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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916
HISTORIC ELECTION OF 1876.
Although the returns showed Pres
ident Wilson to have been elected by
a small margin, it was practically cer
tain that contests and demands for
recounts would be made in some of
the doubtful states where the presi
dent had only a slight plurality. The
possibility that the great contest
would be thrown into the house of
i epresentatives for a time seemed al
most certain, but the canvassing of
the votes gave Wilson so clear-cut a
victory, with no possibility of a con
test, that the danger was removed.
The closeness of the race in Cali
fornia, Minnesota, North Dakota,
New Mexico and New Hampshire
showed that a comparatively trifling
error in figures might upset the wnole
result. Fortunately there was little
evidence of fraud, although fraud
had been charged by both sides, main
ly for political purposes.
In this connection the country is
reminded of the historical race De
tween Rutherford B. Hayes and Sam
uel J. Tilden for the presidency in
1876. The contest between Mr. Wil
son and Mr. Hughes is closer than
any presidential race in the history
of the United States, with the excep
tion of that of the “centennial year,”
—just forty years ago. In 1892 the
race between Harrison and Cleveland
resembled that of 1916 in many re
spects, but after all returns were iu
there existed no doubt of Mr. Cleve
land’s election and the result was
known within twenty-four hours after
the polls closed.
In 1876 the republicans nominated
Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio, for
President and William A. Wheeler of
New York for Vice President. The
democrats placed in nomination Sam
uel J. Tilden of New York and Thos.
Hendricks of Indiana.
Tilden had been governor of New
York and in that capacity had won
an enviable reputation as a reform
er. On account of his popularity he
attracted the support of many repub
licans. The result of the election,
which was decidedly close—with
Hayes having a lead of only one elec
toral vote—became the subject of ac
rimonious dispute. Both parties
claimed to have carried the states of
Louisiana, South Carolina and Flor
ida. Each charged the other with
fraud, the republicans affirming that
republican voters, particularly color
ed men, in all parts of the South, had
been deprived of their rights by in
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timidation or actual force, and that
ballot boxes had been stuffed to re
pletion; the democrats insisting that
their candidate in Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida had received a
majority of the votes actually cast,
and that the republicans were delib
erately falsifying the results in mak
ing up the vote. The friends of both
candidates for the presidency sent
prominent men into the states in dis
pute for the purpose of watching the
proceedings of the canvassing boards
—Just as both parties watched the re
count in the present election.
The attitude maintained by Mr.
Hayes personally was illustrated by a
letter sent to John Sherman at New
Orleans which was brought to light
by a subsequent investigation. It
was dated at Columbus, Ohio, Nov
ember 27, 1876, and said:
"I am greatly obliged to your
letter of the 23rd. You feel, I am
sure, as I do about this whole busi
ness. A fair election would have
given us about forty votes in tbe
South—at least that many. But
we are not to allow our friends to
defeat one outrage and fraud with
another. There must be nothing
crooked on our part. Let Mr. Til
den have the place by violence, in
timidation and fraud rather thaD
undertake to prevent it by means
that will not bear the closest scru
tiny.”
Mr. Tilden also wrote to Mr. Hen
dricks counselling him to await the
result with patience and to allow it
to go to Hayes, if necessary, rather
than have their election marked with
bloodshed and violence,—as the resi
dents of the North and South had not
yet recovered from the sectionalism
engendered by the Civil War, and it
needed but an unjudicious word or
act to start anew riot and bloodshed.
The canvassing boards of Florida,
South Carolina and Louisiana declar
ed the republican electors chosen,
which gave Mr. Hayes the winning
vote in the electoral college and the
certificates of these results were sent
to Washington by the governors of
the states. But the democrats per
sisted in charging frauds and other
sets of certificates certifying the dem
ocratic electors to have been elected
arrived at Washington.
To avoid a deadlock, which might
have happened if the electoral votes
had been left to the two houses of
congress (the senate having a repub
lican and the house a democratic ma
jority) an act, advocated by members
of both parties, was passed referring
all contested cases to a commission
composed of five senators, five repre
sentatives, and five judges of the su
preme court; the decision of this
commission to be final unless set
aside by a concurrent vote of both
houses of congress.
