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(?) She nttjj gtsiovuut. ASTORIA, OREGON: TUESDAY. .FEIIUI'AKY 21,1683 A POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION. The determined refusal of. the Re publicans last Friday to elect a sena tor is a inattor that occasions regret to every member of the party except a few pig-boadod men who were en trusted with that duty by mistaken constituencies. In the moment when party duty was imperative they only thought of their own contemptible little personalities, and ignored the fact that they were merely representa tives, chosen to do the people's will. Should any think that this is harsh, let him ask himself if he would have voted for a single one of the fifty-two had he supposed that the legislator he was sending to Salem would have deliberately stabbed the Republican party in the back? Excuses and rea sons are plenty. We have heard more thau onough to convince us that low malice and puerile jealousy wore the sole motives that promptod the idiotic separation of the legislature without performing the duties they had sworn to consum mate. "Hirsch refused to go into a caucus in the first place," says one, "and therefore he could not complain if he was beat." Hirsch 's willingness or refusal to go into a caucus had no bearing on the question at the eleventh hour. The mere fact that he had been allowed to get thirty votes was sufficient to justify his claim that lie should be elected. It is uni versally recognized as Republican party law that when a nominee has two-thirds of his party he is entitled to unanimous endorsement "Well," says another, "when the informal caucus was held last Satur day morning in hopes to pick on some one, it was evident that Hirach's declination in favor f Corbelt was to insure himself against loss." The only construction that can be put upon this theory is that the fight had been g costly one to Hirsch; that if he auoooeded in transferring the ma jor portion of his strength to Corbett that that gentleman would discharge Hirsch's outlay in the matter. But there is no mere right to pre sume that in the case of Corbelt than there would have been in a score of other cases. The fact of the matter is and to the disgrace of the Republican party of progress be it saidthat Sol Hirsch was beaten solely because ho was an Israelite. His ability was conceded, his services acknowledged, his candidacy endorsed by a vote that would justify any man in assnming that he was to be elected, and then when the final moment came the men that had all alougupheld him allowed him to be iguominiously beaten. It is to be regretted that there was only one senator to be divided among 1(5, many of whom were busy putting out lightning rods in hopes of being struck. Every man on the floor, with few exceptions, had in some dim, misty, undefined, intaugible sort of way, a kind of half hatched idea that had never assumed the dignity of a thought, that he might bo the one that the rest of the brethren would compromise upon. With no more than passing allusion to the fact that Republican ascen dency in the state is oven now in doubt, or to the fact that this com monwealth is to-day the laughing stock of the whole nation, it is to be noted and regretted that the mulish inability of the Republican members of the late legislature to see what they were doing will go far to de crease if not to annihilate future Re publican majorities in this stale. The average man will naturally ask himself "why should I as a Republi can stir around and try to send our candidate to ihej legislature? Last time he was in the majority with 13 others, and they were so full of bile that they could do nothing but sit and make faces at each other through 69 ballots."' Ail the average man will sit at homo. It has taken some effort to make and keep Oregon a Re publican state. The relaxation of that effort oan have but one result. If a part of that result should be a different standard of requirements in legislative candidates, perhaps the coming purification mny notbe in vain. Tho main point of late has been, "can he be elected?' Hereafter it may