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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1884)
C7 tr, fcc gailjj g!twiim. ASTORIA, OREGON: THURSDAY JANUARY 10. 1881 T0L1TICAL LEADERS. The approach of a presidential election indicates the paucity of political leaders. Onr great men are few, too few for the extensive interests of the country. And yet, the trouble is not lack of material; it is the per version of our American system. History and experience show the necessity of strong leaders. The bare fact that every government which is free to work out its own development creates such leaders is sufficient to prove that they are a natural product of popular institutions. But we may also point to the circumstance that in every case of a marked advance in national power the impulse has been given and maintained by some one strong leader. The financial genius of Hamilton, forcing congress to adopt his measures, raised the credit of the United States in a few short years from a very low point to a most respectable position. Sir Robert Peel carried free trade in England against the strong convictions of his own party. Gambetta ruled the rulers of France and repressed the radicals of his own party during the critical period of the formation of a republic. Bismarck is able to persuade the Prussian and German legislatures to follow him in his own inconsist encies. "VThy, then, in this free government of ours are we lacking in leaders of the stamp and of the strength of those mentioned? A superficial an swer is that the jealousies among politicians are so powerful that those whose influence bids fair to be over shadowed by some one leader unite to pull him down. That is true enough, but it is not an explanation. For human nature is the same all over the world, and the jealousies referred to are not peculiar to this country. But our form of govern ment and our institutions enable the jealousies to be more effective in the destruction of leaders. How easy it is, for example, to blast the political future of a member of congress who has an ambition to be a leader. "We may illustrate this by taking the case of one upon whose retirement the country is really to be congratu lated, that of Secor Robeson of New Jersey. This gentleman, like every other member of congress, -was obliged, once in two years, to submit his conduct to the judgment, first of the members of his part' in his own district, and then of nil the voters. The stronger the man the more likely he will be to have eager enemies. The broader his views the less likely they are to commend themselves to the judgment of what must be a selfish constituency. Our system of local representation has become so deeply rooted an in stitution that it is accepted as a mat ter of course. It is, for all this, the greatest hinderence to the political longevity of statesmen, and, conse quently, to the development of able, experienced and broad minded states men. The simple device of a new appointment may throw a man into a district where he cannot possibly be elected. It is to be presumed that there are huudreds of Republicans in New York city whose services in con gress would be useful to the country, but not one of them can be elected. A man must live in the district which chooses him. This, to be sure, is not the constitution, but it is the edict of a custom which extends the spirit of the constitution. A man might live in Portland and yet be constitution ally elected by and serve a Coos Bay constituency. But custom does not allow it The Democratic members of the house are suspicious of "William E. Chandler's management of the navy department The fact that John Boach obtained all the contracts for building the five ships of war ordered by the last congress, naturally excites suspicion in the minds of Democratic statesmen. Chandler has asked for more money, not only to complete the ships now under -way, but to further increase the "new navy." Neither Speaker Carlisle nor Randall, chair man of the appropriation committee, thinks it expedient to place any more money in Chandlers hands forexpen ture on ships of war. Before the naval affairs committee was organized the friends of the speaker said thai under no circumstances -would money be voted to rebuild the naw so lrmtr us Chandler remained at the head of the department. "We have little to complain of in the way of postal facilities, for Uncle bam looks out for the wants of his children with great care and fore thought considering the wrangles of opposing political parties, but there is one thing that he has never given us, which would be a desirable ac quisition to our postal facilities, and that is a stamped newspaper wrapper and postal card combined. It need not be any cheaper than the present rates, but by combining the advant ages of both in a wrapper, one could send a paper to a Iriend and write his remarks about the contents on the wrapper which, in this fast business age, would be a great desideratum. To contributors, authors, and pub lishers it would be a boon that would be thankfully received and duly made use of. TEACHING A LOVE OF MONEY. Something new in education has been attempted in Denver, where the superintendent of schools has under taken the establishment of a system of trade and finance among the pupils The children are trained in the arts of making money, and taking care of it. They are encouraged to earn an honest penny in all possible ways by blacking boots, selling newspapers, making small marketable articles, etc.; and they have a bank for the care and management of their ac cumulations. The object apparently is not that they may earn their edu cation, but that they be taught the value of money, the importance of thrift, and the mysteries of commerce. "We are not surprised to hear that the boys take to the