The commission, refusing to go be
hind the certificates of the govern
ors of the states contested, decided
in each case, by a vote of eight to sev
en in favor of the republican electors,
beginning with Florida on February
7, and Hayes was declared duly elect
ed president of the United States. The
decision was generally acquiesced in
and excitement quickly subsided.
In view of this precedent—that the
house would not go behind the certi
fied returns—the determination of
National Committeemen Willcox and
McCormick to make vigorous contests
during the counting and canvassing
of the ballots is readily understood.
THE EMPRESS
“The Girl of the Golden West”
\
, A Jdfese L. Laskey and David Belasco Feature
5 Act All Star Cast, Swell Scenes
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Wednesday—“THE CRUCIBLE”~Five Acts.'
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular A Emission
ONE of the greatest puzzles of the
present Territorial election is how
Wlckersham could get a unanimous
vote In a precinct with a democratic
commissioner voting in it. Several
peculiar circumstances have arisen
in the present election showing that
many of the present incumbents are
democrats for revenue only, and voted
against their party when they thought
Ahey could get away with it. A
man whb is holding office under one
party and voting for another should
receive a copy of that soulful ditty:
"Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds
You,” and the official axe right be
low where his brains are supposed
to be.
THE prohibitionists had their in
nings this election. Four more
states were added to the dry column
—Nebraska, Michigan, Montana and
South Dpkota. In addition to these
the Territory of Alaska waB lured
away from the demon rum—Alaska,
the last outpost of civilization, where
the dance hall, the grog shop and
frontier dive are still green in the
memory of our young men. In ad
dition two booze measures in the
State of Washington were swamped
with enough votes to elect a presi
dent. Utah is trying to climb on the
water wagon for the reason that the
democratic governor who was elect
ed is said to have made cold water an
issue. The outcome in Missouri
which also voted on the liquor ques
tion, has not yet been definitely an
nounced, although it is believed that
a state which harbors the Budweiser
factory and so much of the popula
tion who pound on a table with a beer
stein and sing "Der Wacbt am Rhine”
in stentorian tones will hardly votej
for prohibition. It seems to be only I
a question of time until the entire
country will go dry, and booze become
as rare as a dodo. Whether it is a
passing fad, however, can be told only
by the passage of time.
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NO ELECTION HELD
YAKUTAT THIS YEAR
On her way north the steamer Ad
Watson stopped in Yakutat, and it
was learned that no election was held j
there this year owing to the failure
to arrive there of the election sup
plies, including the official bhllots.
The many- friends of Steward Leon
ard, better known as the “Iron Duke,”
formerly of the steamship Admiral
Watson, will be pleased to hear that
he has been promoted to the position
of Port Steward at San Francisco fori
the Pacific Steamship Company.
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FOR RENT—Three-room house,:
Sherman street, furnished, ready to |
move in, rent moderate, man and :
wife preferred; apply Mrs. A. C.
Dowling, Sherman street. tf
A large crowd witnessed the pre
sentation of “It’s No Laughing Mat
ter” at the Empress last night, in
which Maclyn Arbuckle was the star
attraction. It was a splendid play
and kept the audience in a roar of
laughter.
Establish Nine-Hour Day.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.—The Brown i
Shoe Company today notified its six
thousand employes that their work
day would be nine hours with the
present ten-hours pay.
MAYBE if paper gets much higher
manufacturers will not be able to use
so much of it in shoes.
Emir Helps Czar.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 20.—The Emir
of Bokhara, who is on a visit to the
Czar, has presented the latter with j
(500,000 for war purposes.
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Thomas H. Holland, after spending
several days in Valdez, left on the
Mariposa to return to his home at
Chitina.
Henry Suessdorff and son Carl left
on the Mariposa for the States. They
will go to Long Beach, California,
and will later go east.
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Chris Pedersen arrived in town
from the Port Wells country.
Charles Spongberg is a recent ar
rival In town from Port Wells.
Wm. Wesserling is a recent arrival
from Port Wells.
Mrs. Don Thomas, wife of the
manager of the Thomas-Culross Min
ing Co. is a recent arrival from that
property.
The B. F. M. arrived from the j
Granite Mine today noon, bringing i
several passengers.
Capt. Wm. Callaghan arrived in
port today noon^with a good passen
ger list and some freight from Port
Wells and down sound points.
