. as it were, for several years because party and other considerations made it Inadvisable I. him ia rmnkw the laneuaKe he wanted to THEJVEATHER GROWTH OF CONGRESS. lowed, the House membership is ccr tain to no over 400 after the census of ... r..v:.trt ,a Idaho- : 1910. Under the constitutional appor Yre80tH . , . "7" j tionmtnt of representation, there were Rain, r - ' -V memtKrs 0f the House. The first 1 census was taken in 1790, and making i it the basts of a new apportionment, Con'.! the number of Representatives was -ess who believe the membership of increased to 106. The census of 1800 . .. c . j u... .hnlH he' increased the number to 142, that oi S.lirSTtwl 1810 to 186, that of 1820 to 213, that of results would be obtained with, small- 1S30 to Z4Z. Memoers oi l.-. ex bodies. As the membership of the decided even then that the House was - !. k- ftf k. fnnda. too laree and that something mnst be senate u u "i i - . . ., . . t .k. rnoitntlnn. idone to check its gr owtn. so, wnen nentai principle -- - .. . , . to reduce the number of Senators U M came to making the apportionment M of the ouestion. It could be done tinder the census of 1540, the number only by reducing the number of statea of members was reduced to Z3Z. b.nce viiaj j ..... . i - .AFwk V kn tin. and that is aa impossible,, almost, as m-. nw., . .v : montMw checked. The census of 1850 increas ! a .,. ..rh On the ed the number to 237, that of 1860 to cTntm . Senate is bound to in-,243, that of 1870 to 293 that of 1880 60 ' vu T u nnW to 332. that of 1890 to 3S7, and that of crease us uiwuikhmjik .... ouestion of time when Arirona and 1900 to 391, a parhon of the increase ... ... i v tf hot nor riii New Mexico will be states, ana tnere ra will be 96 Senators. Some day Alaska . to the admission of new states, may be a State, and the number of Senators will be increased to 98. It j TURNS THINGS LOOSE, is unlikely, unless Cuba should be an- ' aexed, that any of the insular posses- i Republican leaders in Congress say aions will attain the dignity, of state-J they have no desire to quarrel with fcood, so 98 Senatora may be looked President Roosevelt between now and upon as the final number. ' 'March 4. It is very apparent the A Congressional enactment, . how- ' president is not going to run away ever, is all that would be necessary from a quarrel; but, then, the Presi to reduce the size of the House. The , dent ii going out of office in less than House now has 391 members, and three months and Republicans in Con- each 10 years in the past has seen an gress, except those who tea oy tne increase, aside from the increase re- wayside last November, have got to tolling from the admission of new keep on doing business. .t.t.. Tf th. nmetice of vears is fol- Mr. Kooseevirs inenas preaiaei - r - til the count is finished. Fortunately, however, the money on hand is n t all in one dollar coins and bills, nor must it be counted by one man. The work will be done by 25 experts as sisted by a force of laborers, and heavy scales. All the silver, nickel, copper and biUs will be gone over, piece by piece, but the gold will only be weighed In sacks, with an occa sional count to verify the accuracy of this process. Even so, however, the counting will be a laborious process for there is on hand at present in the sub-treasury $170,000,000 In gold coin. 7S.OOO,000 silver dollars, $2,800,000 in fractional silver, that is dimes, quar . n ,lKeiisinir divers ten and halves: SJW.uuo in pennies niuu v " i men and measures. He can have his and nickels, and $30,000,000 in bills, say now without jeopardizing his own All this amount the new sub-treasurer political fortunes or seriously threat-; will have to count and his efforts In ... t . . . . .a. . !.. ening the fortunes of his party. tbis line will be watcnea wun special p.. matiM no oretense of lik-! interest as it is rumored that he will ing the things that have been handed j attempt to make a new record. it, but, on the whole, the country ap pears to rather enjoy tne situation. There are those, ot course, who criti cize the President for his most recent strenuosity, but the critic we have always with us. This criticism is not going to bother Mr. Roosevelt huge ly. He is firmly convinced that pub lic opinion will back him up, and be lieves the more he lambastes Congress the greater his popularity. And it would