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About The Daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1876)
C23 'gft faiXoj stosism ASTORIA, OREGON': .C. IRELAND :....- ..EDIT6R &ONDAY : : Juke 5, 1876. The Decay of the Platjorm. Platforms for a great liiany yeafe Jiave played quite a prominent part in politics. In the early 'days of the Republic the issues were principally on men. Statesmen constructed their own platforms by their public services. Hiere was a chance, there fore, for a public man to advance himself by his ability and devotion to the general interests, without the intervention of the iwliticians. They looked up to him for light and guid ance rather than laid down the law for him. His success was in propor tion to the wisdom of -his course and the soundness of his -opinions. -But ' when public questions began to grow -more complicated and statesmen got confused over them, the platform was introduced for the purpose of defin ing more clearly 4he object of party organization. They were regarded -as sacred and solemn pledges to a particular line' of action, which were, in the event of 'success, to be religious- j ly earned out. There are irot many instances in the early days ef a party going back on its platform rcr openly repudiating it. But the politicians soon seized upon this contrivance and turned it to their own advantage. Th e platform' placed it -in their pofctfr-not only to lay down the programme of the party but 'to manufacture as it were its statesmen. The election of Franklin Pierce es-! tablished the tact that any man whom the politicians set upon an accepted platform could be elected to the Presi dency, though it must be admitted ' that the nominee in question made a "very g6od Executive. This was the iime when we were told that what the people were to struggle for was "prin ciples and not men." The effect was of course to destroy individual charac ter. Hence-forward the successful statesman was not he who had iv5iiiot subscribers to the paper, should "fame by his talents or his services, but I i i ,. it .,, . i who kept as shady as possible, mam- J taining good terms the while with the , politicians. The principles and the man, for their illustration, issued com pletely formed from the hands of these t , , ' ,, 'pe not connected with the newspaper latter years did we return to the old) office. We will will send four copies system, that the man was himself the j (separate dates), equivalent to one platform that is to say, in the case of i ,""t,l nc ddress, in one wrapper the second election of Lincoln and the l iirst election of Grant. On both these occasions Hhe National Conventions were reclVced to the position of mere recording bodies. Th?y assembled for I J wawnwwuui i tiie jmrpose of formally doin"-what had I aireaay -vurtuallj' been done by the , the Centennial hcsiaurlint appeared, in which neonlc nifl nnrliino-inma the woid4 catin'wassetup4 fating' where- poopic, ..iltt llOtlimg moi e. j uPon wo were drily notified of the error by But since the platform business has iievV 1,,n:,s,tos !T1 JnoV,1,inilu"m s'nd ,s,st , . .J, uuaii.tsb iius pVi tiie .Monterey Herald felt in duty bound to been going rapidly to pieces. A warfv i 9Wy ,,ts a1- Dail'J Reorder, .ji!in:iS City. , , l J California. now has no remembrance of its plat- T t.v " : . r r -, ,-, L i Jaki. i out L,orL riM it. A man in Marion lorm arter ilie votes are couiitect. county lat week saved $loi) bv taking hi? Roth tbo ivn-iocj i fl, lo T i ' jeal iiaper, the Mercury, nnd there i a man x,om tne P'llies m the last Presideir- in this county, near MioivnviIlcf who told us, .inl nlnfJivii iirirt,i i. 1 , 'a -iiort time atro. that he had made :mM-:uTi w.W4i rbv wiwis.ui , eb to re- sumption ana hard money. The ric- f--,,. t)s ,r s , tonous Keimblicans A7sre scarcely warm in their seats in Congress before theypassed -a-bill to Mate the cur- rency, and tlrlreby cast behind them all the promises which they had made in the preceeding campaign. In this they were aided and abetted by the Democratic minority, whose