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Pertinent Facts as to
Election for Delegate
(Edited by Chat. A. Derry)
That Tanana Reception—Strange Perversity of Demo
crats with Reference to Appointments to Office—They
Are Damned if They Do and Damned if They Don’t—
Wick’s Many Political “Flops”
Candidate Wlckersham recently de
livered a speech at Tanana, on the
Yukon rivor. and the hypnotized
Wlckersham organs announce that
he was "cheered to the echo." No*
it is at Tanana that Fort Gibbon » |
located, and it is not many yeirs |
since James Wicket-sham, then aele- j
gate in congress, fathered a propo- j
sKion to remove the mllltar* post
from Fort Gibbon to Fairbanks. So
there must surely have beon great
"enthusiasm" for the former delegate j
at that particular pol
The Wrong Ring
The naughty Democrats. according i
to the Wickers burnt press, insist that1
all territorial offices be filled by Dem
ocrats, and urges "excellent reasons"
for a “dona legislative ticket." And
the Ink Is hardly dry on the pen that
recent!' indited a screed which scored
I the democrats for t lie appointment of
Captain Finnegan to a military posi
tion in Cuvernor Higgs' office and of
Councilman Domett to be acting dis-j
Diet att>rncy at Nome, merely be
cause Ifc-y were said to be Repub
licans!
Of course no one expects consist
ency In tepublican politicians, but at
least they ought to credit the public
with lot.ger memories. There is lit
tle douf that if either President Wil
son or governor Riggs thinks the. na-j
tion's or the territory’s business can
better be transacted by a Republican
than « Democrat, a Republican will
be appointed. But generally It is
found that there is plenty of good
materi tl in the ranks of the majority
party. One of tho hypnotized news
papers has this very Interesting sug- \
gestlou
"It would not be advisable. In the
Interest* of economy and good gov
ernment In the territory, to have all
tlv offices filled by the ring's men,
a..d likewise have the ring In control
jf the legislature, because that situa
tion would defeat any effort made to
investigate any of these officers,
should the. occasion require such in
vestigation "
The "ring" spoken of is presumably
the Democratic ring, and not the
Wickersham ring Now that presents
a rather unique idea—elect a Repub
lican legislature to "investigate" the
Democratic officeholders!
Hut the citizens of Alaska have
other duties for their legislators to
perform than “investigations.” The
territorial officials are competent nnd
efficient, and their activities are duly
placed before the legislature semi
annually In the form of reports. All
of their duties are prescribed by law,
and if they have transgressed in any
manner it does not need an investi
gation to show It.
This new and undeveloped territory
has other duties than "investigations"
for its legislators to perform, in the
shape of constructive legislation look
iug to the future growth and prosper
ity of Alaska. This suggestion as to
the proposed activities of prospective
Republican legislators is carrying
partisanship to ridiculous extremes.
It will behoove voters therefore to
elect a legislature that will be in ac
cord with Governor Riggs and the na
tional administration if the best inter
!sts of the territory are to be served.
It appears that the particular office
holder to be Investigated is Attorney
General Grigsby, and he is accused of
indulging In political junketing trips
In the interest of the Democratic
'ring."
The Journey of the attorney gen
eral to Nome has been the source of
much worry to the Wickersham press,
rhey lose sight of the fact that the
last legislature made a specific ap
propriation for traveling expenses for
the attorney general, and that he is
expected to visit the various sections
of the territory in fulfilling the duties
of his office. Hut it is not the spend
ing of public money for traveling pur
poses that shocks the Wick organs so
much as the fact that opportunity Is
given to official to "carry on an in
cessant campaign in behalf of the
j ring." And it happens to be the
j wrong ring to suit the tastes of the
hypnotized ones.
Wick the Chameleon
Judge Wlckersham accuses Gov.
ernor Riggs with having been a Re
publican, and for proof of the allega
tion he points to the circumstance
that he. ns an engineer, was employed
b> the United States government dur
ing Republican administrations. Like
wise he accused Attorney General
Grlgsgy of having been a Republican,
and likewise for proof of the allega
tion he sots out the circumstance that
Mr. Grigsby held office under Repub
lican administrations, says the Juneau
Empire, which continues:
"Are we to believe from this that
Judge Wickershatn's understanding is
that ho Democrats are permitted to
serve the government when the Re
publican party is in power? Is that
his conception of the party with which
he claims to affiliate this year?
"And further, if Judge Wlckersham
thinks it a crime for one to change
his politics, what explanation has he
for his own many changes? Since he
began running for office in Alaska,
according to his own declarations
from time to time, he has been an in
dependent, a Progressive, a Wilson
Democrat, a Progressive Democrat, a
Democrat and a Republican lie has
professed to be most of these in a
single campaign. He has sought nom
inations at the hands of both the Dem
ocratic and Republican parties. He
has been willing to belong to any
party that would nominate him for of
fice.”
And It must not be forgotten by
those ardent Republicans who are now
supporting Wlckersham, and who are
prating about a Democratic "ring,"
that Wlckersham himself la essentially
a politician of the "machine" otripe.
He refused to go Into the Republican
convention two years ago for the sim
ple reason that he was not to be al
lowed to be its dictator; and his pol
icy In Alaska, as far as party politics
Is concerned, has been that he will
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either dominate the Republican party
or ignore it.
Leadville Relics
of By-Gone Days
LEADVILLE. Colo., Sept. 28.—The
table" where Josh Billings wrote his
story of mining camp life, the hotel
v.here "Texas Jack” died, and the,
gambling house where a millionaire
miner lost his fortune on the roulette
' heel are some of the places the pio
neers of this Colorado gold camp de
light to point out to visitors.
One of these landmarks is the Va
riety theater, where Charles Vivian,
founder of the Elks' lodge, enter
tained the gold miners of early days.
Vivian came to Leadville for the ben
efit of his health and was always sur- j
rcunded by a congenial crowd of the
camp's elite. When ho died here he |
was buried in the shadow of Mount
Mammoth, among the pines, and the j
funeral was pronounced the largest in j
the history of Leadville. His body
later was removed to the East.
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Smallest Jail
In Utah Holds
Single Prisoner
BINGHAM, Utah. Kept. zs This
mining camp, where the Utah Copper
company is cutting down a laige
mountain, is boasting that It hat the
smallest jail in the state, If not in
the West. It has Just been completed
at the office of (he deputy sheriff of
Salt Lake county, here, and has room
for one primmer, possibly two if they
remain standing.
It Is sometimes not convenient to
take prisoners to Salt Lake City for
Incarceration in the county Jail, so
the sheriff has had erected this tem
porary “calabooBe." It is made of
strips of Iron and alio vs ample vt n
tllatlon and light, nnd the prisoner al
ways is under observation of the
guard.
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Detruer samples, and hns a large se
lection at and $50. Look them
over early.
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