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ENDORSEMENT
When you vole for Sulxer you aiw
endorsing the policies of our great
President; you are complying with
u truest direct from him to the
people of Alaska that the Delegate
from Alaska be In accord with the
Administration, a Democrat, not a
political jumping jack who today de
Clares he Is a dyed-in the-wool yard
wide-non-shrinkable Republican, hut
who is drawing his salary and mile
uge from a Democratic regime and
elected upon his campaign statements
that he was h Wilson Democrat
Mr. Wickersham's sun Is setting;
the people are tired of Our Jim and
his platitudes. The day of the pro
fesslonal politician is over; the peo
ple want results, and Wicket-sham
is not getting them. Mr. Wicker
sham points with pride (?1 lo the
many things he has secured for Al
aska, but It remained for Juneau to
find out that he had stalled them
for a number ol years In their ef
forts to obtain permission to bond
their growing city for the purpose
of erecting a suitable school: Wiek
ersham stating that he had done
everything In his power to get the
committee to act upon the matter:
that the committee had adjourned
for the year and that nothing could
be accomplished this year. The Ju
neaultes thought differently, sent an
unknown and unheralded envoy to
Washington, and in three days he a>
vompllshed what Our Jim had failed to
do In three years. No wonder Jim
has gone back to the First Division
to try and avert the landslide which
spells defeat, not realizing that he
Is steadily losing the support of the
intelligent voters of the Fourth Di
vision; relying upon the efforts of
his rapidly disintegrating "machine"
to carry his home bailiwick.
Wickersham is running as a
"Straight” Republican; yet that par
ly has failed to endorse his candi
dacy; he is a man without a party
except the "Wick party” be con
Bldered as such. If he should he
elected he will be neither fish nor
fowl, he will have no standing with
either Administration; his days of
usefulness are over.
Mr. Hughes has evinced no interest
In Alaska; his Seattle speech con
tained the briefest of .statements that
"you have a Territory of great prom
lse In Alaska." Not tt woru of en
couragement. not a statement that
the great work commenced during
a Democratic Administration would
be carried out, much less extended
In any manner, and it is the opinion
of several Alaskans Just returning
from the Stales that his utter lack
of enthusiasm on this subject will
mean that President Wilson will be
the choice of the State of Washing
ton.
A vole for Chas. A. Sulzer is a
vote of confidence in President Wil
son; it means that he will receive
the support of the Democratic Sen
ate and House, the assistance of
President Wilson in the measures
brought before them for the benefit
of Alaska and a continuance of the
work Just being started in our great
Territory.
AND REMEMBER THIS -THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS FIRST
TO AID ALASKA.
MISTAKE8 ARE NATURAL.
In criticising the last legislature
for the acts passed by it there are
several things to keep in mind. In
regard to the eight-hour law the
Judge, In making his decision, found
forty or more cases where similar
acts had been enacted by other leg
islatures. This shows that if the
Territorial Legislature sometimes
errs state legislatures, also, fall into
the same difficulties. As a matter
of fact, law making is not so simple
a task as it appears on the surrace.
Moreover, the courts themselves
find it difficult to agree. Even the
Supreme Court has reversed itself,
and In nearly every important deci
sion there is a dissenting opinion.
Often the decision is made on a
slight majority. Therefore, when
such eminent lawyers find so much
trouble in interpreting the law, a
little charily ought to be given to j
the Alaskan law makers
Most of them have been men who!
desired to do the right thing, but j
they were not skilled In the law J
To some extent, at least, it would j
not do them much good if they were j
Congress itself, which Is made up j
practically of lawyers, has often fall
en into the same error.
When the actual preparation of j
an act for ihe statute book is con |
sldered. It is surprising that they d ,
as well as they do There are J I
many clashing interests and opini
ons to reconcile that in the end the
law is thrown hastily together in
the last days of the session It Is
to be hoped that our legislature has
learned a lesson in regard to the ti
tie of an act and the subject luattei
therein
—
THE WOMAN'S WAY.