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FOR RENT—One 4-room and one
10-room house on Broadway. Fur
nished. Mrs. M. M. Hopkins. 5t
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfer that baggage for you. tf
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SULZER STILL
MAINTAINS LEAD
The returns received yesterday
from Susitna, McDougall, Cache
Creek, Wasilla, Willow Creek and
Hope gave Sulzer 39 votes and Wick
ersham 80, or a plurality in these pre
cincts of 41 votes for Wickersham.
This reduces Sulzer's lead in the
Territory to date to 110 votes.
Susitna—Lewis 3, Sulzer 0, Wick
ersham 16, Cobb 13, Grigsby 4, Scho
field 1, Dooley 6, Frame 6, German
6, Ronan 1, Cannon 19, Day 8, Heg
ner 5, W. J. Henry 3, W. P. Henry
3, Holland 1, Hunter 9, McCallum
1, Murray 2, Noon 14, Price 6, Dier
inger 1, Jeter 10, Wilson 1, Wood 6,
Dry 17, Wet 3, 8-hour law 16,
Against 8-hour law 3.
uacne ureek—Lewis l, Sulzer l, |
Wickersham 9, Cobb 1, Grigsby 5,
Schofield 4, Dooley 0, Frame 3, Ger
man 2, Ronan 6, Cannon 10, Day 4,
Hegner 6, W. J. Henry 6, W. P. Hen
ry 3, Holland 2, Hunter 2, McCallum
0, Murray 0, Noon 4, Price 1, Dier
inger 3, Jeter 1, Wilson 2, Wood 4,
Dry 11, Wet 0, 8-hour law 5, against
8-hour law 3.
McDougall—Lewis 7, Sulzer 9,
Wickersham 17, Cobb 18, Grigsby 8,
Schofield 4, Dooley 6, Frame 9, Ger
man 4, Ronan 12, Cannon 20, Day
12, Hegner 5, W. J. Henry 5, W. P.
Henry 4, Holland 4, Hunter 15, Mc
Callum 5, Murray 8, Noon 14, Price
9, Dieringer 1, Jeeter 3, Wilson 7,
Wood 16, Dry 23, Wet 11, 8-hour day
23, against 8-hour 6.
Willow Creek—Lewis 2, Sulzer 5,
Wickersham 9, Cobb 1, Grigsby 13.
Schofield 2, Dooley 2, Frame 15, Ger
man 5, Ronan 4, Cannon 15, Day 9,
Hegner 5, W. J. Henry 2, W. P. Hen
ry 3, Holland 0, Hunter 3, McCal
lum 8, Murray 2, Noon 5, Price 5,
Dieringer 3, Peter 10, Wilson 1,
Wood 2, Dry 12, Wet 4, 8-hour day
16, against none.
Hope—Lewis 0, Sulzer 14, Wicker
sham 21, Cobb 14, Grigsby 16, Scho
field 4, Dooley 4, Frame 14, German
5, Roonan 11, Cannon 31, Day 10,
Hegner 5, W. J. Henry 10, W. P.
Henry 12, Holland 2, Hunter 9. Mc
Callum 3, Murray 1, Noon 16, Price
6, Dieringer 1, Jeter 18, Wilson 10,
Wood 5, Dry 18, Wet 14, 8-hour day
30, against 2.
Wasilla—Lewis 6, Sulzer 10, Wick
ersham 8, Cobb 5, Grigsby 14, Scho
field 3, Dooley 6, Frame 2, German
3, Ronan 12, Cannon 24, Day 9, Heg
ner 5, W. J. Henry 2, W. P. Henry 3,
Holland 0, Hunter 3, McCallum 8,
Murray 2, Noon 9, Price 5, Dieringer
3, Jeter 10, Wilson 1, Wood 2, Dry
12, Wet 4, 8-hour day 16, against 0.
Lewis Sul. Wck.
