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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1914.
BUNNELL FOR SELF-GOVERN
MENT.
Charles E. Bunnell believes that the
people of Alaska should accept the
invitation of President Wilson to ask
for “a full territorial form of govern
ment.” lie believes that the people
of this territory are capable of man
aging their own affairs. He believes
that they are capable of exercising
the police powers of government; of
arranging their own taxation matters;
of regulating tlie game laws, school
matters and other affairs of govern
ment. In short lie believes they are
capable of acting the part of Ameri
u citizens.
On this matter, he occupies the
American position. If he is wrong,
the whole woof and web of our Amer
ican governmental fabric is wrong.
American experience has been in vain.
But he is not wrong. Self-govern
ment is government from within; gov
ernment by those -e-no know’. No peo
ple anywhere are so well qualified to
govern Alaska as those who live in
the territory. No people are so much
- I'li’Jed to make laws and manage
tlie government as those who must
live under the laws and government
al management.
And yet, further, there is nothing
that develops good citizens and in
terest in home and country like ex
ercising tlie responsibilities of gov
ernment. The responsibility for good
government in Alaska should rest up
on the people of Alaska.
Mr. Bunnell is the candidate be
fore the people of this territory who
does stand for a full measure of self
government. Delegate Wickersham is
opposed to further enlargement of
home rule in Alaska.—Juneau Em
pire.
WAR CAUSES.
Opinions may differ as to whether
the dispute which led to the pres
ent conflagration in Europe were suf
ficient to justify the loss of blood and
treasure which, it is feared, will be
expended, but it is certain that many
great wars in history have resulted
from much more trivial causes. The
dogs of war have been let loose and
continents deluged with blood fre
quently as the result of amazingly
insignificant incidents.
A man may start an incipient riot
in his own home by appearing unan
nounced with a clean shave after
having worn a luxuriant hirsute adorn
ment for years, but ordinarily the
trouble does not go beyond his own
door. Louis VII., of France, was less
fortunate. A visit to the royal bar
ber plunged two nations—France and
England—into intermittent warfare
which lasted 300 years.
According to the story, the arch
bishop Rouen persuaded the king to
remove his beard, in common with
his subjects. The act led to so much
friction with the queen that at last
Louis divorced her, to become a few
months later the wife of Henry II.
of England. From this marriage cen
turies of bloodshed may he said to
have followed.
In an iron case in the tower of
the cathedral in Modena, Italy, a buck
et, which 900 years ago, was the
cause of a terrible war, may be seen
today. Soldiers of Modena, in a mis
chievous mood, stole the bucket from
a public well in Uologna and refused
to return it. The states were rivals
and were jealous of each other and
lights between soldiers of the two
followed. This spark kindled a tire
of war which devastated a large part
of Europe and led to the imprison
ment for life of the king of Sardinia,
son of the German emperor.
Lord Palmerston once sanl that on
ly three men had ever known the
exact nature of the troubles in
Schleswig-Holstein which led to two
great wars. Two of them had died
before the wars broke out, and he,
the third of the trinity, had complete
ly forgotten what it was all about.
! The manipulations by Count Bis
marck, then Prussia’s foreign minis
ter, of a telegram sent Prussia and
France flying at each other’s throats
in 1870. The French ambassador
went to Kills, where Emperor William
I. then was, to ask him not to ap
prove the ambition of Prince Leopold
to become king of Spain. The king
refused to give a deiinite answer, but
Prince Anthony of llohenzollern with
drew his son’s candidacy.
A report of the conference was sub
mitted by telegram to Count Bismarck
with authorization to publish it. Bis
marck altered the text, and in the
changed form gave it to the news
papers and through them to France.
As Bismarck wrote it the report was
unfavorable to France, and the in
ternational war with all its horrors
followed. Years later Bismarck con
fessed the forgery. r
The war of the Spanish succession,
in which the grea* Duke of Marlbor
ough played a brilliant part, was said
to be the outcome of a glass of wa
ter at a ball at the Tullerles in Par
is. One of the court ladles had ex
pressed a wish for a drink of water
in the hearing of the British and
Spanish ambassadors, who hastened
to get it for her. Returning each
■with a tumbler they found the fair
bird had flown and was dancing with
a French statesman. The French dip
lomat accidentally, it is presumed,
brushed against the Spaniard and up
set the glass he was carrying. The
ridiculous incident inflamed the Jeal
ousies of the nations and turned the
balance in favor of war.