professed creed was likewise hard money. And they would have been sficJocssful in this repudiation rf their principles, but General Grabt 'bctliought him of the platform upon wich he was elected, and vetoea tlie bill. J From those days the platform pro-' feminine dates its decav. Tha Sr,:.tcS , are all agitating the-platform business again, for the coming campaign, and from a synopsicof the declaration of iomt3 oi xne conventions, winch we Jpublislied-kt;Satiu'dB3-, itill he ob served that tire-is a ivide difference even among -men-of Aa -arne rd- v vfi -t-y-v,V.HT y -n fessed political stripe but, in different States. The San Francisco Bulletin referring to' the platforms given by parties in California, says, "no one believesMn'them any more. " They- are nbt regdrdfed in any other light now but Oheap John tricks, and the old rule that the man shall be the plat form is again coming into vogue, There' is no doubt that it is the wiser and safer j)ractice of the two. It will strip the politicians of a great part i of the vast influence which they have heretofore been using. They will no longer have it in their power to make and ordain statesmen. On the con trary the statesmen will have to make themselves' in the ol& fashioned way. No doubt there will always be a necessity for a general statement of the obje'ets which a political party has in viewbut it will be regulated to the subordinate position to which it princi pally belongs. The pla&brm in which there can be no deception is the life of the candidate the opinions which he has announced? and for which he- has combatted; the light which he &has thrown upon' intricate questions:7 the services whicli he has performed 'and tlttj sacrifices which he has under gone. The days of mere political kite-flying are passed never to return, except under circumstances wliich would warrant apprehensions of more serious cllanjjes in our form of uovern- nient than any one 'flow dream of. Tide Table lor Astoria. (From tirbles of United States Coast Survey.) High Water. Low Water. Day. A. M. 1 M. A. M. P. M. 8 10 31 10 VA)....... 4 11 12 11 llj 5 12 i)8 11 41 U..r......... o oo 12 5." 7..r- 0 20 1 A'2 s o 5 2-yti i "'j :; 04! .. -1 41 .. 5 33 .. IS 111 .. 7 03 .. 7 4') .. 8 34 .. 10 .. OMti ..10 Hi 1 l. ." O'i r rn) IS 30 7 OS 7 4'i 8 27 00 U 50 .in n: q .mi rn 2 4'' 4 Wl The height is reckoned fromtho level of av erage lowest water, to which the sottndings are given on the Coast Survey charts. "When tho time in thca. in. column is followed by rit is afternoon, Hmi when in the p. in. column by a it is forenoon. Walla Walla Yalley will produce double the excess of wherti to sell this iycar, over any previous .year. J8ST Births, marriages and deaths will be inserted free of charge to sub scribers to either the Daily or the Weekly Astokiax. Births or marria ges, when sent in by persons who are . accompanied with one dollar, which will be placed to the credit of the partv and th(J puper wiU be sent to the address for the full amount so Paia - us- Postage on the Weekly Astoriax is two cents a paper to any part of the United States, when sent by peo- Do.v't Ri:i A dvkrti.skmknts. Occasionally u business man is encountered who professes to believe that" pcoplo don't read advertise ments any how !" A creator niit:ik-n isn1- , dom made. Jf a typographical en or creeps in5'tsi" i .lfc sci0l-V b?comcs the tali neighborhood, and -it the peoplo do n a,-?- ,u,w l0 they drop' on errors wi facility? 'ihootherdiiv t.ho:iiK-i.rti?ni an a a. it soon becomes the talk o the not read , facility ? Iho otherday the advertisement of , ...-. r;u.i uu ua.l UIUI1 UJI UIIUIA IYILI1 MItMl tract of land bv beint? a reader of the iJeino- I Vr!lL :ul JCen wsinf,P fur : lo? time to i .v .1:1. adjoining hiNninn, but could get, no track ot the owner, who was a non-resident of ielLra" WteffiSS thJ t otiZl h ! . ,. . ! - n:n. I 1 Astoria, Juno'4th,lS7Cf3rrs. rlit(M- ! "",;Lail,phere " -VttUi8 a:ld 10 !liOillll. . n" NEW TO-DAY. J -. i'OolumbiaBar SaloOll ! 'Jas. M. Lynch. Proprietor, ASTORIA, OREGON. J- . Cutter '-S and Miller's ! ' Extra Old Bourbon Whiskey, . 