Devoted To The Interests Of Nome And The 2nd Division
NOME IS THE STRATEGIC WO RL»D FLIGHT AIK IIASE—FOR COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS MILITARY PURSUITS—IT CAN RE REACHED PY LAND OR .WATER
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THE NOME NUGGET
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VOLUME 85. No. 4<i. NOME, ALASKA. J'RID.W, JUNK 29, IDIM Uer Copy: 10 fonts.
VIOLENCE INCREASING STRIKE
ROOSEVELT ADDRESSES NATION ON PROSPERITY
APPOMTS "CARPET-BAGGER" TO SUCCEED GORE
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ALASKANS ARK AGAINST HAVING NON-RESIDENTS FOR THE
FEDERAL POSITIONS IN ALASKA
‘ ALASKA FOH ALASKANS \ HTI1JL REMAINS AS MOTTO
Today's bombshell of political miscarriage, brings the overwhelming
news and information of the appointment of J. H. S. Morrison of Cum
berland Gap, Tennessee, to succeed Judge Lester O. Gore, as l\ P
District Judge for the Second Division.
Alaska is unalterably opposed and will
appointment of non-residents to any Federal positions in Alaska.
No matter under which political administration. Alaskans have re
peatedly stood for that one pertinent and undeniable fact ‘‘Alaska
for Alaskans."
We have been fighting for the past twenty-five years tor self gov
ernment in Alaska. We. the people of Alaska are entitled and justly
so, to the priveleges of governing ourselves and our conditions, by our
own representatives and lawmakers.
Adding insult to injury, is this latest "lemon" which the people of
the Second Division will havP to stomach. Why should some person.
bo matter what his qualifications be, be sent to Nome and the Sec
ond Division from one of the remotest states in the Union to occupy a
federal judgeship, when within our own Division we have men who are
just as capable legally, just as impartial, and much more entitled:
and 'better suited to the position?
Mr. J. H. S. Morrison may be a very prince of a many he.may be
of the finest *Jegal and jurist timber, l^e have no immediate quarrel
with him. What we want if? Nome and the Second Division is a man
who know* the conditions in Alaska and who is justly entitled to
such a position, and who is legally qualified to administer the great
position to which he would be appointed
Delegate Diniond has slated his case clearly and concisely that
Alaskans do not want non-residejnt judges. Alaskans do not want
non-r.esident judges. Alaskans, do not want them. He was very
^•uclT-TtrFftimd to -ninth_ajH'^DnnlntnieTit1, ' We all^ know In- is: and tie
knows that all Alaskans are very much opposed to any such appoint
ments. When George F. Alexander of Portland • was appointed. Dele
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gate Dimond opposed his confirmation strenuously, Jnil the appoint
ment was confirmed.
Dimond, who has demonstrated he is a man of liis word, when he
assured the people he would fight at all times against things" ‘‘not
Alaskan,” will we know', tight this appointment to Nome and the
Second Division with as much fervor and proha lily to an even great
er extent than he has todate.
Knowing that the rest of Alaska will be opposed to this appoint
ment, The Nome Nugget is standing firmly against cnnfimation of a
non-resident of the Judgeship of the Second Division, on the grounds
that our Banner contends ‘‘Devoted to the Interests of Nome and the
Second Division,” and “Alaska for Alaskans.”
We are taking no aides politically because this is not a question
of polities at this time. Nome and the people of the Second Division
have always remained firm believers in their stand that Alaska should
govern Itself and have the ultimate right to run their own affairs,
■without the enroachment therein by ‘‘Carpetbaggers.’’
Washington, D. C. knows of the fight put forth by Alaska for a
greater measure of self government. They knew this when they
allowed the Territory of Alaska the Just prlvelege of regulating their
own ltqnor question, following the repeal of the Klghteenth Amend
ment.
Why should they adopt snch an unwarranted and insulting
manner dt attempting to whip this country by foisting a "carpetbagger”
from Tennessee on the people of the Second Division?
It was bad enough to have a non-resident Judge appointed in the
First Division; now they go even farther and are going to attempt
to force another non-resident all the way from the east coast to the i
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most northerly and most westerly point on ‘be American continent
to sit In the United States District Co\irt and mete out justice for
a country and people of which ae knows nothing. He probably does
n’t even know the political sot-np of the Territory of Alaska.
What are your opplnions on this matter? We have looked up Mr.
VIOLENCE IS
r C0NTINUIN6 IN
COAST STRIKE
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MCGKO COOKS AM) SIKVV ARDS
hkykkk'ly BKATKN BY
COAST STRIKKRS
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thy The Associated Press)
SKATTLiK, June 2g, A doxeu
negro uon-uuiou cooks and ste
wards were severely beaten by
twenty striking marine workers at
Port" Blakely and chased into the
woods. Two of them who were
.badly beateu up stole out of the.
woods and begged passage 'back
to Seattle aboard a ferry boat. Th<
others presumably are still in the
woods.
Police were informed that the
negroes had been put to work by
waterfront employers and taken to
Port Blakely to be transferred to
a tug and then brought hark her-!
under cover of darkness to be put
aboard the steamship Admiral Ro
dgers, at Pier 40.
The strikers followed in a
launch and met the -negroes when
they got off the the ferry boat and
then beat, them up.
Tlip big push to open the port of
f Portland failed to materialize.