be, "Will he have sufficient common, horse sense to kuow what is due to the party if h'e is elected?" THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Yesterday's dispatches tell with what impressive ceremonies theWnsh- ington monument was dedicated last Saturday at the capital city which bears the honored name of Washing ton. It was an event of unusual in terest The- history of the Washington monument is the history of this na tion. It reflects our virtues and our foibles, our strength and our weak ness, our principles and our preju dice. Just a hundred years ago con gress determined to erect on the site where the monument stands a memo rial statue to Washington, under which his bones were to lie. Jeffer son was directed to order a statue in Paris. Did ho do so? It does not appear that he did. Tho presumption is that congress hadn't money to pay for one. Washington was hurt by its inaction and when he was dying he ordered that his remains should rest at Mount Yernon and not be re moved thence. In ignorance of this injunction, after his death, the reso lution directing a statue to be erected was revived, but with infinite little ness congress decided that it would be too much honor to pay to any mere individual. In 1816 Virginia applied for permission to remove the sacred remains to Richmond, and in 1832 the United States preferred a similar re quest for tho federal capital. Roth were declined, in obedience to Wash ington's directions. Rut in 1S33 the Washington monument association was formed and thirteen years after ward, nearly forty years ago, when John Tyler was president, work was begun. It was decided to erect an obelisk not a monolith but an obe lisk which would dwarf in height every similar-monument in the world. From that day to this tho work has progressed with few intermissions. And now it is done. The history of its forty years' strug gles is pilifuL Men of middle age can well remember the eternal money box which used to bo produced at every social, religious and political gathering; Edward Everett's endless orations, whoso proceeds went to the cause; tho dreadful -nay in which the Washington monument was always brought to the fore when abolitionists found fault with slavery. Washing tonians wcro ashamed of its half finished condition. Anthony Trol lope, in 1SG4, described it as a bar baric edifice,which was only one-third erected and would never be finished. It is not pretty but it is a noble mounmtnt. It stands on a base 116- feet square, and soars into the air 500 feet above its pedestal, or 517 feet above the ground. It dwarfs the most lofty monuments of other cities. The Egyptian obelisks usual ly range from 90 to 120 feet high; the great obelisk of Thebes alone reaches 200 feet; Trajan's column at Rome is 145 feet, and the Napoleon column at Paris, which tho commu nists pulled down in 1870, is only 150 feet The highest pinnacle of the dome of St Peter's at Rome is 432 feet above the ground, and the top of the tallest of the pyramids is 4G1 feet. The only structure which approaches the Washington monument in height is tho tower of the cathedral of Stras burg, which the Germans used as a mark for their shot, and this is but 474 feet high 43 feet lower than tho Washington monument Without pretentions to beauty it is as solid as the rock of ages solid as the man whose name it bears. The immense weight of the super structure caused the column to vi brate whenever in the course of the enlargement of the base tho earth was removed from one side or the other. Rut now the limit of the vi brations is reduced to three-eighths of an inch, which is less than the os cillation of the great statue of Bava ria at Munich. Nothing short of an earthquake of marked severity, or a bombardment of prolonged duration, will evor shake the monument from its base. In conclusion it need but be. said that denial should be given to the story which is current in Eastern newspapers, that California and Ore gon are the only two states which failed to contribute memorial stones. Oregon was only admitted in 1859, at which period the fashion of sending memorial stones had