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NOME. ALASKA, APRIL 8. 1915.
A REGRETABLE HABIT.
It w.is.t peculiarl> pertinent question
I
asked by Secretary Redfield at a din
ner some time ago, when, during the
course of an address in which he ans
wered the public criticism of several
of the administration policies, he ask
ed “Why have we. hero in America,
the habit of criticising tirst and get
ting the facts afterwardsWhile it
is true that human nature is much the
same the world over, it is none the less
an indisputable fact that we, «.f this
country, arc prone to the accusation
contained in the question.
Evidences of this predominant trait
of the American people ore to lie seen
any day of the week and it is totally
unnecessary to search in the high
ways and byways to discover it. It is
visible (tn every hand. No matter tlie
relation or circumstance, it is our sin
gular failing to begin with accusations
and then look for explanations. Any
thing or condition which is not in ac
cord with our preconceived ideas of
merit Is immediately subjected to a
critical condemnation and it is gen
erally not until we have lambasted it
to our heart’s content that we stop to
ask the why or wherefore. Particularly
In matters of public interest we are
always ready to censure before looking
for the underlying causes or conditions.
A governmental policy of which we
have only the most superficial know
ledge will call forth a, flood of criti
cism regardless of whether we know
anything about it or not.
In private life we slay character on
the slightest pretext without grace or
compunction and it is seldom that we
ever wait for even a, confirmation of
a rumor before we are busy with the
nefarious task of blasting the name
and fame of our neighbors. Daily we
thus bring untold misery to our fellows,
basing our criticism on the most trifl
ing circumstance and not even waiting
tn ascertain the facts before launching
the besmirching bolt beyond recall
cjuarrols and misunderstandings
with our friends are of daily occur
ence in every community, all because
people do not seek for the truth before
lifting their voices in protest at what
they do not understand. Countless
heartaches are born within the family
i irele where love and trust alone
should rule, because of this singular
failing and it is a regrettable fact that
if is frequently those whom we most
cherish upon whom we inflict the most
severe and unjust criticism The ma
jority of the countless miseries thus
i a (gendered could all be avoided if we
but asked one question, for one word
which might serve to lift the (loud
from our understanding and let in the
light of knowledge From the same
premise it may he Inferred that half,
at least, of all the conditions whereby
we nre held apart from our fellows i
arise solely through the fact that we
offer judgment before learning the
reason of the action of the other fel
low What a pleasant old world It
would be if not only we. but all hu
ma.nitv, could only keep the idea in
mind that fully two-thirds of all the
evils will) which we are afflicted arise
through a failure to seek for the cause
of the other chap’s action, before fling
ing the stone of condemnation.
When we come to look things square
in the face isn't il a shame upon what
trifling appearances and circumstances
we base the bulk of our estimates?
And all because we cannot stop to ask
the question: "Why?"
PHYSICAL COURAGE OF RACES.
Macaulay wrote an essay celebrated
in its time on Maeehiavelli. wherein lie
contended that the Italians of the
period of the renaissance were too in
tellectual and refined themselves to
wage war. and hence to tight their bat
tles called in Swiss German, and
French mercenaries
No doubt Macaulay proved his con
tention concerning fifteenth century
Florence. Venice, and Milan Rut (lie
generalization that nations can become
too intellectual and retlned to fight is
denied by the filets of the battlefields
ill Europe today I'm them is exhibited
quality of courage that no barbarian
ni purely military race has surpassed,
while the endurance shown exceeds
what any barbarian or somi-harhnr1un
i -ii e has ever been capable of
The Germans themselves are as in
lellectual a race as any Their physical
. 'Ullage as demonstrated in France and
Boland today is is high as history wots
uf. While the physical courage of the
l 'ench. Whom the Germans have
• •barged with degeneracy, as of the
British, whom the Germans have
"rued as shopkeepers, is demon
strated to he not one whit inferior to
' tmt of the Germans
The fact Is. physical courage is near
ly a common possession of mankind.
The troupe from India which the Rrlt
-di have landed In France have it so
do the Africans whom the French are
employing on the battle line White
man. brown man black man yellow
man. all will fight desperately Thev
Iso all will run. and run speedlv under
ertain conditions, hist as under others
iliei will stand and die to the last man
physical courage is not the exclusive
; critage of anv one race or group of
races. Neither is herotsm
A Rajput armv numbering fifty
thousand men which in the eighteenth
century was put to rout by five thous
and Britons under a Wellesley or a
Olive was not a host of cowards Their
descendants today in France, with
modern weapons and under scientific
leadership, may lie trusted to storm a
German trench
The south before the civil war be
lieved that one southerner could whip
three northerners, and especially was
she scornful concerning the stomach of
the New England trader for a fight.