scheme kindly. It is said that their books are not neg lected; on the contrary, increased diligence in study seems to result from the general Bpirit of rivalry awakened at the touch of trade. The lad who has got ahead of his com panions in a mercantile transaction at half-past 8 is still in an emulous mood when he enters the olass-room at 9. Altogether the schools are lively. The children but. God save us ! are there any more children? Are these premature financiers the inno cent creatures whom fathers used to take upon their knee, finding in their simple prattle refreshment of heart after the depressing contests of the busy day? Are these the models of meekness, docility, purity and trust fulness, upon whom the Master laid. His sacred hands when He bade us become like little children? Bankers in round jackets, boys who have dis carded "Robinson Crusoe" for the Price Current, and substituted in terest tables for "The Arabian Nights," they seem to be in a fair way to imitate the lawyer in "The Battle of Life" by changing the old rule, "Do as you would be done by," into the improved modern maxim, "Do, or you -will be done brown." And what terrible sharps they prom ise to be when they rise from the petty operations of the playground to the serious bargaining, selling, buy ing, lending, discounting, note-shaving, bulling, bearing and cornering for which their instructors are now giving them such a practical prepara tion. They ought to be shrewd enough in a few years to get the bet ter of a Chatham street dealer. If there is anything which Ameri can children have no need to.be taught it is the importance of money getting. That is a lesson they learn soon enough by a miserable experi ence. The haste to be rich is, in the opinion of most observers, our great national fault. This is the cause of our instability and reckless ness in trade, our laxity of financial morals, the frequency of our embez zlements and breaches of trust, the gross dishonesty of our governments, the bold robberies of our public offi cers, our -wild license of speculation, our vulgar taste for display, our low standard of value in all things, ma terial, intellectual and religious. And there could hardly be a more striking illustration of the base mercenary spirit which i9 destroying us than the fact that a superintendent of public schools thinks it a praiseworthy ac tion to teach the love of money to children predestined by inherited taint or by national example to love it only too soon and too well. Some funny disclosures are made by the report upon the expenditure of the contingent fund of the senate just printed in the senate documents. The report shows that during the last fiscal year 960 quarts of Apolinaris and 516 quarts of Bethesda water were consumed by the senators and paid for out of the fund. It has been the custom of the senate for years to have Apolinaris -water kept in the cloak room during the warm weather, and two or three years ago, at the solicitation of several senators who prefer Bethesda to Apolinaris, the former was made a senatorial bever age. The waters are kept on ice during every day the senate is in ses sion. The report also shows that 2, 100 two-grain quinine pills were pur chased, an average of nearly fifty four grains to each senator. The folding of speeches cost S8,13L To cover the expenses in defending clai mants to ther seats Ingalls got 8, 195, Kellogg $9,550 and Butler $3,500. The lunches for senators on occas sions when they were in executive session all night cost $175. It is understood that the Oregon and Transcontinental company have practically completed arrangements by which the bulk of their holding of Oregon Railway and Northern Pa cific stock will be deposited in the Farmers' Loan and Trust company for one "fear. The arrangement in cludes a loan of $18,000,000 for one year on a. pledge of 91,500 shares of Oregon Railway and Navigation stock, 51,500 shares of Northern Pa cific preferred, and 91,500 shares of Northern Pacific common stocks, to bo lodged -with the Farmers' Loan and Trust eoiupany. Eight million dol lars will be used to take up an equal amount of the company's bills paya ble to the commissioners at the end of the year. There is now a mortgage on record in eighteen different coun ties in this state securing the Far mers' Trust and Loan company in tho sum or 9o,uuu,uuu. i New Yobs city contains over 400 individuals whose wealth is estimated from, $1,000,000 ta $100,000,000. Cengebnikg: Justice Miller, "Whose name has been included in the list of possible Presidential candidates of the Republican party, the Des Moines Register has this to say: He is the intellectual equal of any American Kving; a m in of splendid executive power, a statesman profound by na ture and acquirement, a Republican of sincerity and devotion and a man of honor, whoso public and private record is as clear and fair as a star. "We doubt if the country has a better man for President, and we doubt if it has ever had a better President than he would make. In London, which seems to be ab sorbing the population of the United Kingdom, blocks of wretched build ings are found where four families are huddled together in one room. People have been discovered so de graded that they prefer to live thus and decline to go into the new model tenements, where a lower rent is charged. One of the results of the fisheries exhibition in London is the opening of a restaurant in that city whore nothing but fish is served. The bill of fare calls for fish soup, roasts, broils, fries, and fish entrees; and the London papers have given the place extensive notority, much to the de light of the proprietor. Over two million seven hundred and three thousand persons paid to see the Fisheries Exhibition, many of them paying half-a-crown for the sight; a large sum was