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Seward, Alaska, \\ ednesday, June 7,1916._
Within the past few weeks were killed Generals Mart-hand and Kitchener
who some years ago were the chief figures in the Fashoda incident that
nearly brought France and Britain to war against each other. At that time,
with the navies of both nations being mobilized, the names of these two men
were on the lip* of the world. It looked as if the respective claims to
Fashoda were to bring the hereditary enemies once more at each others
throats. This incident alone has peculiar lessons, it shows the same two men
turned to cla> by a common enemy, a circumstance which shows in turn how
tickle the mutual love of the powers is. Yesterday it was Japan against j
Kussia, Franco against Britain, Bulgaria against Turkey. Tomorrow it may j
be France against Britain, t urkey against Bulgaria and Japan against Kus-,
*ia once again. The powers may boast of one resemblance to municipal
politics in a city like that of Seward b> virtue of the fact that one can never
tell what new alliances might be sprung in a moment's notice like a bolt
from the blue.
A more serious consideration ;>tiU is presented by the story of the death
of these two men. It is the consideration of the fact that they were both
men of parts and brave and ambitious. There may be men, of course, tamping
ties on the Alaska Northern railroad who possess the germs of genius in
greater mea-aUiv than nu n wnu »it on thrones, but men like Kitchener and ■
Murchand have proven that they possessed to an eminent degree the qualities |
that put thoughts into effect. How wilt it be with the world after millions
of such men, millions of the best men ot the most civilized nations, have been
turned to clay ? Ls it not a fact that the best men are dying all over Europe
and that the puny ones, the until, are being left for the propagation of the
race? Kitchener rose by merit. There was something in him which made
him independent of the fact that he had no “noble biood. He was essentially ,
a man of action but he suffered in reputation recently, because some excuse
had to be found for the disasters brought about by unpreparedness. He was
the type of British officer which is usually conspicuous by its absence in the
British army. He took his profession seriously and not as a mere excuse
for strutting in a uniform under the admiring gaze of romantically inclined
ladies. He was probably really great the word “great" is understood and
if he hail failures towards the end history will not blame him as 1 is contem
poraries did. If he had lived and the war had passed a man like Kitchener
nvgl.t have been able to show the world with what danger insular stupidity
miglt threaten an empire.
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NOTICE OK APPLICATION KOK PATENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that NORTH
WESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY, a cor
poration. a* a»*tgn«v of RIC HARD W. HLN1,
being entitled to th* benefit* of Section 3306
of the Revised Statute* of the United State*
and amendment* thereto, ha* applied to make
entry of the land* embraced in U. S. Non
mineral Survey No. 333 a* amended, situate
on th# right bank of Naknek River, about one
half mile west of U. S. Survey No. 544, Bris
tol Bay. Territory of Alaska, and more par
ticularly described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning M. C. Cor. No. I on beach Nak
nek River at ordinary high tide, cor. not set,
wit, cor. an iron pipe set in ground marked
W. C. A. S. 332 Cor. 1, bear* No. 2.01 ch*.
dist.; thence from true cor. No. I North 7.36
chs. to cor. No. 2. an iron pipe set in ground
marked A. S. 232 Cor, 2. from whence cor.
No. 2 survey No. 232 bear* No. 6.06 ch*. di*t. ;
thence Ea*t 7.36 chs. to Cor. No. 3, an iron
pipe set in ground marked A. S. 232 Cor. 3.
from whence U. S. L. M. tR. G. M. C. Sur.|
bears N. 52 deg. 50 tuin. E. 28.97 chs.; .hence
So. 4.75 chs. to M. C. Cor. 4, cor. not set.
wit. cor. an iron pije set in ground marked
A. S. 232 Cor. 4 W. C„ bears North 1.78 chs.;
dist.; thence meandering Naknek River at or
dinary high tide (l> S. 71 deg, 41 min. W.
6.14 chs.; (2) S. 65 deg. 22 min. W. 1.68 chs.;
to M, C. Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning.
Area 4.11 acres Variation at alt corners 22
deg. 45 min. Eaat. Longitude 157 deg. 00
min. W. Latitude 58 deg. 41 min. 15 sec. N.
As additional to original homestead entry of
Richard W. Hunt. H. E. 2009 at Springfield.
Mo. Dated March 8. 1866.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portionof the above described tract of land are
required to file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Ottice at Juneau,
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under
oath, during the period of publication or with
in thirty days thereafter, or they will be bar
red by the provisions of the Statute.