But the New England Yankees, "that
least military and moat martial people
on earth." as one civil war general
characterized them, gave a good ac
count of themselves
Success in war is a matter of su
perior numbers or superior organiza
tion and equipment, or superior lead
ership. The sneer of any people at
any other people's bravery is not justi
fied by facts, nor do intellectual develo
ment and esthetic faculty sap courage.
They may enliant it.—Ex
ALASKA NOTES
( From i >ur Exchanges.)
When the nomination of James A.
Smiser to he l'nited Slates attorney,
for the Juneau district of Alaska was
submitted to the Senate. Attorney
i
General Gregory paid a debt of grati
tude for favors done in his struggling
youth. Smiser is a lawyer, residing
in Columbia, Tenn. He and Gregory j
attended tile Webb school, at what was
called Kuleoka. Tenn.. and while there
Sntiser's parents showed Gregory
many kindnesses. When the time came
to distribute patronage in Tennessee.
Gregory wanted to appoint Smiser T'.
S. attorney for the middle district of
that state Senator I.uke I.ea had all
ether man for the place, and landed
his man Gregory, however, did not
consent to this appointment until he
had found a place for Smiser This
place was the first district of Alaska.
This suited Smiser and he was ap
pointed. Ex.
In commenting on the recent mur
der of Corns Schornborn, at Clilsana.
the Dawson News says the fact that
our deputy marshals have to telegraph
for use of funds to chase a murderer
or In fact hunt down any criminal Is
enough to rouse Fiery lover of law
order, and excoriates our red-tape sys
tem as follows: "Such an egregious
state of affairs in a progressive civi
lized land in this day would seem to a
strung'r scarcely eredlable. yet it is u|
Known fact that such Is the case all
throughout Alaska."
The Admiral line has discontinued
ils offices at Skagwny and will probflh
!y discontinue making that place a port
"f call Before the less of the Admiral
Sampson the company had contem
plated making Skagwny one of its
regular ports of call, maintaining a
three-boat service the year around,
but with the loss of that steamer it1
was decided to rut out Skagwav at
least for the present
According to a letter written bv Geo.
Goshsw. former deputy marshal a t
Valdez and a candidate at the last
ilectton for the territorial legislature,
to a friend in Fairbanks, wblch has
found its way into a newspaper of that
town, there is n reign of terror at
Chisann which is apparently in the
hands of a band of bad men.
JUNEAU — Roland Martin. V R.
Phelps and ,T A. Wilcox, while sur
veying south of the Alaska Juneau
dock and back of Sheep creek road
recently discovered a trunk containing
the skeleton of a man. This is the
same trunk which caused such a stir
the first time it was found about a
year ago. und which was found to eon
jtnin the skeleton of an Indian.
Gov. ,1. F. A. Strong has appointed
four delegates to represent Alaska at
the Ninth International Purity Con
gress which will he held in San Fran
cisco on July 18 to 24. 1915. The dele
gates are:
Mrs. D. A. Thompson, president of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Juneau.
Mrs. Willis E. Nowell, president of
the Draper Club of Juneau.
Bishop Peter T. Rowe, of the Epis
copal church in Alaska, of Seattle, Wn.
Rev. John H. Condlt, D. D., mission
ary superintendent of (he Presbyterian
church in Alaska, Juneau. Alaska.
Skngwa). Seward and Cordova have
Joined Juneau in cordially inviting
President Wilson to extend hts pro
posed Pacific Coast visit to Alaska.
Tlie newspapers of the Territory have
generally approved of the action.
School has opened at Seward in the
new school house that has a chimney
on it.
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♦ the big vaudeville April 13lh 4*
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CALIFORNIA BUILDS
THEATRE FOR INSANE
SAX JOSE.—Such farces as "The
Old Home Town” and "The Ony Cafe
or a Paresian Salad in One Dish” were
the attractions at the formal opening
of the new $75,000 auditorium theatre
built by tile State for the amusement
of patients at Agnew State Hospital
for the Insane
The theatre was built after a cam
paign by Dr Leonard Storking, head
of the institution, who has found
amusements the best remedies for
insanity. It Is the first similar insti
itutlon in the State and is in the na
ture of an experiment.
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4* show April 13th. +
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