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NEXT TUESDAY’S ELECTION
Wxl Tuesday. No-. --mber \ the people of Alaska, men and women
niike. will choose a de!< ale io co.iyr -ss ant! a territorial legislature.
There nr-' two !■••<: mg ■ v i'd. ! - lev t!:- congressional office—James
Wickersh:; ‘he . n N- *. i NliarNs N Bunnell of Valdez. The
Socialist c Mdnte, Joh M Brooks, is not look d upon as a possibility.
For the lee:••'.•lure, tlvce tickets are in the held the Non-Partisan,
the Demo ■ tie and tl Sow;1... T ho Republicans have no ticket.
1 [;e vaw-u tro'•:' an ii; - le<‘lativc tickets leave been named evi
dent!,’ with tl e ■ 1 ■(.(>*] ot ’ojiig re- rer-entation io the d.Meient soc
lior.s <-f : . ■ large ter : >v , o prised in the Fourth uidicial district, but
in n nsta u c can tl r ticket i called representative, and the chances
that the choice of the voter: vill not be confined to any one par
t'C'.ur.r ■1 ■ .. _ ,
I'. ,, ;P Ip the . -. will, of course, center m tnc con
. t(; den ..it. i is .acenii.n ..a 1-e tho.l the partisans of air. bunncll
s(u,;! J pge vp i’.f h ac, exj"- tat-on of electing ti’.eir candidate, vet
p b: 11g” lias b-. en the tight made upon Wickersham, and so powerful
are t luences -ayed against lim, that it behooves the friends of
the do'.- ' to b, alert on election day, and by then interest and
activity :n his behaif help to aclmini ter to the monopolists and then
tools who are i ackmg Mr. Bunnell s cand-dacy the rebuke which they
merit.
I; D not neees ary to recount the chums oi Mr. Y> lckersiiam :or re
election. Iks services to the territory are so well known to every resi
den that: , cit 1 of h 5 work in congress, which reads like a history of
Alaska during recent yer.:S| would be superfluous, tbs < hie, (la m to
recognition will, of course, rest on his remarkable and successful fi.jnt
foi the enactment of legislation to provide railroad transportation for
tilt- t rritorv. and herein is where the strenuous opposition of the big
corporations comes in. i laving done their utmost to defeat the plan
for a government railroad, th y now vent their spleen upon the man
who made that lc e.. lation possible. The unfortunate featuie about
the situation is that there should be found men of prominence and
official posit on in the territory to lend themselves to th schemes of
revenge c.I tl e niter, -is wh. h feel aggrieved at the action of congress
ir. providin'; competition with tnem. Recently tnere nos been put m
crculation a ridiculous story in regard to Mr. Wicker-hams ne-iny
f thered le: .sir* on which would have benefited greatly the very inter
e t that arc 1: Siting 1 m. but the story was so improu.-ble lent •
authors dro; cci it when Air. <ckersham promptly mined the
-• iign ( ; Mr. Bun iqll has bee - uct 1 n ; ; on any c ims
rnhave a- pol-Tiea! honors at the hands or the people ot tne i?"r: ory.
but upon d ■ a is of Mr. Wickersham’s accomplishments on behalf of
h's constituency.
The trump card of Mr. Eunnci! ° supporters was played wn?n an a;,
peal was made to the voters upon die plea that Mr. Bunncli siicuid
have the support of the Democratic voters of the territory as the norm
nee of that party, end that in voting for him indorsement would be
given to the policies of President Wilson. ibis week we nave a
second-hand statement from the chairman of the Democratic congres
sional committee that every Democrat in Alaska ought to vote for
the Democratic nominee for congress. Taking it for granted that
such a statement was really issued from W ashington, D. C„ the people
oi the territory will naturally resent the advice, and r< peclfully submit
that they are capable of determining whom they “ought to vote tor,
without advice from abroad.
The attempt to make a partisan campaign is the most ridiculous fea
ture cf die effort to defeat Wirkersham. When it is understood that a
territorial delegate in congress has no vote, and is merely the spokes
man oi his constituent; m the legislative halls, it w»ii be seen that a dis
play of partisanship on his part would work to the detriment of the
territory he represents. Much of the success our delegate has met in
his effort to sa legislation for Alaska’s her "fit has been due to the
led that he cou cl, from a non-partisan sirncipomt, indorse the con
structive policies of President Wilson and his cabinet.
