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Official City Paper
L. 8. KELLER, PUBLISHER
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LET THEM STAY OUT
Because Tb? Alaskan took occasion
to mentioa the fact that the represen
tation which Juoeau seat to the reoeat
Republican convention was composed
of Democrats and represented the In
terests of the Treadwell and Persever
ence mines the Juneau Dispatch ad
monUhingly says to this paper:
"We do not understand why the
Skagway Alaskan wishes to insult
many of the good citizens of this sec
tion by a continued attack upon the
large industries of this section.
Neither the Treadwell or Persever
ance companies are interested locally
In politics.
"We hope that never again will tbe
Dlspitch be forced to call the attention
of our neighboring press to these unfair
tactics."
Things have come to a sorry pass,
indeed, If a Republican newspaper can
not criticise the rape of a Republican
convention by corporations who
use Democrats to create discord in its
proceedings. How is it that the loudest
mouthed bomb burler in the convention
was one who is employed by the Tread
well company? By what strange line
of retsoning did it come about that the
most pronounced wire pullers in the
recent deliberations were undes the
tutelage of the two mining corpora
tions? Was it because they were not
la politics? The best manner to be
adopted by tbe mining companies, if
they do not desire to do all their min
ing in the newspapers like Colonel
Sutherland, "who has large mining
Interests in Alaska," is to pay more
attention to the creation of dividends
for their stockholders and less to hur
rahing for the mal-adminlstration of
Governor Hoggatt.
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The Juneau Daily Record, the paper
that baa torn its ahirt clear up to the
neck defending Governor Hbfcgatt from
Imaginary attacks, publishes the fol
lowing dispatch from Fairbanks with
exultant joy:
Judge James Wlckersham, In a signed
statement In one of the local papers,
has come out with the admission that
his resignation was forced by the loss
of Governor Hoggati's friendship. He
: states shat certain admissions he made
In a case In Juneiu were antagonistic
to the friends of Hoggatt and that this
! resulted in Hoggatt turning against
j him.
j All we have to say Is that if Judge
Wlckersham made that statement it is
terrible? if it is true, it Is damnable.?
Douglas News.
Yet much of the sympathy that has
gone to Judge Wlckersham heretofore
will be taken frorp blm when his side
i of the case U read. When Governor
Hoggatt went to WIchersham and
asked him to pollute his office; to disre
gard his oath to faithfully and impar
tially disobarge the duties he had
sworn to, it was the province o I Judge
Wickersbam, and honest men would
expect it of him, to forthwith punish
Hoggatt for contempt. He certainly
merited it much more than Louis K.
Pratt, who has lately been the recip
ient of several fines by Wickersham.
Looking at it in a charitable light,
Judge Wlckersham acted cowardly In
not metiog out to Hoggatt what he so
richly merited. The time for him to
1 act was when the outrage was first
broached to him and not wait and cry
over it after be saw lie had lost the
friendship of the man who had made
an effort to have him commit a crime,
ALASKA FORJOljE RULE
The Republican convention of Alaska
left no further grounds for the contcn
tlon that tho real Alaskans are not
favorable to the creation of a territorial
government. On the contrary, It went
on record, in the strongest and most
unmlstak..b!o terms, in the demand
that the benefits of the ordlnanoe of
1787, the basis of every law for t^e gov
ernment of the or/aalzeJ territories of
the United Sta'es, be extended to Alas
ka, "in order tbat the people mty have
a voice in tbelr own affairs."
The ordinance of 1787 was passed by
the continental congress for the gov
ernment Of the Northwest territory,
ceded to the federal government by
Virginia in 1784. The distinctive fea
tures of tbat ordlnano which has been
followed in the organization of ever.v
single territory acquired since the
foundation of the government, with the
note exception of Alaskn, was In sec
tion 9, which prescribed that "so
soon as thero shall bo five thousand
free male inhabitants of full age In the
district, upou giving proof thereof to
the government they shall recalve full
authority, with time' and place, to elect
representatives fr^m thoir counties or
townships to represent them In the gen
eral assembly."
L:c?l s'lf-goveroment for every ter
ritory his been a bas'c principle since
'the first territory outsi to of the borders
of any of the original states was acquir
ed by tbe federal government, a prin
ciple which ha? been extended to Ha
waii, to Porto Rico, and more recently
to the Philippines. Alaska remains
tbe one and oJy territory of the
United States which his been denied
that which has been freely conceded
to every other like terrl:ory for 120
years, under a principle established
before tbe constitution of the
United States was adopted, and bevor
since departed from save in the one
instance.