NORTHWESTERN FISHERIES COMPANY,
By NEWARK L. BURTON.
Its Attorney in Fact.
First Publication June 1, 1916.
Last Publication August 11, 1916.
U. S. Land Office, Juneau, Alaska. March
81. 1916.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the fore
going notice be published for the statutory
period in th* Seward Gateway, a newspaper
of general circulation printed at Seward, Al
aska. th* nearest newspaper to said above des
cribed claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER.
___Register.
l'WO CKAZ1KS AT M VIv.NEK
Marshal Brenneman has received
word from Deputy Marshal Fursman,
at Xaknek, that he has two crazy
men confined there. The message is
lacking in detail, but it is supposed
the men are among the numerous can
nery employees at that place.—Ex.
FOl'XD
Gold watch and chain. Owner can
have same by giving description and
paying for this ad.—Enquire Purser
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1916—POLITICS—1916
How can the political aspect affect
Seward? What does it matter to usj
what the President's answer to Ger
many is ? Or how the Mexican situa-,
tion is handled. We are not doing it.
Seward will still be Seward and oc
cupy the same place on the map one
hundred years hence. Headquarters
for the U. S. government in Alaska—
By that time we will have an auto
mobile road to Kenai Lake. An air
line to Nome. But you can hardly af
ford to wait that long. You might
just as well wise up—Now. We are
tired of making predictions. Every-1
thing will be alright anyway. But to
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ments and assuaged their mangled
bodies with the balm of a convention,
candidates and machinery of their
very own.
It appeared today that the bruises
the steam-roller of four years ago in
tlieted might be entirely healed. The
Republican man in the streets and the
Progressive man in the street hailed
each other as brother, not political
enemy.
Gone today was the before-the-bat
tle acrimony of four years ago which
centered about the smallest minute
of the convention machinery.
Maybe the leaders of the Progres
sive and Republican gatherings still
maintained an air of aloofness mixed
with a curiosity as to what the other
side was doing, but there wasn’t near
!y so much grim desperation in the
chase of the Southern delegate, the
pursuit of the elusive unpledged dele
gate or in the jockeying for places on
the permament roll of the convention,
roster.
The business scheduled in both na
tional gatherings is to be more or less
perfunctory today. Calling to order,
prayer, introductory speeches by the
national chairman and the setting to
work of the convention committees is
about all either the Republican or the
Progressive leaders expect to accomp
lish in the day’s public missions.
The real fireworks is expected to.
begin tomorrow with the keynote
speeches of the temporary chairmen.
Tonight the Resolutions Commit
tees are expected U) begin their long
grind of hearings and closed sessions,
leading up to the formulation of plat
forms.
It was National Chairman Charles J
D. Hilles whose gavel banged to order
the Republican conclave, at noon pre
cisely. Hours before that minute the
great galleries of the Coliseum had
been packed to their utmost capacity.
A band, tucked far up above in the
gallery tooted cheerfully away at the
popular airs of the day and kept the
waiting thousands in good humor.
On the floor, where standards bear
ng the names of the states marked oil
the space reserved for the actual par
' tieipants in this quadrennial festi
vity, the delegates were slower to ar
rive. There was a constant roar of
noise from the floor and the galleries,
the buzzing of thousands of voices
blended into one indescribable medley.
This bedlam of confusion and talk
and stamping of feet and whispering
and shouting rolled up to the speak
er’s platform like a giant wave. The
noise of eight thousand sets of vocal
chords must be heard to be under
stood; words cannot convey the im
pression.
The delegates, all alive to their
own importance and wearing vivid
badges proclaiming their right to
have a voice in selecting the Republi
can standard bearers, strolled in in
groups and squads and companies.
They clustered about in little knots,
buzzing away with the ever-unchang
1 ing gossip of a national meeting.
On the speaker’s platform the offi
cers of the convention were holding
the little conferences that really
amounted to something.
Then came Charles D. Hides. There
was a vociferous outburst, a sort of
tidal wave of noise that dashed
against the platform and finally sub
sided in what would have been merely
the murmur of expectation, if it
hadn’t been for the fact that eight or
ten thousand murmurs of expectation
from the audience blended together,
made a fairly creditable amount of
noise.
Finally, BANG! went the gavel,
i (Gavel by courtesy, be it understood,
since it was really a gigantic mallet,
the only kind whose staccato raps
j could be expected to penetrate the
convention noise.)
