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NOME. ALASKA. MAY 3. 1915.
THE NEW ELECTION LAW.
The Driscoll election Dill introduced
by Representative Dun Driscoll, of
Fairbanks, and recently adopted by
the Legislature seems as near fitted 10
the requirements of the Territory as
could well he devised In general
terms the law is patterned "ii the
Australian ballot system and partakes
nf tl>e best features of that system
reduced to tDeir most simple elements,
t’robably the most distinctive feature,
however, is that provision which al
lows (lie qualified voter to cast his
ballot in any part of the Territory in
which he may happen to lie at the
time of election. In this respect the
law Is eminent l> well adapted to meet
the needs of a population, a consider
able portion of which is more or less
migratory and shifting. This is made
possible In a provision requiring the
signing of an affidavit by the pros
pective voter setting forth that Ite is
a duly qualified elector and thereby
also obviating the necessity of the
election judges passing on tlie quali
fications of the voter While some
exception max lie taken ns to the
merit of this particular provision, as
it is plainly evident that it may tend
to allow certain abuses of tlie fran
chise privilege, it is apparently the
only feautre which may he characteriz
ed as defective. In other respects the
law is good and is also a vast im
provement on the present system
which is about ns poor as can be em
ployed. Instead of two or there bal
bots as is customary nt general elec
tions under the old law, the new meas
ure provides for one ballot whereon
the names of all the candidates art
printed regardless of party affiliations,
As originally framed the measure pro
vided for the party designation of tlie
candidate to follow immediately after
the name but this provison was later
eliminated by senatorial amendment,
thereby permitting only the names of
candidates and the voting instructions
bo placed on the ballot.
As punishments for the violations
of the law. penalties of from $30 to
$250 in fines and imprisonments of from
ten to sixty days are fixed.
Considered on the whole it is a well
balanced measure and while a trifle
lacking in some respects, seems well
adapted to the requirements and will
probably he found entirely suitable to
tlie present needs at least. Conditions
in Alaska are radically different from
any other locality. Abuses of the elec
tive privilege are rare and it is sel
dom that irregularities of any nature
are noted. In the main the people, in
the absence of profeasional polities
and politicians. have no desire to
commit infractions of the voting laws
and so long ns this honesty of purpose
; persists the new law will he all that
i is required.
PUT SOME "KICK" IN IT.
One results of dicussion of the na
tion's preparedness for war seems
likeli to tie the formation of a gen
ital staff for the navy similar to that
of the army.
The occupation of a general staff is
| to put Into operation plans and re
sources in time of war and sit around
looking wise the rest of the time To
t.o sure, we occasionally hear of the
general staff testing some invention.
(hut really it is only about one year
, in twenty that the general staff is
i able to earn its salt.
We are going to suggest to I’resi
i dent Wilson and Secretary Daniels
that if they have to appoint a general
naval staff they put in one citizen who
knows little or nothink about naval
affairs The appointee should he some
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shrewd, honest, courageous man who
Knows a thief front a professional ex
i pert, who i nn spot a faker or lobby 1st
, on sight, and who has the courage to
j denounce a man nr a body of men
I who seek to exploit nat al affairs for
' - Ifish ends
The id*a that a general staff of di
I rectors, of army. navy, railroads, or
most anything eise should consist
wholly of experts or professionals is
a mistaken one It means a limits
it ion of views It means the taking
of a lot of tilings for granted ttutt are
(not so or that arc obsolete It means
ack of publicity to which the public
is entitled It means less explanation
of the whv There's no staff or as
jsneiatinn that isn't hetter for having
an honest, vigorous, kicking minority
This country doesn't need a general
Inaval staff that will stick together,
i cover up its own weakness and look
on silent!' for the fair reput' of the
navy, while millions are being wasted
land war scares worked up for the
benefit of contractors A general naval
(staff should mean brains, all sorts of
! brains, not merely brains hound up
in a cold compress of red tape and
professionalism
MR CHURCHILL'S INTERVIEW.
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
Dritish admiralty, is credited with re
markable utterances in an interview
| in the Paris Matin Mr Churchill as
serts that “for the first time in his
tory England can say ‘the sea is
free,' " his opposition being, apparently,
that control of the sea by Great l’ri
(tain is a boon to the whole world,
opinions differ on this point. Just
now the United States is engaged in
la controversy with Great Britain, the
I question at issue being whether the
sea is actually free or whether it is to
become an English lake.
Mr. Churchill's most striking obser
vation. however, is the following:
“Even if you of France and if our
ally Russia should decide to withdraw
from Uie struggle, which is incon
ceivable, we English would carry on
the war to the latter end."
