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WHAT DO THEY STAND ON?
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The several candidates now
coming before the public asking
tavor of election to office have in
some cases expressed the prin- |
ciples which they will make ef- (
fort to uphold or the benefit j
which they expect to give to the
people of Alaska through their
election. Some of the candidates |
have no platform—have ennuu- |
ciated no principles by which to
guage their sincerity or standard i
v hereby their several abilities ,
might be measured. They want J
ejection—perhaps like old man j
Shephard of Juneau who, when>
asked why he was running for)
tile legislature, declared, “I need
the $900 salary it pays.” The can
didates may rest assured, that it
is more than a mere desire for
salaries that is going to elect
them to office.
There are men in both party
line-ups who are worthy of sup
port. Under the primary law. the
voter may not crisscross his
ballot by voting for a Democrat
and a Republican. He must call
for one party ballot, and under
file law is supposed to vote for
the party preference in the gen
eral election.
The Primary Law
We are against the repeal of
the primary law. Poor as it
might be—fail as it might have
to eliminate flaws in the elec
tion system, it is so far superior
to the old convention system
where proxies were bought and
sold like so many hogs, that we
cannot agree to support any
candidate who desires the repeal
of this law. This repeal of the
law is an issue—it might not be
in the platform of the Demo
cratic party and certainly the
Republicans have made no men-'
tion of it, but beneath the upper
currents of the directing policies
of both parties, is a grim deter
mination to repeal this law. The
records of the last legislature
shows "this; the Democratic con
vention at Petersburg shows this,
the Republican Campaign Club
which met in Ketchikan shows it
and the statement released to
the Seattle press btf Alaska poli
ticians indicate the verity of the
charge that the attempt will be
made to repeal this law.
If you are a Democrat, if you
are a Republican, ascertain from
your candidates who are opposed
to its repeal and then give them
your every support. If you elect
men whose intent is to throw
you into the power of political
racketeers and gangsters and
they do it through repeal of this
law, it will be your own fault for
never will you be able to regain
control of territorial affairs. The
repeal is but the child of the
federalists who wish to retain
every measure of control possible
ever territorial affairs.
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ELECTIVE OFFICERS
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For several years the liberals
of Alaska fought for a Board of
Control to control the strictly
territory affairs. Each session
they were defeated by a combin
ation of reactionaries with the
more vicious type of weak-kneed
politician who voted as ordered
because of financial obligations.
After several years of effort the
office of Commissioner of Edu
cation, the Territorial Auditor
and the Treasurer were made
Elective. At the last legislatuie
attempt was made to abolish the
office of Auditor and Senator i
Shattuck introduced a bill which
would have abolished the elee-|
tion of the Commissioner of
Education and placed the ap
pointive power in the hands of
the federal governor with a
“non-partizan” board.
In the past, so long as the
Commissioner was the willing
tool of the federal combination!
of carpetbaggers with political!
chameleon Dem o- Republicans, I
appointed by a board of senators
;md the governor and so long as
lie followed the orders of the
political high binders, the office
v\as “not in politics.” Just as
soon as the office was made
elective and the Commissioner
made independent of the orders
of the buric rats and political
plunderbund, the office “was in
politics.”
If it is wrong to elect a com
missioner of Education it is also
v rong to elect an Auditor; it
must be wrong to elect a Trea
surer and if it is wrong to have
such offices elective, then it must
be wrong to elect the delegate to
Congress.
Why bother with any elections
from delegate to Congress down
to the city councils—why not
have the federal political gods
appoint all these offices and take
the expense and trouble away
from the people? The principle
of electing the auditor, school
commissioner, treasurer, dele
gate is not one bit different than
electing our territorial legisla
ture, our city mayors and coun
cils.
We are opposed to continued
domination of territorial affairs
by federal bureaus, appointees
and combinations of the both
with Tory citizens who invariab
ly betray the good interests of
the territory in order that their
pocketbooks might be fattened
out.