1 he voters of Alaska will.no doubt look upon the contest In the light
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of a business proposition. Alaska is in need of certain legislation and
administrative action before it can be developed along the plans con
templated. The passage of the railroad act and the coal-lands leasing
law is part of the program. Much remains to he done before the
people can reap the beneiits ol these laws. Onlvjonc million dollars
of the thirty-five millions required to complete the railroad has been ap
propriated. iiie balance will have to be secured as the work pro
gresses, by appropriations made at each terra, and each time the ap
propriation bill comes up a watchful eye and an alert mind will be
needed to sec that Alaska is not o\ crlookcd. When the leasing law is
put into effect, no doubt supplementary legislation will be necessary.
Mr. Yv ickersham’s knowledge and experience will then be as valuable
to his constituents as it was in securing the enactment of the original
bills, booking at it from a business standpoint, no commercial organ
ization would replace a capable and tried representative at a time like ;
this with a man whose ability and equipment are unknown quantities. 1
if the desire to reward a competent and faithful servant do not war
rant the re-election of Mr. Wickersham, cold-blooded business rea
sons do.
But there is little doubt that the people of the territory appreciate
our delegate’s splendid accomplishments in their behalf, and that the
returns from next iuesdav’s election will show that he has been re
turned by the largest vote ever recorded for him.
THE SEWARDTDITAROD MAIL *ROUTE
The inauguration of the new Seward-Iditarod mail service, ’.v.rcii
goes into effect tomorrow, is cause for congratulation to the people
of the enterprising little coast city, as well as to the residents of In
terior Alaska, and those of tnc Iditarod district in particular. That
this service was secured almost entirely by the united efforts of die
citizens of Seward without material assistance from Iditarod, makes
it the more creditable to them.
The success ol the new route is assured at the cutset, and the citi
zens of this district can now look forward to a better mail service than
was ever possible before. The shortening of the distance between
the coast and this city by several hundred mdes should, and undoubt
ed':'. will, result in the delivery of mail from the Outside at least ten
days and possibly two weeks’ less time than was possible by the old
tonic Anything that tends to better toe mail service is a boost for
business, and both Seward and Iditarod will benefit by the change.
The people of Iditarod extend felicitations to ^e people of Seward
and look forward with pleasure to the closer rekfior.slrp to be estab
lished.
BRUTALITY IN WARFAL^
Fr >ni time to time the war dispatches contain the complaints of
one or the other of the belligerents that their opponents have been
guilty of some a t of brutality or barbarism. Th Germans m de com
plain! the- the E viish were wing bullets of a nature prohibited by
Tne Haeue convention, and the hrcnch accused the Germans of the
seme practice. lire Bclslans, who seem to have suffered most, de
clared liiiu the Germans ned the utmost cruelty in their treatment of
non-coml itants, and acn ed them ol f terrible vantonn ss. lire
Ge -mar s turn (.rots id that the ha! ants o Bel pum were re
to “snip n and t it ret of rt il ojiwen necessary io
ir ■ uj t i the ; igians t necessity < 1 . ■ - the part a
tion of unu ufori • d ar j ur ni: ed n n n the fi ng, ; d tn
given as the reason for tne ciestrucuon o! tne .i.stc r cr.y o; Loi a n.
Lr.do r k. . ere artifice n miplcants Oi tie
violation of tire rules oi “civilized warfare. When the war spirit i
rampant rules are apt to be ignored. The axiom that ‘Necessity
knows no law" is particularly true in wariare. i he first hostne acts
in the present struggle were associated wiln the violation of tne it i. i
1 lory of neutral nations, wmch neutrality was guaranteed by all the
parties to the conflict, tt was made ipparent at ... cutset tnat tie itie;
I were not to be allowed to interfere with the plans of tne principals.
V. hy, then, should lucre be surpr.ee expressed at U.e \ lOiaticn of ollie:
i agreements P
War is brutal no matter under what circumstances it is carried on.
! and it is not surprising that those engaged ,n it become orutabzec.
Partisans of the various combatants should not ‘allow themselves to
. become excited by the repetition of these stories. They are to be
expected, and must be accepted ;• part oi tne penalty wmch civ
ilized” nations must pay for reverting to savage;;,'.
Reducing the represenlat'on of Southern !\ publicans in national
1 conventions is a step n the direction of honesty in politics. M .;
presidential nominations have 1 i detern ?d by the Republican
office-holders of the South, re? r< ( itin? no one 1 ut themselves. It is
; also likely to be used as a lever for reducing, the representation of the
South m congress, at "least in Loose slates \ here tne negro voter is dis
franclv.sd. _
The Austrians have cow. fried the murderers of Archduke Ferdinand
and his wife and i '1! • robably avenge that crime by executing the pris
oner: vri or.' act was t ■' cu -s an excuse for hurope to go war-mad.
!r- the •••reaniime l' v roya! and imperial murderers keep up their glori
ous work of 1 nickering thousands, with no tear of a criminal trial.