How did Mr. Churchill happen to
think of the withdrawal of France and
Russia, if such a tiling is inconceiv
able? What put it into his mind?
Have those nations been contemplat
ing withdrawal'.'
if not. it was a strange remark for
Mr. Churchill to make at the very
tin.c when Russia and France are
| bearing the brunt of the fighting ir
jhoth fields of war. Was it a politic
| speech? The Rusalan and French gov
ernments are likely to look nsknnec
at such a remark, which might he
'construed as a disparagement of theii
| efforts Mr. Churchill probably meanl
I to reaxuiro them of Great Britain'!
I \\ holcheartcdncss, and perhaps he
deemed it wi-o to reassure the French
people tti.it Great Britain, while slow
in coming to till* rescue, could he de
pend at upon not to desert the allies
• Washington Post.
SOCIALIST WRITER BLAMES
"SYSTEM” FOR COSTLY WAR
Charles I’d ward Russell, mngazln*
writer and Socialist. In a lecture on
"l essons ef the war" at Power's thea
tre recently, laid the cause of the war
on “I lie system.”
lie declared that the whole cost n(
i lie Thirty Year war. which it took 20H
years to pay for. was equivalent tc
only four days' expenses in the pres
ent war. and the cost of the Napol
eonic wars to only one month of the
present war
Mr Russell said Hie invasion of Bel
glum had teen planned as far hack
as 1913. and that Germany had plan
ned in give Belgium a slice of northern
France in compensation for territory
in lie seized to give Germany a port
on tlie Atlantic.
"The offer was made to Relgium and
I v. is refused by this Spartian among
| nations," said Mr. Russell. "Clvillzn
I tion will not he content with anv ter
mination of this war that does not
j 11a ill'll in Belgium every Inch of he •
i original territory."
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AT THE NEW EAGLE
Did Lewis Hunter Rye and the Fa
mous Atherton Bourbon whiskeys, Dis
tilled spring 1904-1904, bought in bend
and reduced to 90 per cent, by U. 8
govornment by the bottle or gallon.
SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
In the District Court lor the District
of Alaska, Second Divisiou.
H. M. Smith, Plaintiff
vs
W. It. Knowles and A. VI Hanson,
John Doe and Richard Roe, Defen
dants.
The President of the I'nited States of
America to W. II. Knowles, one of
the defendants above named, Greet
ing:
You are hereby summoned and re
quired to appear and answei the com
plaint of tlie plaintiff on file in the of
fice of the Clerk of said Court at the
City of Nome in said District of Alaska,
within thirty (30> days from the ser
vice of this summons upon you, to-wit:
from tho 3rd day (if May. 1915, or
judgment for want thereof will he
taken against you. And you are hereby
notified that if you fail to answer the
said complaint the plaintiff will apply
to the court for the relief demanded in
tlie complaint, to-wit: tlie foreclosure
of that certain ft. bucket gasoline
or distillate dredge complete with
equipment and appurtenances, tools
and machines now situated at or near
Hastings Creek in said District.
The order for service by publication
of this summons is dated March 22nd,
1915.
The date of the first publication is
March 22nd, 1915 and the date of last
publication May 3rd. 1915.
Witness tlie Honorable J. R. Tucker.!
Judge of the District Court for the
District of Alaska, and the Seal of said
Court hereto affixed this 22nd day of;
March, 1915.
(SEAT,.)
G. A. ADAMS.
Clerk of (he District Court, District of
Alaska, Second Division.
March 22, 29, April 5, 12 19. 2C, May!
3 ,1915.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given of the sub
mission of the question of consent to
the manufacture. hitrter, sale and ex
change of Intoxicating liquor within
the Town of Nome, or within a radius
of two miles thereof (measuring from
Barracks Square), in the Second Di
vision, Territory of Alaska, and that an
election for su'd purpose will be held
I at the Clerk's office, in the Court
I House, within the said Town of Nome,
■ from S o'clock a. m. to fi o'clock p. in ,
on Wednesday, the fifth day of May,
' A. D. 1915.
That the qualification of voters at
said election are prescribed bv law
to be white male and female citizens
oyer the age of twenty-one years, ro
j siding within two miles of the place
'(Barracks Square in Town of Nome)
nd that all persons quail fled may vote
on said question of consent at said
1 election.
That the rules governing said elec
tion have been prescribed by order of
Court and are open to Inspection at
the office of the Clerk of Court.
Notice given under direction of an
order made an entered in proceeding
in the District Court, Second Division.
Territory of Alaska, entitled In Matter
of Petition of John A. Wilson et ai. for
submission of question of consent to
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquor.
Dated. Nome, Alaska, April 27. 1915.
(SKAT.)
G. A. ADAMS,
Clerk.
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