It is an interesting source of specu
l-ition us to how much the women
are taken in by the bombardments of
the politicians. It has often been a
erted bv those who pretend to know
that the fairer sex is always bus
eeptible to a uniform or to a knight
(-riant. For a long time Theodora
sexelt has tried to be both.
in Chicago Thursday he was, then.
,1 his old tricks. However, there
is some doubt as to the above Intel
pretatlon of feminine psychology.
Women have long studied the pe
culiar mental qualities of men, and
it is not likely that they will be
moved very far, either by bombast
or compliments. They know Just
about what both are worth when
they come at the time of a political
ampalgn.
There is no doubt but that Teddy
i-- something of h lire eater, but
he\ will remember that this same
Toddy was a close follower ot public
opinion when he was President. Pub
lic opinion during the past years ha.
been averse to war if there was
any honorable way to avert It. Now
that an honorable way has been
found they, the women, who more
than any have been for peace, will
listen to such thunder with a smile.
The political leaders have yet m
find that the women must be won
by deeds in politics as well as in
life. Most of the leaders have found
out that In their own homes it is
deeds that count. Yet they still cling
to the old. medieval notion that wo
men in the aggregate are moved by
thunder and lightning. We wonder
if those same women who cheered
Roosevelt at Chicago were laughing
at him in their sleevw
GEORGE B. GR'GSBY.
In view of the fact that George B.
Grigsby, of Nome, was expected to
be in Fairbanks to speak for himself,
little has so far been said In the,
Fourth Division in advocacy of his
candidacy for the attorney-generalship
of the territory. So far, in fact, the
only statements regarding Mr. Grigs
by in Fairbanks have been voiced
by his opponent, Mr. Schofield; and,
while it cannot be denied that the lat
ter gentleman evidenced to a remark
able degree his capabilities as a po
litical mudslinger, it was hardly to
he expected that he would go out of
his way to throw bouquets at his op
ponent In fact, Mr. Schofield's
friends will undoubtedly insist that
their candidate was perfectly justi
fied, after he had charged Mr. Grigs
by on the public platform here with
every imaginable degree of moral
turpitude and legal crookedness while
in office at Nome, in omitting to
state that, less than two years after
these "crimes" had been committed,
Mr. Grigsby was elected mayor of
Nome by an overwhelming majority.
It has now developed that the ne
cessity of attending to legal busi
ness at Nome this month will pre
vent a campaign by Mr. Grigsby in
the Fourth Division.
One of the accusations made by
Schofield against Grigsby had refer
ence to the latter’s removal from
office, this being brought about, ac
cording to the Republican candidate,
because Grigsby had committed acts
of "Crookedness" which held him up
to the odium of the people. As has
been Intimated, the subsequent PUB
LIC endorsement of Mr. Grigsby may
be taken as an adequate denial of the
truth of Mr. Schofield's statement.
It is conceded that the Republi
can territorial convention which nomi
nated Schofield was completely domi
nated by Shackleford, the represen
tative of the would-be special inter
ests of Alaska who are fighting the
taxation that it will be the attorney
general’s special duty to enforce. It
was those same Interests that forced
through their usual devious methods,
George B. Grigsby’s retirement from
office in Nome, and thereby brought
about the public condemnation the
action warranted. These same inter
ests are aware that if Grigsby is
elected they can expect no more
than their jUBt due, and it is not on
record that they have ever deemed
this to be quite sufficient. What
they expect from Mr. Schofield can
be left to the Imagination.
It is with sound reason urged that
a vote for Mr. Suizer Is an expres
sion of confidence ;n President Wil
son. With even 41 eater force It can
be insisted that the votes registered
for Ortgaby trill count in this re
sped, for the contest tor the allot
ne>-generalship Is the only one In
which the Republican and Democratic
parties are opposed
Ortgaby haa the confidence end re- |
spec! of his home division, where j
tie has resided with his family for
sixteen years. He is capable, clean
and a thorough Alaskan
WORK OF DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
_
That the WilHon administration has
been one 01 accomplishment is well I
known to the reading public, but the 1
annexed synopsis of the work done 1
in the past thiee years will refresh •
the minds of those who might have
foi gotten part of the early record
of the 64th congress and at the
same time furnish good argument
tor the support of the Democratic [
ticket in Alaska, thereby expressing ;
a confidence In the territory’s most!
effectual friend, President Wilson.
