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THE DAILY ASTOKIAX. FIUPAY MORNINU, JU.Y 10. IH'.MI. Sally gVotmiau JOHN T. LIGHTER, Editor. Telephone No. Ss. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY. Sent by mull. pr ytar t00 Sent by mall, per month U Delivered by carrier, per week lo WEEKLY. Bent by mall per year, C In advance, postage free, to subscribers. All communication Intended for publi cation should be directed to the editor. Business communications of all kind and remittances must be addressed 10 Tha Astorian, The Astorian guarantees to Its sub scriber tha largest circulation of any ewspaper published on th Columbia river. Advertising rates can be had on appll cation to the business manager. Tha Weekly Astorian, the second oldest weekly In the stats of Oregon, has, fcext to the Portland Oregonlan, the largest weekly circulation In the stats. Jno. F. Handley A Co., ar our Port iaod agents, and copies of The Astorian an be bad every mornlnc at their stand, B Third street. The beautiful resolution adopted by Qulnlln Lodge. B. P. O. E published In another column of this issue, reflect the handiwork of one of the most cul tured and best known members of the order In Astoria. The silver men now can do nothing half way. Their strength is in their radicalism, their union with Populism. their affiliation with all the cranks, the muster of the fools and enlistment of the fanciers of new worlds to conquer, the boycotters of banknotes, the po-s-ssors of secrets to purify all tainted blood with pills. Now, these people have got a strip on the Democratic par ty by a large majority, and will not let It go. They mean to tear In pieces the old party they now vigorously de nounce, and have the power to do to. ilurat Halstead. The market ratio of gold bullion to silver at the present moment Is about II to 1 that Is to say that with one ounce of gold you could buy thirty-one ounces of silver. Free coinage of silver at It to 1 mean that the government would coin fifty cents' worth of silver bullion and call it one hundred cents worth. These fifty-cent silver dollars would have the same value as the dol lar of the people now In the savings banks. In other words the deposit of ever depositor in a savings bank now held up to the gold standard would be cut in two. The same reduction would take place in the value of the mortgages held by the building loan association . and in all insurance policies. Mrs. Partington's attempt to sweep back the ocean with a broom was a rational effort compared with the en deavors of the free coinage advocates of the West and South. They should raise their eyes, look abroad and note the drift of events. The world has pro gressed far beyond the wampum. Iron, copper and silver standards of curren cy. Russia, with her vast population, has formulated a plan for putting her paper currency on a gold basis. Little Japan Is preparing to make her money actually, as It Is theoretically, good as gold, and even the republics of South America are keeping abreast of the movement. Venezuela by a vote of several provinces has now approved a constitutional amendment adopting the gold standard. It is at such a time that the Tellerites would have the model republic of the North break away from the line of highly civilized commercial nations and celebrate the close of the century by going down to the foot of the class of nations to stand with Mexico and China on a sil ver basis! The work to be done in the present campaign to assure the election of Mc Klnley must be strictly educational In its character. Great public demonstra tlons are a necessity In all great cam paigns, but the work of the present has to be done in the school house and In the cross roads township meeting. Even Ohio may be debatable if the cheap money tidal wave shall continue, and every state west and south of Penn sylvania will be a missionary field for the friends of sound money. All of them may be more or less hopefully, contested, with the exception of Neva da, Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Mis sissippi and South Carolina. It is pos sible to carry all the other states In the Union for McKlnley as a sound mnney candidate for president, and it is with in the range of possibility for him to lose every state west of Pennsylvania and south of the Potomac. Never was there a national contest with such va rying possibilities, and never was th'-re a contest that demanded such system atic educational effort among the peo ple In cross roads and school house meetings. PLENTY OF GOLD. Leaders of the silver war are all the time exclaiming that we must have the white metal, as there will goon be a lack of gold, according to the present demand for It. The fears that they have held can now be quieted, and the stock argument can be trotted out no longer to do duty they must use some ether appeal in addition to the preju dice, of which they have an abundant supply. According to the review of the mln era! output of the United States for 1S93, which has Just been published un der the direction of the geological sur vey, an array of figures is presented which It will be difficult for