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Modified Form of Self Govern
ment Urged for Alaska, and
Other Suggestions Offered
for the Northern Territory.
„x Cut.It* U» Ti v Pros, eutur)
Washington, D.jC'., Doe. tl—Prom
pt Roosevelt sent his message to
e-mgr ss at it * opening this morning,
*ad the strictest attention was pakl
to th1 reading of the document. The
message dilates on the various sub
ject* of current discus-ton, and rn.tkes
numciv.i.sreccmmondad.,iw r n vii-al
questions. Alaska is treated very
nicely by fie proai lent, an 1 c ones
in for a number of desirable roc m
mcnd.itions for her welfare and ad
vancement.
The Message
Tiie message opens with the suste
m>:it that the United States p 9*<e- ,et*
die greatest resources of any otv,t.-*iry
in the world; that hi such a great
count v dishonesty is apt U> creep in,
a-* it does in all countries, and tin otigh
the folly of the dishonest the i no
cciit suffer; it has been tre policy
of the idm inis brat: on to elimin itc
dis'u oe: . v in the conduct of public
affai. as far as possible,
Alaska
• imnends some simple, inex
pensive f■ •nn of government. Says it
in imp; able al this session of con
gris > ■ • (-.-vote necessary ti:n° i > de
tail; of Alaska legislation. Urges lib
eral . >pr priation for the c >rn true lit n
o? w.’.g r. roads to open up th • eoun 1 • > :
asks ■’ ample appropriati ns for the
governor of Alaska to organize the
t:rri; ry and preserve the public
pose ; -ays the coal land laws recti
attorn:, n immediately t , proveni cor
porations from acquiring largo tracts
«,f coal lands and keeping them for
specula live purposes; recommends
addled aai judiciary for Alaska; rc
eorame: os more lighthouses and
bu'-.ys. especially in the vicinity of
Pri.- William Sound; urges a literal
ap}/fv oriaticn for aids to navigation
along the coast of southeastern
Alaska; says the fisheries of Alaska
are being rained and ask..- Jiut the
government take charge and protect
them; ceils attention to the fact that
the AAska-Seattle . exposition has
asked for no money and urges the
gover-.im;nt to make a suitable ap
probation for a government build
ing and exhibit.
Interstate Commerce
Wants the government to work in
harm ny with the states; recc-m
mends conservative legislati 11 so
that the government, as well as the
vans, van have supervisory contr -1
A large interstate bushier . - s; says
; unw ise to completely slop busi
!f"s combinations; quotes from bis
sage of a year ago in which ho
d the same sentiments; ays
- government now simply reg
u*aioS unlawful and dishonest e mH
^i-cns and businesses; recommend*
uia- lb anti-trust laws be made
m u*e efficient so that thegovernm nit
((aI) supervise and control the big
'•> iuvss concerns of the country.
Currency
huoiMUaU attention to the cur
r-mey question in urged: says greater
elasticity is needed and provision
made for eases of emergency; says
tie mortgaging of a home to buy an
am...mobile brings disaster.
Tariff
The . -tal revenue from the tariff
su uld he sufficient to properly care
fr the public good.
Income Tax
Vli ■ income tax and the inheritance
t ix should be a part of the system of
federal taxation, so that the rich will
bo compelled to share with the bur
do: a; < f ihe poor.
haw Enforcement.
thiys the department of justice has j
been prompt in the enforcement of'
the law, and this policy will be pur
fii Vi, regardless of the wealth or ‘
povrrtv of i he ofTenders.
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Railroads
Wants government supervision of '
the railroads so that accidents mav i
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| be avoided: urges passage of the cm-1
plovers’ liability act to cover the
railroads; and recommends the ex
tension of the cight-honr law t i all
businesses.
Labor
Urges the passage of a law making
the investigation of labor disputes
compulsory; wants a revision of the j
law giving greater p-.ne.gion to capi
tal and labor.
