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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1885)
m Itc gattjj storimt. ASTORIA. OREGON: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBERS. 18S5 EXTREMES MEET. Mi:. Chaffee, a Colorado states man of Republican affiliations, has no patience with or respect for the new fancied notions of the civil service reformers, nor does he seem disposed to expend his sym pathies upon the officeholders of his party who are being displaced to make room for the hungry Democrats. Tins sort of "rotation" appears to Mr. Chaffee to be the natural and proper result of a change of parties in the adminis tration of the government. "Let Mr. Cleveland go ahead," says the former Republican senator from Colorado, "and turn out all the Republican officeholders he can. "We will turn the Democrats out when we get in." For half a century or there abouts the Chaffee way has been the accepted rule in the regula tion of the civil service. That its effects have not been entirely sat isfactory is seen in the rapid de velopment of opinions hostile to it in the past dozen years. To this class of public opinion, more than to any other cause, the election of Mr. Cleveland may be credited, for there is not a shadow of doubt that the votes that represented it turned the scale in the deciding state of New York. Another proof of the growth of a popular demand for the abandonment of Mr. Chaffee's favored rule of ad ministration, is the passage of the reform bill by both houses of con gress, in the face of the apparent fact that the spirit and principle of the bill were diametrically op posed to the judgment, as exhibit ed in the acts, of members of both parties. The system substantially condemned in that bill has cer tainly liad a most demoralizing effect upon the politics of the country. It has turned elections into mere contests for place, and has disseminated an epidemic of office-seeking among the people, to the utter ruin of many and the great injury to most of its victims. It has given the holders of office a sense of insecurity that must of necessity impair their usefulness and efficiency as public servants; while the only argument of any force in its favor is that a more permanent tenure of office would tend to create an "office-holding class." The good people whose fears have been excited by this bugbear, forget that we have an office-holding class in the military and naval service, and that no evil effects of its creation have yet been discovered. That it would be better for the general good to have a class of civil service office holders entirely safe from molesta tion during good behavior, than to expose the whole community to the perils and evils of the office seeking mania, is a proposition that cannot be successfully dis puted. But Mr. Chaffee and his friends on the Republican side find ample support for their view of the civil service and the attempt to reform it, among persons of the opposite party faith. In Baltimore, the other day, the Democratic state convention formally announced the conviction that the reform civil service policy didn't suit them. They insisted that "subordinate positions shall not be " filled by persons opposed to the appointing power' l hat is, tiiey would "go down among the tide-waiters," as Daniel Webster once expressed it, and remove from office every man who differed from the administra tion of the hour in his opinions of party politics. Precisely this is what Mr. Chaffee proposes. A government clerk or office holder may be honest, capable, efficient, and every way irreproachable, but if he is not of the party that has elected the president, he must make way for a man who is, though that man will be certainly inexperienced, for a time at least inefficient, and possibly not honest nor capable. Now that a departure has been taken toward a more rational and better system of civil service than that which grew up under the ap plication of the Marcy maxim, "To the victors