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SATURDAY. APRIL UHW
CRITICISM OF PU3LIC MEN
No man in public oitice escapes criti
cism. President Lincoln was severely
and unjustly criticised by members of
his own cabinet as well as by congress
men. Criticism often takes the form
ot fault finding strongly tinctured with
ignorance and shortsightedness, as in
the c ist ot Lincoln. President Roose
velt is and has been subjected to se
vere crit ieisui. Much of it has come
fr in hi> enemies an * those whom be
h .s endeavored to make amenable to
the !aw> of I he land. Ruder criticism
Roosevelt i> unlike Lincoln who hold
the even tenor of bis way never devia
ting so much a> to add one member
to the \nanias club. Perhaps in less
strenuous times he would not have
felt the neve s s it\ so often of using the
v t't answer to turn away wrath.
n the criticism of the president
•o ik- have gone so far as to say he is
,•1 ;iu on the subject of trusts. Rut to
iti- 1st that the strong' as well as the
weak, tbo rich as well as the poor
•hall obey the law is not the mark of
hu unbalanced mind.
There has been a strong inclination j
>n tin pat of many '.*> lay the cause
oithcretvn: money panic to the ac-j
•».)., of President Roosevelt against
vari" - combined moneyed interests
W.I \v : l i i ■ *! i! ooubt the • auic was
b; tgbt on largely by tiie unrighteous
tittata ial schemes of moneyed nu n and
their attempts to discredit tlu* admin
istration. Had congress been willing
to carry out the good suggestions ot
♦p or* sideiif ;n regard to tin* welfare
of the v'.imry there would now be lit- j
tb* occasion n>r bitter attacks upon the
elite* exccu■.ive.
THE YELLOW PERIL
Much has b-en published in the past
few years that lias given occasion to
fear that this country might eventually ^
be overrun hy the Chines.- and otheis
from those tar eastern countries. It
seems: v*v fr-mi information ga titered j
from the 1 :n*> . t India tha the dan
ger is larg v i ngin.i"y. In India for
the perm*. - • t a y.-ars be ween ls'-*l
i,ud I'.Mj. .'I'oV'i , i mimters of
people was but -.4 p r cent, while tlie ,
(pH»wth U tbo a’as far i
in excess of that increase.
It appears tiiat through an increase i
of irrigation and the growth of manu- j
factoring industries there lias arisen a
great shortage of labor. Strange as it
mav seem, it is stated that not too!
great a population but too little is the
case of India today. The whole Asi-1
atic world is Ik ing carried out of old
conditions into new. China is likely |
to be a he. in tlie same manner as
India. Only about one fourth of the
great Asiatic continent is densely
populated. Scientific treatment of the
supposedly waste lands will open up
vast tracts of country for those people 1
in their own land. New and better,
conditions will bring higher ideas of!
living and more prosperity among the
working people. Instead of overflow
ing onto this continent those old world
people will find opportunity for devel
opment in their native land under con
ditions to which they have been born,
and the much talked of yellow peril
will soon have passed even from our
thoughts.
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COMMISSIONERS FOR ALASKA
There was introduced in the House
of Representatives this past winter by
Mr. Jenkius a bill “to provide addi
tional judges for the district of Alaska,
and for other purposes.” Section 10
of the bill contains one of the “other
purposes” and reads in part as follows:
“That with the approval of the attor
ney general the governor shall ap
point and at pleasure remove the com
missioners in and for the district * *.
New offices of commissioners may be
created by the governor with the ap-1
proval of the attorney general.”
The administration of justice in
Alaska will be in no way improved by
placing the power of appointing com
missioners in the hands of the gover
nor. Granting that the governor is an
honest and broad minded man more
occupied in administering his office
for the benefit of the people than in
seeking his own political preferment,
his position is such that lie is seldom
brought in contact with the commis
sioners. and hence has little opportu
nity to know whether they are prop
erly performing their duties or not.
The district judges now have the ap
pointive power and with them it should
rema.n. They are in frequent touch
j with the work of the commissioners
whom they appoint and can annul the
;.»j'tioi.it! or lit when occasion demands.
To place this power in the hands of
: the governor is to give him the oppor
tunity to surround himself with ap
! pointers upon whom he can depend to
further his political ambitions without
any regard to their titness for the
office to which they are appointed.