the free- silver men to either Ignore or explain away. It Is one of the stock arguments of the sixteen to one advocate that the output of gold has steadily declined, and that the point has been reached where there is not sufficient gold to supply alone our monetary needs, wherefore, he urges It Is Imperative that a larger upply of silver should at once be coined Into money to supply the deficiency. Well, the facts as pre sented In this review prove that the free silver man, as usual, has been talking in the dark. The output of gold has not declined: on the contrary. It has steadily advanced, and Is still ad vancing; and what will be especially disheartening to the free-llver theor ist, this Increase Is coining principally from Cripple Creek and other new min ing camps In the free-silver atate of Colorado. The steady Increase In the gold product was tlrst noticed In 1S!S. This Increase has kept up during the Intervening years between then and IvCs the output lust year being ;,:TS.'-9 ounces, as opposed to I.AI&Sle ounce In 1S:. The value of last year's output was $.;?.riOo,OoH. These unassailable fig ures ought to so a long way toward disposing of any doubt which may exist . to our ability to produce nil the gold necessary for our tr;fde needs. When they put a man In J:til he can not f.T.ow his natural Impulse. He cannot eat what he wants to he Is limited to a very frugal diet. Is It not equally true of a dyspectlc? For all of the real enjoyment he gets out of life. Ik might ns well be in Jail. He cannot e&: what he likes, nor enough. He suf fers much, gets little sympathy. At first, perhaps a little heaviness In the sto-.uu.-h. a little sourness, windy belch ing and heartburn; headaches and bll lousress and a foul taste In the mouth In the morning. Chronic constipation Is almost inevitable, and means that the body Is holding poisonous. Impure matter, and should be gotten rid of. The poison Is being reabsorbed Into the blood and the whole body. Im purity of the blood may lead to almost any disease. Constipation la the start of all. Pr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation, cure It so It stays cured. No other remedy In the world will do that. j Send 21 cents in one-cent stamps ti World's Dispensary Medical Assocla tion, Buffalo, N. T., and receive Dr, Pierce's 100S page common sense med leal adviser. Illustrated. One never realises that every back has its own special burden to bear un til you begin telling of your troubles, and learn from your listener that there are others, greater and harder to strug gle under. WHEN THE BOWELS DERED, ARE DISOR No time should be lost In resorting to a suitable remedy. Hostetter" Stomach Bitter I the most reliable and w Idely esteemed medicine of It class. It re move the cause of constipation, or of undue relaxation of the intestines. which are usually indigestion or a mis direction of the bile. When It acts as a cathartic It does not gripe and vio lently evacuate, but produce gradual and natural effects, very unlike those of a drastic purgative; and It power of assisting digestion nullifies those irri tating condition of the mucous mem' brane of the stomach and intestinal canal which produce first diarrhoea. and eventually dysentery. The med icine Is, moreover, an agreeable one, and eminently pure and wholesome. Appetite and tranquil nightly slumber are both promoted by It. une entire day a montn spent in bed Is the rejuvenating process adopted by many wornout belles. THIS DISCOVERT SAVED HIS LIFE. Mr. G. Caillouette. Druggist, Beavers- vllle. III., says: 'To Dr. King's New Dis covery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried all the physicians for miles about, but of no avail and was given up and told I could not live. Hav ing Dr. King's New Discovery in my store I sent for a bottle and be gan Its use and from the first dose began to get bettet, and after using three bottles was up aia about again. It Is worth Its weight In gold. We won't keep store or house without It." Get a free trial at Chas. Rogers' Drug Store. Women will never make a fortune as horticulturists until they get over their fear of worms and bugs. CURE FOR HEADACHE. As a remedy for all forms of Headache, Electric Bitters has proved to be the very best. It affects a permanent cure and the most dreaded habitual sick head aches yield to Its influence. We urn all who are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habitual constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medicine. Try It once. Fifty cents, and $1.00 at Chas. Rogers Drug Store. How many engagements would last If the Interested parties did not write when they were separated? BUCKLENS ARNICA SALVE. The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and All Skin Erup tions,, and posltlv? cure for Pile, or no pay required, it 1 guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price, 2$ cent per box. For sale by Chas. Roger:, Odd Fellows' building. Is there a woman living who has not had at some stage of her existence a severe attack of the blues? When Baby wis sick, we gare her Castoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castor!. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she L Children, abe gaTethem Castoria. There Is not a woman living who could not stand more kindness than her husband show her. Or. Price's Cream Baking: Powder Contains no Ammonia or Alum, The best chemical compound for wash ing powder is "Soap Foam,'' as It will not "yellow the clothes," nor burn the hands. If the finest thing In the world for the bath. One trial will convince you. ii m I "':"g:srr;: ;ld I ESI Blackwcll's Genuine ULL DURHAM To srUI and ot coupon loud Mth t oanc Boy a bag. rJ We coupoa sod Mho lo Tennis promises to be more popular than golf, ns the possibilities of the gown designed for the tlrst sport are more artistic than tlvse of the latter. ROYAL BsKtng Powder. Highest of mil I Uavenlng j Strength U. S. OevsrBeeeat Report A little alcohol or ammonia in bath these days is refreshing cleanly. the ' mid ' When we consider that the Intestine are about five time as long as the body, we can realise the Intense suf' ferlng experienced when they become! Inflamed. PeWltf Colic and Cholera Cure subdues Inflammation at once and , completely remove the difficulty. Chas. Rogers. Ladles' tailor gown of crash are be- lng much used for travelling. I Ell Hill. Lumber City. Pa., writes: "I ' have been suffering from Pile for, twenty-five years and thought my easel Incurable. DeWltt's Witch Haxcl Salve was recinmended to me as a plle'cure, so I bought a box and It performed permanent cure." This Is only one of the thousand of similar rases. Ecxe nu, sores and skin disease yield quick ly when It I used. Chas. Rogers. Bicycle snatching Is a crime In which women are said to be growing expert. It would be hard to convince a man suffering from bilious colic that his I agony la due to a microbe with an un- j pronouncable name. But one dose of . DeWltf Colic and Cholera Cure willj convince him of It power to afford I Instant relief. It kill pain. Chas.! t . I China crepe In cornflower blue makes the very smartest of smart frocks. We are anxious to do a little good In this world and can think of no pleas- i i anter or better way to do It than by i recommending One Mlnue Cough Cure i as a Dreventatlve of nneiimonla con-1 ...... I Buiupuun. ami oiner serious lung irou- i bles that follow neglected colds. Chas. Roger. i Green and white Is a lovely combine- I ' j T T . , , ' Persons who have a coughing spell j every night, on account of a tickling I sensation In the throat, may overcome I it at once . , - ,.,.. I by a dose of One Minute I Cough Cure as. Rogers. I Pulling the tongue is said to cure the j most stubborn case of hiccoughs. Small In sixe but great In results. DeWltf Little Early Riser act gently ' but thoroughly, curing Indigestion, dys pepsia, and constipation. Small pill. best pill. Chas. Rogers. Cut work Is very effectively employ ed on scarfs and dollies. Pure blood means good health. De , ) in s sarsaparina purine tne Diooa. i cures Eruptions, Eczema, Scrofula and all diseases arising from impure blood. Chas. Rogers. Some very sheer gowns have the smallest of sleeves. Pas the good word along the line. Piles can be quickly cured without an operation by simply applying DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve. Chas. Rogers. The woman who does not ride a wheel Is a rarity. "Wake up, JacoU, day Is breaking!" so said DeWltf Little Early Risers to a man who had taken them to arouse his sluggish liver. Chas. Roger. Pickled cherries are nice to eat with cold meat. Do you lack faith and love health? Let us establish your faith and restore your health with DeWltf s Saraparllla. Chas. Rogers. A new and ornamental fly paper Is In the form of a blooming plant, the leaves being covered with the sticky substance that tangles up the files' legs. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. The woman who can express and stick to a difference of opinion without either raising her volte or losing her temper never comes out second best. SEASIDE SAWflM. A complete stock of lumber on hand In the rough or dressed. Flooring, rus tic, celling, and all kinds of finish; mouldings and shingles; also bracket worx aone to order. Term reasonable I ana price at bedrock. All order promptly attended to. Office and yard at mill. H. F. L. LOOA.V, Prop'r. Seaside, Oregon. R This is the very best Smoking Tobacco made. be sad wo roanoos leMe me a 4 oaac be (N yout ura of(o,aw lo presents. Indio Thk Oasis of thh Colorado Desir A New :ij4ealth Resort BELOW (HE LEV'E OF THE SEA Absolutely ! Dry and Pure Tropical Climate Pronounced by Physicians the most rnvorable in America for Sufferers from . . . Lung Diseases and Rheumatism Many Remarkable Cures ,hTh .k"00!1 WXn,t J"""0 J the past by the large numbers who otherwise would have been glad to tak advantage of lu beneficial climate, has n a lack of suitable accommodation. The Southern Pacific Compar.y take). peMUre jn announcing that several Commodious and Comfortable Cottages have Just been erected at Indio station, that will be rented to applicants at r?a- .ot,,, furnUhed wll)l modern conveniences, lupplled with pure artesian water and so situated as to glvs occupant an in