General Recommendations
Urges prosecution of the work on
inland waterways, and giv s an out
line of his recent trip on the Missis
sippi river; recvmmends reclamation
I work in all s a >» wh we needed;
| wants an imp • •Venice’ in the public
; laud laws; points to the necessity of
the pro tee; ion an i conservation of the
; f >re ts of the country; wants no
! tariff cn forest products, especially
! wood pulp; says it is necessary to
! revise the coal land laws t > protect
; the lands from combinations of
jeanitai; recommends changes in
' t'l • postal service. to provide
for g eat w clii -ieney; details work
! • r, the Panama canal, and says
i; is j regressing very favorably;
: s’.s r.r adequate appropriation wi h
j which to take the thirteenth census;
J ur. •;«: s appr .priaticr.s for the protec
1 ti n! of the public health; asks more
pay and better encouragement for
the army, m that the presort skele
ton may i e kept on a war footing;
recommend! large appropriations to
inerca e th • navy and to build defen
ses in ome insular possessions; says
liberal treatment of officers and men
of the navy is desirable, who with
the army, are the backbone cf the
country in the event of war; treats on
foreign affairs and says the United
• States is at peace and on friendly
relations with the world; says great
| benefits are derived from the Hague
peace conferences; says the new
German tariff agreement is satisfac
tory; recommends participation in
the Japanese exposition in 1912.
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Seattle, December 2-A reduction!
of twenty per cent, in the price of
meat and i >wis was annou.-ced to
day. *
Georgetown, Ivy., Deo. 2 lilt* trial
of Powers, charged with killing Gov. *
Goebel, is slowly dragging along. The
d fen a- to-day admitted the nature of
Goo eel’s wounds to save time.
Washington, I.). C., Dee. 2 Presi
dent Roosewit gave a reception to
Pit idenl Amador ol Panama, who is
here on an official visit, and Admiral
Evans of the navy.
Edmcrt n, Pec. 2—Jrmcs Con.wall
left to-day cm h two thousand mile
trip to the Aortic circle to deliver
mail to the mounted pc lie-' station at
the mouth c f the Mackenzie river and
way places. He also carries a special
mail for the whaling ships frozen in
near Ilcrsehel Island.
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Washington, P. <\, Pee. 2—Sena
tor John IJ. Porakor has announced
his candidacy for the presidential
nomination on the Republican ticket,
thus making two candidates from
Ohio, Taft being the other. Wrakcr’s
boom was launched several days ago
at a meeting of the Ohio state league
of Republican clubs, at whi"h time
the senator was indorsed for the pres
idency. There is a bitter fight be
tween .Forakcr and theadmimstration
and it is thought the senator an-j
nounee 1 his candidal ir * primarily t * ,
defeat Taft, Roosevelt’s candidate, ii
possible. That it lessens Taft’s
chances can not lx* doubted, as it is
apt t » divide the Ohio delegation to
the Republican rational convention,
and thus display Taft’s weakness in
his own si .lie.
Washington, I). ('., I»ec. 2—To a
court room cr \sded t > its utmost ca
pacity the attorneys f r the pr> seeu
tion and defense sp< ke four houn
oac’.i Saturday in the ne t d Brad!e\
trial. The Judge then delivered hi:
charge to the jury this me ruing, am.
the twelve men in whose hands the
fate of Mrs Bradley rests retired t»
consul r the evidt nco in the ease.
Mrs. Bradley was intensely reli vec
when the case went to the jury, am
said she thanked (led the tlyin'
ordeal will soon be ended. She ha
strong hopes of acqiuiml, and it
seems probable that shcwill bo freed.
Either a verdict cf acquit:: ! will b*
rendered, or tho jury will disagree
for while there can b' no d .uht that
she killed Judge Brown, sl.c undoubt
edly had great prow cation fc r tin
dead.
Washington, D. C., Dee. 2— Par;\
lines are being drawn on the current }
question. Roosevelt end Ccrtclyci
will urge legislation on the matt r '
before Christmas. A bitter fight with
the Democratic members of congress
is perdictcd, and all is not harmony
in the Republican ranks over the
policy to be pursued.
