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GEO S MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD. Manager.
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STILL EXPERIMENTING
Some of the administra
tion’s policies have provei
unsuccessful. Others hav<
been a boon. As a natioi
we are still in a period o
experimentation. Too fev
of us realize that whateve
befalls the present admin
istration in the general ele<
tion next fall, the peoph
and their government wil
continue to live in a perioc
of experiment. Nothing is
settled.
Whether one is for or
against the policies of the
administration, the fact re
mains that Mr. Roosevelt is
one of the most popular ol
all our presidents.—(Chat
tanooga Times.)
DEFEATING
ROOSEVELT !
Eleven months from now,
when the American people
go to the polls to elect a
President, they will pay at
least as much attention to
the character and reputa
tion and personal attrac
tiveness of the republican
and democratic nominees
as to the policies which
those nominees are pledg
ed to carry out.
The republicans will
doom themselves to defeat
if they get the idea that be
cause Mr. Roosevelt’s poli
cies are slipping they can
win, whomever they nomi
nate.
Their hope for victory
lies in presenting to the
country a nominee who
will appeal strongly to it,
as well as a program that
will appeal to it more stro
ngly than Mr. Roosevelt’s
policies do.—(Detroit Free
Press.)
FOR THE FUTURE.
.. (Ketchikan Chronicle) ..
Democratic government
hinges on giving the people
voice in their government.
Though we are not strictly
democratic as a nation, we
approach it. One of the
means we do this is by pro
portional representation:
that is, the houses of repre
sentatives for the nation
and in the respective states
are named by population
districts, not by geographi
cal districts. Thus, New
York has more representa
tives in congress than does
San Francisco. Ohio has
i more than Nevada, and so
on.
It is true that our senates
I —the upper houses—are
' still named on the basis of
1 geographical lines. Thus,
f New York has no more sen
r ators than does Nevada. So
’ it is ;n state legislatures.
■ And in large measure this
: condition accounts for the
> demands for unicameral
legislatures which do away
. with the upper house or
; senate.
Now in Alaska, all this
system is of small use, for
we do not have it. Since
our legislature was organ
ized—and we were glad to
get anything then, for we
had hardly the smallest
measure of self-govern
ment—we have had two
houses,a senate and a house
but both have been elected
on the basis of geographi
cal lines, not of population.
Thus, the First Division
has four representatives
and two senators in the leg
islature. The Second divi
sion, with only half as
many people as the First
division, has exactly the
same representation in our
legislature. That is not in
accord with democratic
principles, nor is it even in
strict accord with custom
in the states.
cut tne politicians nave
been inclined to speak soft
ly as to bringing about a
change. A delegate who
advocates such a change
risks losing votes in the
less populous divisions. A
party which speaks too
loudly on the subject risks
the same loss.
Nevertheless, it is a good
sign when the trend of
thought turns gradually to
ward a development which
must come eventually. As
Alaska continues to grow,
some means of proportion
ate representation must be
devised. This was recog
nized by the First division
democrats meeting recent
ly in Wrangell. Party plat
forms are not to be taken
too seriously these days,
but still it is heartening to
see even such small recog
nition given a subject so
touchy for politicians.
The man who offered him
self for the freezing-alive
experiment is to wed. The
experiment will probably
coincide with his first bon
er he pulls at bridge.
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Continued From Page One
and blue foxes, cross and
an occasional silver. Dur
ing the past few years sil
vers have gone begging,but
are again in style. St. Mi
chael is a fur island, and
also produces mink, land
otter and musk rats.
Thirteen natives have be
come afflicted with scarlet
fever at Eklutna, a native
school village on the Alas
ka Railroad line.
The town council of
Wrangell will rebuild its
Front street using PWA
funds. The project will
cost $29,000.
Millard R. Blankenship
and Miss Annabell E. And
erson were married at Jun
eau last month.
Fire in the ignition sys
tem of a Gillam Airways
plane at Chitina, delayed
Pilot Gilman slightly, but
did no material damage to
the plane.
Volney Richmond, former
Alaskan, was elected to the
board of trustees of the
' Washington Mutual Sav
ings Bank, a pioneer sav
ings institution of Seattle.
Radio telephones have
been established by the
Territorial Road Board, at
Deering,Kenai and Kasilof,
and reports so far indicate
the transmission is very
satisfactory. Sets have been
; ordered for Hydaburg, Ha
ke, Angoon, Hoonah and
Jack Wade Creek. The sets
cost about $1500 each and
are authorized by Legisla
tive act.
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