The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899, January 13, 1884, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textcj Site gniltj gforau. ASTnlilA. OKEflOX: SUNI) W 3 WllV Y It. IBS! NO' UNION" Or STATE AND CUUIICH, "Eceopeaxs coming to America, as to an asylum from oppression." said a Portland minister recently, "must not be allowed to bring in the conti nental Sabbath, and destroy the foundations of liberties secured for them, but without their assistance." Substantially that remark is often made in our pulpits. The assumption is that by law we have here an estab lished and characteristic Sabbath which everybody ought to be made to respect But at the very foundation of this republic lies the separation of f tate and church. Consequently in this state the first day of the week can only be regarded by the law as a day of rest, as a holiday. Legally it is that, and not a Sabbath which there is any religious obligation to keep. The state has nothing to do with its religious character, except so far as to protect citizens in their right to worship on Sunday without dis turbance. Such other regulations as are justifiable are those only which are necessary because of its peculiar character as a weekly holiday. Moreover, the majority of voters must decide what restrictions shall be put about Sunday; and both in this state and many other states for eigners and the descendants of for eigners are getting to be the majority, or are already the majority. Their ideas as to Sunday, whether it shall be a continental Sabbath or other wise, must inevitably prevail in the long run. It is true that formerly it was not easy for the lawmakers to stick to their theory, and carry it to its logic al conclusion, in their treatment of Sunday. They slipped in restrictions which would be justifiable if the State undertook religious control But the laws wherein they so offend ed became a dead letter, of course, as soon as popular opinion refused to sustain them. And if now they are revived and so enforced as to become troublesome, they will speedily bo abolished once for alt for only a small portion of the community, na tive and of foreign birth, would toler ate them as laws to which obedience was actually compelled. Nor has anybody right to com plain of foreigners because they come here, qualify themselves as voters, and undertake to make our laws and customs to suit themselves. That is their right They were invited to come to this republic on that under standing. They were to have a share in making the laws when they became citizens. They emigrated from countries where kings and slate churches oppressed and hampered them, to come to one where there was liberty of conscience, where re ligion was an individual matter, and not one of government regulation. To force them to keep Sunday as a Sabbath in accordance with the notions of any seot would, therefore, be "to destroy the foundations of the liberties secured for them." It would be to upset our whole republican theory. But the Portland gentleman, and those who think like him can do this with all propriety; they can go to work and try to convert these for eigners and the natives who sympa thize with them to their way of think ing in regard to Sunday observance. The law cannot make the day sacred, for the law has nothing to do with religion; and therefore Sunday here will be made only so far as men be lieve that God commanded it to be so kept, and, believing, render obedi ence accordingly. . PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS. The business of presidential mak ing has regularly begun, and a few suggestions beforehand in order to simplify and facilitate the work when it becomes necessary to enter upon it in earnest are not out of place. If any man wants to be president who happens to be a citizen of a small state, let him move out and become a citizen of some big state. The small states are of no account in selecting candidates for president It is true that we might imagine a man of such extraordinary genius, such superior abilities, and such an enviable char acter that he might be taken up and nominated, even if he came from so small a state as Bhode Island or Florida; but this is a case that is not likely to arise. In these days men of astonishing greatness are rarely en countered. Where the whole people are educated and evoluted to such a point that almost every citizen would make a tolerably good president, there is little likelihood that anyone else among them will tower above all the rest to such