gone out of date. Had the attention of tho leading men of this state been directed to the subject she would doubtless have sent her stone. As to California, sho not only contributed a splendid spec imen of gold-bearing quartz, which is imbedded in tho west wall of tho monument about 150 feet abovo its base, but twenty-five years ago her people, by voluntary contribution, collected and transmitted to Wash ington $8000 in money, which was a larger sum in proportion to her pop ulation than was subscribed by tho people of any other state in the Union. Notice. NEITHER TIIE CAPTAIN XOR THE UN derslpned con-dsnecs of tn i.ernun bark Joeefa will bo lesponMble for any debts contracted by the crew, v.hile Jnlhfs P" ' MEER. WILSON & CO., Astoria, Februan 23. 18S5. Notice of Dissolution. THE r ARTN'ERSIIIP HERETOFORE Ex isting btweeu tho iiurteriied. under the firm name of Wheeler & Kijp is ihb day dissolved by mutual consent K. A. Wheeler will pav all llabllitle of the firm a 'd is alone authorized to collect tne bills due the some. E A WHEELER. JI.R.KIPP. Witness .JH.F.PRAEL. Yiraess-lK.F.PBAEL. NEW TO-DAY. Assignee's Sale. -ox-Saturday, February 28th. AT 2 P. M. The Store and Fixtures, of J. V.. Thomas' Drug Store WILL BE SOLI) AS A WHOLE. Sale Positive : There will li no i1Mh- sltion of Stock or Fixtures except as a whole. F. r. ISICKS, Assignee. Astoria Sail Loft. Best of Wori at Bottom Fiinres J. HESS, Tha well known Snilmakcr .now occupies i ue -Eiuna sail iA.ni. joniirny occupied by A. M. Johnson. Boat Sails a Specialty. ALL WORK WARRANTED Come and sep ni at The Astoria Sail l.oft : next to Pythian ltuildin. Address P. O. Box 312. J. HKSS. Proposals for Fresh Bcerand Mutton. Headquarters Pept. of the Columbia,") Office of the Chief Commissary. J- Vancouver Bks.. W. T.. Feb'y-l. 1833. J SEALED PROPOSALS IN TRIPLICATE, subject to I he uual conditions will be received at this office and at the oftlces of the Acting Commissaries of Subsistence at the following named posts. ( or the fresh beef and mutton needed at those posts only.) until 12 o'clock noon on Wednesday, March 25, 1S35, at which time and places they will be opened in the presence of bidders, for fiiniisliincanil ddivery of fresh beet :nd mutton during the year commencing Julv, 1st. 1-85. Boise Ilk.. I. T., Foil Canbv, W. T., Foil Cceur d'A'ene, I. T, Fort Klamath. Ogn., Fort Spokane, W. T . Fort Tow send, W i ., Vancouver Hks. W. T., and Fort Walla Walla. W.T. Proposals will also be received at th same time and date for snpph uir F rt Colviile, W. T . anil Fort Lamvai I. T at this office and at f offices or the A. V. S . F.rt Spo .one. W. T , and Fort Walla Walla. V. r , respct tively. Tin' Government reserves the right to re ject an oral b K Bidders will understand tha' enntrac s made uiidi-r ibis advertif menfT nd pro- C' sals inadf in rep m- hereto, shad nor e co.jsTue i to involve the United St itcs in any ooliiiion fur p lymer.t in exce-s f the app opnation granted by Congress for the purpose. Blank proposals and printed circulars, staling tne Kind of be f and mutton re quited, and vtrj full instruction .ts to the manner of bidding, condition1; to be ob served by Didders and tenm of contract and pamcnt. will bo furnished on applica tion to this office, or to the A. C. S, at the sewr 1 posts. Envelopes containing proposa's should be marked "Proposals for r rcsh Bee, (or Mut ton,) at Fort ," and addressed to the undersigned or to the "Acting Commls srv of Subsistence" at the s-veral posts. C.A.WOODRUH-. Captain & C S.. U. S. A.. Chief C. S. 1). C. The Telephone Saloon The Finest Establishment of the Kind in Astoria. Especially lltted up for the Comfort and Convenience of those who enjoy a :nce of those w Social (lla s, The Rest of Wines nntl Liquors, The Choicest Cigars. Everything New and First-Class. It. Ts. JEFFERY. Prop'r. 1885. INTEREST Will be allowed Oil Time Deposits. Drafts on all the Leading Cities. Vm. T. Coleman &Co. Manager Banking Department, Astoria, Oregon. TMorttaPaciicEipssCo. FURNISHES The Shortest, Quickest and most Reliable Route between ASTORIA AND ALL POINTS. If you have Anything