The Sixty-fourth congress In Its ;
first session
Passed 252 public and 174 private !
acts; 33 public and 4 private reao- i
Unions
Killed the Gore and MrI.emort reso
lutions providing for a surrender of
American rights on the high teas. j
Prevented a national steam rail- ,
road strike through the passage of i
an Eight-hour-day Law
Appropriated $655,000,000 for ua-1
tlonal defease.
Passed army and navy measures,
enlarging and Improving both, for
tie' defense of the country.
Passed the Shipping Bill, appropri
ating $50,000,000 for a Government
owned merchant marine
Enacted legislation insuring long
time loans to farmers at low rates.
Passed a Child Labor Law to keep
children out of the factories.
Gave greater measure of self-gov
ernment to the Philippines.
Created a Tariff Commlaslon.
Passed a Workman's Compensation
Act for Federal employees.
Provided Federal aid to Slates in
construction of roads.
Imposed a prohibitive tax on cotton
sold for future delivery In rictltloua
or wash sales
Amended the Postal Savings Law,
increasing the amount which Indi
viduals may depoatt from $600 to
$1,000 with interest and an addi
tional $1,000 without interest.
Amended the Federal Reserve Law
to permit national banks to estab
lish foreign branches.
Pabsed the Emergency Revenue
Law, providing for increasing the
Income tax, levying a graduated tax
of l to 10 per cent on Inheritances
ranging from $50,000 to $5,000,000;
a 10 per cent net profit tax on manu
facturers of munitions, 5 per cent
net profit tax on manufacturers of
materials entering into munitions, and
a license tax on actually invested
capital stock of corporations capi
talized at more than $99,000.
WORDY WARFARE.
It Is merely natural that the heat
engendered by the friction conse
quent on a political campaign should
result in a boiling over when tue
parlies thereto are cureless with the
steam gauge. Fortunately the im
pc ru.ncfc -I the result, so fat a. the
general welfare of tne particular com
munity in which the effervescence
tunes place, can be meats ured by
that homely simile which describes
a controversial warfare as a "storm
in a teacup."
A trite lllustra'.'.-n of this slate of
affolia Is furnished by the battle of
wits (?) that Is being waged over
the eight-hour law between the even
ing paper and the local representative
of the Wlckersham party. The ill-con
sidered. and, to say the least, ex
travagant, reflections cast by the
N-M on thone members of the Al
aska Legislature who voted for the
measure have been taken as a text
by the local manager of the present
delegate’s campaign from which he
preaches a sermon, the Intent of
which is to prove that none of the
aforesaid members are tit for re-elec
tlon.
The importance of the discussion
to the community is, of course, entire
ly negligible, its glaring foolishness
being as apparent as is the childish
ness exhibited In the hunt for a
quarrel. For to state that a member
of a legislature, or other law-making
body, la Incompetent because be vot
ed for a hill which subsequently has
been declared to be poor law would
argue that practically every Congress
of the United States has been made
up of incompetents. This is, perhaps,
best demonstrated by the fact that
the ordinary law library ia made up
of about one per cent statute and
text books and ninety-nine per cent
volumes devoted to the elucidation
of the differences of opinion that
possibly can be arrived at by the
Judges whose place it is to admin
ister those laws.
So far as the eight-hour law ia con
cerned. the phase of the question
that alone can be claimed to he of
Importance Is that Senator* Hath-'; |
I-nd and Sulxcr „nd Represi main ■ :
Hum* expressed their approval u 1
i
the measure by their votes in favo. i
Of it. presumably because they were I
iu accord with Its sentiment. I’n
doubtedly these gentlemen have no -
desire to hide their records in this j
regard The minor legal defect in ,
the bill, if such It Is eventually prov- |
ed to be. can hardly with fairness i
be charged against any of them, in !
view of the fuct that none have had
legal training.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
yesterday’s telegram from the Rec
ord Herald of Chicago, to the effect
that It wan to join the ranks of the
liemocials, is one of the most en
couraging signs of the times. Last
presidential election that paper sup
ported the Republican party It has
always been an independent paper,
with a leaning toward the Republican
patty. It Is one of the greatest pa
pers of the middle west, and has a
great Influence thioj^ghout the nation.