a height as the extra ordinary man whom we have im agined. The hypothesis then may be safely put out of view, and wd may stand on the rule that no citizeD of a small state, no matter how dis tinguished, can reasonably expect to be nominated for president by cither -party. Neither is it likely that a citizen of any state which is certain for either "party 'will be nominated. For in stance, Massachusetts is tolerably sure to be Republican, just as Ken tucky is sure to be Democratic. "What advantage, then, would the Republi cans gain by taking their candidate for president from Massachusetts, or the Democrats by taking theiis Kentucky? No advantage wh other things being equal. The t- . not add anything to their probiunc strength in the electoral college. Like the small states, the certain states may thus safely be omitted from the reckoning; aud each party may be expected to select its candi date not only from one of the big states, but also from one of the doubtful and closely-eontested states. The probability, then, is that the candidates for president will be taken from New York, Ohio, Indiana, pro vided that in either of these great commonwealths a Republican or a Democrat can be found whose per sonal standing and popularity offer a rational expectation of his carrying the state he lives in for the party which nominates him. Some allowance may also be made for the possibility that a peculiarly available man might change any one of the great certain states, if he should be put in nomination, For instance, if Logan should be sup ported for president by the united delegation of Illinois, there would be good reason to suppose that his character and personal prestige might alter the balance of power in that state from being certainly Republican, as it has been now for a long time, into probably Democratic; and this con sideration, combined with his availa bility elsewhere, might suffice to se cure his nomination by the Demo crats. In the same way, if there were in Kentucky a Republican of suffici ent magnitude and influence to offer a reasonable hope of transform ing the big Democratic majority of that state into a Republican major ity, that fact might lead to his nomi nation by the Republican National Convention; but, generally speaking, this kind of possibility looks to some thing that is not likely to happen, and it may be safely omitted from any politician's prophetic calcula tions. " This leads us to advise every states man who thinks he ought to be pres ident, to emigrate not merely from a small state into a big one, but also to emigrate from a certain state into a doubtful one that is to say, from Vermont, New Hampshire, or Iowa, into New York, Ohio, or Indiana. Unfortunately, however, such a mi gration is impracticable in the short time that remains between now and the election; and it can only be un dertaken with a view to remote elec tions. For 18Si the views of politi cians of both parties must be con fined to the stock of availabilities already on hand in the three great and doubtful states that wo have mentioned. The New York Sim says that it is the surest sign of folly on the part of a politician to want any stock in a newspaper. NEW TO-DAY COMMENCING THURSDAYEVN'CJAK.17,'84. NELLIE BOYD, Supported by 17 FIRST-CLASS ARTISTS 17 In nil the latest and most popular Dramas of the day. Thursday Evening, Jan. 17tli. 84. The Greatest of all Comedies. entitled SOLOMON ISAACS. Entirely new and appropriate scenery for eacli play. Entire change of Programme each evening. Our own Silver Corset Band and superb Orchestra. Popular Price. Keserred Seats $1 oe each, now on sale at New York Novelty Store. Grand Matinee, Saturday Afternoon, at' 2 o'cl'i PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF MY NEW HOUSE MAY BE SEEN AT Architect Lelck's office. Bids invited from Carpenters and Contractors. XL D. KANT. TAILiOXtlN-Gr. Cleaning Repairing. NEAT, CHEAP AND QUICK. BY GEORGE LOVETT, Main Street, opposite N. Loeb's. J. RISBERG. Practical Tailor. On Genevieve stieet, opposite Bozorth & Johns. jlO-sm Stockholders' Meeting. THERE WILL BE A STOCKHOLDERS' meeting of the I'oint Adams Packing Co. at their office, at Upper Astoria, on Thursday. January 17th, at 10 o'clock A. M. By order of the Board of Directors. W.T. CHUTTER, s-lwk Secretary. FURNISHED ROOMS TO LET. . T MRS. GEO: HILLKR'S, NEXT DOOR L to Weston Hotel. Annual Meeting. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK holders of the British America Tacking Company, Skeena, will be held at the resi dence of G. Holmes, in Upper Astoria, Jan uary 20th, 18SL By order of the board of directors. GUST HOLMES, President. Notice of Purchase. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE THAT THE late firm of Wah Lee & Co. Is this day dissolved by mutual consent, the under signed having bought the interest of Lung Ah Him. The business was the keeping of a store and thagarden See Shlng. All bills due said firm must be handed In by Tuesday, the 15th inst. AH HON, AH TUN. Astoria, Or., Jan. 10th, 1833. lwk HfflttL ILL h jQiuh liiiJJii 4 mom) AY AND TUESDAY, JAN. 14 and 15, THE KHIXEXT COMEDIAN, John S. LANGBISHE THE Mail ixx t Maze In his amuiug creation, the 'SIMPSONS" and the "SKEPTICS" In the Funniest combination of Mirth and Laughter ever before the public. TUESDAY EVKSIXCJ. ENTIRE CHANGE OF BILL "Matrimonial Oddities, . and the "Gentleman from Ireland' Tickets now on sale at New York A'ariety Store. The A l Fat Sailing Schooner "GEN. BANNING," 15S tons register, will leave Astoria, on, or about JANUARY 20th, 181, FOK Gray's Harbor. She will take freight at Portland, and nn her return from Portland will leave Astoria. For fuither particulars apply to J. H. D. GltAY. Astoria, Oregon. J. HESS. A. M. JOHNSON. Astoria Sail Loft. MANUFACTURERS OF SAILS, TENTS, AWNINGS.. TARPAULINS, And everything else pertaining to our Business. Lowes tPrice and Best Work For your Money, At the Old Stand. Leave, your order." and get your work done nt ontv. J. I! ESS CO. Astoria, - Oregon. G. A. STINSON & CO., BLACKSMITHING, At Cant. Rogers old stand, come.' of (Uss aud Court streets. Ship and Cannery work. Horseshoeing. Wagons made and repaired. Good work guaranteed. FRESH CANDY AT THE ASTQRIA CANDY FACTORY Patronize Home Manufacture. All my CANDIES am of the FINEST QUALITY. A full avsortment of NUTS. FOREIGN FRUITS. ETC. JOII.V P. CLiASSKX. PLUMBING, Gas and Steam Fitting DONE BY RUDDOCK & WHEELER. AT fair rates. Also a complete stock of goous in our line. Estimates given and work guaranteed. Cass street. In rear of I O O F building, next to Gas Go's olllce. ASTORIA LIQUOR STORE, AUG. DANIELSON, - Proprietor. Bebulltand Befitted Throughout. The Best of WIXES.IiiqiTORS, AXD CIGARS For a Good Cigar, call for one of "Danielson's Best." Corner West 9th and WaterStree ts, Astoria. ns-Cni Steamer TOM MORRIS. THIS 3M5IV and Favorite Boat IS NOW READY FOR BUSINESS AND can be chartered for excursions, special parties.ttc, at reasonable rates. A general steamboating business transacted. V. BOELLING, Master. Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE undersigned has been appointed the as signee of I. J. Arvold, and all persons hav ing claims against said I. J. Arvold are no tified to present the same duly verified to me at my office in Astoria. Oregon, within three moutlis from this date, .lanuarv 5th. 1881. a H. PAGE. d-6w Assignee of I. J. Arvold. For Sale. FIVE HUNDRED CORDS DRY HEM lock Wood, which I will deliver at the houses of customers for $4 a cord. Draying or all kinds done at reasonable rates. R. R. MARION. FOR SALE. IN LOTS TO SUIT. FROM 5 ACRES TO 40 acre tract in S. W. corner of Chas. Stevens' D.C. Title perfect. For particu lars inquire at office of N. D. Raymond. City Hall ; or on the premises of O. D. Young. Astoria, Nov. 3d. l&sa. Annual Meeting. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK holders of the British America Packing Compauy will be held at the residence of G. Holmes, In Upper Astoria, January 18th. By order of the board of directors. B. YOUNG, President. NOTICE TO PILOTS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL whom it may concern that there will be a meeting of the Washington Territory Board of. Pilot Commissioners for Columbia River aud Bar, held at Ilwaeo. W. T., on the 15th day of Jauuary.'A. D. is&, at 10 o'clock A.M. Done by order of the Board. C. A. REED, . . Secretary. December 23th, 18S3. dit-wit U "A Is liiiJ Yon Are Sure AT lOnUBils; a Hi IB or ASTORIA. CHAS. HE1LBORN. wu mmli I ?ftSttfltH!AJPk " z jAjAji r'SHE " iVI FOK THE Hall, Office, Library Parlor, Chamber and DINING ROOM, in WALNUT, CHERRY, ASH, AND MAPLE. We are without a doubt showing tli- Largest. and Most Complete line of CHAMBER SUITS in this city, unequaldd in Design, "Work manship and Finish. We Carry an IMMENSE STOCK OF CARPETS of All Designs and Colors in Body, Roxbury, and Tapestry Brussels, Throe Plys, Extra Supers and Ingrains. FOSTER'S the Billiard Parlors Are not excelled by any north of San Francisco. Nothing but the best dispensed, and every