With all due respect to the German ambassador to the United
States (who, by the way, Has all the attributes of an excellent press
agent), this country probably will refuse to become excited over the
application of the Monroe doctrine 'o an invasion of Canada until that
possibility becomes more imminent than at present.
Holding up and robbing a bank at the point of a gun is more dan
! gerous and less frequently successful than the more polite way of
j looting it from the inside.
I
| At tho regular meeting of Iditarod Camp
! No. 27, A. 3., held last Monday evening,
the annual election of officers was held, re
ading in the choice of the following to
fill the various offices for the coining year:
J’ast Arctic Chief Claude Baker.
Arctic Chief Charles Derry.
1 Vice Arctic Chief Albert Wile.
Arctic Chaplain Frank Gularte.
Arctic Recorder William An.-Fy.
i Arctic Keeper of Nuggets- Cyril P.
Wood.
Trustees Claude Baker, John Holme",
Ira Wood. II. Riley and Percy G. Charles.
The installation will take place at next
Monday’s meeting, ami it is expected that
: there will be a large attendance.
SEATTLE CONGRESSMAN
HONORED BT ALASKANS
SEATTLE, Oct. 28. Upon his arrival
home from his duties in Washington to
morrow night, Congressman Will E.
Humphrey will he greeted by a delegation
of Alaskans, who have arranged a celebra
tion in his honor as a mark of appreciation
of his work in behalf of legislation affecting
Alaska.
The demonstration is looked upon as a
rebuke to Humphreys’ political enemies,
who have been using articles published by
the Juneau Empire and other newspapers
belittling Humphreys1 work in Alaska’s be
half.
About fifty workmen are permanently em
ploy'd in keeping St. Paul's cathedral, Lon
don, in repair.
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
CHARLES E. BUNNELL
FOR SENATOR
THOMAS A. McGOWAN
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
WILLIAM T. BURNS
E. W. GRIFFIN
JAMES HASTINGS
vance r. McDonald
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
JAMES WiCKERSHAM
FOR SENATOR
0. P. GAUSTAD
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
E. C. COLLINS
DAN DRISCOLL
A. F, MALTBY
C. K. SNOW
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
JOHN M. BROOKS
FOR SENATOR
H. RINGDAHL
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
DAN McCABE
A. A. NELSON
CHARLES ROGERS
W. E. WAUGH
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR—DAN CALLAHAN
\\ , - luiclK'l*
fll.ibe
Tn winning his light of a decade_ the
budding ut a government railroad in Alaska
dames Wifk-rsham, delegaU from that
ten.I; ry. achieved a great personal victory,
.uid in doing so committed the ndm m ~ * a
tion to 1 r.t ownershij 1
e ex tf> in< lude g<
wncr-liip of public utilities, nut truly the
telegraph lin *s. in the next >es.-mn (d con
gn -s. j
Jud.ee Winkersham conceived lie . a ot
i government-owned railroa 1 whiie ugntiiig
..I"nop-dies in Tacoma. His effort, were
made easy, however, by the inbor.-em-nt of
President Wil.-on. who said in a me-sage ?•»
conin December. Ibid: “ihe people
of Al -1 •! Would receive the full t< rri- 'rial
f.,r:n of government, and Alaska, a.- •
l ii.-p, -hi i Id be unlocked. One key to i
i- a system of railways. These the gov
ernment should build i ml administer, and
the ' rts and terminal- it shuulu M all Con
tr 1 bi the interest of all who wish to use
them for the service and development of
the country and ii - people. ’
Wick: is a lighter He is the type
)f ;; man produced by the free and uu
| m strained life of undeveloped countries. Al
’hi i eh n it a native of Alaska, that frontier
, , !bind, he has lived there m re than
.... years He became
r ■ i hi a ' m ruggl
1 * er in d ac mui. So. when apt < inted a
| I'jiited States di-trict judge in Ala.-ka in
1 <100. with plenty < f time to study the owd
f the i ;:ntry. he devoted himself to plan
,( v.j ed-in.g -1- mmh as !o : ench. The
I ijprieae’e- i f the system that had bud; the
fn-.; i't.I'r'! and was fa-* grubbing up ihe
-•» impres.-ed Vv ickef-liam that h.
r a-1uned ai”T two tc mis ami was el va c
delegate.
First Battle in Congress
11 is -oh* pi rpose in .•<••• King a -'‘at in c n
gn .- wa> to pr**!iiote tic- b.i’b.m: oi a r.*:»
j He fought Ids first bit l in comnv
| f. r > a h a propo-itiop. : h n. * n v *o -
i •._r.. , h ibe IT: publican party in c ntr.l
iv rtin s-. h<
his oiii s'a i < •* iuiie.
