REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON
RESOLUTIONS
To the Territorial Republican Convention Held at
Juneau, Alaska, June 30.
To the Members of the Alaska Repub
lican Territorial Convention:
We, your committee on resolutions,
beg leave to submit the follow ing report:
Whereas, Political parties are organ
ized for the sole purpose of enabling the
people to act together and thereby ulti
mately direct the government according
to the views of the majority, and formu
late their will into law and policy; and,
Whereas, The sole purpose of the ma
chinery of party organization is to fur
nish the means by which the voice of
the people may be collectively ex
pressed ; and,
Whereas, Whenever those who have
been constituted, or who have consti
tuted themselves, leaders of the party
and gained control of its machinery,
prove false to the duties of their office,
and instead of acting in the interests of
the party as a whole seek to use their
position and power to further their own
corrupt and private ends, it is the sol
emn duty of the rank and file to rise
and depose such false and corrupt
leaders; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved, That the following con
ditions today exist in the organization
•of tire Republican party in the District
of Alaska:
First, That Louis P. Shackleford ob
tained the office of national committee
man in 100S by fraud and corruption,
and contrary to the wishes of the great
majority of said party;
Second, That he arrogated to himself
the office of chairman of the republican
committee, to which position he was
never elected, and to which he never
was entitled;
Third, That he has attempted to use
both such offices for the purposes of
thwarting the will and silencing the
voice of the Republican party in Alaska,
and to continue his own rule as its head
and spokesman and use the influence
thus acquired with the national admin
istration for wholly corrupt and sellish
purposes.'
We charge Louis P. Shackleford, as
national committeeman, that he has or
ganized in conjunction with ex-Gov. W.
B. Hoggatt, Gov. Walter E. Clark and a
few others a clique commonly known
throughout Alaska as “The Rule or
Ruin Gang.”
That to this end he and they have
spent the past winter and spring in the
City of Washington, lobbying against
measures introduced in congress by that
Republican statesman and delegate from
Alaska, James Wickersham; measures
which were overwhelmingly indorsed by
the people of Alaska at the polls. That
to this end he and they have carried on
a campaign of deceit and falsehood
against said delegate to congress and
the people of the territory. To this end
he and they have willfully and mali
ciously deceived the administration at
Washington as to the conditions in the
territory and cruelly and maliciously
slandered the people and peace-loving
men and women, whose children are
attached to the Alaska of their child
hood and who will grow up to be among
the best citizens of the United States.)
It is for them that we demand inde
pendence; that they may have equal
privilege with their brothers and sisters
in the United States; that they may
have the same independent right to
voice their sentiments as the freeborn
are allowed, and not be held in bondage
and slavery and treated as such by the
selected office holders and corporation
healers who are trying to control and
own this great possession, and who dic
tate who shall and who shall not live in
this territory.
Our heritage is equal rights to all and
special privileges to none, and this we
demund shall apply to Alaska in the
future.
Fifth, That the large corporations who
have entered this territory to build rail
roads and open its vast mineral wealth
are retarded by the actions of this rule
or ruin gang, in so far as they have tried
to seize by force of arms, and even
bloodshed, others’ rights instead of ap
pealing to the department of justice.
That this rule or ruin gang have rec
ommended appointments of judges, mar
shals, district attorneys and other gov
ernment officials who have been their
partners and who will do their bidding,
in order that this gang of self-appointed
lobbyists can draw fees and salaries from
the corporations entering this territory.
All this is very distasteful to the free
born individuals of this territory and
has caused great harm to the capital
seeking to enter the field, by making
the people distrustful of the corpora
tions who continue to favor such
methods.
Therefore, be it further resolved by
the Republicans of Alaska in convention
assembled:
First. That the so-called Republican
convention of June 28, 1910, held at the
Natatorium Hall at Douglas, is in no
sense a representative convention of
Republicans of the Territory of Alaska,
but was called and held solely in the
interests of the corrupt Shaekleford
Hoggatt ring, and is not entitled to the
respect or support of honest Republi
cans.
becond. lhat Louis r. bliaekleford has
betrayed his trust as Republican terri
torial national committeeman of Alaska;
has used his position as such solely to
further the personal ends of himself and
associates, and has brought disgrace
upon the Republicans of Alaska, and
we demand his removal from the Re
publican national committee.