belong the spoils," it is to be hoped, and may be believed with some confidence, that the public will not consent to any step backward, Mr. Chaffee and the Maryland Democrats to the con trary notwithstanding. M PROTECTING LABOR AND ITS PRODUCTS. In 1860 there was reported to be an annual poultry product of $50,000,000; in 1880 it was $150, 000,000 ; in 1885 it is $175,000,000. In this case the labor is not pro tected. A hen, for example, in her natural state, may come into this country without opposition; but if she is dressed or prepared though even in that form undoubt edly a "raw" material she must pay duty. That is to say, dressed or prepared hens are protected, but suoh hens are not, properly speaking, productive laborers; so that it may be said that the labor in the poultry industry is not pro tected. Worse than this, the products of this industry are also unpro tected. A careful examination of the last tariff act will show that eggs are on the free list. This is an outrageous swindle. On the supposition all the poultry of the country are engaged in the egg producing business, the number employed was in 1880 stated to be nearly 3,000,000, and they pro duced more than G,000,000 dozen of eggs and all this without any protection whatever. The value of the product increased in twenty 3ears two hundred per cent with out the stimulus of an artificial tar iff; but as the home market is not sufficiently supplied by the domes tic poultry, and heavy importations of eggs are made, the necessity of protection must be too obvious to need explanation. , Ex-Ministeu Lowell has been looking public affairs squarely in the face since his return from Eng land, and says he sees clearly that "our people are getting over the bad habit of thinking that our in stitutions will go of themselves." "Which means that the best citizens are reallv giving more attention to political matters and govern mental affairs. We hope that Mr. Lowell is correct in his observa tion, So near to the scenes of action the people may not have noticed this tendency, while Mr. Lowell has long been so distant ly located that he could discern disinterestedly, and correctly esti mate the motive and tendency of public action and thought. If he is not in error a bright day is dawn ing for the people, and the sun of the political boss is setting. When the new day is full born to the one, and the deep, dark night has come to the other, there will open up to this people an avenue of political peace, an era of honesty, competency in office, merit in the seat of reward, economy in the administration of public insitutions and the attainment of the highest good by the greatest number. Tub commonwealth of Massa chusetts now borrows money at 2 per cent. This because the state always paid in gold when she might lawfully have paid in a depreciated currency. Character is worth more than smartness is in the long run. ii The Waterbury, Conn., watch factory makes about 300,000 watches in one year. Most of the work which requires the finest touch and the most delicate man ipulation is done by women. Their wages average about $1 50 a day. ' i - - St Paul and Minneapolis, prac tically one city, contain together over 340,000 people, and are among the most striking illustrations of the phenomenal growtli of Amer can cities The anti-silver men have a good deal to say about the accumula tion of silver in the treasury vaults, and very little to say about the tons of gold in the same vaults. NEW TO-DAY. To Rent. A NICELY FURNISHED ROOM, IX private family; convenient to business part of tow n. Inquire at this office. Furniture and Upholstering, Mattresses Made and Repaired. Paper Hanging, Carpets Sewed and Laid. Furniture Sold on Commission. Suor. corner Main and Jefferson Streets. MARTIN OLSEN. JUST WHAT YOU WANT ! BUSINESS MEN And others who want to keep an exact copy of correspondence, bills, etc., can ho accommodated at The Astorian Job Office. WE l'KINT IX Copying Ink Which vi ill give a clear and exact impression in any ordinary copying press. Bills of Lading. Manifests, Letter and Note Heads. Memoranda. And all kinds of work that usually requires copying, printed In AI stle and at as Low Rates as Orflinary fork. jWCaII and sco samples of our work nLa& THE ASTO'RIAN JOB OFFICE. Carnahan & Go. SUCCESSORS TO I. W. CASE, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND KBTAIL DKALKHS IN GENERAL MEBCEAMSE Corner Cuenamus and Cass streets. ASTORIA .