Suddcnlv at
I .j cane* to i mb : nd oral m-mih,
css pa sed hi.s bill >r a g •
ment roatl from the .-Imre oi the I'uw.rw to
the interior wa'*-rw..y- *1 ih- territory, to
•o-t approximately •Si~.U00.0U0.
.b.im- \Vick( r.-ban . the new kind * f a
man ad build* r. is 56 y-ars odd. a gray
eyed man. with a deri. thick mustache; a
modern 1.1 i rr i: an in w* 1! fitting d d
lb* has a ci led talent for compo.-irmn
and oral -: a. -mu ut. He has succeeded in
!,A profe -inn a 1-wyer and is regarded
tin leader in t( '
f :.;e ;md w . 111 i that am now hi- wer- .v»*n
i.v hard t• -ii and aciual manual lab* r. f -r
at one tin- ‘den the lawyers ?:i-w too
numerous, he became a carpenter and mane
; liv ing whd ‘ oiliers of his less versatile
<•<11 ■ eked out a doubtful existence.
'lids shift from the bar to the saw and
hammer wa*t in Tacoma, which was Wicker
-• -top in - un ;
■ I •. where h<
stis*de* 1 1 m; 1 wiis admitted to the bar.
I He arrived in P acorn a. th n n small village,
j with a w;fp. a baby and $35 in cash. This
1 was in lv''-b
Started Life on a Farm
Tie was born on a farijp in Illinois. and
-tudied law widi ( '-ncral John M. ! aimer,
afterward a nat *r. end in 1SP?0 the can
di late of the Gold Democrats for Presi
. lent.
'Govorin- -nt -wi-r.-bip b;t< m terr-Ts
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WO“K blanks.—
! The |(Ii!ap'd !'i( mop has .iusi lliuslwd
i am! placed with dealers LhnniylnMit the ilis
• now i nk f >’11 Tor iho pp»>poi re
<• <.11!i»j;-r nr annual a.sessnn nt wm'k * n
plat or'mining claim* jn Alaska. The blank
form c mr« nans strictly with the now mm
11if; law, and contains amide « :iiiti* :iai \ a.nd
evplanai- p\ notes. which will preally aid m
lln i:' mt • "l or the sain* 1 * ill
\ n * 1 o \ 's. fill lap' >d ; l lie Po-lollice. Flat
| Lily, and M.ipp.n imnnollev's. Ills. •»tto!’.
May be raised 20 per cent on
| account of the war, according
to Outside newspapers. But
111
Iditarod the prices will remain
as before.
We have the largest assort
ment in the North to choose
from.
IDITAROD
Leading Jeweler of the North
to me when a region a- grr at in area as j
the thirteen original states of the l m .1
and of Vermont, Kentucky. Tenne.-s.ee. I
' )hio. Ind II in
await-1 development.” observed .fudge Wick
< r.di am.
‘•'The ignorance of the American ? • !
concerning their Alaska pn-perty -
ishing. It is a land, they think <
locked iti ice or buried in snow. V’ lie
limber 'landing m Alaska is valued at
is . 1
Pennsylvania, Ohio i ml the two Virginia*;
m. •(* . upper than Michigan. Montana u
Arizona; n
Colorado end more agricultural lend- Hum ,
have Norway. Sv.. '■ n and 1 inland."
PRESENT WILSON TO AID
IN DEFEAT OF JOE CANNON
WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. The sympathy
and moral suppor. "f J'; '• ent Wi n mvi'
been enli.
Frank T. O'llair. the Democratic candidate
:'t r congress in the eighteenth Ik • - di
trict. i" succeed himself, in opposition to
ex-Speaker Je.-.'ph C. Cannon.
Two year < 1 moi d<
general lam !e a . - t>t such
.number of the “Hand-put” Republu ans
from cm.ere.-.-, and lu- is now miming a d
t< i -lined campaign to regain his <*-d -• r . ,
7 _ when l \ - fir.?! elected to |
emigrelie repn-ent .. the Light'-mith Ilu
ncis trii ccnti • • ■ 1 1
Hit eX '-mioiii (■!' , ; ter;.:, iurmg the I iPy
i;d emigre.-.-, when he v. a - defeat’d I a
his Democratic opponent. He was speaker
of the h< i:*“ d .ring three t'-rrn.-. ant! wi- ;
kis.wn as the m •* unc..u.pr..mi-ipg m tin
itj>}..mem - of } rogre-sivism in his party.
to the ' l ■ in politics is lai
bile for die inti i : he raking i'n he
campaign ;.„ai;.-t C u.m. n. (i Fair h u u:.e7
in Aly fii- .i>iric: is ib-publi, .u. u be
ileved that he will ■ gain be successful.
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