SEWARD DAILY GATEWAY
OF SEWARD. ALASKA
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AS OTHERS SEE US.
Mayor Ray’s statement that official
Washington is getting very tired of
the eternal charges and counter
charges filed by Alaskans against pub
lic officials is borne out by the fol
lowing clipped from a prominent news
paper published not a thousand miles
away from the capital.
The charge against Governor
Bone of Alaska is but typical of
the state of mind of Alaskans very
generally. They are apparently
hopelessly divided on so many
things that Alaska is losing
ground very rapidly. If any pub
lic man endeavors to assist the
Territory he is pretty certain to
find himself in the center of a
cabel that disgusts him, if it does
not actually destroy him. Alas
kans will have to get together
and cease blackguarding each oth
er and public officials if they get
anywhere.
The above sentence plainly reflects
the manner Alaska and Alaskans are
regarded in Washington. At the pres
ent time John Frame, Arthur Miller
and a half-dozen office seekers are in
AVashington vilifying the officials of
the Territory, in an endeavor to get
office themselves. This style of cam
paigning ceased shortly after the last
election of Grover Cleveland, and the
man who depends upon blackening the
character of an opponents, rather than
conducting a gentlemanly, convincing
campaign, disgusts his auditors and
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hurts not only his own cause, but all
Alaska.
Enough affidavits have been sent in
from Alaska since the days of the big
Nome steal, to fill several warehouses,
and the makers thereof are still going
strong. Affidavits accusing Federal
officeholders of every crime from ar
son to mayhem are before the differ
ent heads of departments. And they
continue to pour in.
If this barrage of filth keeps up
Alaska can depend on being ignored
by administration officers appointing
the men under fire. The Territory is
slowly losing prestive at the National
capital, despite the desperate efforts
of her real friends to keep the pumps
going. Every man who sends or signs
an affidavit destined for Washington
is boring another augur hole in the
bottom of the ship.
There is no office holder in Alaska
who is not a good fellow, and who has
not made a good neighbor and friend
up to the time of his appointment. A
desire to get at the public teat leads
many men to see their official’s faults
immediately he is appointed, regard
less of his reputation previously.
Governor Bone is one of the strong
est and most influential men ever ap
pointed to fill an office in Alaska, and
has many friends among the big pa
pers of the East. He is known from
coast to coast, and every employe who
has worked with him has left him with
increased respect for the man. lie
is known personally to all the old time
senators and congressmen who really
wield the national big stick. Charges
preferred against a man like Bone by
John Frame and his backers is like
shooting elephants with a slingshot. It
simply is not done in the best circles.
Alaska politicians must change if
they hope to get anywhere. They must
become broader of vision and more
tolerant. Politicians have been using
the old Territory as a football, and
it has hurt us. And we might say in
closing that the politicians who have
held us back reside in Alaska.
FEDERAL AND STATE AID
| Great stress is laid on the wonder
< ful benefits of federal and state aid
for roads, as though the people were
! getting something for nothing by do
' ing this.
| Who, in heaven's name, furnishes
| the government and state cash except
i ing the same taxpayers who furnish
i the county money?
Thousands of communities are tax
; ed for roads from which they can not
I possibly derive any direct benefit,
j through federal taxation and state
i bond issues.
No one can reasonably oppose good
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roads. They are the greatest factor
in building up a community. It is also
true that trunk lines should be plan
ned with the view to connecting up
the various states and counties. Rut
there is too much waste. With vast
sums at their disposal highway com
missions are inclined to spend reck
lessly and frequently too much is un
dertaken at one time, making careful
supervision impossible.
Every politician is pulling for im
provements for his own particular dis- «
trict or section and politics pervades
our whole road building system. The ,
bonded debt being saddled on the next ,
generation is staggering and many of
the roads will be worn out years be
fore they are paid for.
People should give more taut to
these matters and they should not be
fooled by the idea that federal and
state aid is a gift. Sooner or later the
taxpayer must pay with heavy inter
est.
AMENDING THE DRY
AMENDMENT
Since the federal constitution was
adopted in 1789 nineteen amendments
have been adopted, yet none of them
passed through the process of initia
tion by the state legislatures, which
is one of the means provided in the
constitution for the enactment of
amendments.
For that reason the move launched
by the State of Nevada for amend
ment of the basic federal act possess- .
es an element of interest part from ,
the primary issue involved. Both ■
houses have passed a resolution mem
orizing congress to assemble a consti- .
tutional convention of the states to .
revise the eighteenth amendment.
The preamble of the resolution states
that Nevada went on record as favor
ing prohibition but the constitution
al prohibition has failed and that
the amendment should be revised to
permit congress to pass an “enforce
able act” in place of the Volstead
law.
All the nineteen amendments that
have been adopted were passed un
der the provision of the constitution
which authorizes congress to take
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BOBBY VERNON COMEDY—
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he initiative. Yet there is an al
ernative method. Article V reads:
“The Congress, whenever two
thirds of both houses shaH deem
it necessary, shall propose
amendments to this constitution,
or, on the application of the leg
islatures of two-thirds of the sev
eral states, shall call a conven
tion for proposing amendments,
which, in either case, shall be
valid to all intents and purposes
as part of this constitution, when
ratified by the legislatures of
three-fourths thereof, as the one
or the other mode of ratification
may be proposed by the cong
gress.”
In his first inaugural address, when
le was discussing the slavery issue
md the question of secession, Presi
ient Lincoln referred to the two
nodes of amending the constitution,
md expressed himself as favoring
he second method rather than the
Irst. Yet it is apparent that this is
he more cumbersome, though per
laps more nearly representative of
he people’s will, and possibly that
s one reason why it has not been
nvoked.
The Nevada legislature’s action
| would have to be ratified, or duplicat
ed, by the legislatures of thirty-on^
other states before congress would
! call the constitutional convention prc
i posed. It is doubtful that the oppo
nents of prohibition will be able to
win such a victory. The greater
probability would seem to be that i:
any such sentiment were to be de
veloped it would be expressed thru
congress rather than thru the legis
latures.
Hard to dislike a chap who likes
i you, isn’t it? Well, there’s your
! peace plan.
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Why should the savage be savage*
! He has no pants to be splashed
by flying jitneys.
Conservatives: One who clings to
the beliefs that yesterday won him
the title of radical.
Suggested slogan for Nurmi’s land
The Finnish finish first.
International crisis: Two mule?
eager for the same ear of corn.
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