--- OREGON Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIYEN THAT the partnership heretofore existing be tween Herman ltieppc and L. U ramie nniler inc iirra name oi iiteppe & urappe is mis uay dlsolvedbr mutual consent, the business to he hereafter conducted by Herman Rieppe, to whom all bills duo are to be paid and Who wm liquidate ail claims uue or me late tinu, It RIEPPE, L.GRAPPE. Astoria, Oregou, September 3rd. l&B. Notice. mHE TAX LIST AND ASSESSMENT - run oi scuoui uisinci rto. 1, Astoria, ClatsoD county. Oreeon. Is now In niv hands for collection, and will remain" with me for sixty days from date, alter wuicn time said taxes will be delinquent. Parties Interested please tako notice. J. G. HUSTLER, Clerk DM. No. 1. Astoria, August 13th, 1SS5. Furnished Rooms. MRS. E. C. HOLDEN HAS A FEW NICE ly furnished rooms to rent at fire dol lars per month and upward, and by the week or night. Enquire corner Main and Jeffer son streets. p- -i WILL IpUPIEX Cut Faster PATantDAMJOOML' EASIER J.C.Trullinger Than any olh I er axe made. Hundreds or : woodmen tes- tifytoitssupe- k i riority. Itgors i. ; Deep and Xerer Npl Stick. V552j carxahan Sj jf A cent Astoria. " i.. price, $1.60. Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A .stockholder's meeting of the White Star Packing company wiilbc held at the company 's ollice in upper Astoria on the 1st Saturday In October, 1885, at o o'clock a. m. of said day, for the purpose of transacting such business as may legally come before the meeting. By order. OLUF W. PEDERSON. President. A. T. BKAKKE. Secretary. Astoria, Sept. 21st, 16S5. Mrs. 2I. IVoodflcld, Having received a Large Assortment of FALL MILLINERY A.ND XOYELTIE. Has Commenced Business At Eaton & Carnahan's old htand, next to Fabre's Restaurant, Notice. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I will not be responsiblo for any debt contracted by any person unless It be on my personal order. MINNIE G. M. SPEXARTH. Astoria, August Cth, 1SS5. For Sale. A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT for sale. Beautifully located. Apply at Astorian ofice. Empire Stor We Log to direct special attention to our LATEST. IM PORTATIONS of NOVELTIES Fine Dress Goods, Lawns, Parasols, Corsets, Hoopskirts, Etc., Etc. Which Ave are selling according to our motte: "The Best Goods at the Lowest Possible Prices. PRAEL BROS. CH AS. HEILBORN, Dealer at Wholesale and Retail in Furniture; Bedding, Carpets, Matting, Oil Clotli, Wall Paper, Window Shades, Mouldings, Etc. Astoria Furniture Co., Dealers in Furniture, Bedding, Wail Paper, Mirrors, PICTURES, Monlflini, Carpets, Hatting, Picture Frames, Window SMes, etc. Cor. Clieiiamus and Hamilton Sts. CA'RLm sole ACEriT, ROCKfSIFORD Astoria, m., m mmmWm Invites the public UUIUrV' 1 10111 to inspect hb new stock of unequalled in M&XZA "WATCHES. Jewelry, Clorlis and Silverware. Every Article i-r i;--r 3 1 n Tr t 4 A A f 1 C O m...j. i "KnffineOon- Itepresente.I. Railway lucn. ihcy AT ADLER'S CRYSTAL PALACE. THIS IS NO HUMBUG! GOODS AT YOUR OWN FIGURES. AT M. D. KANT'S. CLOTHING, Gents Furnishing Goods, ETC., ETC. Are Now Being Sacrificed. THE GOODS MUST BE SOLD. Biggest Bargains Ever Seen in Astoria! PHIL. THE OREGON 1 1 TO 500 MILES THE SHORTEST; TO CHICAGO, BOSTON, NEW YORK. Anil All Points East. Rates S.0 In $10.2. the Cheapest to Council Bluffs, Omaha, Kansas City, AND OTIIE11 POINTS. Pullman Palace and Eniitrrant Sleeping Cars hauled on Express Trains Exclusively without Change. If you are golnc cast w rite for Hates, Mars, FREE