There are Republicans who
oppose this attempted divorce of
Territorial control over territori
al affairs—the same is true of
Democrats. There are others—
both Democrat and Republican
who would not hesitate to sell
their territory for a paltry song.
Such men would sell out their
own birthrights for a mess of
pottage; such men would sell out
their own grandmothers. They
should be sent into the political
limbo which in common lan
guage is expressed much more
briefly and tersely. We do not
ineed to repeat it. All Alaskam
know it.
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OUR SENTIMENTS
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“I believe that as long as busi
ness recognizes and fulfills its
political and economic obliga
tions it is entitled to its own
measure of self-government in
stead of bureaucratic control
superimposed upon it. Can any
one say that business enjoys th.s
right today, when, in addition to
the revenue department with its
innumerable inspectors and ac
countants, there are at least
forty other federal departments
and bureaus—not to mention
congressional investigations --
which are continually injecting
themselves into the counting
room and the business office,
rarely in a helpful way and nev
er in a helpful spirit?”—Govern
or Albert S. Ritchie.
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EDUCATION—WIIAT IS IT?
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Recently the University o f
Washington Daily presented a
list of ten questions to 90 stu
dents of the U. All flunked with
an average of 48 per cent. The
same questionaire was presented
the students of the Indian Bu
reau School at Kake by Mr. E. L.
Keithahn, principal teacher, the
results of which he quotes below:
“Just out of curiosity, I gave
Uie attached quiz to members of
tne 8th, 9th and 10th grades
with absolutely no chance for
warning and preparation. The
8th grade averaged 33 with a
range from 10 to 60; the 9tli
grade averaged 40 and the 10t.h
grade 70 per cent. Twenty-five
per cent of the students taking
the test passed and the high
grade was 80 per cent.
“As you know, they take no
papers at home. The boy getting
£0 per cent, Ronald Bean, sub
scribes to “The Pathfinder.” Ws
have daily Current Events Class
lo which I furnish the Empire,'
Daily Olympian, Sunday Times,
The Alaskan and Pathfinder.
Every question was answered
correctly by someone.
“I thought this was interest-!
ing since the 90 University stu
dents all flunked with an aver
age of only 48 per cent and they
had a handicap of 10 per cent
ever the Kake students in being
asked the mayor of their own
city.”
The following is the list pre
pared by the University of Wash
ington Daily:
Who are Grandhi and Gand
hi?
Who is the outstanding Demo
cratic candidate for President9
Who is Vice-president of the
United States?
Who is the Prime Minister of
England?
When is the next Presidential
Election?
j Who is Pierre Laval?
Who is the political leader of
Russia?
Where is Manchuria?
Who is the Mayor of Seattle?
Who is the Mayor of Chicago?
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MAKING MORE
RESERVATIONS
On another column we print
our reply to a letter addressed
to this publication by John M.
ETolzworth, of the National As
sociation of Wild Life Conserva
tionists, New York. He addressed
a six-page letter to us touching
on his reasons for desiring the
icservating of Chichagof, Ad
miralty and Baranof Islands as
brown bear preserves.
We will not argue the point
as to whether or not the grizzlies
and brownies are vicious, or
whether the pulp mill projects
threaten the extinction of these
harmless pets of Holzworth. Or
whether or not such reservations
would entice tourists to come to
Alaska and spend more time
and money here.
We are interested in develop
ing our own country in our way
without the interference of any
conservationists, federal bureau
or “sports” men associations.
