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THE MORNING ASTOR1AN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1909.
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fTHE WEATHER -
Oregon Increasing cloudiness;
probably followed by showers north
west portion.
KEEP IT IN MIND!
By the sheer virtue of the reserved
nower of the cocular re-call, the
City of Los Angeles has forced
man from office, the highest office in
its power to confer; compelled his
resignation before the grinding touch
of the civic expedient was applied at
all; and the press of the city is the
agency that brought it about. This
is worth thinking about everywhere
the political faculty of the re-call ex
ists. Oregon has it, and hopes never
to nse it; but having it, it were well to
remember it and talk of it, and create
the sentiment of its efficacy not only
ia the minds of the men who have
been put in places of authority and
trust, but in the minds of the elec
tors as well. It has its bearing on
all hands, and the concerted consid
eration of the rule will have a tend
ency to strike a balance between the
office-holder and the people he is
serving, that will preserve the public
from many a loss and many a shame
and nerve the servant to turn down
the temptations that may beset him
'from time to time.
Harper, the" Mayor whom Los
Angeles has just forced from office
Owing to his vicious character as of
ficer and citizen, is one of the first
(if not the first') cases on the PaciSc
records in this relation, and it will
make a deep impression all over the
coast This man not only permitted
the establishment, and cxistance, of
unrestrained vice of all sorts in his
city; but indulged them personally,
nntil bis name became a stench in
the nostrils of his people. Every
argument that friend and neighbor
could present in private to ward him
from the course of evil was used
without effect, and at last the re-call
was invoked, and with it was the
provision for the election of a clean
man to succeed him, a the same
polls. Knowing that he was fore
doomed this man takes the chance
that is given him to resign thinking
he will avoid the blasting disgrace
of a popular ouster at the polls; but.
the people do not see it that way; he
ia to figure still at the election called
to pass upon him and his record, and
he is up against his own admission
of turpitude as evidenced by his res
ignation, as well as the fiat expres
sion of the people against him; sav
ing only, that the final majority in
in this country, as enunciated by the
National Model License League, of
Louisville, Kentucky, more because
of the many excellent suggestions
made for 'he safe and rational con
duct of the business, than because we
subscribe to its entire program. The
League is, primarily, the liquor inter
est, itself; and therefore not wholly
unbaised in its views; one of which
is so extremely radical as to invite
instant condemnation. That of mak
ing the saloon franchise and business
a vested right, with property quali
fications, to be handed as a heri
tage, from father to son, and impreg
nable against the operation of the
popular will. This is exceedingly
dangerous, and if adopted would
hedge the most vicious business in
the world from all interference save
that of the courts of last resort
We are willing to .take many
things for granted, but none of them I
have to do with the liquor business.
On that score, the people must have
the upper hand at all times; the busi
ness must be made to realize al
ways that it is only a matter of tol
erance, not of legitimacy; and that
no part of it can ever become a
vested and inalienable right.
and especially the brands from the
Columbia river? What do they mean
by butting in away out here, over
3,000 miles from the seat of govern
ment, anyway?
We have enough trouble with our
salmon fisheries as it is, without the
pure-food artists invading our can
neries and dictating the texts of our
labels. If we can make the man or
woman over in central Europe be
lieve he is eating Royal Chinook
salmon every time he opens a can
of "Dog" salmon, we are conferring
a favor on him by endeavoring to
meet his ultra tastes in such importa
tions; and its the same with the
"Humpback" the Silvcrsidcs, and all
the varieties we pack; since the
names they bear have prractically
nothing to do with the prime quality
of the meat they yield, unless it be
in the varying shades of pinks and
reds of the toothsome flesh that is
marketed-
We were just settling down to the
promise of a good season in all our
fisheries, quite free from the carking
worries that have played "hob" with
the business so long, and now we ar
up against another set of adamantine
rules that force us to differentiate,
conspicuously, publicly, among the
numerous grades and qualities of our
fish; and this to a world hungry for
IAT CONGRESS
EXPECTED 10 DO
IF PRESIDENT'S WISHES ARE
MET TARIFF WILL HAVE
RIGHT OF WAY.
