PROFESSOR SCOTT NEARING’S VIEW
EXECUTIV7 HEAD OF PEOPLES
ORGANIZATION OUTLINES CLEAR
ING HOUSE FOR DEMOCRACY.
Declaring that it is the business
of the Peeples Council of America to
•'establish a conanon meeting ground,
-a, clear house for the liberal and radi
cal elements in American life,” and to
“construct channels through which
peoples of the world may make com
mon cause against depotism,” Scot
Nearing, newly elected chairman of
the executive committee of the coun
cil issued a statement in which he
challenges the motives of those who
have citicised the course and the plat
form of the council movement.
The statement is a personal utter
ance upon the part of Dr. Nearing,
setting forth his reason for accepting
the chairmanship of the committee
and for devoting his entire time to the
work of the council.
Dr. Nearing says:
“Speaking flar myself, I may say
that I have accepted. Che chairmanship
of the executive committee of the Peo
ple’s Council because the position
seems to offer an unusual opportunity
lo work for liberty, justice and democ
racy. I am aware of (Che difficulties
and dangers that beset us. I am
equally aware of the fact that we rep
resent tlie ideas and ideals of millions
of American men and women, who
look to us for statesmanlike leader
ship.
“The People’s Council has played an
important part in the world crisis.
1 “We have advocated an early and
democratic peace. The leading states
men of Kngland, France, Russia and
the United States are now unanimous!
on that point.
2 “We urged that the United States
issue a statement of peace terms. The
President has made such a statement
in his reply to the pope.
3 "We have insisted that the world
cannot be a safe living place for the.
human race until politics nrd it lr. try
are democratized Nothing could be
more emphatic than the rope'tea dec
larations of the allies, and in parti
cular President Wilson, that this war
has as its object the establishment of
world wide democracy.
Council Influences Government
"Some of the chief items of our
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ed into government policy, and we
confidently expect that in the near fu
ture more will be done in that direc
tion.
"Wo are Americans, and we stand
for the best and truest things in Amer
ican life.
‘‘We have demanded freedom of con
science and the right of free speech,
iiee assemblage and the free press.
We have called upon Congress to save
the people from the food gamblers,
and, despite the obstacles which some
of their number put in the way of the
government, that work has begun.
“W|e believe that wealth should pay
fo rthe war. What percentage of the
American people believe otherwise?
We demand in the name of liberty
and justice, that the authorities check
Industrial tyranny. What could be
more in accord with the spirit of
America?
‘‘The People’s Council has lived its
life and done its work in the open.
It has nothing to conceal The charges
of ‘disloyalty’, ‘un-Americanism’ and
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pro-Germanism’ that have been made
against us are un-warranted, and in
many cases deliberately false.
"Our books are open. We have in
vited tho Department of Justice to
: visit our offices, to examine our rec
ords, and to acquaint itself fniiv --n,
our activities. We represent neither
Germany nor the Germans, but a very
large number of Americans—men and
women in every walk of life, who have
united their efforts in the interests of
democracy and peace.
Why is Council Persecuted?
“Sensational charges have been
made against us. Where is the evi
dence? If the charges had been true,
do you think that tho Department of
Justice would have delayed so long?
A great, many hard names have been
; called. Who called thorn? Why?
"We have not been denounced by
labor unions, granges Socialist locals
or other organizations that represent
the common people of America. Pass
over the villification and abuse; ignore
the ridicule; look behind the misre
presentation, and you will find that
the People's Council has advocated
certain measures and has done certain
[things that are extremely distasteful
| to the reactionary element in Amer
ican public life.
j "We do not expect tl vested in
U"(:ts to champion our course; we
i did not anticipate that tho masters of
special privilog* would he attracted by
I our program. V.'e are a Iv, ;>le's Coun
cil, and as such we have every reason
to believe that the forces that are of
fered to popular government in the
l nited States would oppose us in our
work by every means within their
memory.
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“The source and the character of
the opposition which we have enooun
ered mere emphisize the importance
of the long, hard struggle for liberty,
justice and democracy that lies before
us. The forces of reaction are well
organized and linked closely together.