If new spapers reflect the trend of j
public opinion at ah, and they un
doubtedly do. the reaction from the
movement toward Hughes must bare
set In. 1‘erhaps they were waiting, as
George Harvey was, for some definite
constructive argument on the part of
the grand old party, in his failure
to provide this Hughes made » great
mistake. He should know that, for
the papers have always been calling
for juat that thing frutu him. He cer
tainly ought to have his "blanket off"
by this time.
THE ALASKAN'S VOTE.
It Is bow a good time for the voter
to ealmly sit down and figure out
Just what this election means to
him. Although Alaskans have no
electoral vole yet, they do have a
way of expresslng^thelr confidence
in the present administration. The .
moot obvious way for them to do
so is by a vole for Sulaer.
Has ibis administration done the
things that the voter would have it
do.' Is 1< worthy of further support?
leaving party considerations aside
for the moment, is there anything
that the present administration has
not done that could have been ac
complished by the other party? These
are some of the questions that the
honest voter will ask himself before
he goes to the polls on election day.
Granted that some mistakes have
been committed, is It likely that any
other man or set of men would have*
been able to come through the fire
of the past few yeWis without a few
shrapnel wounds upon them? The
most that anyone can ask Is that.
In the face of new and strange de
vices of warfare, the leader bring to
bear a cool and sane Judgment.
APPRECIATION.
It la unfortunate that Alaskans
have no direct way to show the ad
ministration how much they appre
ciate the splendid work that is being,
done for the territory. It Is, no doubt,
true that the adminiatration will go
on with the road work and the gov
ernment railroad without a single
word of approbation from the terri
tory. It Is Interested in the develop
ment of the Immense resources of
the country.
President Wilson can very well
wait for posterity to thank him for
his efforts. There is nothing for him
to gain politically from his invest
ment of the government's money In
Alaska. In this development work
he has shown the mind of a real
statesman, for, without any regard
! for the political aide of the matter,
be has tried to help a distant part
of the empire.
However, there Is a way for Al
askans to show their appreciation
of the magnificent efforts of the ad
ministration. Wilson has urged that
Charles A. Suiter be elected dele
gate from Alaska. lly voting for
Suiter, then, and by electing him
Alaskans can express their thanks
for the efforts that have been made
for them.
ON MODERN NOVELS.
It la a pleasure to open a modern
book and find therein something of
humanity as it really is. Too many
of the so-called popular novels are of
a hot-house nature. The emotions
are so strained and unreal that the
reader rises from a reading of them
with the same feeling that he wak?»
from a nightmare.
Then the love Blory is given a pie
dominance far above its real impor
tance in life. It is a strange contra
diction that Americans produce a sen
timental literature that, if any of its
events happened in real life, they
would laugh them out of court. How
their sense of humor permits them
to wade through the Beas of senti
mentality is an absurdity in Itself
and a good humorous subject.
"Widecombe Pair,” a novel by Kden
Phillpotts now at the George C.
Thomas Memorial Library, is a book
that presents humanity. There is no
attempt to arouse an Interest by a
silly love theme, although, as in life,
the love theme occurs. Perhaps the
book is a trifle gloomy, as are the
b>,. • lost of the realists. I.lfe.
h- a .1 - SCenmd closely, is likely
to fill the sensitive man with pessi
mistic thoughts.
liut the reader feels that here is
real life The people talk anil act.
as they most often do. It Is refresh
ing not to have your feelings laeer
ated aud distorted by the unnatural
Thest unusual things may occur,
but they are out of the line of most
of the common folk. Let us give
thanks for that.