WASHINGTON. D. C March 13.
Pursuant to the President's c.itl
for an extraordinary session of the
Sixty-first Congress, the Senate and
House will meet at muni Moiul.iy
The President's me;ij!e relating to
tariff revision nrohuhlv will not be
sent in until Tuesday. The message
as already announced w'" recom
mend that the session confine its
work exclusively to tariff revision
that there may be no delay in enact
ing this most important law. The
President will not discuss in his
message any scheme of tariff revision
leaving such matters entirely to the
judgement of Congress.
In the Senate the routine pro
gramme will be followed Monday.
Vice-President Sherman will call the
salmon of any kind whatsoever- But Senate to order, and the President's
"needs must when Uncle Sara drives'
we suppose
WING SHOTS.
THE WRITTEN WORD.
Many a man has gone down to dis
grace, defeat, and other phases of
personal humiliation, because of
some written word of his that is
dragged to light at the inauspicious
moment; it is one of the inauspicious
that follow the writer of reckless
things, wicked things, unwholesome
things, and lies.
The law itself makes the written
word the paramount testimony of its
courts; it is the substantial principle
of contracts and agreements; it is 'the
basis for all last conclusions of fact
and it is the cardinal theorem for de
termining character, and the relation
one bears to grave issues that arise
for the scrunity of society; it is the
one damning bit of evidence that
cannot be glossed nor denied, (as
suming always, of course, that the
fool who writes lends his signature
to the black-and-white exposition).
And yet men and women go on
writing the most glaring, incriminat
ing and compromising things, day
after day, without once taking into
consideration the peril they are
weaving about their lives and homes
and businesses. It is remarkable how
blind the majority of people are to
this 'short-arm" evil that is liable at
any time to jolt them out of their
secure place in society and com-
The "insurgents" in Congress are
preparing for a bitter tight next
Monday, for the revision of the
House Rules", the gospel of prac
tice in that body, wherebv Sneaker
oe Cannon carries out the mandate
of the powers behind him and stulti
fies the dignity and freedom of the
representative power of this country.
We hope they may win out, even to
the unseating of the Posey County
Pirate, but we have our doubts. Just
how long the country is going to
stand for the gag-law that stifles and
defeats its will in the great questions
of the day is yet among those same
great questions.
Who ever saw a finer March than
this? Either Spring has opened
most gloriously, or we have some
thing in store in the nature of a gen
uine "sting". !
The day of untrammelled license
in this city is past; no matter who
owns the property and buildings that
have been vacated by the "ribald
throng"; nor how Jong it remains
idle for the want of such tenancy.
The warm and brilliant sunshine
draws the people out of their homes
and habitats and keeos them out
until the chill of evening hints of the
cozy fireside "again. And down here
at Astoria the sun takes on a quality
unknown anywhere else in the world
which is something of a boast, but
wholly susceptible of proof.
Brer" Young, of Portland, cannot
have the post-office there because he
once wrote something serious about
Brer' Taft. Which is ample reason
for turning him down, of course.
The man who does not know enough
to write uncompromising letters,
does not know enough to handle an
important post such as that.
favor of his recall may be lightened , ..' , .. .
. . . , , . of life an object for the jeers of those
rr. "-'-V " who write with
xt. ia a cicar ana jusnnaDie instance
of the operation of this new ele
ment in civic administration.
Remember that every political divi
sion of Oregon possesses this extra
ordinary advantage, and may use it
whensoever it gets ready and has
cause. In time it may prove the
very salvation of the State; let alone
the infinite good it may do in the
lesser communities.
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NOT AS A VESTED RIGHT.
Yesterday morning this paper
write with circumspection
who write not at all.
"A little education is a dangerous
thing", and nothing so perilous as
that scanty knowlyedge of writing
which lures men and women to in
finite trouble. The art of writing is
summed in the discretion that care
fully prescribes what shall be written
and where it shall stop. Few indeed
are they who know these things.
AFTER OUR LABELS.