Seattle, Dee.* 2—Charles E. Pea
body, president of the Alaska Steam
ship Company, has returned from a
meeting of the directors of the North
western Steamship Company in New
York, lie says the Morgan-CJuggen
heiin crowd do not control a majority
of the stock of his company; that it is
held by Seattle parties. A deal is on,
however, which will result in the
merger of the Northwestern Steam
ship Company and the Alaska Steam
ship Company. The Juneau Steam
ship Company will be included in the
combination to control the transpor
tation business of Southern Alaska.
Washington, I>. C., Dec. 3—At a
r au us of t’to republican members of
the h loo of representatives, the fol
! .v i«ig were chosen as officers for the
t ‘xtieth congress: Joseph G. Cannon,
speaker; Alexander MaDowell, of
l'er.r.syl vania, chief clerk; Frank
Lyons, of New York, doorkeeper:
} n-nry Casson, of Massachusetts, ser
geant-at-arms; Sam Laugum, of Min
nesota, postmaster.
London, Dec. 3—Bums won the
tight in the tenth round front Moir, by
a vicious Mow on the jaw of the naval
i tan.
Court Begins January 6
Late yesterday afternoon Deputy
Clerk Henderson received a telegram
from Clerk Stn r of Fairbanks, direct •
ir.g turn to post notices calling for a
special term of the district court to lie
held in Yaldtz. beginning on the sixth
lay of January. Under the law thirty
days’notice is required, in order that
jurors may be drawn, some of whom
will come from the outlying districts.
'1 he session . f court will probably
be a long one, as both the civil and
criminal calendars are lengthy Many
i , pot taut cases will be on for hearing
Ik quaim, Dec. 3—Mrs. Frank Todd,
arc-used in company with Ralph
Slide, of murdering her husband,
has tnacle a public statement of the
case, in which she says she is not
eoncimecl in the murder; that Steele
id her in his p nver and she feared
- a* her life, until the death of Steele
>y suicide removed the cause of her
fear. _
Washington, Dec. 4—Secretary of
the Treasury C jrtolyou, in a report
to congress, asks for an appropriation
for the construction of a signal sta
tion on Ilinchinbrook island, at the
entrance to Prince William Sound.
The estimated cost is $30,0iK). Other
Alaskan appropriations asked for are
is follows: lighthouse station at the
•ntranco t > Resurrection Bay, $100,
UO; t > m i:*k a i 1 do due the Alaska
thi.ac a, £50,0 0; vessels for inspec
k n of Alaska canneries, $20,000; sa’
iicsof seal fisheries agents, $11,000;
.applies for natives, $11,000; support
a reindeer industry, $15,000; educa
ion of natives, 1100,000; support and
rection of additional schools, $200,
00; extension of cable service, $202
1^0; improvement of St. Michael har
)OV, bloi),COO.
Washington, Dee. 4—The jury in
the murder case of Mrs. Bradley re
t irned a verdict of not guilty, after
considering the case for over two days.
From the first tho jury stood eleven
tor acquittal us against oue for co. »
action. The Utter finally gave in to
.is associates.
Seattle, Dec. 4—The correspondent
of the i'ost-Inteiiigencer at Washing—
.on, D. I’., wires his paper that a bit
.er ligiit wiil be waged m Washington
against Goucrnor iioguatt of Alaska
.uis winter. Charges are to be tiled
against the governor, based on his ac
tions at Valdez in the Keystone can
yon shooting affair.
Seattle. Dec. 4 — Chairman J. D.
Sheldon, cf the Alaska republican
territorial central committee, will
shortly issue a call for primaries to
elect delegates to attend a convention
to nominate a candidate for delegate
to congress to succeed Ca!e. The con
vention will beheld at Juueau is the
spring. Nome and Fairbanks will
probably elect delegates at this time,
but at the more accessible places no
iit.e.1 haste is required.