Kor that reason alone, and there
are others, it Is refreshing to open
the novel mentioned. It Is pleasant
to visit and see through the author's
eyes the quiet beauty of the rural
community and the quaint persons
with which the story deals. i hen
there are so many people that you
can get acquainted with. The hand
some hero and the languorous siren
and the beauteous heroine become
tiresome after a while. It is Inter
esting to know that the novelist hus
round other people In the world.
"HOOSiER POET" TIME
Now that the "frost is on the
punkin and the fodder's in the shock "
those who have lived in the middle
west cun take down their poems by
James Whitcomb Riley and live again
the kindly life of those broad plains.
As one critic has said, Riley Is the
poet of the broad prairies. There Is
nothing of the rude and boisterous
spirit In him. Nothing, either, of
the great passions and tumultuous
ambitions that dominates the work
of the master appears in his homely
verse.
Eor bis Is the simple, tender verse
of a quiet, busy people. He was not
a great poet in the sense that the
term is commonly understood, but
he has created a new folk poetry.
Everywhere one of those people of
his community stands before the
reader. There is the contented farm
er in the poem quoted above, and
the Lla-town humoriBt, and the hired
man in "The ltaggedy Man," and
so on. All of them breathe the hu
mor and the pathos of a simple eoun
try people.
No comment on the work of the
poet is complete without reference
to his poems for the children. To
paraphrase the book that the poet
loved, whole generations of children
yet unborn shall rise up to call him
blessed. There is something wrong
with the child that doesn't shiver
with "Orphant Annie," or have op
portunity to meet a chap like "The
Raggedy Man." Such a comment is
the one, perhaps, that the poet would
like best of all. That he lived chil
dren Is written in no uncertain terms
in the best ot his verse.
Last it should be written that
there is nothing in his work that
a child dare not read. His poems
need not be placed on the upper
shelf, where the child can not reach
them. His works are as clean as
the meadows that delighted him. It
is a pleasure to take one of his
books and visit for a while with
Just ordinary people. Pleasant it is
to be where the sentiment is clean
and pure and wholesome.
Now that the poet has passed away,
fortunately not before he was fully
recognised, it is well to wish him
Oodspeed, as George Harvey does in
his address, in the words of one
of bis beBt poems—
"Good bye, Jim,
Take keer 'o yerself."
FRIENDS FOR A* THAT.
The game of politics certainly
brings out the humorous side of
American life. Although the time
of narrow, partisan politics has in a
measure passed, there is still some
of the spirit left. That spirit sees
the cloven foot always on the candi
dates of the other party and the halo
on the brows of their party leaders.
Still there is plenty of vituperation
vented on the opposite party. Not
one-half of It all do they mean.
If they did mean all that was said
there is more than one neighbor
hood that would be in a regular
Kentucky feud. But most of them
say. "Oh, it's Just politics,” and pass
ft by at that. After the election the
party strife Is forgotten and bitter
enemies cun again become bosom
friends.
Now it seems strange that the men
who use the partisan method of war
fare do not realise that the majority
of the voters are neat to the dope.
Their fiercest broadsides are recog
nised as blank cartridges. There
fore what Is the uae of all of the
political dope? Why not say that
the other fellow is a pleasant fellow
and has a little- brains and honesty.
IT would seem from her remarks
as reported in our dispatches last
Bight from Cordova, that Lena Mor
row Lewis, the Socialist candidate
for delegate to congress from Alas
ka. Is campaigning more in the Inter
ests of Wlckersham than of herself.
"Why don't you speak for yourself,
Lena."
A heese warming was held for
Mrs. Shermer at Chatanlka yester
day afternoon.
AN OPEN LETTER
To the Honorable .lames Wickersham :
Sir
I am in receipt of .1 pamphlet,
containing speeches supposed to have
been delivered by you in Congress
and published July 2G, 1916, (no
doubt tree of charge under the unani
mous consent of "leave to print privi
lego.”) I admit, as a campaign docu
mem, in your own behalf, it is a
masterly effort on your part, but
as to the truth and veracity of the
assertions made therein by you, I
have my doubts. Hence, I am writ
ing this open letter to you in the
hope that you may enlighten me
on some of the assertions you made
in that speech In respect of Bill en
titled to The Full Territorial form
of Government for Alaska you Intro
duced in Congress January 4. 1916.