Chairman Hilles called the conven
tion to order.
The noise subsided a little. There
was more BANGS and BIFFS and
ultimately a semblance of order was
obtained and the Republican Conven
tion of 1916 was in session.
Over in the Auditorium, very much
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the same scenes were being enacted
on a slightly smaller scale. The
Auditorium was likewise packed, bui
'it wasn’t nearly so large a hall as
the Coliseum and its theatre-like
proportions did’nt create the impres
sion of vastness such as struck tin
onlooker on entering the barn-like in
terior of the Republican meeting
place.
The Progressive conclave was more
mixed, also. There were women dele
gates. Rut there was the same noise
and clatter and enthusiasm.
The fiery retl head of National
Chairman Victor Murdock moved
comet-like on the stage.
“Original Roosevelt men”—and
women—renewed their fealty to the
Sage of Sagamore Hill in cheers, in
impromptu conferences, in all sorts ol
badges and ribbons.
Convention Cheering
CHICAGO, June 7.—The Republi
can convention of 1880 was the first
in whcih a woman spectator was “us
ed” to force a demonstration by
brandishing a flag and shouting a
candidates’ name. The same ruse
has been used in practically every
convention of both parties, since.
History records that the 1880 Re
publican convention cheered Blaine’s
name 35 minutes and Grant’s 30 min
utes. This was the first “long dis
tance” cheering record.
Demonstrations in conventions since
that time have frequntly continued for
45 and !>G minutes, and indeed, in 1008
at the Democratic convention, Bryan’s
adherents cheered and applauded the
Nebraskan for nearly an hour and a
half.
Probable Program of Convention
Wednesday, June 7.—Formal call to
order; organization; speech by Na
tional Chairman Charles D. Hilles.
Thursday, June 8. — Temporary
Chairman Warren G. Harding, of
Ohio presides; “keynote” speech by
Temporary Chairman. Resolutions
Committee reports the “platform
draft.
Friday, June 0.—Adoption of plat
form; nominating speeches for presi
dential candidates; selection of a
nominee.
Saturday, June 10.—Selection of a
vice-presidential candidate. Adjourn
ment.
Four Years Ago
The Republican National Conven
tion, held at the Coliseian, Chicago,
nominated William H. Taft and James
Schoolcraft Sherman of N. Y., for
president and vice-president.
Only 728 of the 1,078 accredited
delegates voted—344 delegates either
bolting or withholding their votes and
6 being absent.
Roosevelt adherents withdrew or
refused participation in further con
vention proceedings when the conven
tion threw out a number of their con
tests for delegates.
On the first ballot Taft received 5C1
votes and Roosevelt 107, the remaind
er being scattering.
The number necessary to a choice
was 540.
Southern Republican Delegates
In the 1912 convention, delegates
from the south constituted nearly one
half the majority necessary to nomi
nate—278 out of 590. The conven
n, however, left to the Committee
the task of re-adjusting the represent
ation scheme, with the result that in
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and Passengers for Anchorage.
the 1916 convention there are only
200 delegates—two-fifths of the total
and less than half of the 493 neces
sary to nominate.
Nearly 600 of the delegates to the
1916 convention were chosen by direct
primaries.
Figures on Republican Convention
Total number of delegates.983
Number necessary tc nominate.493
Figures on Democratic Convention
Total number of delegates-1,269
Number necessary to a choice..846 j
(Two-thirds vote necessary.)
Previous Republican Conventions and (
What They Did.
1856—Philadelphia, Fremont, 1 bal
lot.
1860—Chicago, Lincoln, 3 ballots.
1864—Baltimore, Lincoln, acclama- I
tion.
1868—Chicago, Grant, 1 ballot.
1872—Philadelphia, Grant, 1 ballot.
1876—Cincinnati, Hayes, 7 ballots.
1880—Chicago, Garfield, 36 ballots.
1884—Chicago, Blaine, 4 ballots.
1888—Chicago, Harrison, 8 bal'ots.
1892—Minneapolis, Harrison, 1 bul
lot.
1896—St. Louis, McKinley, 1 ballot.
1900—Philadelphia, McKinley, ac
clamation.
1904—Chicago, Roosevelt, acclama
tion.
1908—Chicago, Taft, 1 ballot.
1912—Chicago, Taft, 1 ballot.
(344 delegates refused to vote.
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