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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1919.
THE SIXTY-FOUR CONGRESS
No congress has ever faced graver
or more stupendous responsibilities
than those which confront the congress
which is now in sesion at Washington.
It is true, that the close of the Civil
War there were great problems to be
solved, but they pale into insignific
ance in comparison with that which
now demand solution. The same party
which was in power throughout the
Civil war was charged with the solu
tion of the problems of reconstruction.
There was no change of policy to pro
vide for. At the present time the situa
tion is quite the reverse and the prob
lems to be solved are world-wide in
character.
For the past six years the Demo
cratic party has been in power and, as
was to be expected of that party, it
lost no time in inaugurating a policy of
practical Free Trade, thus overturning
a system under and by means of
which, we had become great and
prosperous. To undo this action of the
party of Free-Trade and to re-enact an
adequate protective tariff is not the
least important of the tasks confront
ing the present confress. This one task
usually requires months of the most
strenuous activity on the part of the
congress.
The passage of the appropriation
bills, requiring as they do the most
careful and intelligent scrutiny, is
among the most important of the mat
ters which will engage the attention
of the congress. These matters should
have been receiving the attention of
the congress since the fifth of March.
There are people who mistakenly
think that the members of the party
now in power are blamable for the
failure to pass the appropriation bills
at this session, but such is not the
case. On the contrary they would
have been criminally negligent of their
duties had they allowed bills appro
priating billions of dollars to pass
without the most rigid scrutiny. The
fault lies elsewhere.
Altogether, the lot of our national
legislators for the next few months
will not be an enviable one. The task
are too many; the issues too grave.
Let us hope that those charged with
these tremendous responsibilities may
have the wisdom, the patriotism and
the strength to sucessfully solve the
problems presented .to them, for tlje
best interests of our beloved country.
BERGER’S DISGRACE
Not since Aaron Burr has the coun
try been afflicted with such a sinister
statesman as Victor Berger. Not that
the Wisconsin politician ever will fig
ure in history as prodigiously as the
slayer of Alexander Hamilton. Noth
ing romantic attaches to his treason
able adventures. He is as colorless
as the socialistic theories he made use
of to promote the cause of kaiserism
in the United States.
It was to be expected that Berger
would appear in the lower house of
congress and demand his seat as a
duly elected representative from Wis
consin. Convicted of Beditlon, he
would have admitted his guilt and
acquiesced in the full measure of
odium heaped upuon him, had he not
appeared in the house to ask vindica
tion. His constant pose has been
that of a martyr. He has tried to wear
the air of one suffering from his opin
ions, a victim of free speech.
But whether he regarded himself as
a traitor or merely as a rebel against
the established order he had no right
to expect congress to admit him to
membership following his conviction.
To found his claim upon the votes of
pro-Germans in a district reeking with
disloyalty and with servile veneration
for the kaiser, was simply to deepen
hiE disgrace.
Rising to a question of privilege on
the first day of the Sixty-sixth con
gres, he demanded to be heard, but
was promptly suppressed. The bouse
did only what self-respect required
when it silenced him. Had it ordered
the sergeant-at-arms to throw him out
it would have done Itself greater
tionor, for in this way It would have
administered a fitting rebuke not only
to him but to those who voted for him.
Berger will not be admitted to the
douse again until he is able to show
that he is not guilty as decreed by the
federal court of conspiracy to violate
the espionage laws of the United
States. It goes without saying, aimost,
that he has had his last glimpse of
congress from his chair in the house.
The plunge from congressman to
convict was his own fault. It matters
not whether he was blinded by theor
ies, by egotism or by devotion to
kaiserism and the kaiser’s friends in
the United States. He sided with the
enemy when his country was at war
and did it brazenly, blatantly and de
fiantly. His downfall and punishment
should remain as a lesson to Ameri
cans and especially to those who,
coming from alien shores, have fore
sworn allegiance to foreign rulers and
taken an oath to uphold the constitu
tion and laws of their adopted country.
i/OICE "OF THE* ALASKA PRESS
The legislature’s law, requiring the
tollection of a school tax of five dol
ars from each adult male in the ter
ritory will soon be felt in Ketchikan.
But then, if a child should ask any
man in Ketchikan to contribute five
dollars toward his education he would
get few turndowns, so why should
anyone complain against giving that
sum to pay for the schooling of hun
dreds?—Ketchikan Times.
The news of the death of John F.
