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NOME. ALASKA, AUGUST 3, 1915.
With the announcement that the
Progressives are preparing to place i
ticket in the field in 1916 we. are once
more face to face with the problem of
determining whether or not the time
is ripe for the'adoption of a change in
governmental policies differing from
those of the long established political
parties that have dominated the affairs
n{ the nation for so many years. Not
that the Progressive party, as we have
known it, has represented any radical
change in political economics, for, aside
from a tendency toward modification
of such features of government as have
proven nnn-beneflclal to the country,
the policies of that party differed hut
little from those of the older political
parties. In the main the more pro
minent features of the Progressive
platform were based upon practically
the same principles as are represented
by tiie older parties and such modifica
tions as appeared were strangely sug
gestive of an attempt to bid for favor
through catering to certain popular
Ideas which, though based largely on
theoretical speculation, had neverthe
less caught the public fancy and were
generally accepted as offering a pan
acea for existing evils.
While the newly founded party de
veloped an unlookedfor display of
strength in the last election, it is be
lieved that such development was the
result of an overwhelming desire on
the part of the masses for relief from
inhihitive conditions rather than a well
considered view that the policies ad
vocated were conductive to a better
tfgulated state of national affairs. To
the general run of people there was
apparently something wrong with the
older parties, both of which had been
weighed In the scale of experience and
found decidedly wanting in the matter
of altering conditions which were daily
becoming a weightier burden on the
shoulders of the masses. Under the
previous administration of the Demo
cratic party, the people had witnessed
the slow, hut none the less complete,
strangulation of American Industries
followed by a condition of financial
fliaos from which ihe country was
saved only through a considerable in
crease in the national indebtedness:
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inder the Republican regime, they had
eon the country degenerate from a
fate of prosperity, apparently ln
lueed by the complete change of poli
les coincident with the change of
inrtles, to a condition of the most la
nentnble industrial depression for tr
eason that could be consistently o\
ilalned by even the staunchest ad
herents of that party. Coupled »vtth
he industrial and flnanciul depression
vhlch threatened to deprive them of
he very means of existence was a most
Harming advance in the price of the
,-ital commodities v^hioh, also, could
tot be logically explained as other
:han a natural effect of the very con •
jitlons which had Induced the earlier
Hate. or condition of prosperity.
To the average American this was an
anomaly that could not be understood
save in the sense that it indicated
something radically wrong with thoie
policies and the very fact that the
guiding spirits of the party were -
pnrently unable to control the condi
tions bred of their policies and the
country must thereby lie allowed to
drift, slowly but steadily, into the !n
dust rial and financial doldrums, was
the strongest argument that a char go
of some nature was essential. And it
was unquestionably due to this view
that the newly horn Progressive party
received a vote of such proportions.
Every condition seemed lo indicate tha
necessity for a departure from the re
gular orefer of things and the over
whelming defeat of the Republicans
seems in every way a logical result of
that view.
While the return of the Democrats
to power seems a negation of the \ lew
that the people of the land were de
manding a change from the policies
which had been found lacking in the
matter of securing stable economic
conditions, it must lie remembered that
the pre-election promises of the Dem
ocrats indicated that such a change
was contemplated and would, if the
plans hh outlined by the party leaders
were carried to final consumation, con
stitute a radical departure from all
previous policies of government advo
cated by that party. In fact if the
policies laid down in the Baltimore
convention were strictly adhered to,
they would, while conforming to the
[spirit of the old Democracy, have been
In effect an almost complete departure
from the policies which had brought
the party under the ban of public dis
approval during the preceding periods
of their administration. This was ap
parently all the public desired—a
change, or what seemed a definite pro
mise of change. With the Democrats
and Progressives both promising what
appeared to he relief from the evils
resulting from the Republican methods
of government, the older party would
naturally receive the preponderenee of
public favor, for it is In the very nature
of mankind to cling to that which is
known; and this reluctence to depart
from the known and to embark upon
uncharted courses probably contribut
ed more than any other factor to Hie
defeat of the Progressives. Had Hie
Progressives been alone in offering
something new to the voters of the
nation, it is not doubted that Roose
velt would now he directing the poli
cies of the government, along the lines
laid down In the Progressive conven
tion. With the results of three years
of application of the revamped Dem
ocratic policies before us, it is not to
be doubted that the Progressives will
become a factor to be not lightly,
reckoned with In the coming campaign.
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OTTAWA, Aug. 2.—‘‘Your king and
country need you. We don’t,” is the
significant hint contained on printed
slips placed in the weekly pay envel
opes of the employes of the Canadian
Pacific railroad last week. This effort
of the railroad authorities to assist in
the recruiting for the British army is
not being received in an appreciative
mood by the majority of the employes
who insist that their employers are
somewhat presumpHous in attempting
lo influence them to enter the service.
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NOTES
Knik is wet.
Anchorage claims a population of
11,000.
Reports of a thunder shower come
from Hkagway.
A forest tire near Petersburg is not
ed by the Report as a novel sight.
The Alaska Bureau of the Beattie
Chamber of Commerce has Issued'i
booklet entitled, “Alaska, Our Fron
tier Wonderland." It is illustrated
and well prepared, with a. map of
Alaska accompanying, and is replete
with statistical and other information
which will prove of interest to those
seeking information about Alaska.
Another big group of claims in the
Sheep creek basin, Juneau, have been
bonded by outside capitalists. The
purchase price was $75,000. 10 per
cent being paid down when the deal
was consumated. The claims form
:a portion of the estate of Andred An
derson, who was killed in a snow
slide several years ago while develop
ing the property.
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Two trains each way are being run
every six days between Cordova and
Chitina, according to the new schedule.
While no regular schedule is being
(maintained trains leave the second day
after the arrival of steamers in Cor
dova from the states. Traffic on the
Kennecott branch is heing arranged so
as to make connections with ihc Cor
dova trains.
Capt. G. K. Porter, with the Alaska
Engineering commission, is at Control
lex' Hay making surveys to determine
the harbor possibilities of that place
as an outlet for the Bering River coal
fields. The Cordova Times believes
his conclusions, when the work has
been completed, will be tlie same as all
experienced mariners—that there "ain't
no surfi thing.”
Tom Clark, a mine owner in the
Council creek basin, Juneau, is in 1
hospital suffering from injuries which
may result fatally. While working on
his claim a small rock rolled from the
top of the mountain and hitting CJark
on tile head, caused him to fall over a
cliff into a creek *10 feet helow. It re
quired fifteen men from the Persever
ance mine to carry the unconscious
man over the mountain to a place
where he conlxl lie taken to Juneau.
The Yukon Gold Exploration Co., a
Guggenheim corporation, which has
been operating in the Dawson district
for several years with success, has se
cured options with the right to pur
chase outright from the original own
ers, a strip of twelve tbiiles on the
Kenai river. It is reported that mam
moth dredges similar to the ones used
by the company in Yukon will lie in
stalled on the ground. The claims are
now heing prospected with drills. The
Company is also operating on Flat
creek in the Idltarod.
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