From the southern boundary of
Alaska to Point Barrow our
, waters are a mass of reserva
tions under the control of the
Bureau of Fisheries to the point
where it is now virtually a crime
for a fishermen to attempt to go
out to make a living. The lard
areas are under the forest
department which department
now declares that every citizen
taking any wood out of the rot
ting forests must pay in stump
age at the rate of 50 cents per
thousand feet—whilst it would
give billions of feet away to any
(combination that would promise
j to build pulp mills in Alaska; we
have game reservations where
we may not shoot bird or game
of any kind; we have land re
I servations under the agricultural
department which will allow re
sidents to take up five-acre
| tracts in some god-for-saken old
il'ole whilst it would forbid him
taking up the legally alloted 160
acres for fear that the home
steader might get hold of a
couple of thousand feet of mer
chantable timber; we have In
dian reservations where the
courts .of Alaska refuse to per
mit the enforcement of govern
ing laws and which refuses to
permit their legal incorporation
into second class cities; we have
Indan reservations where no
white man may fish, where no
white man may take up resi
dence or homesteads—and in a
few years such reservations will
I be so plastered about the coun
try that it will make the head
j of the average citizen swim. We
(have national parks which now
take up several hundred thou
sand acres of land in which
(Alaskans may not take up resi
dence by homesteading or pros
pecting for minerals or take
timber therefrom.
We have “57 varieties” of bu
reaus interested in self-perpetu
ation at the expense of the
territory and its resources and
little buric rats, bloated with the
importance of their small-sal
aried positions, make life in
tolerable for self-supporting,
self-sustaining, self-respecting
citizens of Alaska. We have
enough reservations, inhibitions
end prohibitions to satisfy the
severest proponent of the reser
vation system—and the parcell
ing out of fishery reservations to
the favored corporations has j
been to the hurt of residents. j
When Alaskans want any
more reservations, they will not
need to go to New York to have
Mr. Holzworth champion their
cause. They will make their
pleadings to Congress directly
through their duly represented
spokesman—the Delegate in
Congress. Any person, not a re
sident of the Territory to foist
ing on the country rules, regu
lations and laws for the govern
ment of the Territory, is pre
sumptions and impertinent,
without respect of Alaska citi
zen:^ cr conditi.ns in the terri
tory.
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SPORTS
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To shoot a brown bear or aiw
ether animal in the woods, from
a distance of 100 yards and up
with special highpower guns and
ammunition is hardly what any
one can call sport. It is just as
sporting to shoot a cow or a bull
in somebodies back yard under
the same kind of conditions.
Our idea of a sport is the fel
low who will give his opponent
a fifty-fifty break. The so-called
big game sports who come to this
country must needs have the
government cut trails for them;
their guides to pack their tents,
blankets and supplies for them;
show them where to climb and
bunt and oft times, even shoot
the game for them. Sports!
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ALASKA ON THE OUTSIDE
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Paul G. Redington, Chief of
the U. S. Biological Survey re
cently advised Alaskans that
Secretary Arthur M. Hyde, De
partment of Agriculture, is in
such close touch with the Alaska
game conditions through H. W.
Tcrhune, executive officer of the
Alaska Game Commission, that
there is no need for including
the Territory in one of the re
regions to be created.
The Secretary of Agriculture
has divided the States into 10
regions and he has asked game
conservation officials to submit
the names of three persons for
membership on the new board
lout of each list submitted the
j Secretary will appoint one for
'membership and in addition the
I Secretary will name five mem
bers from the country at large
giving the membership greater
functioning powers in an advis
ory capacity in the administra
tion of migratory wild fowl re
. sources.
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HOOVER SHOULD BE
REELECTED DECLARES FORD
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Henry Ford favors reelection
of President Hoover, opposes re •
peal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment and urges a return to “old
fashioned banking methods.”
In an interview following the
revelation that he is staking
millions on new models in the
belief that the country is ready
to buy real values, Ford makes
these frank declarations:
Hoover should be reelected “to
capitalize on the experience of
his first four years in the White
House.”
Prohibition Necessity
“Prohibition is a necessity of
the industrial age” and must
and will be maintained.
Ford urged Hoover’s reelection
“because he has done a first
class job, and as the result of his
experience he ought to be of
real service to ‘the country.”
“It takes a man four years to
become thoroughly familiar with
such a job as being President,”
Ford said, “and there is every
reason to believe, as a result of
that experience, that he would
do a better job in the next four
years.”
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MOSES SAYS HOOVER’S
STRENGTH IS GROWING
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Senator George H. Moses, Re
publican, issued a statement in
which he visualized President
Hoover’s prospects of reelection
as “infinitely stronger” because
of his economic program.
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