Maloney has profoundly shocked this
community, and it will cause sincere
regret throughout the great west
country. Mr. Malony’s was one of
those sterling personalities of a class
which had enriched the West. He was
a born pioneer and developer. Original
in his conceptions, daring in his cour
age, confident in his judgments, poss
essing a high order of ability, a vision
which enabled him to see the possi
bilities of a new country and the en
ergy and horse sense necessary to
make his visions realities, he fitted
exactly into the situation he found
upon his arrival in this town when jit
was young.—Juneau Empire.
A Kennecott man recently adver
tised for a wife who would not talk
too much and got three answers from
applicants for the positions. The ratio
is a little too high yet.—Valdez Miner.
The Yukon council has given John
Barleycorn until September 1 to live
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In that territory. We were wondering
if they will have that Whitehorse ex
cursion this summer.—Douglas News
A man who thinks that he can hum
lliate and insult a woman because she
writes stuff, the purport of which does
not agree with his mode of life, and
who thinks he can say anything he
pleases because there is not a man
to take up the insult, is mistaken if
lie thinks he can get away with it.
Helen Mitchell McEvoy lived all her
life in a country where men were
lareful what they said to women and
where juries cleared men for protect
ing women when measures of violence
were restored to; she never knew
nen in all her broad experience who
tried to say unmentionable things in
’ront of her or any other woman and
we serve warning that the man who
lses unmentionable language in front
if her again may suffer the conse
luences. If necessary, we can get a
;un and God help the man who says
inything vulgar in front of her when
ihe is armed. She has seen men shot
in sight for a good deal less than
was said yesterday to her, and when a
girl used to shoot racing jack rabbits
to the cheering of her father’s men.—
Juneau Gleam.
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It Is Up to America to Justify the
Experiment of Marriage by Proxy
By th« MARCHIONESS OP TOWNSEND
The announcement that “American soldiers in France are to be per
mitted to marry by proxy in states where the law allows such procedure”
has created a boom in the American marriage market; and a very good
thing, too.
I am interested to see the result of marriage by proxy. Curiously
enough, Australia would have none of it. In fact, the mere suggestion
of such a law was literally howled down in Australia.
Though I object to the proposal on principle it has its good points.
Bearing a man’s name, for instance, often protects a woman from atten
tions from other men.
Then marriage in these mad days is an anchor which keeps many a
weak human bark off the quicksands, and gives a girl a better social
standing than a long-drawn-out engagement.
And marriage by proxy would be a financial benefit in many cases. It
would give a man an opportunity to help financially the woman he loves,
or endow her with his world’s goods without Mrs. Grundy turning up her
nose.
But I think marriage by proxy a dangerous innovation, and not at
all likely to cure the unrest on the part of separated lovers, nor will it
revive “waning affections.”
Human nature and modern conditions are against it. Both men and
women find separation a strain. Faithful in thought, they miss the com
panionship which is natural. Some day the loneliness becomes unbear
able, and there’s the rub.
However, it is up to America to justify this bold experiment, as she
has justified many another.
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SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territor;
of Alaska, Third Division.—Coi
dova Abstract & Realty Companj
a corporation, plaintiff, vs. Georg
D. Reid, defendant.
The President of the United State
of America, greeting, to George I
Reid, the above-named defendant
You are hereby required to appea
in the district court for the territor;
of Alaska, Third division, withii
thirty days from the completion o
the publication of this summons, b
wit, within thirty days after the 25tl
day of June, 1919, and answer th
complaint of Cordova Abstract i
Realty Company, a corporation, thi
above-named plaintiff in the above
entitled cause, which cause is an ac
tion on a contract wherein the plain
tiff prays judgment for the sum o
three hundred and eighty-nine ant
67-100 ($389.67) dollars, and for it
costs and disbursements in the ac
tion, and for such other and furthe
relief as to the court may seem righ
and proper in the premises. And yoi
are hereby notified that if you fail t<
appear and answer said complaint ai
herein required, that the said plaintif
will take judgment against you fo;
want thereof, and will apply to th<
court for the relief demanded in iti
complaint, as hereinbefore set out
The order for the publication of thii
summons was duly made and enterec
on the 7th day of May, 1919.
Witness the Honorable Fred M
Brown, Judge of said Court, and thi
seal thereof, this 7th day of May, li
the year of Our Lord the one thou
sand nine hundred and nineteenth
and of our independence the one him
dred and forty-third.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court, Third Division
Territory of Alaska.
May 13, 19, 26. June 2, 9, 16, 25.
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