The forces of progress have quarreled
on minor points, and some times failed
to unite their efforts on the point
where agreement was possible. It is
the business of the People’s Council
to find those points of probable agree
ment and thus to establish a common
meeting ground, a clearing house for
the liberal and radical elements in
American life. We must go further
and by co-operating with similar move
ments in other countries—notably in
England and in Russia.—we must con
struct the channels through which the
peoples of the world may make com
mon cause against despotism, while
they federate the common world pur
pose of an equal opportunity for life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
"The situation is critical Forward
looking people must get together. We
feel that the People's Council offers
the greatest possibilities for such a
democratic movement, and we call up
on all individuals and all organizations
with undulled courage and re
newed faith in the people, to join us
in this common enterprise.”
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NOTICE OP APPLICATION FOR
PATENT. NO. 0331.
In the United States Land Office at
Nome. Alaska, March 1, 1918.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that DAN CONNOLLY, a citizen of
the United States, whos.e post office
address is Nome, Alaska, has made
application for a United States Pat
ent for placer mining claim known
as No. 10 ABOVE ON DRY CREEK,
PLACER, in the Cape Nome Mining
and Recording District, Territory of
Alaska, Second Division, being Min
eral Survey No. 1226, which said pla
cer mining claim is more fully des
cribed as to metes and bounds by the
official plat and by the field notes
of survey thereof now on file in the
office of the Register of the United
States Land Office ,at Nome, Alaska,
with magnetic variation 20 deg.
00 min. to 20 deg. 10 min. E., as
follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical
with N. E. location corner and with
Cor. No. 4 Sur. No. 719, left fork
of Dexter creek, placer, a fir post
4 ins. sq. in earth mound, scribed
4-719 and 1-1226 10 A. whence U.
S. L. M. No. 4 bears N. 32 deg.
12 min. E. 6930 ft; thenda S. 7
deg. 00 min. W. 373.40 ft. to Con.
No. 2, identical with location cor.
and with Cor. No. 4, Sur. No. 1214,
Last Reaort Bench, placer; thence
S. 4 deg. 37 min. W. 849.40 ft to
Cor. No. 3, identical with location
car.; thence N. 81 deg. 48 min.
W. 485.70 ft. to Cor. No. 4; thence
N. 3 deg. 08 min. W. 1268.00 ft.
to Cor. No. 5, identical with loca
tion cor. and with Cor. No. 3 Sur.
719, No. 3 Left Fork Dexter creek;
thence S. 79 deg. 54 min. E. 674.80
ft. to Cor. No. 1 and place of
beginning. Total area No. 10 above
on Dry Creek placer, 16.217 acres;
area in conflict with Sur. 1214,
Last Resort Bench Placer, 0.2091
acres, which is not excluded.
The foregoing claim is situated,
on the divide at the head of Dry
creek, about five miles Northeast
erly from the town of Nome, in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct,
aforesaid; U. S. L. M. No. 4, to
which this claim is tied is a lime
stone block about 4 x 6 ft. 6 ft.
high chiseled IT. S. L. M. No. 4 on
top surface with cross cut on same
and is situated on South or right
bank of Dexter creek about 140 ft.
South of same and about 1,000 ft.
Westerly from the mouth of Joe.
Gulch, in Lat- 64 deg. 35 min. N.
Longitude 165 deg. 19 min. W.
The adjoining claims are, on the
North Sur. No. 719. No. 3 LeftN
Fork Dexter creek; on the South
No. 9 above Discovery on Dry
creek, unsurveyed; on the East Sur.
No. 1214, Danielson claiment and
other unsurveyed cliams; on the
West, unsurveyed claims, claimants
unknown. Location notice of saicl
claim is recorded in Volume 14.
Page 121, records of Cape Norat*
RecoTding District, Second Division,
Alaska.
TifOS. McGANN,
Register.
Date of first pub. March 9, 1918,
Date of last pub. May 9, 1918.
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