Third. That Gov. Walter E. Clark has
proved himself utterly false to the du
ties of his office; has shown himself
wholly unworthy to be trusted either in
word or act, and has forfeited the re
spect and confidence of the people of
Alaska, and we demand that he be re
moved from the office of the governor of
the district.
Fourth. That immediately after the
election of delegate to congress from the
District of Alaska, to be held on the
ninth day of August, 1910, a certified
copy of these resolutions, together with
Headquarters for the Traveling Public
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than can be had at other places.
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a certified copy of the returns of said
election showing the indorsement and
support of the action of this convention,
be sent to the president of the United
States, the secretary of the interior, the
attorney general of the United States,
and the chairman of the Republican
national committee.
REGULATIONS
FOR TRAPPERS
Made by a Government Depart
ment; Poorly Made, Too.
A circular letter was sent out from
the department of commerce and labor
June 2 which contains the information
that the power to prescribe the condi
tions under which fur-bearing animals
may be taken in Alaska has been placed
solely and absolutely in the hands of
the secretary of the department. The
letter is quoted from with the sim
ple comment, for the present, that it
shows one of the most striking instances
of one-man power that has yet devel
oped in this country, where executive
orders and departmental rulings have
already superceded legislative enact
ments in many of the largest and most
important affairs. The letter says:
I Section 4 of “An act to protect the
I seal fisheries of Alaska, and for other
: purposes,” approved April 21, lblO,
! provides that—
“No person shall kill any marten,
! otter, mink, sable, or fur seal, or other
I fur-bearing animal, within the limits of
! Alaska Territory or the waters thereof:
and every person guilty thereof shall, i
for each offense, be fined not less than
two hundred or more than one thousand
! dollars or imprisoned not more than six
months or both; and all vessels, their
tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo
found engaged in violation of this sec
tion shall be forfeited; but the secretary
of commerce and labor shall have power
to authorize the killing of any such
mink, marten, sable, fur seal or other
fur-bearing animal under such regula
tions as he may prescribe; and it shall
be the duty of the secretary of com
merce and labor to prevent the killing
of any fur seal except as authorized by
law and to provide for the execution of
the provisions of this section until it is
otherwise provided by law.”
The secretary then proceeds to pro
mulgate his self-made regulations. Un
der them killing of sea otter is prohibited
until Nov. 1, 1920. The hunting or kill
ing of beaver is prohibited prior to Nov.
1, 191 ">. The hunting or killing of land
otter, mink, muskrat, marten, fisher or
ermine is prohibited throughout the
season from April 1 to Oct. 31, both
days inclusive, of each year. The bunt
ing or killing of black bear is prohib
ited throughout the season from April 1
to July 31, both days inclusive, of each
year. The hunting or killing of fox,
wildcat or lynx is prohibited throughout
the season from April 1 to Sept. 30, both
days inclusive, of eacli year. The kill
ing of any fur-bearing animal by means
of strychnine or any other poison is
prohibited at all times. Permits or
licenses may be issued by the secretary
of commerce and labor for the taking of
fur-bearing animals for scientific pur
poses or for shipment to zoological
parks. The penalties and forfeitures
imposed by the act will be strictly en
forced against all persons who take,
capture or kill, or who attempt to take,
capture or kill, any fur-bearing animal
in the Territory of Alaska during the
prohibited seasons named, or who may
barter or have in their possession the
skin or pelt of any fur-bearing animal
during said seasons. Hunters and deal
ers having NOW on hand skins of the
before-mentioned fur-bearing animals
will be allowed until Jan. 1, 1911, to
dispose of same.
The Leader respectfully directs atten
tion to the fact that under this depart
ment-made law no time after the end of
the open season is provided for the dis
position of skins hereafter taken. Thus
a muskrat taken March 31 and found in
the possession of a trapper or dealer
April 1 would lay the trapper or dealer
liable to the penalties provided.
It might also be mentioned that all
kinds of bear except black bear, wolf,
wolverine, groundsquirrel and other fur
bearing animals not enumerated above
are, under the regulations, protected the
year around.