And now the minions of Uncle
Sam are after labels on our salmon!
published at length the plans for the Dont they know that all salmon is
reorganization of the liquor business good, no matter what label it bears,
The American Federation of Labor
won much in the decision handed
down in the Federal Court of Ad-
peals at Washington in the "Buck
Stove & Range Company" matter;
but it did not include the release of
Messrs: Gompers, Mitchell and Mor
rison from the contempt stress they
are under; though one would think
the finding of the court might absolv
ed them, at least.
TEE 0MY BAKING P0WBEH
made from
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
aW
Royal Bakinp; Powder is
the greatest of time and
labor savers to the pastry
cook. It economizes flour, but
ter and eggs, and makes the
food digestible and healthful.
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"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
1521 Magellan discovered the
Philippine Islands.
167f-Indians attacked Groton,
Mass.
1764 Earl Grey, prime minister
of England, by whom the first Re
form Bill was carried, born. Died
July 17, 1845.
1821 Victor Emmanuel of Sar
dinia abdicated.
1862 The Confederates evacuated
their work at New Madrid, Mo.
1868 President Johnson asked
torty days time to prepare his ans
wer to the articles of impeachment.
1874 Body of Charles Sumner lay
in state in the Capitol at Washing
ton. 1875 First issue of the Philadel
phia Times.
1884-Systcm of standard time
established in America.
1895 Two Italians killed in a Den
ver jail by a mob.
1901 Benjamin Harrison, twenty
Ihird President of the U. S., died in
Indianapolis. Born in North Bend,
Ohio, Au. 30, 1833.
proctamation'catling the session will
be read. A committee will be ap
pointed to call upon the President
and inform him that the Senate is in
session, and another committee will
similarly advise the House. Unless
some Senator desires to talk upon a
privileged matter, the only business
of the Senate will he the opening
formalties.
Busier times will be witnessed in
the House from the time that the
Clerk calls that body to order at
noon, reads the proclamation, and
calls the roll of those entitled to
seats in the Sixty-first Congress.
After the election of House officers,
committees will be appointed to wait
upon the President and the Senate
to advise both that the House is
in session. Speaker Cannon is ex
pected to lose no time in announcing
the members of the new Ways and
Means Committee. The fact that
there are to be few changes
in the personnel of the commitce
makes it certain that little time "will
be lost. The new committee will
consist of the old membership, filled
out with such new appointments by
the Speaker as arc necessitated to fill
the places of Representatives Bon
ynge of Colorado, Cockran of New
York, both retired at the end of the
Sixtieth Congress, and Granger of
Rhode Island, who died recenttv.
The Republican leaders are nearly
all of the opinion that the tariff bill
can be disposed of by June 1. The
fact that President Taft and the
members of the Senate and House
wno nave most to do with turning
the wheels of legislation are in
uiurougn accord win aid greatly in
hurrying the bill through. Four
weeks for debate and four weeks for
thrashing out the differences between
the two houses appears to be the pro
pramme now in mind. The Demo
crats have it in their power to pro
long their debates as much as they
wish. But (it is not believed now
that they have any intention to em
barrass the Republicans in such a
manner. Of course, the Democratic
leaders have their own ideas in re
gttrd to tariff revision and will not be
backward in offering suggestions
There, are in fact two bills drafted,
one of the majority and one of the
minority, thnuuh it is doubtful If
the Democrats introduce their rec
ommendntion in such a form.
On the first day of the session
Chairman Payne of the Ways and
Means Commit lee will introduce the
majority, bill and it will at once be
referred to the committee. After
two or three days it probably will be
reported to the House, and the light
thereafter will be more or less in the
open.
The Republicans continue to main
tain secrecy a regards the majority
bill agreed upon, though naturally
some of thy main features have leak
ed out. That there, will be numeri
cal reductions in many important
ratci is acknowledged, but whether
these reductions will be of a kind
to encourage importation, thereby
increasing the Government's revenue
and local competition, is a matter
that will come out certainly only
with the publication of the exact
schedules,
mi , ......
me iron ana stcei schedules are
among those that will suffer the
heaviest reductions. Hides will
either be reduced materially or put
on the free list, and a corresponding
reduction may be made in finished
shoes. In print paper and wood
pulpt schedules it is thought that the
recommendations of the Mann com
mittee probably will be embodied in
the new bill. Mr. Mann recom
mended the reduction of the duty on
news print paper from $6 to $2 a ton
and advocated the placing of ground
wood on the free list if Canada can
be induced to remove her export
duty. No great changes are looked
for in the silk and cotton schedules.