First Division .... 300 2409 1891
Second Division— 128 589 762
Fourth Division.... 210 1540 1517
Totals . 638 4538 4170
Vote by Precincts—
Susitna . 4 0 16
Cache Creek . 119
McDougall . 7 9 13
Willow Crook. 2 5 9
Hope . 0 14 21
Wasilla . 6 10 8
Roosevelt . 3 16 12
Sunrise . 1 2 11
Moose Creek. 16 18 11
Moose Pass . 7 1
Fidalgo . 2 7 1
Landlock . 3 5
Granite . 12 13 27
Latouche . 3 34 22
Copper Center .... 2 5 10
Matanuska . 47 41 46
Ellamar . 6 30 18
Ouzinka . 36 5
Cliff Mine . 5 6 8
Seward . 183 268
Valdez . 12 237 202
Anchorage. 218 336 432
Cordova. 34 167 201
iirdwood . 4 30 15
Katalla . 1 24 16
Granby . 11 13
Teikhell . 4 7
L'nalaska . 2 57 30
Kodiak . 66 67
Bonanza . 4 9
Jumbo . 13 6
Kennecott . 24 23
Strelna . 9 9
Chitina . 7 45 32
Eyak . 17 30 • 40
Allen . 2 4 3
riekel . 5 4 11
Sourdough.• .... 5
Ufognak. 11 15 45
Seldovia . 11 23 55
(Jnga . 1 61 32
McCarthy . 8 51 84
Knik . 11 43
449 1636 1894
Sulzer’s lead over Wickersham ....110
DAUGHTER ARRIVES AT
THE PASCOE RESIDENCE
A handsome baby daughter arrived
at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Pas
coe yesterday. Mother and daughter
are reported to be progressing nicely.
John L. Hansen left for Cordova
on the Mariposa.
MERCHANTS CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 OPEN ALL NIGHT Chan. Fincher, Propr.
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM. LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104 MRS. L. HOLT. Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdss Pock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 84
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everjthhg First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
LAUNCH N & S
Leaves every Wednesday at t a.
na. from Valdes Dock for Eella
ur, bead lock. sad Fidalco.
Leaves every Saturday st 7 a. m.
from Valdes Dock for Cedar Bay.
Wells Bay. Fort Wells and Gran
ite Mine.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
Candy Kitchen i
E. W. HUNT—In Owl Drag Store. j
FOUNTAIN DRINKS !
HOT-COLD j
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CBAS. McCALLUM, Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.
HEAVY GALE BLOWS
STEAMER’S WHISTLE
Some wind blew while the Alameda
was making her voyage south recent
ly. Capt. Clinger told a representa
tive of the Juneau Empire that while
coming across the Guf of Alaska, the
Alameda bucked one of the worst
storms he ever experienced. The wind
was blowing a gale from the north
east ar.d was accompanied by a thick
fall of snow.
Capt. Clinger says that for hours
at a time the wind blew so hard
against the whistle wire that it kept
the whistle blowing and that with the
shriek of the wind, the blowing of the
whistle and the tolling of the bell on
the masthead, it was the most mourn
ful trip he ever made.
The Misses Bennett, who spent Sat
urday and Sunday in town, returned
on the Tokeh Lou yesterday to Ella
mar.
Deputy Marshal C. C. Mossman
passed through on the Mariposa en
route to the States with an insane
prisoner from Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McDougall re
turned on the Mariposa from a short
visit to Seward.
Jim Davis returned on the Mari
posa from a trip to the westward.
Notice to the Public.
Notice is hereby given that I vol
untarily dissolved partnership with
Mrs. Louisa A. Chisholm, in the
laundry business conducted on Mc
Kinley street, Valdez, Alaska, on Nov.
11, 1916, and will therefore, not be
responsible for any debts or bills
contracted for, on or after above date.
3t CAPTAIN JOSEPH JANDOS.
The Golden North has steam heat
ed rooms. tf
The Home of the Pat-a-Cake. At
Love-Wh:;)ey Co. tf
When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants' Cafe, open all
night. if
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
<y».
PROFESSIONAL. CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices orer Valdes Drag Co.
Phose 'IB * McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
3335lei-STS1 D"tTer-ty
DENTIST
Fourteen Tense In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Offlce Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DiMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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Office Opposite Court Hoase
Phone M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN L.TONB e. jr KITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOHNH YS-AT-LA W
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SEVEN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
o’clock in their hall over U. S. Com
missioner's office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
free aad Accepted Maaeas.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
W. S. Mineral Surreyar
McKialey Street oppsaite V. M. Store.
Vsldez, Alaska
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un*
less Paid for in Advance
The Best Placeman Valdez to
Stop at* is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Roea«--The Hoaae of Coefart
rates: REASONABLE
BATH-ROOM Special Rata By the Moath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prap
When b Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
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SIR ICT Lv FIR8T CLASS 1
Fourth Aye, Seward. Alssks i