13Ii00D V 0LPE& C04S PORTER, TENNAKT'S PALE ALE. -r fi a, choice line of imported WINES and LlQuyK.S to wi.ich 1 invito the attention df ni-!istomcrs ainl the pubHc generalise. -UAS.M.LYCfi. N.-vtir- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -OV-LTY BARBER SIIOP Is tho placo to get your Tonsorial Luxuries. Come and try the Novelty. Parker House block, Astoria, Oregen: J. L. CAM PRELL, Prop. t4 NTIC-HINESE RALLY. There will bo a meeting of tho Anti-OJrinese ISbcicty AT THE COVRT HOUSE AT7 O'CLOCK FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 9th. 1S7C. 'to which tho public are invited. On which Occasion ben. O. r. nell willr.ddross tho meetin. A. II. SALE, President. W. B. Ross, Secretary, C. R. F. B. A. SOCIETY NOTICE. Any fishernan on the Colum bia river, wishing to join 'the Eishernians Association can ap- phAin person or by letter ""to tho following .officers offto Associatien: J. B. Nico, Pres ident, Wnterford; B. 1'. Shoppnrd. Manhattan Fishery ,Isodgo Doputs, andTriio. Dealloy, Sec retary, Astoria Ogn. A cordipl invitation i hereby tendered to all to avail themselves of this privilege. By order of the President. Thomas Dkii.ky, Sccrotary. W ANTED. A crirl to 'lo general hmiso vtfr.fk. . 20-Wnpes S2o to ;?0 per mChth. None but a good hand need apply. Apply at Mas DAGGER'S. hh i 0UJ Sl mMj fitttlm. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER: THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR. Sh ultljj toriuiu Ibe4nl Paper Published at the Sea-Port of Oregon SATURDAY June 3. 1S76. LOOK AT THIS. TWENTY "NVILL PURCHASE C ENTS .P PieS ' e 'l 'S,0r'an, iwWhicb is Just Tho Thing to send to your friends abroad. J. N. ARMSTRONG, Photographic Artist, AT THE ASTORIA GALLERY. Having built a now building, specially adap ted to tho business, next door to Dr. Kin soy's on tho ltoadwny, is now pre pared to tako First Class Pictures, At roasonablo prices. Call and 'zecuro a shadow ere thosubstanco fades. D. K. iWahrkx. C. A. McGuikk. Astoria Market ! Corner of Chenamus and Cass streets, ASTORIA, OREGOX. WABREN &f McGUIRE, Proprietors, (Succi'ota to llobiun tt Warren,) Wbolcsalo 'and Retail Dealers in all kinds of Fresh and Cfcred Meats! A full linn of Family Grocories, CANNED FRUIT, VEGETABLES, ETC. its-Butter, Etjjrs, Cheoso, etc. constantly oit hand. H& Ships supplied at! the lowest rates. i Washington Market, Maui Street, Astoria Oregon, I. 11 ERG MAX I)ESPEC'LTULLY CALLS THE ATTEN t:on of the public to tho fact that tho above Market ill always bo supplied with a FULL VABTETY LEST QUALITY -OI FRESH AND CURED MEATS! Y"hich 'A be sold at lowest rates, wholesale and retail. Special attontion given to supply ins ships. PACIFIC MftEKtffc, German Sausage Factory New Ruildint? Parker lltttaa Block. 31ain Streiit, Astoria. J. .. IAYEK, -Proprietor. TN xpDITI0N TOT IE MANUFACTUBE JLnjfn-ru sorts cf the Cleanost and Best made nti$ugo'from. the bat (ualxty of l'ork and beef, at tho above stand, in quantities suili cient tosuppply tho trade has just opened a new stock of PRESERVES Asp CANNED PKUIT And a good quality of Cigars and Tobacco. -wKrch Butter. Cheese, Egss, Hams. Ba con and shoulders, always on hand. t2"i:'rc-h Beer, Pork, Mutton, nnd Vegeta ble supplied to order. Call and givo me a triaL B USI5ESS CAIiDS PRINTED erv cheUp.nt liRASTORIAX OfflCc. A. VANDUSEN rEjRCHANDISE.! S h 'is 3 & c & & -to' & ii &) e si NEW Full Spring Stock! NOW OPEN, AT The Old Cokjtee. A. VAN DTJSN, Whdlesale and Retail Deader in SGEE1CAL MERCHANDISE, Corner Main and Chenamus Streets, astoria, oregon. call', Examine, price this stock, before purchasing elsewhere, j&r-for it cannot re beat. kk Prices, including GnuRe and Handles, six feet, nine Dellars: (i.. feet 9.75; 7 feet, 10 5U. Orden promptly filled bv A. VAN DIJSEX, Sole Agent, for Astorin. Oregoa. JVHSCELLANEOUS. FISH BARRELS ! Half Barrels, Ouarter Barrels, AND KITTS, AT LIVING PRICES, AT THE Knappton Barrel Factory, Knappton, Pacific Co., W. T. W M. EDGAR, Corner Main and Chenamus Streets, ASTORIA OREGON. DEALER IS THE CHOICEST BRANDS OP Tobacco and Cigars, and the 'Genuine Wo s t e n h o 1 m, and other English Cutlory. Fairchilds Gold Pens. And all sorts of STATIONERY, NOTIONS ETC. OREGON BAKERY, Ilolladay's Wharf, Main Street, Astoria, Ogn. DREAD, CAKJEST" PIES, PASTRY, CRACKERS, ETC. T JILL BE SERVED TO PATRONS ii ' t or tho Ureson iinkerv ot vhich G. ....