to Send by Express, Send it by the ZVorthcrn Pacific Express Co. Order your Express packages sent to you by the NORTHERN PACIFIC EXPRESS CO. Trompt Delivery, Low Rates, Satisfaction guaranteed H.ELIOItE. Astoria .Asent. Important Notice! Oregon Improvement Co. GreatReWioni Price of Coal. On and after December 1st until fmther notice the price at the bunkers will be a- follows for SE 1TTI.E COAT,. Clean Domestic per ton, 2210 lbs $70) .verai;eMca:n fl".oo S-reciiiugi " .j.oq On hand a constant supply, at market rates, of first-class CUMBERLAND. E.A.NOYES.Agent. Assessment Notice. milE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF 1I1E JL Giir.ih.iMI P.-urkliif ry Imt-i--in nrc0 ment of sSO per share unon the capital Stock, liajouiu m uiuci vmi uav iroin uaie. CHAS. WICKSTROM. Astoria. Feb. 11, 1SS5. PreiIdcnt- OQiTiofef Ponioto! HQirnoto lidipolei ydspol! ydipoid We bejj lo call tlif attention of thr public to onr latest iinportiUii.n. ilirect from Eastern manufacturers, of the largest invoice of CAUPETS ever offered for sale in this city, comprising all grade-, from the FINEST BODY BRUSSELS In the Newest Tints and Shades, To the lowest priced article in this liue. We are determined to disiosc of our stock of Carets within the nest four weeks, and to that end oiler bpeclal inducements, precluding the possibility of llolns l?nUertoM by any of our Competitor. IN THE- Furniture and House Furnishing Line We can show you the cry BEST GOODS at BOTTOM FIGURES, and shall be pleased to receive a call for inspection whether jou purchase or nut. CHAS. HBILBORN. . lew Establishment! CCS? rJ ISrAna ?. 3fe. S54 sai '-uJ-i t. m JSk w M S Jk , KSi i Carpels, Hatting, PICTURE FR AMES MOULDINGS, ETC., ETC. At Greatly H,educed Prices, ASTORIA FURNITURE CO., Cor. Chenamns and Hamilton tts. II. l)r UUISSOX, Manager. Sterol y Wor(!t of Good tar Compelled to raise a large Mini ot money inside of CO days, I "Sn &ahava decided to sell eery article in my well known store -via POSITIVELY I nieau business as CRYSTAL See I FOR SALE. One E. W. BLISS, Latest Improved HOWE SOLDERiNG MACHINE. With West's Crimper attached. Till Jiacblnc It Nearly .Voir and U SoM fur Want of Use. Addrev? GEO. W. DCXBAll'S SONS, Xeu Orleans, La. T. G. RAWLINGS, Wholesale and Betail Dealer in Tropical, Domestic, Green and Dried AUTS. CANDIES, DKIED MEATS, ETC. Fine C;;ttr.N ami Tobacco. Next door to I. J. Arvold's. irqucmoqua St. School Notice. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE LE gal voters of School District No. 1. Clat sop county Orepoit. will be held at the .school Buildiu? in said district, on Mnml ly evening March 2nd, 1SS5. at the hour of 7 iX) p. 31. The object of said meeting being the elec tion of one director for 1 lirec years and one cleric for one year. Bv order of the directors. .1. O. BO.OKTII. Clerk School District No. 1, Clatsop Co., Or. EVERYTHING Bough! nd Sold, From a Bottle or a Pound of Hags to a Jlawser or a Ship's Anchor, at FOARD & STOKES Ship Supply Depot, In ITeadingtoifs Building, west of the O. B. & X. Dock. Cabls, Blocks, Tackle. Ships' Stores Junk of All Kinds. Whatever in that line you want can ho had at Foard & Stokes' Shin Supplv Depot. Notice of Application. TJOTlPEIS ITEREBY GIVEN THAT TIIE 11 undersigned Intends to apply to the common council of the city of Astoria at its next regular incetlntr. for a licenso to sell wine, malt and spirituous liquors in less quantities thau one quart, in the building situated on Lot No. 4. Block No. 10, corner of Concomly and Benton streets in the City of A-storia as laid out and recorded by John McClure. A. GILBEUT. Attention! ON ACCOUNT OF KEMOVAL I WILL sell for the nest ten davs, a lot of choice Groceries, fine Teas, and Canned Goods, at the lowest figures posiiblc. Goods all fresh and of the best brand. BAY VIEW RE5TAUB-T. Opposite O. B. & 2J. Co.'s Dock. Wi w- ij ! Pictures, Mirrors, Xiookl f V Arifn.'Ajeiflm lo be Hold a AT COST ! ! no prices will "how. PALACE. Behold ! . Mit H.J.Jr if. PLUMBER AND CAS FITTER. Water Pipes a Specialty. A Full Stock of Material on Hand. IVrsonal attention given all ord-M, and