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OF SEWARD, ALASKA — Established August 19. 1904
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DOGMATISM VS PATRIOTISM
Some concern is felt because neither of the dominant
political parties has taken a stand on the prohibition ques
tion. But for several reasons we see no cause for alarm.
Platforms have not been drawn or adopted. Until the
national conventions are held there can be no official pro
nouncements from party organizations.
To suppose that any party can consistently take a
stand other than enforcement of existing laws is unthink
able. It has been long taken for granted that govern
ment should and must enforce and administer its own en
actments. Otherwise there would be no government. If
it has come to a question merely of whether to enforce
and administer existing law than the country is in a sad
plight!
This does not mean that a party shall be denied the
right to exercise its freedom with respect to endorcing
modification of the Volstead Act or the repeal of the 18th
Amendment. That right is fundamental. Any man, or
poliitical party may consistently and legally raise financ
es, carry on propaganda thru press, platform, radio or
soap box to abolish thru the ballot every vestige of prohi
bitory statutes concerning the traffic in intoxicating
liquors. While we would be far from predicting any such
sweeping measures, yet the right to adopt them remains
inviolate and absolute, just as the right of thos who advo
cate prohibition to campaign has remained sanctioned
and unquestioned.
No political group should make hasty decisions. To
be dogmatic—to make assertions of policies before final
judgments are formed and the will of the majority ascer
tained—is as detrimental to success as silence in the face
of established truth. In government, as in other sys
tems and philosophies, nothing is absolute except princi
ples. No political party is going to take snap judgment
against an established institution like prohibition without
consultng the masses. In the end the parties are the peo
ple.
Dogmatism is not patriotism, laacn party nas its
extremists. The party that is wise will riot only refrain
from a platform of radical change, but will go only so
far as the judgment of the people warrants. The best
any party can say is that prohibition is with us, and being
with us, must be enforced unless and until repealed.
Two possible things can happen to prohibition as it
now exists. One is that by strict enforcement it will do
away with intemperance and drunkenness. The other is
that it will enforce itself into a sweeping repeal and hence
out of existence. Thus a genuine wet and a genuine dry
will both advocate the same issue—enforcement, while
the rest of the world watches for the result.
For six days now the Los Angeles kidnapping and
murder case has been big front page news. . The next
thing everyone is looking for is how long it will take for
righteous justice to act. Little Marian was murdered
swiftly and her killer should likewise be dispatched just
as fast.
We were always counted a fairly good student in an*
cient and medieval histoiy. Our difficulty now is in try
ing to keep posted on which of our national figures are in
the pen and which ones ought to be.
Friendships that cost nothing to build will do. more
toward world amity than battleships that cost millions.
Well, why shouldn’t politicial parties evade prohibi
tion when it is being evaded at nearly all other kinds of
parties.
“Seward, Alaska, the center of everything'? How
do you get that way,” asked a visitor in town the other
day. Well, we might change it to read this wise: “Sew
ard, Alaska, center of darn near everything.”
A Washington politician has suggested a way to help
the farmer by sending him a relief map of his farm.
PICK THUN DUCKS
SNOW IN SIN JOIN
RICO MINING REGION
SILVEVRTON, Colo., Dec. 23. (/P)—
During the past week. Joe Salletti,
with his twenty-odd pack mules has
been quite busy transporting winter
supplies to different properties of
the district for operators and those ;
who are ^oing work in the mining;
way, and among the number was a j
shipment of powder, coal and pro- ;
visions that go to make up an equip- j
ment for a winter session to the j
Lark in Prospect basin, of the Glad- 1
stone section, where Dominic Piccoli
and others have secured a lease and
are planning on a winter campaign |
of development.
A few years ago the Lark was con
sidered among the promising pros
pects of that section, but of late it
has been idle and not a great deal f
has been heard, but it is the in
tention of those who are now getting
ready for action to again bring the
claim to the fore by an active cam
paign of shipment and development
work.
GIRL GETS 14 YEARS
LA GRANGE. Tex., Dec. 23. (/P)—
Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogeirs, girl
bank robber was sentenced to 14
years in prison for holding up a bank
at Buda, Tex. She had pleaded tem
I porary insanity.
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PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 23. (JP)— |
' Hickman slept solidly until 6 a. m.'
then asked the guard what time it 1
| was. He then fell back to sleep J
again. The guards were frightened
| in the early morning hours when one
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of them reported he had watched the
! prisoner for two hours without observ- j
ing a movement or even hearing him
breath.
NO PILLS IN HAIR
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FearingIhe might have taken a con
| cealed drug they roused him enough
to determine if he was alive then
combed thru his mass of hair to make ;
; sure he had secreted no pill.
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Seward Machine Shop
After business hours call Jack Shea, Madison 31.
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Mrs. Jas. Truitt of Anchorage, who
accompanied Attorney Truitt to Sew
ard Saturday, will remain over the
holidays visiting her daugher Mrs.
Moehring. The Judge went South to
Wrangell to visit their prominent
son in charge of dredging operations.
The Eastern Star will install new*
officers for the ensuing year at the
meeting Monday.
The Seward Masons will hold in
stallation on Tuesday evening.
Boys all wool school suits, long
pants. Urbach's.
OFFENSIVE IN SPRING
PARIS, Dec. 23. (JP)—Severe repri
sals cultimating possibly in a mihta
ry offensive in the spring, is threat
ened by France against Moroccan
natives who forced the French to
pay an enormous ransom the re- * 4
lease of Yves Steeg and five other
French captives.
Frank Raby, fox farmer from Sel
dovia, left for Seattle on the Alame
da to be gone for a couple of months,
pleasure bent.
Mew York and vanilla ice
cream at the Candv Cottage.