The office of I’nited States commis
sioner in Alaska is a very important
one and for that reason also should he
kept a> close 1\ related a> possible with
the judges of the district court.
TIME THE GREAT HEALER
It is said that Mrs. Frank \V. Steun
enbet g, wiuow of ex-Governor Steun*
onberg who was murdered by Harry
Orchard, signed the petition asking tot*
the commutation of Orchard's sen
tence. Her reason for so doing was
that she believed there was some good
in the man yet.
W hen grief is fresh in the mind,
and ont has sutlered the loss of a near
friend through the dastardly act of
some villain it is difficult* to retrain
from wishing that the severest penalty
may be meted out to the guilty party,
and tlie wronged ooe would oiten wil
lingly take a hand in it. Hut as time
goe-ou the spirit of revenge that at
first asserts itself becomes assuaged,
and. as in the case ot Mrs. St euneu*
berg, the belief arises that in tin* man
who has been g lilty ot great crime
there si ill may be good which is sub
ject to improvement. The pastime ot
afflicting punishment upon the guilty,
which people formerly delighted in,
no longer appeals to the normal mind.
Keen the stale seems slightly ashamed
,,f the part it has to play in disposing
. f the criminal, and the more secret
the execution is kept the less baneful
it is considered will be the inllueuce of
it upon tin* popular mind. Time has
softened the heart of man until the
conviction steals in upou him that it is
>\ t ong to d<*st roy human Ute for the
sake of inflicting punishment upon an
offender against law and order. This
conviction becomes stronger when it is
understood that the convicted criminal
does not stand alone. A countless
number of influences have contributed
to make him what lie is. Parties
more guilty have escaped detection
because of no overt act on their part,
and it is felt that the wrong doer
should be placed where he can do no
harm and given a chance to reshape
his life and character.
THE SOURCE OF STRENGTH
There is an ancient story of two
famous wrestlers who met to try their
skill. Due had never been beaten,
but when he came into the arena with
his new antagonist he found he had
apparently met more titan his match,
and was fast being winded. He notic
ed, however, that as he lifted his op
ponent from the ground the opponent
seemed to lose his strength, and quick
ly discerning that the source of his
foe's power lay in being in contact with
the earth, by a mighty effort he lifted
.him clear of the ground and holding
him in the air saw his enemy grow
weak and soon utterly collapse.
This is only a symbolic story which
serves to teach the wholesome lesson
that contact with mother earth is the
source of individual as well as national
strength. The early settlers on the
Atlantic coast, who are so often re
ferred to as the sturdy New Eng
landers, were men and women in close
touch with mother earth. The prime
val forest was their home, and from
the soil they must grow the grains and
vegetables for their daily sustenance.
The forests have been stripped from
the hillside, the sparkling streams
have ceased to flow, the soil has be
come less productive, the people have
gathered into cities where all sorts of
weakness of body and mind develop,
and corrupt municipal life springs into
being. The same condition prevails
the world over.
The old story is that man was made
from the dust of the earth. Certain
it is that he carries in his body the
same elements that are found in the
earth, and nature has decreed that he
cannot desert his parent entirely and
not suffer ill consequences.
FLEET SAILS TO
OTHER PORTS
Grand Reception Tendered Offi
cers of Evans’ Battleships
Closes Today.
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By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Iaw Angeles, April 24—The enter
tainment of the officers of the battle
tleet now in 1'acitic waters under the
command of Hear Admiral Kvans has
been a thoroughly enjoyable affair.
This is the dual day of the big recep
tion, and tomorrow the tleet will sail
I from here for other |>orts.
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Nearing Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, Cal.—April 2.>—The
i American fleet of battleships under
! the command of Bear Admiral Evans
• now sailing the Pacific waters is on
the way from San Diego to this place
and is expected to arrive this after
noon.
Black Forest Customs
The peasant farms of the Black
Forest are handed down from father to
son in a direct line, often dating back
400 years.
There is no division as in France;
all falls to the heir, only here it is
| not tlie eldest but tne youngest son
who inherits. It is rare that a Bur
.(peasant) dies as reigning head.
| \\ hen he gets on in years he abdicates,
| in order to end his days in the Leib
i gedingelutus (dower house), which
] stands beside each Hof (steading).
