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I‘LAIN POLITICS.
Tlio announcement that Mr. Sul
zer the democratic candidate for De
legate to Congress will soon arrive
and the publication of a communi
cation from Judge Wiekersham to
the Nome Chamber of Commerce
that he is in the field to succeed
himself, cannot fail to call attention
to the fact might otherwise be over
looked, that this is election year.
The politicians are now after the
votes of the people and this year's
crop of promises will be exception
ally large.
Attention may now reasonably bo
directed to the position of Delegate
Congress and the functions attached
to that position.
In point of fact it would be diffi
cult to imagine any position which
is really more helpless and more ab
ject. The elected of the people, the
delegate lias neither vote nor any
real power. For in a body where
the votes are what count, the man
without a vote can be safely ignor
ed where the other fellow must be
catered to.
With a reasonable amount of di
ligence, with a considerable amount
of noise however, the man who fills
the position of delegate will be able
to make a fairly decent appearance
and could persuade the people to ac
cept the genial humbug that he has
accomplished somewhat.
The abiding confidence of the
people of Alaska in their represen
tatiev in Congress has been one of
their most charming attributes, and
that they will rouse themselves to
this reason to some degree of en
thusiasm for the candidates who
are seeking the position may be as
sinned as comparatively certain.
There is no good reason why
the Alaska delegate should have
no vote. He is elected by the peo
ple to represent them. Those who
send him to Congress are American
citizens—many of them doing a
whole lot towards adding to ths
greatness and the development 01
the nation.
But these things are not regulat
ed by reason. They are regulated
by precedent. Because they ap
peared good to the fathers before
the sons took office, precedent has
been established and they must, be
good also to the sons. Condition-,,
once established, come to have the
appearance of being right because
they are, and one German philo
sopher put this in an aphorism to the
effect that “whatever is, is right”.
The people of Alaska accept this
condition as if they had nothing
whatever to do in altering it, and
the system proceeds without change |
and without disaaproval if only be
en uee no one troubles about it.
It does seem strange that an Am
erican citizen by coming to Alaska
loses all say in the election of tl.e'
nation’s officials. He cannot vote
for bis choice for President and he
has r.o control over the officials who ^
wi.l govern him. While represen
tative government is theoretically
supposed to be the very foundation
of his national life, it is not for
him, and he is denied as much
power in saying who shall control
and govern him as the subjects of'
Canada in the Yukon Territory. j
We have never heard anyone sug
gest a reason for denying American j
citizens all political freedom in ter- !
ritories, yet inasmuch as it is an
accepted condition and there is no
kick about it, the people must ap- .
prove it. The voice of the people !
in a territory is not the voice of
God, merely an echo, as in Nome
from time to time, a very faint echo
and much interfered with by terre- ;
stial sound waves. i
There is no good reason why any- i
one should be excited over this ele> j
tion. The delegate can accompUth ,
nothing. Mere talk cannot do very j
much and we are not going to be <
led Into the belief that by bally- ]
ragging the committees in Congress t
, you can persuade them to do any
thing that the interests who are
just as vociferous do not want them
to do.
Now take Mr. Sulzer. Doubtless
Mr. Sulzer is an excellent man. He
may have within him latent abili
ties which one day will astonish the
world. He may be one of those
startling political geniuses who
I eventually will make history. This
j is not a prophecy, but a subjunc
(tive suggestion as within the
, bounds of possibilities, if he is to
; Persuade the people of Alaska of his
efficiency he must be able to persu
! ade them that he can do far more
I than he can possibly accomplish
and in the bright lexicon of his
youthful aspirations there must be
no such word as fail. There has not
been in VVickersham’s. There never
yet was a Wickersham supporter
who didn't believe that he could ac
complish more than Joshua anti
make the sun stand still if he had
a mind to. And Mr. Wickersham
has done nothing to disabuse hib
followers of this rather exaggerateu
idea of his prowess. On the con
trary he has heightened it by com
munications to all and sundry—to
the Nome Chamber of Commerce
and the Alaska Pioneers and by the
liberal use of the mails by reason
of his franking privilege.
It is against these obvious ad j
vantages of position that Sulzer has
to struggle. He has the rather un- J
edifying job of out-lieroding Herod,
otherwise he may as well give up!
the task.
Sulzer has no franking privilege |
and unless he can perform in his
campaign feats as wonderful as
Wickersham performs through the
mails, he is not likely to have ever
any such privilege.
Wo judge that he will not be"
lacking In promises and that he wilt j
he able to assure the people that
what Wickersham could do or has
done, .he also can do only a whole
lot better. Nor must he be con
tent with mere statements, asser
jtbsns and allegations, he must be u
a position to prove it. That he is not
a lawyer will for this reason make
| his task somewhat difficult. But
he can surfcl.v obtain legal assist
ance and there was seldom a time
, when in this art, if you like to
call it that, the democratic politici
an was not as adept as the man
from some other party. There is no
candidate going to come before the
people and tell them that he might
promise them a whole lot which
never could be done; that he has
no power in Congress; that he can
not vote even in favor of his own
measure; that as the representative
of the people of Alaska he is politi
cally emasculated and has to wait
and accept such favors as come his
way. No politician dare speak the
truth, because they wouldn’t elect
him if he did and they wouldn’t
believe him any way.
On the contrary it is a competi
tion between them to persuade the
people that they can do anything
any other Congress man can do in
stead of being as they really are
advisers of Congress and there to
give their counsel when and where
Congress shall determine.
Delegate Wickersham has in this
race, as suggested, obvious advant
ages. He is there and if there are
any horses to be ridden he can be
the man on horse back.
He -can get off fireworks ot
a very attractive and interesting na
ture before the committee hearings,
he can introduce bills and mall co
pies to his admirers and supporters,
he can ship seeds to the farmers ot
Seward Peninsula and lie can con
tinue his campaign speeches in the
Congressional Record and ship them
in bulk through the mails while his
opponent is put to the expense of
hiring halls and finding that except
the Juneau Empire is at hand, the
newspapers will merely give a brief
'eport of his eloquence.
i
Consequently a good deal af sym
pathy is felt for Sulzer. He Is up
against a dead hard game and un
less he is an adept he is likely to
fall by the wayside. This is not said
by way of discouragement. It is on
the contrary said with the best in
tention in the world. And it is sug
gested to Sulzer that it is not essen
tial that you fool all the people all
the time, in politics if you can fool
a majority during election time
you have mastered the art.
We dont want to be charged with
unduly boosting Judge Wickersharo,
but we do believe that he has mast
ered the art. Yet what one man
has done, nay what many ha.e
done, there is no reason why Mr.
Sulzer should not do the same
thing. The process is not so un
pleasant. He will find a large
numbei willing and anxious to oe
humbugged. They will welcome his
advent with open arms and eager
jy drink in the dope he hands
around. To a good many the
Wickersham brand has cloyed,
These are more than eager to ac
cept the brand that, will reach them
through democratic hands. And if
he can only get a majority to follow
him where hitherto they have been
the willing servitors of Wickersham, |
that will suffice. All that is needed j
is a majority.
Some fine day there will be text I
book published on the art of peda
ling the political bull. For it is an
art—a fine art. Such a text book
would be of infinite usefulness to
the young and aspiring politician.
It is not always easy to acquire it
j first hand although there have been
peddlers who were like poets born
land not made. In the meantime a
| man who engages in politics has to
j get along the best he can. Possibly
if some of the unterrlfied faithful
direct his attention to this article
he may discover some valuable sug
gestion therein. At least it is writ
ten with the best possible inten
tion.
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