Statistically, the story of San
Francisco’s maritime strike is
told as follows: Chamber of Unm
merce estimates fix the cost at
$100,000 daily not including loss
of business to merchants. The to
• ui cost of the strike to date was
set by financial Interests at $5,000.
000. Lost wages of longshoremen
approximate $400,000. Approxi
mately 22,600 workers at-■ on
strike along the coast. T9'ey air:
litertiaHnnal Longshoremen'1' Vss
ociation, 12,000: Marine Cork-, and
Stewards. 1500 Watertenders Od
ors and W,pers Assn. 2.200 • Sail
ors Union of the Pacific, 3 000
Marine Kogi-.ieeis Beneficial As^n.,
11000: Masters. Mates and Pilots
Assn.. 900 Although 1 .‘1.009 mem
bers of the marine workers indust
rial Union are reported on strike,
these workers are said to helmet
to -the various other marine or
ganizations and are included 'n
the individual unionHt1gurea,«
ALASKA SITUATION
STILMJNCHANGED
ALASKA SITUATION STILL
UNCHANOKlI YIOLKNCK
BJRKAKS OUT
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(By The Associated Press)
UINDAJ'PBD, June 28, A gas
bomb was thrown Into the door
way of an International Long
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shoremen’s Association hall. More
gas bombs were hurled into four
groups of waterfront pickets from
a sedan carrying five, passengers,
Violence in the form of beatings
still continued.
The re-opening of the port of
Portland failed to materlelir.e,
Mediation etforts continued in San
Francisco. The Alaska situation
is unchanged. President* Konse
velt speaks over the radio at 6:30
tonight. Pacific Standard Time.
Morrison In the “Who’s Who;’’ he Is not there; W'e have looked him
,up In the American Bar Association, and he Is not a member. Where
on “God's Green Earth’’ is anyone going to find out who this man is?
We looked up Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Do you know where
it is? What population it has? No? Well, this man is probably
coming to a big city for tho first time in his life According to the
census of 1928 Cumberland Gap had approximately 400 people, and It
Is situated In the northern-most and easterly section of Tennessee,
right up amongst the “Hill billies.’’
We object to having any “Hill billies” run into a city like Nome
Alaska, to occupy an exalted position as United States Judge of the
District Court, for the Second Division.
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J. H. S. MORRISON
IS APPOINTED TO
SUCCEED GORE
ANOTHER CARPET BAGGER
ALASKA: JUDGE H)K
SECOND DIVISION
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, WASHINGTON. June h'!). Dels-j
gate Dimond was notified by the i
l Department of Justice of the resist !
I nation of Judge Lester O. (lore
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of the Second Division of Alaska.
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At the same time he was advised ,
: of the appointment of another]
man.
Judge Lester O. (lore is (o be
j suurceeded by J. H. S. Morrison.
! of Cumberland (lap. Tennessee.!
Delegate .Dimond protested vigor- j
ously to this second appointment j
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of a non-resident Federal Judge.
George F. Alexander of Portland,
Ore., being the other, for the first
Division.
Dimond declared he would, do er j
erything in his power to block
confirmation of Morrisoh If the ap
pointment comen before Senate
next. year.
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He said: “I understand the*
plan is that Morrison'is to go to
Alaska immediately and serve un
til just before the next session,
and at that lime he is supposed
to resign, leaving the wav open
for the nomination of an Alaskan.
I was so informed that" .the nom
ination was made as a direct fav
or to Cordell Hull, lT. S. Attorney
General, because Hull hue so far
asked for no other patronage in
jobs, and this one is so being giv
en 4ai__this man.
“Alaska doesn't wane and does
n't need outside judges who are
ignorant of the Territory and in
needs, an who have no other-in
terest there than the judgeship
I'nder the plan Morrison will bo
able to hold the job about .a year
before his name comes before the
Senate.
PRES. ROOSEVELT
ADDRESSES NATION
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NATION
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. June 28, Presi
dent ltoosevett last night told the
uation that substantial gains had |
been made iu the last fifteen !
mouths. ;
In his speech over the radio he I
pointed to the future In whicfe j
tlie new -■'government structure
would be “part of and the fui
iiliment of the old."
Looking into the future, the
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President said: “The first prln-i
ciple of the program will be th ■>
providing of better homes for the
people of the nation: the sec
ond is to plan the use of land and
water resources of the country, to
the end, that the means of llvli
bood for our citizens mav be more
adequate to meet their da'ly needs
and finally the third principle Is
the use of the agencies of the gov
ernment to assist In the establish
mfnt of ni:sns to prov'lo sound,
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ail t‘i | mi 1.1‘ i* iuteri i > ii against the
viitissit uiles of modern life. 01 ia
other words, sodaT Insurance.'
.Saying that some .persons, insist
ed in applying such names and
facts as communism, regimentation
and others to what the government
is 'doing, the President declare:
"I believe in practical explanations
and prictical policies. I believo
that what we are doing today is
the necessary fulfillment, of what
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Americans have always been doing
for the fulfillment of old, tested
American Ideal." #
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Referring to “self-seekers, and
theoretical die-hards who tell yoir
that you are losing your individual
liberty, the President said: “The
toes of some people are being step
pe on, and. they are going to con
tinue to be stepped on, but those
toes belong to comparatively a fear
who seek to retain or gain the pos
ition or riches, or both by some
short cut which Is harmful to the
good of the greater amount of the
people."