advantages to be 1- ,.. , . , .... . residence la this delightful climate. (From the San Francisco Argonaut.) "In the hoart of the great desert of the Colorado which the Southern Pacific, t-aversee-therj Is an oasis called Indio. whlfh In aiip nnlnlnn Im Ih, u,n..i..i- of the earth. We believe, from Dersonal Investigation, that for certain Individual. there la no spot on this planet so favor able." O. T. Stewart. M D., writes: "Th purity of the air, and the eternal eun shine, fill one with wond'r and dellrhL I . . . nature nas accomplished so I much that there remains but little for he)lth retorthere man to do. A to Its possibilities as if the tnont nrfrt sunshine, with a temperature always pleasant, a perfectly dry soil, for rain Is an unknown factor; pure oxyiren, denss atmosphere and pure water. What mors can be desired? It la the plai-e. above all others, for lung troubles, and a para aise ror rneumatics. considering tn number of sufferers who have ben cured, I have no hesitancy in recom mending this genial oasis ns the havn or the afflicted. INDIO Is 612 miles from SAN FRAXCI.-CO and 130 miles from LOS AXfJKLES Fare from Los Angeles tj.oc For further Information Inquire of any Southern Pacific Company agent, or address E. P. ROGERS, Asst. Gen. Pans. Agt H. H. Co. J. B. KIKKL.AND, Dlst. Pass. Agt. Cor. First and Alder sts., Portland, Or ENGLISH CAPITAL FOR AMERICAN INVESTMENTS. Important to Americans seeking Eng lish Captlal for new enterprises. 1 containing the naime and alarews of J60 successful promoters who have placed over f 10O.uO0.000 Sterling In Foreign In vetftmerua within the last six years, and over 18,000,000 for the seven month of prlci, (5, or (25, payable by postal order to tho London and Universal Bu reau of Investors, 20, Cheepslde, London, E. C. Subscribers wll be entitled, by ar rangement with Che directors to receive either personal or letter of lntroductoln to any of these succewsfiU promoters. This lies is first das in every respect, and every tnan or firm whose name ap pear therein may be depended upon. For placing the following It will be found Invaluable Bond or Share of In dustrial, Oommerclal and Financial con cerns, Mortimge loans, Sale of Lands, Patent or Mines. Director: SIR EDWARD C. ROSS, HON. WALTER C. PBPYS, CAPT. ARTHUR 8TIFFE. , Copyright Declaration of Principles Th Republican of the fulled State. nMcmbled by their repieaenlatlve In National Convention, appealing for the popular and historical justlncailon of t lit lr liitlm 10 thu matchless achieve ments of thirty year of Uciihllcnn rule, earnestly and contblenlly addrrs thftiMK'lve to the awakoned llitelll .cure, experience nml conscience of their countrymen In the following dec liu'utlon of fiicta and principles: Kir the Hint time since the Civil War the American people have wit- nessed the calamitous i'ont'o,umce of full ami unrestrained tvmocratlc con trol of the tiovernment. It has been a rcvotd of uupainlli'd Incapacity, dis honor and disaster. In administrative management It hn ruthl. sely snoiillo ed Indispetialtdo revenue, entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out ordinary current expense with borrowed money, piled up the public debt by !.'(t'.',l00,000 In time cf peace, (urrcd an adverse bal ance, of trade, to a perpetual menace hunting over the redemption fund, panned American credit lo alien syn dicates and reversed all the measure and results of uvesful Republican rule. In the broad effect of Its policy it has precipitated panic, blighted In- lustry and trade ulth prolonged de pression, closed factories, reduced work and wages, halted enterprise and crip pled American production while stimu lating foreign production for th Amer ican market. Every consideration of public .afety and Individual Interest lemand that the government shall be rescued from the hand of those who have shown themselves Incapubt of conducting It without disaster at home and dishonor abroad, and shall b re stored to the party which for thirty year administered It with unmpialed success and prosin-rlty. A Protd'tivr Tarifl. W renew and emphasize our allegl anre to the policy of protection a th bulwark of American Industrial Inde pendence and the foundation of Amer lean development and prosperity. Thl true American policy taxes foreign pro ducts and rnrourage home Industry It puts th burden of revenue on for eign goods, it secure th American market for the American producer; It upholds the American standard of wages for the American worklngman It puts the factory by the side of th farm, and make the American farmer e dependent on foreign demand and price; It diffuses general thrift and founds the strength of all on the strength of each. In Its reasonable ap dlcatlon It I Just. fair, and Impartial equally opposed to foreign control and inestlc monopoly, to sectional die crimination and Individual favoritism We denounce the present Democratic tariff as sectional. Injurious to the pub lic credit and destructive to business nterprlse. We demand such etjultable tariff on foreign Imports which come Into competition with American pr- lucts as will not only furnish adequate revenue fur the