THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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Franklin K. lane, American
His Public Career and Forecasts on Leaving Office
By William E. Smythe, in Review of Reviews, April, 1920
“I look on America as a gTeat
experiment—as much of an experi- j
ment as a human life. It is a living
thing: which can make determina
tion for itself. It must falter and'
fail at times that it may learn. The
test is: Does it carry on?”
I stood with Franklin K. Lane
at one of the southern windows of |
his office in the great -building: of,
the Interior Department—a monu- j
ment, by the way, to ibis own ad-1
ministration, built in the second!
year of his term—gazing out across j
the Potomac to the snow-ciad hills
of Virginia, a few days before he j
surrendered his portfolio to become
a private citizen. Looking back upon
his twenty-one years of public j
service, and contemplating with gen- j
uine sadness the early severance of
his relations with great public af- J
fairs and with the thousands of
men and women who Srave worked
with him, rather than under him,
he found himself in a philosophical
mood and disposed to adventure
into an undiscovered country—the
social and economic future.
“Yes,” he repeated, “the acid
test of America in the fateful years
that lie just ahead is the answer
to that question—Does it carry on?
Our policies are to be determined
always by the ends we have in view.
Our fiber is to be judged by the
steadfastness with which we pursue
these ends. Our past history gives
us what we call our traditional at- j
titude. To gain and to maintain
that attitude is the essence of our
Americanism; and it is an attitude
that expresses itself from generation
to generation in different ways be
cause of different problems which
must be met. Therefore we do not
treat any bit of machinery as sac
rosanct. We ask that it shall serve
the high end of our national life,
and, if it fails, it goes the way of
the outgrown, the obsolescent.”
“Do you mean that the time has
come to change our institutions—
in a word, for revolution?” I asked.
He shook his head and wrinkled
his brow with the air of a man
Who wishes to make his meaning
very explicit. “America is to me
not a rigid, automatic machine,”
he said, “but a climbing, animated
hope; therefore, I am not unwilling
to have anything that is American
subjected to challenge, scrutiny and
study. But I ask that what has been
devised shall not be discarded until
a thing better has been devised and
can be substituted, and it must be
proved to be better. There is the
thought that I believe must be em
phasized more and more to our
people: That thinking in a vacuum
is no better than dreaming; that
the test of statesmanship or of the
value of any plan is its practicability
in an environment that is not ideal;
that political institutions and social
institutions are like religious in
stitutions, based upon the recogni
tion of imperfect human nature. It
is far easier to be a Mazzini than
» Cavour.
“The American attitude toward
our problems is that each man shall
have his chance; but this chance
must come to him under definite
rules; it cannot come to him, we
believe, in a condition of chaos.
The American is not slobber-jawed
and loose-minded, but a believer in
definite and precise thinking, in
planning, and in the value of pur
pose. Before he lifts his foot he
wishes to know where his next
foothold is to be. The mountain-top
is his objective, and how he is to
get there he cannot in detail say,
but he knows that he cannot get
there by looking at the mountain
top; he must keep his eyes on the
immediate rock that he is scaling,
for mountains are not climbed by
flight, but by steps.
“Our aim is to make this the
best of all lands; our belief is that
we can accomplish this through the
releasing of the latent qualities in.
all of the people; that no one, and
no few, can do as much in this
direction as all can if the inhibition
of caste and of material dependence
are lifted. Free men will formulate
free institutions through which they
can work in an orderly.way, making
waste only of those things which
have proved useless.
“This I take to be the philosophy
of American democracy. It is a
philosophy of progress based on ex
periment, arising out of a sure
faith that our attitude is unques
tionably right, and that it will in
time, and perhaps by difficult pro
cess, be translated into concrete
social improvements.”
I turned my mind back seven
years to the beginning of ibis ad
ministration as Secretary of the
Interior. The first and most urgent
problem that awaited his decision
was the troubled territory of Alaska,
enmeshed for years in acrimonious
discussion; ruled by outside politi
cians; its resources bottled up in
the name of conservation, and inr
accessible for lack of internal trans
portation—the whole wonderful
treasure-house little but the football
of politics and the plaything of
sensational journalism.
Did Alaska “carry on”? Hardly!
It could not under the circumstanc
es. The new secretary’s first act
was to nominate a real Alaskan as
governor—the first in the whole
history of the territory. Next he
urgently recommended the construc
tion of a trunk railway from Sew
ard to Fairbanks as the only possible
way of opening the country to the
enterprise of small capitalists as
well as great. Then came the leas
ing of the coal fields and the ini
tiation of development in those neg
lected fields of vast potential value.
Thus Alaska has become “a living
thing” that could “carry on.”
So, with our great resources of
oil and waterpower, the Lane philo
sophy—“development without waste”
—is soon to be applied, after seven
years of strenuous struggle for the
necessary legislation, with incalcu
lable benefit to the nation.
I looked back to my first meet
ing with Mr. Lane, eighteen years
ago at Sacramento. He was the
central figure in a scene of tumult
uous enthusiasm, acknowledging the
cheers of the Democratic State con
vention, as its nominee for governor
of California. He almost overcame a
mountainous Republican majority—
missing the election by only about
a thousand votes.
I recalled his singularly successful
service as corporation counsel of
San Francisco, when he rendered a
series of decisions on vital public
questions, not one of which was
reversed by the courts.
