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WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
, I905
THE GOVERNOR DUPED. '\
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Unless the newspapers are doing
an incredible amount of lying Gov.
John G. Brady has let himself get
into a tangle which ought to sepa
rate him from his official position.
It makes no difference that he is
guiltless of intentional wrong.
Some one has said that hell is
paved with good intentions. The
honesty of purpose with which the
governor has been so generously
accredited becomes an actual de
merit when coupled onto a gulli
bility that permits a promoter to
exploit it as so much stock in trade.
Meantime it may as well be men
tioned, in passing, that the same
promoter who gulled the governor!
into boosting for an alleged devel- |
opment company a few weeks ago I
experienced no difficulty in enlist
ing a number of "official” newspa
pers in the cause of a so-called
self-government scheme for Alaska.
Perhaps the "official" newspapers
were actuated by motives as pure
as those of the governor; but of
course they should not lose their
"official’’ position.
Governor Brady's sin lies in al
lowing the Reynolds-Alaska Devel
opment Compaiy to use his name
and official character to further its
interests. The company ’s prospec
tus contains a fac simile letter from
the governor lauding the concern
in terms befitting a fakir, and en
vclojie* containing advertising mat
ter hear the words, “Promoted by
the Governor.“
A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE
INDIAN.
There is a proposition to trans
form the Indian school at Carlisle,
Pa., into a military training estab
lishment for the purpose of making
soldiers of the Indians, thereby per
petuating the old-time idea of keep
ing the Indians together. In a com
munication to the Denver Post,
Gen. R. H. Pratt, who has had a
large experience in dealing with
the Indians, argues against the
policy. He says:
‘'It would be easy to enlist sev
eral hundred Indians who have suf
ficient intelligence, character and
physical qualifications to make
them acceptable soldiers in our
army. But they should be taken
in as independent and individual
men without any regard to the fact
that they are Indians, ami it would
be better tor them in every way if
only one Indian were put into a
company and no two Indians from
the same tribe into the same regi
ment. They would then at once
fraternize with the ether soldiers
and quickly become equal to them
in service and qualities. It has long
been understood and practiced in
the army that the quickest and best
way to make a good soldier out of
a recruit is to place him at once into
a company of old soldiers.”
"This extract from Gen. Pratt's
communication,” remarks the Se
attle Times, “suggests that if the
government had adopted the prac
tice of dealing with the Indian in
his individual capacity the way
might have been opened to have
made him an important factor in
the development of the country.
. The idea of having Indian com
pames in the array will probably
prove as conspicuous a failure as
has the practice of building up an
Indian civilization by huddling
them in bunches on reservations.
The Indian problem would, in the
light of the present, have been much
easier solved if the individual had
lieeti treated with instead of the
trilie. The individual Indian can
be made a farmer, a mechanic, a
nurse or a soldier, and he is made
much more efficient by his assticia
tion with whites than by a contin
uance of his old environments. . .
If the Indian be put among citizens
he will he a citizen, and now is a
good time to begin giving him a
'square deal.’ ”
If the conclusions reached by ihe
Times are true with regard to the
Indians of the f'nited States, who
make treaties with the government
and are accorded various rights de
nied to citizens, what of the natives
of Alaska who arc treated with as
individuals and yet as inferiors un
der the law*
Two peoples can not live together
N. V. HENDRICKS
ESTABLISHED 1904
Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH,
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We Buy and Ship for you. Only on Commission
Call on our Agent or write to us
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under the jurisdiction of the same
courts in inequality before the law
without the demoralization of each.
TIMELY RETURN.
The papers arriving in the first
mails after the opening of naviga
tion had much to say about Presi
dent Roosevelt’s exploits on his
recent hunting trip. ,-A courier
just arrived states that the presi
dent killed a bob cat this morning;”
! another reports that he killed a
snake wifh his quirt; he killed a
bear, strangled a she-wolf with his
; own strenuous hands, and so on
ad nauseum. It reminds one of the
fuss made over the tour of Dom
Pedro in the 70’s, which a nevvspa
| per ridiculed thus:
‘‘Dom Ptdro-damn Pedro!”
Of course Mr. Roosevelt is not to
blame if the press is inclined to act
the ninny; but all his friends should
bless the circumstance that hurried
his departure for Washington.
A proposition to portion out
the northwest Canadian territory
among the near-by provinces is to
receive serious consideration. Un
der this scheme Yukon Territory
would be joined to British Colum
bia, which is largely a mining
province, and much land soon to be
opened to settlement by a new
transcontinental railway would be
appropriately added to the agri
cultural provinces to the eastward.
If carried out the proposition may
prove to l>e the wisest step taken
by Canada since the federation of
the provinces.
In 1893 a so-called Democratic
f president approved of federal sol
diers settling labor troubles in the
'State of Illinois. Recently the pres
ent Republican occupant of the high
! office was in Chicago when similar
| disturbance was rile; but no federal
meddling was indulged in and the
1 proper authorities restored order by
their own methods. You can’t al
ways judge an official by the jHiliti
cal company he keeps.
Wortu has l*en received at Chris
tiana that Rowell Amundsen, a
Norwegian, has reached the mag
netic pole.
GKORGK A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart. Alaska
J. LINDLEY GREEN,
lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
Commissioner and Recorder
Rooms i and 2, Courthouse
THE MIRROR
Wines,
Liquors,
Cigars.
JERRY FORD,
M. R. DOWNING.
WHITE PASS COMPANY
WINS DAMAGE SUIT
The river division of the White
Pass & Yukon route has finally won
the suit for damages against it in
the sum of $12,000 by First Officer
Morgan of the Yukoner, who al
leged as a cause of action—first, for
the injuries caused by the bursting
of the steam capstan; and second,
for aggravation of the injuries owing
to the unauthorized detention of the
plaintiff on board the Yukoner,
which after some delay caused by
stranding, arrived at Whitehorse
some days after the accident.
I11 the trial of the case the jury
allowed the damages. The supreme
court reversed it on the ground that
the company was blameless in the
matter and that the only negligence
was contributed by Morgan himself.
—Skagway Alaskan.
Caller—Kitty, is that your parrot*
I.ittle Girl—No, indeed, ma'am.
The folks next door left him with
ns when they went away on their
vacation. 'Fore he t>egins to talk
1 want to tell you he doesn't lielong
to our church.—Chicago Tribune.
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