sausiaeuon guaraiueeii. Terms Itea.sonuble. Shop and ofllce on Casn street, one door aoove i-ratiK l-aores Ke-daurant, Astoria, urcgon. The Seaside Bakery FRESH BREAD Delivered in any Part ot the City. CHEISTMAS CAKES: Home-Macle Candy Made Daily: The Trade Supplied: Fine Pastry: A first Class Establishment. Prices to suit the times. F. B. ELBERS0N, PropY. Notice of Reduction. I w ill now sell Choice Cooking Extracts. At the follow ins Reduced Trices : 25-ecnt sire 50 SI 15 cents 33 75 These extracts are put up with crcat care, and guaranteed equal to any in the market. If not as represented please return and get your money refunded. J. IV. coxx. NOTICE To Cannerymen and Fishermen. WE TAKE PLEASURE 1X-ANKOUNC-Inp; to the trade that we have secured the crviccs of Mr. a. M. JOHNSON, so I-ue; and favorably known in the SAJL MAKING trade In Astoria. Hereafter 3Ir. Johnson will have sole supervision of our Satl Loft aud will give his pergonal attend ance to the mannfacturc of Boat Sails for the Columbia Klver trade. W. C. NOON & CO., Car. B and Front Sts. Portland, Or. PARKER HOUSE Slaving aid Ming Saloon. Ladies' Hair Dresser and "Wig Maker All kinds of HAIR WORK MADE TO ORDER Ladles' Hair cnttiiie and SliamDOoini a spechilty. All work done in the most artis tic manner ana in the latest style. Ii. Da PARK, Prop. Tarker House, Main 6t Astoria, Or. THE FINEST Family Groceries, Provisions and Freshest Vegetables AT- -ALI Corner Benton and Opposite Custom deaitr ix Hay, Oats, ani Straw, Lime, Briclc, Cement, Sand, ai Plaster Wood DeliTered to Order. Draylsy, Teaaiinsj aud Expresi Business. fejas: m--. 1 . JSggy K!lsfP53!pPr - rEK apply to the Captain, or to THE NEW MODEL ,c!J -yr '""ee S3vs Bfi" A TUIili STOCK S A. I DKUKIl Tin, Sheet iron and Copper Ware. A (Jeaeral Assortment oj HOUSEHOLD GOODS. Agenta for Masree Stoves and Rauires The Rest In the market. Piiimbtug Kiods of all kinds on hand, .fob work done In a workmanlike mannt'r iSraji : 3.189 k M iffifeZsl SSI flip wffl i'Kr tt?- PLUMBING, GAS FITTING, AND CANNERY WORK Attended to Promptly on Reasonable Terms. Clieimmu Sliwt, Xext 10 t' l. Pniker'u Store. BSSCSSZ if. OIEN. .1. OUSTArSOX. MARTIN OLSEN &, CO. DEALERS IV FURNITURE S5 BEDDING Corner Slain n.ml rtquemoqua Mtreets. AHtorln, Orcsron. WINDOW SHADES AKD TRIMMHGS; WALL PAPER, ETC A Complete Stoclf. PRICES AS CHEAP AS aiTALITY WILL APEORD. AIX KIKIIS OF FURX1TUBE REPAIRED AKD TAKNISITED. Change of Agency. We hare appointed MR. O. F. MORTON Onr Sellinjj and Collecting Agent at Astoria. All those wishing to purchase a first-clas SEWING MACHINE, or to make pay ments due us will please call on Jlr. Morton. Headquarters at B. S.AVORSLEY'S Sales room. The Singer Mf'g Co., 02 Morrison Street, Portland, Or. Carnahan & Co. SUCCESSORS TO I. W. CASE, IAIPOltTEKS AND WHOLESALE AND ll&TAIL DEALEHS IN GENERAL MERCHAEISE Corner Chenamus and Cass greets. ASTORIA. - - - OKKGON $67,000,000 Capita! ! Liverpool and London and Globe. Worth British and Mercantile Of London and Edinburgh. Old Connecticut of Hartford, AND COMMERCIAL OF CALIFORNIA Fire Insurance Companies, Representing a Capital of 867,000 OOO. B. VAN DUSEN. AfjenL T- ix a m Chenamus Streets. House Square. 3E2S22S2fc vtiiasjej: I'LARA PiiRSER Fhpn P. Pnrt'nr-Miistt'i. 4 r.TntVTV L.MtTiir .. i , i II. K. IAItXlBK. 5f; L,Z- RANCH CAX BE HAD IX A S -K-T3rl TORI A ONLY 01' vffmn 8 I? SAW .i ifji-KcV-"' am" CAl 1 AM) EXAMINE IT, Y WILL BE PULVSED. E. R. HA WES t3 also agent U r tv Bid natent CooMi Sioft And other first-clas3 SVnes. Furaaoe Work. Stoam Fit- AI - WAYS ON HAND. tgamerf, ! rStET-rrMS'.JftS 433STsS3f W&C&S& vs A. JOHNSON'. FOR . Finest Groceries, GO TO- FOAI & STOKES. A FULL LINE OF HARDWARE AND Ship Chandlery. A NEW SLIP Just Finished in'Rear of Store. Hardware ani Ship Cliaifllerj VAN DUSEN & CO.- DKALKnS IX Hardware and Ship Chandlery Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas, Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wrought Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cnt Nails, Agricultural Implements Sowing machines, Paints and Oils, Groceries, etc, tjS53S?rCSi!'fS2rr;-iV3l Ol