The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-06-02

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ties they needed.
To give the voters an idea OF how
the hop-scotchers are making their
campaign. c. J. Curtis made a speech
for them at New Astoria on Thurs
day night. This is what lie said In
part, according 10 one Of the men
whose cause he is advocating: I'm
a republican. admit IT, There Is a
republican ring. know II. / used to
belong to II and. gentlemen, you can
imagine how rotten a proposition II
was when left Il in disgust" And,
again: Il have found that In order
to be a politician in clatsop county a
man must be a rascal" This
coming from c. J. Curtis. who sought
legislative nomination at the hands
Of the republican convention and was
refused II, has a high flavor. The
truth is. and every voter who knows
c. J. Curtis and his political record.
knows II 10 be true, that. had there
been a ring controlling the Iepub-
llcan party in Clatsop county this
year. he would have got the nomina-
tiOn he sought. for rings want rascals
in Office and Curtis has not only PROV
en- by his acts in the past but has
now openly confessed he fills the bill.
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The reason why Mr.. Curtis left the
republican ring. If there is one, and it
would take more testimony than his
unsupported word to convince the
average citizen Of the truth OF his
statement, is because the ring has
no further use for cattle Of Curtis kind.
Mr.. Curtis will not deny that he has
been very useful" and not a very
expensive member. Of the legislature
in by-gone days. Curtis has certainly
found his vocation when ne takes The
stump for so-called party unrecog-
nized by either the law or the peo-
pie. whose candidates are bound by
no pledges or promises Of honesty in
office or anything else. That is the
kind OF political freedom Mr.. Curtis
likes and no wonder he supports it.
Il wish the women could vote" said
a bright-eyed. little woman yesterday.
III they could. Mr.. Lee would be elect
ed by a big majority, for he is the
best school superintendent We have
ever had. I've taught school in this
county long while and know what
am talking about OF course We
teachers do not care anything about
politics. / don't care what party Mr..
Lee belongs 10. He is just good man
for the schools and that is what We
want" Just for fun the question was
asked: What dc you think Of Mr..
Lymans poem on Aguinaldo? Would
you read il or allow it to be recited
in your schools?" She was mad in
minute, and good and mad. Il should
think you would be ashamed of your
SELF" she said I'm an American girl,
had If one of my pupils ever dared
get up and read that horrible poem Of
Mr.. Lyman's, I'd expel him from
school, that's what I'd do" A friend
said: Better be careful, Mr.. Lyman
might be elected. Suppose he should
order the poem recited in the schools,
then what?" why, l would resign
in q second, If never got another
school, before I would allow such a
nasty, reasonable thing as that to
be taught to any one of my pupils,
to say nothing of being recited to all
of them" And yet Mr.. Lyman says
that his attitude Of wanting to give
aid and comfort to the enemies CT the
United States has no bearing what
ever on the school question. Neither
parents or teachers care to intrust the
education of their children to a man
who is not a loyal American. And, by
the way. Mr. Lyman says his friends
have called his poetry doggerel. Well,
other people have gone his friends one
better, as the saying is, and called it
rot.
The Oregonian in this congression dis
trict who doesn't vote for the return
of Malcolm A. Moody to congress ought
to move out of the state. What in the
name of all that's good under the blue
,l,io. oa, opNy Anoarican aSlr for HE