convenience for the com fort of guests. Imported Wines, Liquors and Cigars. The Most Complete Establishment in Astoria. AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE 0. R. & N. DOCK. SAINT MERIT'S HOSPITAL, ASTORIA, - - - OKEGOtt THIS INSTITUTION, UNDER CARE OF the Sisters of Chanty, Is" now ready foi the reception of patients. Trlvate rooms for the accommodation ol any desiring them. Patients admitted at all houis.day ormolu. No physician has exclusive right, eer patient is free to and has the privilege of employing any physician they prefer. United StntcH Xnrlue Seamen who pay Ilospltal Dues, are enti tled to Free care and attendance at this Hos pital during sickness. Permits must be ob tained lor United States Marines at the Cns torn House. Sisters or Uharjt PERUVIAN BITTERS !, Wilmerding & Co., San Francisco. Loeb &Co., Agents,-Astoria. Executors' Notice. THE COUNTY COURT OF CLATSOP County. Oregon, having appointed the undersigned executors of the last will and testament of Truman P. Powers, deceased, all persons having claims against said estate are requested to present the samo with the proper vouchers, at tne office of C. Xelneu weber. Upper Astoria, within six montlis from this date. C. LEINENAVEBER, W3X.WADHAMS. Astoria, December 14, 1S85. mm to "oe Suited THE mil C EXCHANGE. and Club Rooms PIANOS AND ORGANS SMALL 3IUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS. FINEST VIOLIN STRINGS, Slieet Mujsio, Piano, and Organ Instructors -CELEBItATED STECK & OABE 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 ui.uia ui man) icuuiug jiiiutes, wholesale and retail, including CELEBRATED TABER ORGANS. AAD WONDERFUL LITTLE GIANT STECK PIANO Largest House on This Coast. GARDNER Bros., 165 First St., Portland, Oregon. The Portland and Astoria STEVEDORE COMPANY Is prepared to contract with masters and consignees of vessels for the Loading and Unloading of Vessels AT EITHER PORT. Promptness and satisfaction guaranteed In all cases. Ij t Beany for Business . ERASE L, Fresh Fruits FANCY GROCERIES. ' y ' TKU apply to the Captain, or to EMPIRE STORE RE-OPENING I Fine Goods Reduced Prices Ladies desirous of procuring Goods unequaled in Style and Finish will take pleasure in examining our Stock of SILKS, SATINS and DRESS GOODS. IK THE GENTS' FURNISHING DEPARTMENT, Everything is Complete and of the best. PRAEL BROS. John A. Montgomery, (SUCCESSOR TO JACKINS & MONTGOMERY.) PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms. CHEIiAiJIL'S STREET, Next toC L. Parker's Store. ASTORIA, - - - OREQOll THE NEW MODEL A FUIX STOCK ALWAYS ON HAND. Two doors east ot Occident Hotel. ASTORIA. OREGON. r. (H.SEX. J. GUSTAFSOX. A.JOHNSON. MARTIN OLSEN & CO. DEALERS IN FURNITURE Se BEDDING. Corner 3Iain and Squemoqna Streets. Astoria, Oregon. WINDOW SHADES AND TRIMMINGS; WALL PAPER" ETC A Complete Stock. PRICES AS CHEAP AS QUALITY WILL AFFORD. AXT, KINDS OF FURNITURE REPAIRET AUTD VaRWISHEW. YOTJ CAN TAKE THE CAKE! And by Buying it at F. B. ELBERSON'S SEASIDE BAKERY You will be sure that It is worth taking. Every Variety of Fine Cakes and Confectionery Special Inducements For the Holiday Trade. Candies, Christmas Tree Trim mings, Etc. The Best Quality of IirLo Bread Delivered every Morning SEASIDE BAKERY, JP.B.F.LBERSO.V, Proprietor, Catarrh cured, health and sweet breath secured by Shiloh's Catarrh Kein edy. Price 50 cents, Masai Injector free. For sale by W. E. Dement. PARKER. Vegetables STEAMER CLARA PARKER Eben P. Parker,Master. For TOWING. FRKIOHT orCJIAR II. IS. PABBLEIL. DEALER iy Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware. A General Assortment of HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agents for lUagee Stoves and Ranges The Best in the market. Plumbing goods of all kinds on hand. Jot work done in a workmanlike manner. RANGE CAN BE HAD IN AS TORIA ONLY OF E. . KAWE8, AGENT CALL AND EXAMINE IT, YOU WILL BE PLEASED. E. R. HAWES is also agent for the M latent Mm Store And other flrst-class stoves. Furnace "Work. Steam Fit rinEs. etc. a peialty- California Exchange The best of California and Foreign Wines and Liquors Kept Constantly on Hand Domestic aad Foreign CIsars of the beat Brands. NATIONAL BREWERY BEER. On Concomly between Benton and Lafa yette streets. lm GEORGE GOBLTEB FOR TILLAMOOK. (Weather permitting.) The new Steamer jLm 35. FX:EJXaX. X.P.JOHAXSEN, - - - Master "Will leave for TILLAMOOK, on FOR SAILING DATES AND PAETICU lars apply to J. G. HUSTLES, Main street Wharf, Astoria : ALLEN & LEWIS, Portland; J. L. STORY Tillamook.