JUNEAU, ALASKA, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1916
SENATOR SULZER
OH, MY
That’s the man, the gentleman who
is so sure of winning the Congres
sional race. There is no question
about his success yet he holds a
Senatorial seat in the Territorial
Legislature to which he hangs with
the tenacity of a bull dog.
The Congressional Delegate’s new
term begins at the expiration of the
present Congress which terminates
on the 4th of next March. The Al
aska legislature meets also, in March
1917 and the First Division will be
without its quota of representation,
provided by law, unless Mr. Sulzer,
(if elected in November) really in
tends to defy all precedent and par
ticipate actively in the Territorial
Legislature while serving a constit
uency in the National Congress.
A Representative in the National
Congress begins his term of ser
vice from the moment the Congress
to which his predecessor has been
elected adjourns.
The idea that a Congressional
Delegate’s duties begin and end in
Washington is absurd. He does not
take his law making oath until he
goes to Washington at which time
he is duly sworn on the morning Con
gress assembles but he is the rep
resentative from the expiration of
his predecessor’s term.
The local press would palliate such
conduct by throwing out the impres
sion that holding two offices is
alright but it’s all wrong.
This man Sulzer has offended all
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TERRITORY
MUCH MONEY
NEXT MARC
Appelate Court Has Affirmed ax
Cases of Fisheries and Mines
For Territory
MUCH BACK TAXES ARE
NOW OWING TO ALASKA
Estimated That There Will be Near
ly a Million in the Treasury by
the Time the Legislature Meets
Next March—Other Notes
■*$•■ ■*$*• ■*$•■
■*$*
* Alasl:^ has money to burn. *
►> A private telegram received ♦>
*> yesterday announced that the <+
Appellate Court has affirmed <+
<+ the Territory in its conten- <+
<+ tions for taxes from the fish- <*
& ing and mining interests. <*
& There is now $215,000 in the <+
<* Territorial Treasury, and with
<+ an additional $250,000 or more
<+ that will be received in back
<* taxes, due to the favorable *>
decision, the total will reach
<* three quarters of a million by <*
* the time the Legislature con- <*
* venes next March.
■*3* *$**J*
All of the cases taken up by John
Cobb, appointed attorney general for
the Territory by Governor Strong,
have been affirmed, according to the
telegram received yesterday.
An agreement was entered into
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