OF CHAKGE. EL A. NOTES. Ageut, Astoria. B. CAMPBELt, General Agent, No. 1, Washington street, Portland, Oregon. II. J)u JJUISSOX, Manager. AT&XaEmRi Watches. Clocks ami JEWELRY UEl'AIKKDOX Short notice by a First Cl:tt Work man. Also Engraving, and KL W"t EXACTING SERVICE ta cotmlie aro Tw r BEST. Sold as Tilt "in Drindnal rdtiesJttowns MONOGRAMS, rbr czcluslro Done Neat ami Cheap jewelors). with a ruuYfarrantj. Atrents (leading A. STOKES, ASSIGNEE. SHORT LINE. 12 TO 48 HOURS THE QUICKEST. Time Tables, Guides anil Full Information. IV. Ii. GARRETSOK, Asst. A gt., Astoria. Groceries Cheap for Gash! Tea, Tea, Tea F. L. P. GASH FRANK I. EL B. PARKER, DEALER IK Hay, Oats, aiii Straw, Lime, Briek, Cement, Sai ant Plaster Wood OelWered to Order. Drayinsj, Teaming and Express Business. rEIC apply to the Captain, or to THE NEW MODEL A FUIiI. STOCK 0-OD3I3N" .A.. MOXTG-OMB DEALEK 12 Tin. Sheet Iron, and Copper Ware. A general assortment of Household Good. AGEJTT FOR mAGEi: STOVES AND RANGES, THE BEST IN THE MARKET. Plumbing goods of all kinds on hand. Job York dona in a workmanlike manner. Plumbing, Gas Fitting and Cannery Work attended to promptly On Keasonable Terms.. ChcnamuH Street, Next to C lu ParkerTa Store. Astoria. Oree&a. HOTELS AXD RESTAURANTS. PARKER HOUSE. Will. ATXEA, Prop'r. First Class in Every Respect. Free Co a el to tlic Rouse. INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, Corner Third and K Street, PORTLAND, - - - OREGON. Our facilities are such that we defy competition. This Is the largest and most respectably kept Hotel in the Northwest. Board and Lodging $ 1 .00 per day MKALS.73 cents. LODGING. 23 and 30 cents Free Buss to and from the House. ea-o Chlncse-EnipIoyed.TTa E. LeuUton, (Late of Minnesota HouseJProp O. CLATCK. AGENT. C. VT. KXOWLKS. u d. imovrx. St. Charles Hotel, (European Plan.) BP.OWX&KNOWLES - - Proprietors First Glass i- Every Hkspkct, Good Retaurnnt Connected with tholfonse Fire-proof Brick Bnildin?. ISO Rooms. In the Center of the City. Cor. Front and Morrison St?., Portland. Or LT, DAVID'S, 7I. Howard. St. Near Third. San Francisco. A first-class Lodging Hotel, containing ISO rooms ; water and gas In each room ; no bet ter beds in the world ; no guest allowed to use the linen onco used by another; a large reading rogm ; hot and cold water ; baths free. Prlco of rooms Per night, COc and 73c ; per week, from $2 upward. Open all night. K. HUGHES, Proprietor. . At Market street Ferry, take Omnibus line of street cars to corner of Third and Howard. B. B. Franklin, iiet Maker, SQUEMOQUA STREET, NEXT TO THE ASTOBIAX BUTLDHfO. ,&A11 work done in a skillful manner on short notice at reasonable rates. Mertaxer aid Call CASH PARKER. STKAMER CLAM PARKER Eben P. Parher,Master. For TOWING, FREIGHT or(5UAK 11. It. PARKER. RANGE CAN BE IIAD IN AS TORIA ONLY OF E, B. HAWE9 ? AGEKT IMI.l. ANV EXAMINE IT, YOU WILL BE PLEASED. fc. It. II AWES Is also agent fortha Butt latent Cootim Stove And. other flrst-claaa Stoves Furnace Work. Steam Fit tings, etc., a specialty. ALWAYS ON HAND. Hardware and Ship Chandlery VAN DUSEN & CO., DEALERS IK Hardware and Ship Chandlery Pure Oil, Bright Varnish, Binacle Oil, Cotton Canvas. Hemp Sail Twine, Cotton Sail Twine, Lard Oil, Wronght Iron Spikes, Galvanized Cnt Nails, Agricultural Implements Sewing Machines, Paints and Oils, Groceries, etc. SoM Bi Jiw elry, Scarf Pis, Chains, latches, Pianos and Organs of the Best make at the to west Prices. The finest stock of Jewelry la Astoria. S3TA11 goods warranted as represented. GUSTAV HANSEN, JEWELER Columbia Candy Factory. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. THE TRADE SUPPLIED, I,eae orders at Astoria Bakery, Ed. Jackson, Prop. EXCURSION TICKETS! FROll ASTOKIA TO PORTLAND AND RETURN For $2.50, ON THE "TELEPHONE," This bolds good until September 30th, 1843 THOS. MAIRS, (Late Cutter with M. D. Kant.) A Good Fit Guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE. Shop opposite Bozorth St Johns. FasnionaDle Tailor