The representatives of tho Republi
can partv In the territory, by an over
whelming majority, have reaffirmed
that principle and demanded In the
most striking way that it be applied to
tbe terri^ry in which thay reside.
The opposition has shrunk to nothing
new. The representatives of the fed
eral officials and outside corporations,
who aiono oppose the granting of
self-goverom ;nt to the territory, find
ing themselves' In a petty and hope
less minority, withdrew from the eon
ventlon to aave their faoei.
The afrud wbloh has been taken In
oohgress by D&legcte Cale was approved
by the convention In the moat direct
terms; and the hearty support of the
convention pledged to him. On the
one side stands the peoplv of the terri
tory, speaking through a regularly
elected convention and through a reg
ularly elected delegate to congress,
whose actions are-form?lly Indorsed
and approved. On the other side stands
the governor, a federal' official, ap
pointed by the federal executive. If
the principles of self-government are
to receive the slightest recognition at
the hands of congress aud of the ad
ministration, there is no opportunity
for choice between the conflicting
views on thfs subject. The one ques
tion Is whether the desires of the peo
ple or those of outside investors are
to govern in the matter of legislation
for the territory.? Post-Intelligencer.
SACRIFICING THE WOMEN
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The temperance question is taking
some queer angles just now. Here is
Jane Adams, of Chicago, a wise, help
ful and sympathetic worker among the
poor, the wretched and thecrimina1,
defending tho saloon under the existing
conditions of society, while Bonfort'e
Wine and Liquor Journal, an organ of
the liquor interests of the country, is
so alarmed at the prohibition sentiment
now sweeping many parts ot the coun
try that it reads the saloonkeepers a
scathing lecture and says it is the open
disregard of the law by so many of
them that has brought about thfs state
of affairs.
These views of editor and reformer
come out of personal experiences; from
a wise study of the temper of the times;
from careful observation of human na
ture with Its soul bared. Nothing of
this sort can be urged for the views
which Judge John R, Newcomer, of
the Harrison street police court, In Chi
cago, has just handed down from his
bench. They are raw, flabby and sen
timental. Worse than that, they are
?11 awry. * ? ' -
Judge Newcomer holds that marriage
is a cure for drunkenness; that a jour
ney to the probito cdUrt is bett?r than a
trip to the gold curs and adds -bat SO
to UO p.r cent of the drurkards arc
bachelors.
This is a nice, plausible sentiment.
It fills the ear well and doubtless It
ro'led out from Judge Newcomer lis
pres.-lvrly. Just now It seems to be
the functions Of a great many of
the judges to be professional reformers.
They must have a lot of theories on
the side to supplement the statutes pr,
lr> too man< cases, to thwart them.
The judicial faddist and sentimentalist
has taken the place of the jud cial hu
morist.
All the sympathy of the Newcomer
remedy goes to the man who drinks be
cause he is unmarried. What rot! He
drinks because he like* to dr'nk. Mat
rimony has no place in the equation. If
it did he would pull up now, grow
strong of purpose and firm of nerves,
und then, wh n he was sure of himself,
he would bunt up some good girl and
ask her to go through life with bim.
The man who will not refu: in before
be is married certainly will not do so,
humanly speaking, after. Before that
time he was on probation. Ho had to
show himself worthy of the girl he
loved and wished to marry. He had to
give her some pledge in a decent, well
ordered bachelor life that he would be
strong, loving, provident, chaste, tem
perate and manly as a husband
The danger of the sentiments of
Judge Newcomer lies In the Inflamma
ble romanticism of too many women
They believe It Is beroio to marry a
man to save him. Their haif-baked
noddles don't contain the idea that they
are more apt to lose themselves. It
all so swtet; so Laurajianlibbeyish;
just like a story.
The Newcomer idea is lopsided be
cause it ia nil for the man. A weak
spirited drunkard will be happy to shift
the burden of his reformation upon a
woman's shoulders; a scheming one
will welcome it as a chance to hava
some woman keep him in gin. But
wbat of the women who are to fight for
craven and lazy men and what of the
children who will come into this world
with the curse of drink upon them ?
The way to resume, us Salmon P.
Ctiase used to say, apropos of the money
question, is to resume. The way to
stop drunken: ess is to stop. And slop
alone. Then marriage can be consid
ered. Before that time it is a crimo
against women, children and the state.
The Wickershsm letter of resigna
tion was mad',* public in the News of
Tuesday. One of the prinoipal reasons
for the resignation is the enmity of
Governor Hoggatt. The letter says:
"At the recent term of court held at
Juneau, on special request of the attor
ney general, I had the misfortune to de
cide an important ca^e involving the
case of ? young lawyer in a way contra
ry to Governor Hoggati's views.