seem that he is justified in this belief. GERMAN WOMEN CONTENT. Few Suffragettes There, as the Simple Life is Enough. TO COUNT MILLIONS. Will Take Many Weeks to Complete Their Labor. NEW YORK. Dec. 21-The very first big job for this city's new sub treasurer just appointed will be the unique and laborious task of counting $282,000,000; that is, the cash on hand in the sub-treasury at the present time. Were the whole of this tre mendous amount in bills and coins of the denomination of one dollar each, it would take one man, counting at the rate of 60 pieces a minute, more than 80.000 hours to finish counting them, a matter of 10,000 working days of eight hours each, or something more than 30 years altogether. Indeed if the man who is responsible for the count had to do it all himself he could come nowhere near finishing before another president was elected and his successor appointed, who in turn 'ould have to repeat the whole pro cess. The retiring assistant treasurer CHICAGO, Dec. 22. Girl student of Germany are not permitted to stroll down to the drug stores for dainties nor are they allowed to hold the mirror up to nature with elaborate coiffures, said Miss Harriet Kempf who has returned from Berlin, where for two years she taught at a achool. The suffrage movement Is not active in Germany, she says, as the women are quite content to lead the simple life. Girl students are rigidly chaperoned. ' THE GUILLOTINE H W Not InvinUd by the Man Whose Nam It Bsara, lu a book pulilUhid I'' Hector FloUKttnmu tu Ueriimny tint atory ot Uie origin, of tUo liwiruineut o vswu Uou which w iiiimtHl for Dr. (lull! Uu iu the days of the relitu oMorrT hi Itntly denied, "Thore 1 iw truth, In tl utory, aa long believed," he "that the gonial old phyalcliiu liivtmttHl the uiueulue which wu named for hint and by uieuus of which he la aald to have Uwt his llf shortly rtor us auop n.m iiuiiiotlu. tu kwpllig with the spirit of bl time, Wovd ou Oct W, 17S0, that all unVituore, regnruiew of their blrtU or station, should be dealt with alike by the law. end el mouths later )io proiwwd to the government that convicted murdmrs should be beheaded by means ot a simple appara tus. The luccbeuleui of which be and no oue else had auy Idea at that time was spokeu of ak the simple appara tun" by the humorist of the day, aud the phrase was used to make Ha pro poser ridiculous, so that when ma chine finally was adopted the time named It guillotine. The gov eminent, evidently recognising the val ue ot the suggestion, asked one An tolne Louis, a surgeon at the Balpe trlere, lo devise a machine aud later gave a similar order to a carpenter by the name of Guidon, who offered to construct an liwtn-nient for decapita tion for 0,CiW llvres. This was consid ered too high a prk-e, aud the contract etTon to a German cabinetmaker by the uame of Tobla Schmidt, who received KH llvtv ror tne accepwu nwvi..i in lTtti Rehmldt made guillo tines for all the prortucea, and the In- duntry brought mm a moueraie xor tune, which he proceeded to squander In rarla, while Dr. Oulllotln, who nev er had anything to do with the making of a machine which bore bis name, continued to practice lila profession quietly aud umwtentatlously In Furls nntU he died there on March i 1814." 1 m . . mzm WW VTA f Vr, 1 ijrvirt WV r 14 4 4 Absolute Pure. HP ispwif1" mm "I in iiisaw w If ? k IN ONB OR MANY COLORS LARGEST FACILITIES IN THE WEST FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH ORADE WORK urn at lit it turns isiiu 13 a a WU1 t . - . . n"J baking Powder. The only baking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar, the officially approved Ingredient for a wholesome, high-class powder There Is pester fcctellei la the sate el taktat aewders teia ever U4ljr eesem Uie laM u4 se certsla ei KiU lrsl Uion. Could HandH a Shevel. The foreman 6f s Chicago Iron ndll once employed u tramp who bad been a college baseball champion. Their acquaintance begau lu a way that howed the trntiio still to be game and cheery. It was a cold autumu dawu, ami the tramp bud slept lu front of a 1 fiirimiB ou a warm stone. The fore t.i .i,.,r nf lHluiror. on hla M,U, UTIUH ' - j morning tour or mieciiou spwu i fellow and thought he would give him a Job. "My man." he said, "can you do any thing with a shovel T -Well. I could fry a piece of hnm on It."- : MlmiMpolhi Journal. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian 60 cents per month by carrier. FLAMES IN MINE. DUQUOIN, 111., Dec. 22. -Despite the heroic efforts of the several hun dred men who have been fighting flames in Joseph Letter's colliery at Zeigler, the fires still exist, thought to whst extent cannot be determined. It is next to Impossible to ascertain any Information as to the gravity of the situation at Zeiiilcr s orders have been Issued forbidding" any non-resl- dents from loitering sbout the town, It Is thought an effort will be made today by a party of men to descend into the mine to ascertain Just what has been accomplished in the len days, it is probable that flooding Hit mine will next be resorted to. MIHMMMIMIMIIMtt MMIIMMIMimiMMIHIH To be giveu away at the j .... BAK.ERONI AN .... , ; CHRISTMAS MATINttaS !' Every lady and child attending the matinee from now to Christmas wilt be given a coupon which will entitle them to a drawing on a free present. The presents will be displayed In the show windo of the Bee Hive Store on Commercial street. Special matinee prises for children from now till Christmas, Sc. Who are the lucky ones ...tu , rruTo ' . . . SEATS FREE HUH HMMHHIWIHMIWIIMWrH 1 1 ..Vti'.'J, iU-:LL':i - - i-c -in retiring assistant treasurer . . mmmmtmmmm 1 WWW M 11 rr t JOIN THE CROWD WHO KNOW AND GET REAL BARGAINS AT WATERMANS g. Free ! That Pretty $14 Doll May be llYours' ' Xmas Eve Pree ! iONLY TWO IRE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS DO 0lll SHOPPING AT VMTERMAN'S TODAY ! Toys For Girls The favorite toy for the little girl always has and always will be, DOLLS. We have a grand assortment: rubber dolls, rag dolls, ABC dolls, mid fine China dolls. We can suit both taste and pocketboolc Our dolla range to price from ISc to $5.00. Besides dolla, for the little miase we have doll folding brass cradles, doll dishes, kitchen ranges, small flat irons, wash boards and a hundred and one other gifte to please the little girL We have , splendid assortment of games of every description ranging in price from 5c to 25c Story hooka, nursery rhymes, A B O and holiday book, of all kinds Toys For Boys For the small boy we have probably the largest stock of toys in town. Repeating air-rifles $1.50, pop-gima 15c, swords 15c, Christmas horns 5c to 25c, sand palls and spades 10c and 20c pocket knives 5c to 30c mail box banks, combination banks 15c mechanical automobiles 30c woolen dogs, rorses, mules, etc, on wheels 15c; Happy Hooligan Iron wagons and trucks of every description at all price. All kinds of Iron toys at from 5c to 50c; mouth organs' 10c to 15c carpenters outfits $255,' soldering sets 15c, and tools, the boy kind, are to be had here galore at low prices. You must visit our boy department to fully appreciate the large assortment Gifts For "GrowiilUps" After looking around the many other stores In the city trying to decide what to buy your mother, wife, sister, or sweetheart for Christmas, if you will pay us visit we will no doubt be able to supply you with "just the thing." For instance, you can get her fancy Imported hand-painted China at almost any price, toilet articles, V Merry Widow hat pin and many otherf styles of fancy bat pins, shirt-waist sets, and links necklaces, handkerchiefs, bracelets, neck pins, jewelry boxes, writing stationery, and, other articles too numerous to mention. GUESS If you think you are a good guesser, we challenge you to tell us the amount of shot in the small tumbler in our Commercial street window. It does't cost anything to guess" arid you may win the pretty doll for your trouble. Since Waterman's store has been established in this city. Astoria has at las filled a long felt -want, that of a department store where real values are to be obtained at right prices. Waterman's is fast beconnng the favorite shopping place the city for women,and is steadily gaining the reputation of being Astoria's leading store and again we say Watch Whoso Windows For Bargains? Our store will remain open until 9 o'clock evenings til Christmas. un- Watermans Our store will remain open until 9 o'clock every evening . until Christmas. FREE Just drop into our store and submit your guesses of the number of shot in the small glass tumbler; your guess may be the lucky one and win the $14 doll to be given away Christmas eye. You don't have to buy to guess. 4 ' T efVSTVtTTTTTTTTTi