necessary expense of the government, but will protect Amer ican labor from degredatlon to the wage level of other land. We are not pledged to any particular schedules, The question of rates is a practical question, to be governed by the condl Ions of the time and production; the ruling and uncompromising principle Is the protection anil development of American labor and Industry. The country demand a right settlement and then It want rest. Reciprocity With Other Nations. We hellcve the repeal of the reel proclty arrangements negotiated by the liiht It publican administration was a nutlonul cnlnmlty, and we demand their renewal ami extension on such terms as will equalize our trade with other nations, remove the restrictions which now obstruct the sale of Amer lean products In the ports of other rountrle and secure the enlarged mar kets of our farms, forests and factories i'rotectlon and reciprocity nre twin measure of Repulillrnn policy, and go hand In hand. Democratic rule has recklessly struck down both, and both must be re-established. Protection for what we produce, free admission for the necessaries of life which we don'f produce, reciprocal agreement of mu tual Interest which gain open market for us in return for our open market to others. Protection builds up domestic inuustry and trade nnd secures our own market for ourselves. Reciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds an outlet for our surplus. Protection lo Suar Producers. We condemn the present administra tion for not keeping faith with the sugar producer of this country. The Republican party favor such protec tion as will lead to the production on American soil of all the sugar the American people use, and for which they pay other countries more than $100,000,000 annually. Wool and Woolens. To all our product to those of the mine and the field, a well a to those of the Bhop and the factory to hemp to wool, the product of the great Indus try of sheep husbandry, a well a to the finished woolen of the mill we promise the most ample protection, Merchant Marine. We favor restoring the early Ameri OP TIIIC REPUBLICAN PARTY. can policy of discriminating dutle for the up-building of our merchant marliid and the protection of our shipping In the foreign carrying trade, so Hint American ships the product of Amer lean labor, employed in American hlp yuids, sailing under the Htnr and Stripe, ami manned, urncered and owned by Amcrlcuamay rviialn th carrying of our foreign commerce. The Financial Issue. "The Republican party I unreserv edly for sound motley. It caused the enactment of the law providing for the resumption of specie payments In IsTU; luce then every dollar ha been as go.nl a gold. W are unnlterAbly op' posed to every meaiur calculated to de base our currency or Impair the credit of our country. V are, therefore, op posed to the free coinage of sliver, ex ccpt by International agreement with the leading commercial nation f the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained we believe the existing Rold standard must be preserved. Alt our silver and paper cuireiicy now In circulation must be maintained at a parity with gold, and w favor all measure drslun.d to maintain Invlola Me the obligation of (he t'nlted States, and all our money, whether coin or paper, at the present standard, the standard of the most enlightened na tlons of the esrih." Pensions for Veterans. The veterans of the I'nlon armies de serve and ihould receive fair treatment and gciicrou recognition. Whenever practicable they should be given the preference In the matter of employ ment, and they ar entitled to th en actment of tuck, law a best calculat ed to aei'ure the fulfillment of th pledgee made to them In the dark day of th country's rll. V denounce the practice of the pension bureau o recklessly and unjustly carried on by th preaent administration, of reducing pwutlon and arbitrarily dropping name from th roll, a deserving th severest condemnation of the American people. Forelsa Relations. Our foreign policy should be at all time firm, vlgorou and dignified, and all our Interest In the western hemis phere carefully watched and guarded. The Hawaiian Island should be con trolled by the I'nlted State and no for eign power should be permltetd to In terfere with them. Th Nicaragua Canal should lie built, owned and op erated by 'the I'nlted State, and by the purchase of the Danish Island we hould ecure a proper and much-nrcd-ed nnval station In the West Indio. Armenian Massacres. The massacre In Armenia have aroused the deep sympathy and Just Indignation of the American people, and we believe that the I'nlted State should exercise all the Influence It can properly exert to bring the atrocities to an end. In Turkey, American resi dents have been exposed to the gravest danger and American property de troyed. There and everywhere Amer ican rltlxen and American property must be absolutely protected at all hasard and at any cost. Monroe Doctrine. We reassert tho Monroe doctrine n Its full extent and reaffirm the right of the I'nulted States to give the doctrine effect by responding to the appeal of any American state for