also derived from the counter space let to exhibit ors, whilst some thousands were ob tained from the dining-rooms and drinking bars. It will be one hundred years on the 21st of this month since John Jacob Astor started to this country to make his fortune. The Astors of New York propose to give a ball on the hun dredth anniversary of that event which shall double discount Vanderbilt'n recent entertainment which cost $100, 000. It is worthy of notice that the re cent disastrous tumble in Oregon railroad stocks affected but little the Oregon Short Line. That goes ahead, and being backed by Gould and the Union Pacific will, before long, be looking for a tidewater ter minus. Thebe is, it seems, an umbrella that cannot be stolen. A genius has in vented a detachable handle, upon withdrawing which the ribs aro auto matically locked. Replacing it un locks them. No two handles fit the same umbrella. The matrimonial advertisements in Germany show m that three times as many woman as men apply for part ners. It is thought that leap year will show an enormous increase of female applicants for home rule. At last there has been found a per fect rhyme for turkey. A Baltimore merchant who lately made an assign ment for the benefit of his creditors is named Purkey. Now let the rhyme sters rejoice and make merry. Samueii J. TiijDen, who is worth $10,000,000, laid the foundation of his fortune by handling insolvent railroad cases. Qoeex Victoeia saves annually from her parliamentary allowance alone $500,000. She receives annual ly $2,750,000. Johnson, of the Walla Walla Un ion, says that the price of his paper for a week is "two drinks." Good enough! The Coeur d'Alene mining country expects to have 30,000 people and thirteen new papers "in the spring." i The latest census of England and "Wales shows "that of tho 25,974,439 inhabitants, 24,855,822 were natives. Eightt-theee was a dreadful year for storms, accidents and disasters. So far '84 affords pleasant contrast MARBLED. In Astoria, January 9th, by the Rev. M. D. "Wilson, George Taylor, Jr., of Portland, to Eate, youngest daughter of Col. James Taylor of Astoria. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JAN. 14 and 15, THE EHIffEfiT COMEDIAN, John S. LANGRISHE THE Man in. i Maze In his amusing creation, the "SIMPSONS" and the "SKEPTICS" In the Funniest combination of Mirth and Laughter ever before the public TUESDAY EYJSUIXG, ENTIRE CHANGE OF BILL, "Matrimonial Odditie and the "Gentleman from Ireland." Tickets now on sale atNew York Variety Sfiorc ffllTAL HALL You Are Sure AT F TJ I T TJ leaaing prlWVf mSSSSBmr POR THE Ha!i5 Office Library, Parlor, and DINING ROOM, in WALNUT, CHERRY, ASH, AND MAPLE. -We are without a doubt showing th Largest and Most Complete line of CHAMBER SUITS in this pity, Jinequnled in Design, Work manship and Finish. CARPETS. WeCarry an IMMENSE STOCK OF CARPETS of All Designs and Colors in Body, Roxbury, and Tapestry Brussels, Three Plys. Extra Supers and Ingrains. . jf If- FOSTBB'S THK Are not excelled by any north of San Francisco. Nothing but the best dispensed, and every convenience for the com fort of guests. --wm,, a...u. n.tCT....t.Mu. Imported Wines, Liquors arid Cigars. The Most Complete Establishment in Astoria. AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE 0. R. & N. DOCK. HOSPITAL, ASTORIA, - - OKEGOK minS INSTITUTION, UNDER CARE OF JL the Sisters of Charity, is now leatly foi tho receDtion of natients. Private rooms for the accommodation o! ; any desiring them. No physician has exclusive rtf:ht, ier 1 patient is free to and has the privilege of ! employing any pnjsician they prefer. t rauenia aumiuea ai an nouis.uay or nit,m United, StatcM marine Seamen who pay Hospital Dues, art emi tted to Free care and attendance at this Hos pital during sickness. Permits must he ob tained lor United States Marine at the Cm torn House. SlSTEKS ok CriAuiT BITTERS !, Wilmerding & Co., San Francisco. Loeb & Co., Agents, Astoria. Stockholders' Meeting. THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE GARI baldi Packing Co. will hold a meeting at the hall of Astoria Longshoremen No. 1, in Astoria on the 8th day of January, test, at 9 a. m. for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and to transact 'such business as may come before the meeting. CHAS.WICKSTROM. Astoria.Dec.21, 1883. , dt AUrr-astmn 'jjgtX" ' " J to fee Suited THE a .rniiure House 055 ASTORIA. . HEILBORN. 2 F U N TJ R E hamber EXCHANGE. PIANOS AND GANS SM ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS. FINEST VIOLIN STRINGS, Slieot nvtxxsio, Piano, and Organ Instructors -CELEP.RATED- " STECI & KNABE PIANOS ! -USED BY President of United States" ''Governor of Oregon," Astoria Musical Society, Mrs. J. W. Conn, of Astoria, And other prominent persons. Pianos and Organs of many leading makes, wholesale and retail, including CELEBRATED TABER ORGANS. AAD WOXDERFUL LITTLE GIANT STECK PIANO Largest House on This Coast. GAEDNER Bros., 165 First St., Portland, Oregon. Ready for Business. 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RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORIA ONLY OF E, B. BAWB9, AGENT CALL AND EXAMINE IT, YOU WILL BE PLEASED. E. R. HAWES is also agent for the But patent (MiD? Stove And other first-class stoves. Fornaco Work. Steam Fit tings, etc, a specialty California Exchange The best of California and Foreign Wines and Liquors Kept Constantly on Hand Domestic and Foreign Cigars ef the Lest .Brands. NATIONAL BREWERY BEER. On Conconily between Benton and Lafa yette streets, lm GEORGE GOBUSR FOR TILLAMOOK. (Weather permitting.) The new Steamer N. P. JOHANSEX, ... Master Will leave for TILLAMOOK, on FOR SAILING DATES AND P-ARTICU-lars apply to J. G. HUSTLER. Main street Wharf , Astoria : ALLEN & LEWIS. roruunu ; j . u. siUK K 'JlliamoOK.