In your speech you claim that the
Wilson Democratic Administration is
opposing your efforts to secure Full
Territorial form of government for
Alaska To say the least, that stale
ment dumbfounded me. Do you mean
to say, and admit, now that your
Home Buie Bill for Alaska, proposed,
Introduced by you and passed by
Congress August 24, 1912, is defec
tive? When did you change your
mind? I can recall the time when
your Alaska Home Rule Bill was be
fore Congress as introduced by you
and when you sent the Bill, with a
circular letter, to all youi eonatitu
encies ami i.skcu mem in uiane sip
geBtlons ab- ut it. Some of us. who
believed in Home Rule, and thought
that Alaska was entitled to Home
Rule, studied the Bill as introduced
by you, but came to the conclusion
that your Home Rule was no Home
Rule at all, BUT A DELUSION AND
A SNARE a joker Home Rule Bill,
as it were -and so expressed our-<
selves, and pointed out the defi
ciencies in your Bill. I can recall
distinctly your speech delivered in
Fairbanks on October IS. 1911, where
you denounced everyone who dis
agreed with you as "enemies of Al
aska, undesirable citizens, ignoram
usses and Guggenheim agents, etc."
You made the assertion at that time
that your Home Rule Bill, as drawn
by you. would grant to Alaska as
liberal, complete and full Territorial
form of Government as Congress ever
before extended to any other Terri
tory. Do you now admit that in
1911 you yourself were ignorant ot
the fact that your Home Rule Bill
was not a Home Rule Bill at all.
BUT SIMBLY A JOKE? Or did you
simply fool and bluff your constitu
encies? Which was it? You must
have done one thing or the other,
then, because in the pamphlet above
referred to which you have sent
broadcast all over Alaska (free of
charge.) there is another Home Rule
Bill, which you call the "Full Ter
ritorial Form of Government for Al
aska."
Besides your own acknowledgment,
time has proven to the people of
Alaska that at least you either did
not know how to draw a Home Rule
Bill in 1911, did not understand the
principles of local self Government,
OR YOU THOUGHT THAT YOU
COULD BLUFF AND FOOL US FOR
EVERMORE. Time has proven to
the satisfaction of most people of
Alaska that the Alaska Legislature,
under your Home Rule, is not, nor
can it be, a legislative body as far
as any beneficial legislation is con
cerned. but only a debating society,
or a body of petitioners. Time, to
gether with your own action of intro
duelug another Home Hule Bill, has
proven that your invectives which
you hurled upon those who disagreed
with you In 1911. like chickens, have
come home to roost.
To make a disliuction between
your two Home Rule Bills, allow
me to call your first the full Terri
torial form of Government; the sec
ond the super-full Territorial form
of Government. Sir. you have intro
duced your super-full Territorial
form of Government for Alaska, pub
lished It in a pamphlet, together with
your campaign arguments for re-elec
tion, and sent it throughout Alas
ka, denouncing the friendly Wilson
Democratic Administration as ene
mies of Alaska (echo from 1911) and
why? Just because someone has
disagreed with you in respect to that
super-full Territorial Bill ol yours.
I have honestly endeavored to com
pare your two bills, have tried to
see wherein your super-full bill is
superior to your full bill. 1 have
failed to see any material difference
between the two. I admit that with
a strong microscope one can see
some nibbling and whittling here
and there, but the same old joker,
the same old bill of 1911, which you
yourself admit now is deficient, is
there. You have confessed by your
actions that you were wrong in your
contentions in respect of your full
Territorial Bill. 1911, as being per
fect. How about vour super-full Bill?
