THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor.
RUSSELL MAYNARD, Manager.
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CIVILIZATION ASTOUNDS CONVICT
Pity poor Benjamin Ullmo, who served a 26-year sen
tence on Devil's Island, far-famed French penal colony, and
undoubtedly yearned in his prison for the opportunity to
u-turn to “civilization."
The other day he went back to France and. after a short
May. voluntarily went back to Devil’s Island. He was dis
appointed with what he fount! and it might interest you to
know what this ex-convict thought about the modern world.
He was “struck" most with “the extraordinary spirit
1,al collapse of the world and the decline in conscience and
intelligence." That's hard criticism, coming from a con
tact. He was less impressed with “material progress" and
the lowering of moral standards but astounded at the “im
measurable stupidity” of present-day humanity which re
gards itself as "so superior."
PRIMARY REFORM
A general revolt against the direct primary system of
nominations is indicated by the response obtained by the
Texas Weekly to its suggestion that Texas substitute party
conventions to name two candidates for each office, for the
first of its two primaries, and let these candidates fight it
out in a single primary.
The Syracuse Herald, in New York, the Aberdeen World
in Washington, the Charleston News-Courier in South Caro
lina, the Dayton Journal in Georgia, the Louisville Courier
Journal in Kentucky and the Des Moines Register in Iowa
all hail the suggestion of a mixed convention and primary
system as good ones for their own States, as do other papers
in the States mentioned.
“This is no Texas disease, all the States are afflicted
with it,” says the Atlanta Journal, while the Charleston
paper says the “present primary offers opportunity only to
lightweight politicians.”
The fault of the primary system, these commentators
agree, is-that it gives no scope to party leadership. This
lias been very noticeable in California, where every primary
brings forth complaints that the best equipped men in the
State do not seek office and that there is no way to draft
them. Suggestions for reform of the California primaries
have not roused much enthusiasm among the politicians,
but if Texas and a few other states revamp their systems,
something can be done there. It needs to be.—Exchange.
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DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK?
By Edson R. Waite, Shawnee, Oklahoma
It might be a good thing for the entire country if a lot
of home-town knockers, brain trusters, tax raisers and hell
raisers would go to some quiet island in the South Seas and
take a good rest at a place where they could talk to them
selves on business in general and their doings in particular.
A private talk with ones self often does some good. It also
might prevent their getting new wrinkles on their foreheads
and getting old too soon.
Incidentally, the country as a whole might get some
rest also.
Those brain trusters and home-town knockers who are
jealous men, haughty men, and those who think they are
great men, are working too hard. They should be forced to
rest, but what would we without them ?
Juneau Outdrinks
Ketchikan Biblers
Residents of Ketchikan who disa
gree with those bluenoses charging
that this city is the hell-hole of Al
aska, a second Port Said or some
other similar epithet, may find en
couragement in the report of the
Territorial liquor board, released in
Juneau recently, says the Juneau
Alaska Press .
The report shows that Juneau—
not Ketchikan—drew the largest
amount of revenue paid to incor
porated cities, as provided under
the act creating the liquor board
Ketchikan, however, was second,
Anchorage third, Fairbanks fourth
and Cordova fifth
Juneau received income amount
ing to $6,111 70 Ketchikan’s rev;
enue totals $5,412 65, a difference of
$609 05 Ketchikan’s income, plus
that of Eagle, Klawock and Douglas
totals only $6,013. 09 an amount of
$98 61 below Juneau's figure
This revenue is derived from
taxes on beer, liquor and wine col
lected by the Territorial liquor
board up to January 1, its report
shows Of this amount $32,853 78
was distributed to cities on a per
centage basis
The excise tax paid to the Terri
tory represents settlements on the
invoice value of the liquor coming
into Alaska of $1,079’275 On the
basis of Alaska's population at the
last census, each man, woman and i
child in the Territory expended |
$18 23 for beer, wine or hard drink.
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