friendly Inter vention in rase of European encroach ment. We have not Interfered, and shall nut Interfere, with the existing possessions of any European power In this hemisphere, but those possessions must not, on any pretext, be extended e hopefully look forward to the eventuul withdrawal of the European powers from this hemisphere, nnd the ultimate union of all the English speaking part of the continent by the free consent of Its Inhabitants. Independence of Cuha. From the hour of achieving their own Independence the people of the United State have regarded with sympathy the struggle of other American peoples to free themselves from European dom ination. We watch with deep and abld lng Interest the heroic battle of the Cu ban patriots against cruelty and op presslon, and our best hope go out for the full succes of their determined con test for llborty. The government of Spain, having lost control of Cuba and being unable to protect th property or live of resi dent American citizens or to comply with It treaty obligation, we believe that the government of the United State should actively use It Influence and good office to restore peace and give Independence to the Island. Enlargement of the Navy. The peace and security of the repub lic and the maintenance of It rightful Influence among the nation of the earth demand a naval power commen surate with It position and responsi bility. We therefore favor the contin ued enlargement of the navy and a rnniplni system of lutrbui; and coast defense. Iiniiilratliin Laws. For th protection of the equality of our American iilnililp and of th wage of our worklngmnn agalnat th fatal competition of low-priced labor, w demand that the Immigration law be thoroughly enforced, and so extend ed a to exclude from entrain lo th I'nlted Hute those who can neither read nor write. Civil Service. TheVlvll Service law Was placed on III statute book by th Republican party, which ha always sustained It, and we renew our repeated declara tions that It shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced and rxtended wher ever practicable. Free Hallut. We demand that every rltlsen of the I'nlted State shall be allowed to cast on free and unrestricted ballot, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast. I.)ncliinr Condemned. We proclaim our unqualified condem nation of th unrlvlllsi'd and barbarous practice, well knonn a lynching at killing of human being, suspected or charged with crime, without proce of law. National Arbitration. We favor the creation of a national board of arbitration lo settle and ad just difference which may arise be tween employer and employed engaged In Interstate commerce. Free Homesteads, We believe In an Immediate return to tb free homestead policy of th Republican party and urge th passage by congress of tb satisfactory free homratvad measure which ha already passed th house and la now (lending In th senat. Admission of Territories. W favor the admission of th re maining lerrltorlr at the earliest prac ticable date, having due regard to th Interest of th people of the terrlto rlc and of the I'nlted Slate. All th federal officer appointed for the terri tory hall be (elected from bona fid residents thereof, and the right of self- government shall bo arorded as far a practicable. Alaska Representation. W believe the cltlsena of Alaska ihould have representation In the con gress nf the I'nlted States. to the end that needful legislation may be lutein gently enacted. Sumptuary Legislation. W sympathise with all wise and le gitimate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of temperance and promote morality. Rights of Women. The Republican party Is mindful of the right and Interest of women. Pro tection of American Industrie Include equal opportunity, equal pay for equal work and protection to the home. W favor the admission of women to wider phere of usefulness, and welcome their co-operation In rescuing the coun try from Democratic and Populist mis management and misrule. Much are the principle and policies of th,. Republi can porty, Ily these principles we will abide and these principle w will put Into execution. We nsk for them the considerate Judgment of the American people. Confident alike In the history nf our great party nnd In the Justice of our cause, we present our pint form and our considerations, In the full assurance that tho election will bring victory to the Republican parly and prosperity to thepeopi of the United States. Ladies and Children who travel by the Hur llngton Route are given particular care and at tention. Just to Illustrate what thl mean: A few month ago, five children whoso ages ranged from three to eleven years. made the journey over our line from Ellen, burg, Wash., to Kansas City, ENTIRELY UN. ACCOMPANIED. Ticket. time-table, and full Information about our' service to Omaha, Bt. Joeeph, Kan sas City, St: Louis and Chicago upon application to the nearest ticket agent or by addressing A. C. SHELDON, G. A. Cortland. Oregoa. Partle desiring th best of Job printing at th lowest prices should call at th Astoria Job office before going elsewhere. ipjij ii. j i . 1 . X jro.