The Seven Years’ War was largely
due, according to his own confession,
to the vanity of Frederick the Great
in wanting to see his name figure in
the gazettes.
The Sepoys believed that cartridges
served out to them were greased with
the fat of animals unclean alike to
Hindu and Mohammedan and the In
dian mutiny was precipitated.
The Turko-Russian wur was said to
have been started by the hammer
with which a Herzegovinian black
smith killed a tax collector who had
insulted his daughter.
The stealing of a Castile lady’s
lace petticoat by a Moor led to many
years of fierce warfare between the
Spaniards and the Moors. The emp
tying of a bucket of a Florentine cit
izen on the head of a Milanese gave
rise to an Interprovincial war in Italy.
Borrowing a tobacco pipe and fail
ing to return it kindled a civil war
•which lasted for years among the
rival races in Pamirs and Afghanis
tan . A dispute as to the relative at
trac’ions of snails and vipers as food
started fifty years of fighting be
tween Milan and Pisa.—New York
Sun.
The Kaiser is reported determined
to hold Kiau-Chau. If you have ever
experienced the difficulty of holding
a sneeze you can sympathize with the
ka iser.
Charles E. Bunnell is a repeater,
lie not only broke the Juneau record
in drawing out a crowd to a political
meeting Monday night, but last night
he broke the Douglas Record.—Ju
neau Empire.
CALLAHAN IS SUPPORTING
BUNNELL FOR DELEGATE
Dan Callahan, who is running on
an independent ticket for territorial
senator in the Fourth division, is act
ively supporting Charles E. Bunnell
for delegate to congress, and predicts
his election.
Callahan has been a persistent op
ponent of the controlling element in
the Tanana Valley Democratic Club
for a long time, and attended the
Democratic territorial convention at
Skugway as such. He had announced
his candidacy as an independent can
didate for senator before the conven
tion. In fact, he was the first leg
lslatlve candidate to announce his!
campaign while hew as In the Fourth ,
probably so in ail Alaska.
Ho supported Mr. Bunnell for the
Democratic nomination at Skagway,
devoted considerable attention to his
candidacy in the Fourth division, and
division. He is still asking his friends
and those who are supporting his
candidacy for the territorial senate to
support and vote for Mr. Bunnell.
Dan Callahan contends that Dele
gate Wickersham is not and never
has been a friend of the laboring
classes. He says that Mr. Bunnell is
and he is an enthusiastic supporter of
the platform upon which Mr. Bunnell
is making his campaign.
Marvelous.
“That man has a wonderfully well
trained memory.”
“Yes. He can make it remember
anything he chooses."—Philadelphia
Press.
Complete Surprise.
Cbolly—And was my present a sur
prise to yotir sister?
Willie— You bet! Sis said she never
thought you’d send her anything so
cheap.—Philadelphia Press.
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President Woodrow Wilson
C. E. Bunnell
k LASKA as a storehouse, should be
” unlocked. One key to it is a sys
tem of railways. These the govern
ment should itself build and adminis
ter, and the ports and terminals it
should itself control in the interest of
all who wish to use them for the ser
vice and development of the country
and its people.
PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON
THE policy of President Wilson’s
' administration toward Alaska has
been one of magnificent constructive
development.
Support the Administration by voting
for
C. L BUNNELL
FOR
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From Alaska
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THOS. C. PRICE
of Cordova.
Democratic candidate for Senator.
Believes in government con
trol and immediate development
of the resources of Alaska.
If elected will work in harmony
with the National Democratic Ad
ministration in its attempt to open
up Alaska. A vote for him is a
vote in support of President Wil
son.
For Representative
Thomas H. Holland
of Chitina.
Democratic Candidate.
Has lived in Alaska since 1902.
Knows Alaska, knows the needs
of Alaska and if elected will work
for Alaska.
A vote for him is a vote in sup
port of Woodrow Wilson in his
attempt to develop Alaska.
JOHN LYONS
Independent candidate
for Representative in
Alaska Legislature........
Resided in Alaska since
1897. Resided in Valdez
since 1901. Believes in
opening up Alaska for
this generation, and that
such a course is best for
all future generations.
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