- -.. . . r Binder deceased, was proprietor, the samo as usual, by Mrs. CllARLES R1NDEK. First Clais Raker employed, and perfect satisfaction guaranteed. 411 orders, large or small, promptly tilledon short notice. Pat ronage of tho public is" respectfully solicited. MKS. CllArf. RiDER. Mew Store. New Goods. Just Opened, IN THE SUMMERS BUILDING, Chenamus Street. Astoria. J. C. TRULLENGER, "Would Respectfully Announco To tho Citizens of Astoria nnd Yirinitv, That he is now here. nd has Opened at tho Above Well known Stand, i A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OK Dry Goods, Clothing, BOOTS AND-SHOES, And everything required for daily use, down to a sack of Hour or Feed from mV own mills in Washington County, which will be sold at the lowest market rato. ndI invite tho public generally to call and I 3WM. M m Ml n "L wm o u examine my siock ana prices. Having locatod perfiianently in Astoria I " mean business." fSTTho Saw mill is jjoVt in running order, withlh. full boom of ch&ico" logs, and I am also prepared to till orders, largje or small, on short notice, jfor any kiud o.f lumber. . G. a?ftULLINGER. MBaeg daggMajji leg I. Y. CASE MERCHANDISE. I. W. CASE'S c IP ft tor. Chenamus and Cass Streets, ASTOXIA, OSGIIO.V. NOW OPENING, A SPLENDID STOCE: 0 Crockery, Clothing, Dry Goods, Hardware, Groceries, Provisions, NAILS AND ROPE!! Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Paints, Oils J? Window AND A FULL SUPPLY OF DOORS & WINDOWS, WHICH WILL he SOLD CHEAPER THAN EVER BEFORE. eAs I am mrikins: a speciality in that lino of hitetnc., pni ths in want di Doors and Windows will find it to theft advantage to call. I. W. CASE. MISCELLANEOUS. OILASB. SMnfrL "' Attorney-at-Law. A6T0UTA, OREGON. Ofiico in Wnrron & McGuire's building, op posite Occident lldcel. Facts Worth Knowings A. W. Cone, - - Astoria, SIGX OF THE GOLDEN SHOE. Cannot bo beat in tho Boot and Shoo line. Call and see him. SIGN OF THE GOLDEN SHOE, Ma in Street, Atnria RA CUTtlNd WATCHMAKER amlJEWELEU. ANNOUNCES TO THE PEOPLE OF storia and vicinity that ho is now pre pared to do all kinds of WATCHMAKING AND JEWELLING in tho neatest possiblo manner. All work warranted. isr -Agent for tho WALTHAM nnd ELGIN Hatches. IK A CUTTING. Chtfrfamus street, Astoria, Ogn. ipRED rlCROSEL, House and Sign Painting, PAPER HANGING, KALSOMINING, ETC., Special attention paid to Country work. Shop on Squomoqha street, ASTORIA, - - - OKK;0. New Pleasure Yacht. npiIE NEW SLOOP MAY BELL, R. C. SIIIVELY Master. Is now ready "f6r freight or charter to any point on tho bay. Having fino inccommotia tions for pleasure seekers, and a record for fast sailing, offers superior nccttiumodations to oxcursioni'ts. For freighter chartor. at reasonablo rates, apply at the restaurant of E. C. II olden. d, H. C. SIIIVELY, Astoria. Cit- Book Stoee! CHARLES STEVENS, DEALER IN All Kinds of BOOKS, STATIONARY, ETC., Maix Sti:eet Astoria. THE LATEST AND BEST EASTERN Periodical and Weekliesand tho leading Newspapers of tho day. for sale, ifcir Coaj-t Charts and Shipping "Blanks con stantly on hand. Astoria Brewefey Saloon, And Bottled Beer Depot ! MAIN STREET, ASTORIA. RUDOLPH EARTH, MICHAEL MYERS, Proprietors. TheBesP.Ouality Lager Beer., FIVE CENTS A GLASS. tsr The patronage of the public is respect fully solicited. Orders for Lager, or Bottled Deer, in any quantity, promptly filled. " Free Lunch day anil night Astoria Sail Lofl NOW BEADY FOR BUSINESS. Palronizs Home Manufactures Keep the-Hong Here IIEU UNDERSIGNED BEGS LEAVE to inform tho nutil?in crcneral. and tho rC fishermen particularly, that he is now prenar edo make sails of every description on shorS notice, and t-reason'ablo rates. A4dres -A.-aT.-JOHNSON, -Astoria, Orogofv," s-"t-u