I remembered his visit to the
White House in the interest of the
Hetch Hetchy water supply, and
how President Roosevelt liked him
at sight, and then and there de
termined to appoint him to the
first vacancy on the Interstate Com
J merce Commission. As member, and
finally, as chairman, of that im
portant tribunal, he repeated his
early experience by rendering a
series of decisions on fundamental
problems that were sustained by
the highest courts in the land.
POLAND APPEALS TO UNCLE;
HUGHES DEFINES POSITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 19—
Replying to the request of Poland
for American support in the settle
ment of the Upper Silesian question,
Secretary of State Hughes has made
it plain in a formal note that U. S.
representatives abroad will take no
part in the Silesian discussion. The
secretary declares that it is a tradi
tional policy of the United States
to not become involved in matters
of purely European concern.
Mrs. F. D. Browne came in from
Healy this afternoon and will leave
for Fairbanks tomorrow.
Representatives Paul Rickert anil
H. H. Ross, who have been attend
ing the session of the territorial
legislature at Juneau, arrived from
the coast this afternoon, enroute
to their homes in Fairbanks.
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Sutherland
returned to town today from the
mouth of the Tolovana river.
J. G. Moore arrived with his
launch from winter quarters this
week. He will take the Van Orsdel
party to the Kantishna.
Assistant Engineer Nash, of the
Abbott camp, came in from the
canyon this afternoon.
Dr. H. L. Hedger and Charles L.
Thompson, who arrived from Fair
banks on Tuesday, returned to the
upper town last night on the Hedger
aunch D. D. S., which wintered on
the beach near the Lehr mill.
Miss Nellie K. Wilson, who is re
covering from a severe operation,
went to Fairbanks on Tuesday for
a visit of several weeks.
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ALASKA AT TOP OF LIST
FOR EUROPEAN RELIEF
In subscriptions to the relief of
starving European children, Alaska
stands at the head of the United
States on the national collection,
according to information received
recently by Governor Tfeos. Riggs,
from the national headquarters. The
quota of Alaska, on a basis of
$33,000,000 for the entire country,
had been fixed by the Control com
mittee for the European council at
$10,000, and the amount actually
subscribed by the territory is ap
proximately $22,000, according to
figures given out by the governor,
who acted as territorial chairman
in the campaign for funds.
In a letter received by Governor
Riggs from H. L. Gutterson, of the
Control committee, it is stated: “It
is with greatest pleasure that we
are able to tell you that Alaska
stands at the head of the United
States on the national collection.
Basing our original estimate for
each locality on a readjustment of
the Red Cross war drive quota down
to a $33,000,000 basis, we had put
Alaska down at $10,000. Your letter
stating that you will realize approx
imately $22,000, assures Alaska of
the first place by a very large
margin.
“It may be interesting to you to
know that the Hawaiian Island is
second, New Hampshire third, Ore
gon fourth, Rhode Island fifth, Min
nesota sixth, South Dakota seventh,
Michigan eighth, Alabama ninth and
Arizona tenth.
“* * * * We have succeeded in
raising in cash to date $27,750,000.
In addition to this, w'e have certain
other resources and expectances
from a few states that have not yet
iiinished which will bring us well
over $29,000,000. In view of the
fact that the original program
was made up early last fall, when
the price of foodstuffs was consider
ably ihigher than at the present
time, this sum of money will ade
quately cover the program laid out
by the European Relief Council,
and so we can close knowing that
we have carried on the only suc
cessful national collection since the
war and also knowing that it has
been done at a lower cost than any
national campaign that we know of.
The cost has been less than two and
one-half per cent.
“One outstanding feature of the
campaign has been the innumerable
small subscribers. The plight of the
European children has appealed to
the American imagination far be
yond what we thought it would and
the knowledge that the money was
being expended under the direction
of Mr. Hoover and by the four
largest relief organizations in this
country inspired confidence among
givers of every class.
“Please accept our most hearty
appreciation of your co-operation
and congratulations on the response
that the good people of Alaska
have given to you and your com
mittee.”
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j Ice broke at Rampart last night,
j moved a mile and then jammed.
Moving again at 7:50 this morning,
j Steamer Seattle No. 3, which
wintered near Rampart, has escaped
injury by the ice thus far.
j Ice running in Yukon river Ram
part clear to Nulato and west of
there.
Steamers Alaska and Tanana ar
, rived at Nenana this morning from
winter quarters at Tolovana.
Tanana left for Fairbanks at
noon.
Alaska scheduled to sail at noon
tomorrow.
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Fred McGuire was a round trip
per on today’s train to Healy.
Miss Jessie Johnston came in from
Healy this afternoon on a brief
visit.
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MOTORBOAT FOR SALE
Herman Anderson has decided to
sell his fast motorboat, the Ankle
Peep. This is the fastest boat in
Alaska and is in first class running
condition. 40 H. P. Roberts engine
with knuckle joint and shoe made of
pick steel. Will float over 15 inches
water. Will sell complete outfit,
with two propellers for $700. It’s
worth double the money. See Ander
son Bros. & Nerland.
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In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Fourth Division,
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In the Matter of the Estate of T. F.
Murpih.y, Deceased.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has filed her final ac
count as administratrix of the above
estate, and the above entitled Court
has fixed 2:00 o’clock P. M., July
18, 1921, at the office of the above
Court, in Nenana, Alaska, as the
time and place for hearing said
petition. All persons having objec
tions to said account should file
same with said Court on or before
said date.
MRS. M. J. SWEENEY,
Administratrix
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