Thereupon the governor withdrew the
friendship which I rightly valued, and
criticised me, so that thj loss of his
confidence became publicly known.
Hit views were unjust and presump
tlous, but his opposition and his refusal
to support the court added greatly to
my burden."
President Roosevelt in reply to the
letter of resignation sajs the resigna
tion is a cepted v ith regret.? Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN
Have a new Born suit or overcoat
Get your orders in for Thanksgiving
and Xmas. You will make no mistake
when you leave your orders with the
American Tailors.
WOOD THAT WILL BURN
All kinds of stovewoad delivered on
short notice. General baggage and ex
press business.
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No. 10. 25I-U
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Steamers of This Company Leave
eiTY OF SEATTLE
December 4th - 18th January 3rd
HUMB0LDT
December 8th - 20th January 1st
Connecting with the Company's Steamers nt Seattle for
San Francisco, Southern California, Edrkka (Humboldt Bay) and
Mexico
ttf Above Schedule Subject to Change Without Notice.
FRANK H. STUART, Actinp Agent
Second and Broadway, Skaffway
Seattle Ticket Office, 113 James St.
C. D. DUNANN, General Passenger Agent,
10 Market Street, San Francis oo, Cal.
The White Pass &Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No- 18- "
(Daily Except Sunday.)
No. 1. N. Bound
lit OlftM.
8 30 a. m. Leaves
10 10 " "
10 50 " ?'
11 30 " "
1 10 p. m. "
3 25 Arrives
SKAGUAY
WHITE ;PA3S
LOG CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
White Horsx
Arrives
Leaves
v No. 2, 8. Bouse
lit OlMI
3 20 p. m.
1 46 "
12 45 ?'
12 06 "
10 30a. m. 1
8 20 "
Passenarera moat be at depots in time to have Baggage lnBycited and
checked. Inspection la stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train.
150 pounds of baggage will be checked free with eaoh full fare tlckei
and 75 pounds with aach half fare ticket.
I The Alaska Steamship Co,
Carrying D. S. Mall and Alaska Pacific Express
Next Sailing of the Fast Passenger Steamer
JEffERSON, Nov. 15, 21
rARALLON - - - -
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Transfers to Victoria and Vancouver Without Additional Charge
Through Tickets to San Francisco
K. A. CARROLL, Agent. Phone 06
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N^lwpcrtnQne^^ overcome Vprtpw
pergonal efforts v?>tXtKe assistance
oflhe one truly benejicial laxative
retncdy, by rup of Kg* an <1 Elixir efSoti IM,
ViKicK enables one to^orm regular
habits daily so that assistance to na
ture may be gradually dispensed w'iHi
\*Hen no longer needed astkebestof
remedies, when required, are to assisi
nature and not to supplant tke natur.
o) functions, vhich must depend ulti*
mately upon propev nourishment,
proper efforts, and right Iivin6 gentraliy.
To get its benejtcial cfjecTs, always
ouy the genuine
Svrupffigs^El uir?f Senna
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Carrying passengers and mail
Leaves Skagway Tuesdays,
Thursdays and
Saturdays
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Haines for Skagway
same days at 2 p. m.
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Round trir) $2.50
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W. W. BOOGHTON, Agent
Broadway and Fifth Ave. Phone 90
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Puikit Rouse
Foot of Sixth nvinui
Most, elegantly furnished house
in Alaska
Every modern convenience
Electric lights? Hot and cold
water? Telephones
Porcelain baths on every floor
Board and room by the dry wce^c
or month
Table supplied with cretm and
butter from our own Jersey
Dairy
mrs. fi. $. Pullen
Proprietress
William Hosklns
??Boot and Shoe Maker
Repairing promptly done with the best
material in the market -u
Ladies' and Children's Shoes Mended
Broad way Batwaanl 3rd aid 4th Atm
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Skagway to Atlin, White Horse, Big Salmon, Dswson and Intermediate Yukon River Po!nts.
The n?w placer camps in the Aiseksnd Kluane Mining Districts are reached only via White Horse.
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Winter Route Stage Service
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During the winter season, when navigation is closed, daily trains will continue running between
Ska;; way and White Horse. A through Mail, Passenger and Freight Service will be mftintaioed
by a Thoroughly Equipped Stage Line between White Horse and Dawson.
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Regular stages, carrying mail, express and passengers, leave White Horse for.Daweon and
intermediate points.
' For Conrad City, located in the heart of thenewly discovered and fabulously rich quartz camp
of the Windy Arm District, take our dally trains to Caribou.
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