The higher grades of cotton, as re
quiring a greater amount of Ameri
can labor, may be put under a slight
ly higher rate, while the lower grades
are left under a correspondingly
lower duty.
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"THIS IS MY 45th BIRTHDAY"
Dr. Gustav Albert Andreen, presi
dent of Augustana College at Rock
Island, Illinois, was born in Porter,
Indiana, March 13 1864. He gradu
ated from Augustana College in 1881
and later studied law. He abandon
ed his plan to become a lawyer, how
ever,' in favor of a career as an edu
cator. In 1886 he joined the faculty
of Bethany College in Kansas and re
mained with that institution y:vcn
years. From 189c to 1900 he was an
instructor in German at Yale Uni
versity. The next two years he spent
as a student in European universities
Upon his return to America he was
chosen president of Augustana Col
lege. Recently he has been engaged
in a movement among the Swedish
Lutherans all over the country to
raise the endowment fund of Augus
tana College to $200,000.
NEW YORK, March 12.-There
was another typical bomb outrage on
the East Side early today. About
midnight a bomb exploded in a stair
way leading into the cellar of a four
story tenement at No, 6 Stanton
Street. No one was injured but the
stairway was badly damaged and two
large plate glass" windows in a store
were smashed- As usual the police
say that the 'black hand" it responsi
Die. two men wno were seen run
ning from the building were arrest
ed all tenants in the buildin
denied having received any threaten
ing letters.
T Cannot Praht Pt-runa High,
Jinouffh for Ike 0W it Has
Done Me.
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"My three-year-old boy was badly
constipated, had a high fever and
was in an awful condition. I gave
him two doses of Foley's Orino
Laxative and the next morning the
fever was gone and he was entirely
well. Foley.'s Orino Laxative saved
his life." A. Wolktish, Ca6imcr, Wis.
T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
Simple Remedy For La Grippe.
La grippe coughs are dangerous as
they frequently develop into pneu
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only stops the cough but heals and
strengthens the lungs to that no ser
ious results need he feared. The
genuine Foley's Money and Tar con
tains no harmful drugs and is in a
yellow package .Refuse substitutes
T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug Store.
MRS. JOHN HOPP. .
KWUH. JOHN HOPP, Webster Ave.,
Ulondale, L, I., N. Y., wi-ltcn:
"1 have been suffMrlng for tho past
ten years with many symptoms lnel
dimtto my age, alHo catarrh and lncll-
goHtion, I was weak and dlscou raged,
had no ambition, could not sleep at
night, and lorn greatly In wolght.
"I trli;d other remedies, but with no
Huceess, until I commenced to takol'e
rima. I now feel better In everv ra-
i poet, ean sleep well, and have gained
In weight, I cannot prnlHo Peruna
highly enough for tho good it has dono
mo.
"If nny women are Buffering as I did,
I would advlxothem to try Peruna and
oonvltieo tliotriHelves. Peruna has done,
me good. I know by my experienoe
that It is worth lis weight in gold to
any 011a who needs it.
"J alrto took Manalln, for constipation,
in connection with Peruna, and I found
It lie) pod me where other laxatives
failed'."
Now Well of Catarrh,
Miss Mallsa Jolloy, Parmole, N. O.,
writes: "I have been taking yonr Po
runa, and can say that I am well of the
catarrh.
"I thank you for your kindness and
your advice."
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FINANCIAL
First Rational Dank of Astoria
DIRECTORS
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Jacob Kamm W. F. McGregor G. CFlavbl
J. W. Ladd S. S. Gordon
Capital ., .........$100,000
Surplus 25 000
Stockholders' Liability ........ ,, .' .100,000
KSTAHLI8IIED 18H4I.
J. Q. A. BOWLBY, Preildent
O. I. PETERSON, Vice-Preaident
J, W. GARNER, Assistant Cashier
FRANK PATTON, Cashier
ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK
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