Do you actually believe that the
people of Alaska will believe you
again and stand by you, right or
wrong, and discredit an administra
tion that has been friendly towards
them; an administration that has
passed several acts of material bene
fit to the Territory'' H> what righ*
or reason do you expect in* , or an
other voter in Alaska, to s ipp* c
you in your contention tha» la* %V:1
son Democratic Admin tr.> mi - an
enem> of Alaska and von die mil
tried and true friend of Alaska’
You. sir. have been tried ml found
wanting, on >our past record Y*m
are either ignorant ot what »s in * ■ ■
sary to give Alaska a mil Terri orial
form of Government, or >ou still be
lieve in the same old Home Rule
Bill which you dr»*w p : the Hen
Thomas (’ale and which Mr (’ale <n
troduced in Congress, and which Dill
afterwards became known ^ the Be\
eridge bill or you still believe th it
you can fool the people
According to your own statement
two years ago. President Woodrow
Wilson anti Secretar> Franklin K
Lane were the best friends Alasl,.
ever had; and to my way of thinking
they are now as good as they ever
w'ere To my wa> of thinking, too.
you have failed in that political
pamphlet of yours, to show when in
they have failed in theii friendship
towards Alaska Someone in Wash
ington, D. (’., opposed your sup* i
lull Home Rule Bill, and, as usu: I
you became sore and began to d*
nounce everybody. But if your stipe
full Home Rule Bill is as fault>
your full Home Rule Bill has proven
to be, the man who opposed ” con
ferred a lasting benefit lo Ah.ska.
Your Honor, after read ng your po
litical pamphlet and tv dling your
past record, do you expect me. or
anyone else with a h■ i.• i ind, to take
your word as against the 'rl<ndly ae
tlons of President Woodrow Wilson
and Secretary Franklin K t.ane?
No, sir, you did not advance any
convincing argument in your politi
cal pamphlet that the Wilson Demo
cratic Administration i - ; n enemy of
Alaska, and you the only friend of
Alaska, anil Ihal is the i n on why
I have written tHi opt u letcr lo
you, and not only i, bu there are
quite a number ot my roughneck
friends who are of tin s m- opinion
ns 1 am
Hoping that when y"u 1 to
Fairbanks vim will eive more
light on the subject, I remain
Respectfully yours,
MARTIN HARRAIS.
STILL ON JOB
TELLS DETRACTORS OF LEGIS
LATOR FEW FACTS ABOUT
FORMER DOINGS
The Evening Flapper, consistent
with its record for misrepresent.*
tion and unreliability, in commentine
upon our feeble efforts .. behalf
ot Senator Sutherland’s Candida* > foi
re-election, errs in the following par
ticulars: Sen. Sulzer 1)11) NO T father
the resolution which brought us the
mining experimental station, because*,
firstly, there never was any such
resolution; secondly, the mining ex
perimental station which Sulzer’s
MEMORIAL asked for was to be es
tablished at JUNEAU, and the bill
which provided for the establish
ment of twelve of tins* stations
throughout the United States was
PASSED BY CONGRESS before the
legislature had convened. Y\ hat we
stated in our former article was
that Sulzer tried to steal our school
of mines and was frustrated by the
watchful waiting of our faithful Dan
We did, however, make one mis
statement in the former article, in
stating that the two Pioneers' hills
were all the constructive legislation
passed by our legislature. The elec
tion law Is another constructive mea
sure, which was passed at the las!
election by Dan Driscoll, with the
collaboration of Sen. Sutherland.
We hope the voters of the Fourth
division have not forgotten that
Senator Sutherland was the only
member of the first senate who re
fused to sign that letter declaring
against the government railroad. The
"seven slippery senators" were not
of the machine that gave Thomp
son’s infantile legislator so much
trouble at the last session. Advt.
LAURA HERRINGTON SENT OUT.
Laura Herrington, one or ihe tuitr
breed girls who gained so much no
toriety In connection with the trials
which, for a time last spring, occu
pied the attention of the court here,
and resulted in the conviction of
several men on serious charges, will
leave for the Outside today. Sin
Is being sent out by District Attor
ney R. F. Roth, who has arranged
with the attorney general of the
United States to have the girl put
in a private school at Portland, Ore
Mr. Roth did not say to what school
the girl would go. She will go out
in custody of Mrs. Paul Ringseth as
matron.