That he does so in favor of his
j youngest son is very sensible; were it
the elder he would have no peace, for
as soon as he married he would try to
induce his parents to retire, just at an
age when power is sweetest and best
! exercised. For this reason the practi
cal farmers of bygone generations de
cided to hand over the succession to
' the youngest, since when Benjamin is
a full grown man father Jacob is old
and glad to rest.
This law of inheritance goes by the
name of Vortel. Should the heir of
his own free will desire to resign in
favor of his elder brother the latter
must buy the property from him. Jn
such a case the younger may he term
ed a kind of Esau.—The Antiquary.
Coal Land Situation
Enormous areas of coal lands are
! still held in reserve l>v the govern
ment, and strong otTorts that have
been made in Washington during the
last winter to secure action by con
gress and the interior department per
mitting these lands to be developed
have proven unsuccessful. In several
localities, notably in Alaska, tin* sit
uation is distressing from a business
and economic standpoint, for the coal
properties have been thoroughly ex
amined, the country needs t he coal,
and nothing can he done toward de
veloping the fuel wealth of the region.
In November, lixXi, vast withdrawals
of coal lands were made by order of
the president, the avowed object of
the withdrawals from entry being to
prevent the formation of coal mining
monopolies. The total withdrawals
amounted to more than 60,(XX),000
acres. Included in the withdrawals
were lands in nearly all the western
states and very large tracts in Alaska.
Great deposits of lignite exist in the
prairie states of the west, especially in
the Dakotas, and recently these have
been regarded of great economic im
portance in view of investigations car
ried on by the technologic branch of
! the geological survey. According to
the fuel experts of the survey, it is pos
sible to convert lignite into power on
an economical basis by converting the
coal into gas. It is declared that gas
engines will largely supplant steam en
gines in large stationary manufactur
ing plants, and lignite is as well adapt
ed for malting gas for use in gas en
gines as is the best quality of anthra
cite or bituminous coal.—Walter E.
Clark in P.-I.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
April 25.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 38 34 Rain. Snow
Monday 40 34 Snow
Tuesday 37 34 Snow
Wednesday 44 34 Snow
Thursday 45 32 Clear
Friday 44 24 Clear
Saturday 53 32 Clear
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Champagne From Apples
A recent report from the United
States consul at Collingwood, Ontario,
throws some light on the making of
' “champagne’’ in some parts of France,
i The consul says: “A firm from Ro
j Chester, N. V.. has an apple evaporat
ing establishment at Callingwood and
another at Creemore. They bought LO,
i ooo barrels at $1 a barrel delivered at
: the factory. The 0whole output of
evaporated apples has been sold by
this firm at 8 cents a pound, and will
be shipped to the Northwest. The
waste, such as the core and parings, is
dried, barreled and shipped to France,
j where it is used for making “cham
pagne.” _
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Call for Democratic Caucus
At 8 o’clock Sat urday evening, April
2oth, at Hotel McNeiley on Fourth
avenue, the democrats of Seward will
meet in caucus for the purpose of elect
ing three delegates to attend the Dem
ocratic Territorial Convention which
will meet in Juneau on the Hth day of
May, I!>os. to elect six delegates and
alternates to attend the Democratic
National Convention to 1m* held in
Denver, July 7, 1008, and also to nomi
nate a candidate for delegate to con
gress.
All democrats are urged to be pres
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Land and Mineral Decisions
Published by Woodford 1). Harlan,
land attorney, Washington, 1>.
Coal Lands—One who purchases the
possessory right to a developed vein of
coal while the title to the land is still
in the United States, and thereafter
remains in actual possession thereof, is
entitled to tile a declaratory statement
and protect title thereunder.
Contest—Practice—Contest should
not be dismissed without notice, and
prior to the day set for hearing.
Entry—Alien—An entry made by an
alien is not void, but voidable/ and
segregates the land from public domain
while of record.
Final Proof—Newspaper—Notice of
intention to submit final proof must be
published in a reputable paper having
a general circulation, and must be
published in the newspaper proper,
and not on the supplement.
Mineral—Agricultural—Towns i t e—
Whenever mineral and agricultural
and townsite claims conflict, the com
parative value of the land for mining
or agriculture is in question and must
be considered.
Mining Claim—Proof of citizenship
is required from the beneficiaries
where the applicant for entry is a
trustee.
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