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VOTERS LITTLE CONCERNED WITH PARTIES
Th*- effort of the politician* t > restore closely defined party lines in
the coming campaign is not likely to meet with the success anticipated hy
the leaders. The American people as a whole are not so sharply divided
into separate parties as the Democrats and Republicans would have us be
lieve. There are millions of voters who refuse to take party divisions
seriously and who are totally indifferent as to which ticket they vote for so
long as they feci they are voting for clean, capable men.
There are still many of that class of hide bound voters who would
vote for the old Nick if he were chosen to head their party ticket, but the
really intelligent voters are fast breaking away from the idea that the hope
and welfare of the country depends solely on the maintenance of parties.
There was a time when “republican" and "democrat" were labels
for distinctly opposing theories and principles. Then It was a matter of
considerable, not to say vital, concern which party prevailed. When Is
sues like the tariff, sound money, free trade and other important policies
of similar character were before the country, it was no time for indifference
and the voters naturally divided into groups representing one side or the
other of the questions presented.
But the years and changes in national and international economics
have worn away most of the differences that once divided the two great
parties and lesser factions with ideas espoused by neither of the old parties
are appearing in the field in Increasing numbers. Democrats no longer
.grand for free trade and the republicans no longer endorse the maintenance
of a prohibitive tariff wall around the country to prevent foreign competition
with American products in home marl. < is. Bimetallism, is no more a slogan
for party cohorts—and financial policies have small place as campaign Issues.
In the matter of general financial policy the only difference between
republicans and democrats is that one d votes itself t> ciiticism of op
position expenditures and the other to defending tin m.
At the present time the league of Nations appears lhe only issue be
tween the two big parties that is at ail likely to draw the voters into closely
defined party camps and even this gives little promise • >f permniurntly re
storing their all but vanished party lines. There are plenty of vital matters
confronting the country that could converted into issiue which vc- al.l
speedily bring voters under party banters, but neither of tin* . Id pa-'i s ap
pear to see them, doubtless because playing politics is a matter ..f greater
moment to the politicians than the people’s welfare.
With both parties ignoring th > things that most vitally concern the
masses it is unlikely that the professed intention of the leaders to make
parties a leading factor in the next campaign will ryove more than an abor
tive effort. To a vast number of voters the old god's are dead and it will
take something more than the customary political Jazz music to resurrect
^Tiem and restore confidence In their being.
THE HOPEFUL CIRCUMSTANCE
The one hopeful circumstance of the present .situation is that both
parties are agreed upon the necessity of reducing expenditures and decrees*
ing taxation, Each boasts It is the only one that can and will do the job
right. Whether either of them will do so if given an opportunity is, of
course, very much of a question.
I'pon this more than any other conscious human agency depends
the prospect of relief from the burden of high costs. The law cannot reduce
prices by mandate, no more than it can reduce wages. It can curb the
prlfiteer but it cannot materially reduce the large profits due in part fo larger
capital outlay on wholesale purchases. Neither can it force increased pro
duction of necessities or reduce rents and interest. But it can do a whole lot
In a general way toward reducing the cost of living and stimulating pro
duction by reducing the burdens of the tax payer.
If the people but make it known that tlielr choice at the next elec
tion depends upon which party they believe to be the more sincere in its
promises of economy, there is hope that the party elected will come to realize
that they must make good or pass into political oblivion. And witu the
birth of such conviction there is a good prospect that the welfaie of the
people wiil|receive more consideration from the politicians In the future and
that some of their burdens will be lifted by government efforts.
A WHITE HOUSE LULLABY
(Croon to the song; "High Diddle-Diddle”)
Ten little cabinet members In the 'White House line,
Bill Bryan quit his job, and then there were nine;
Nine little cabinet members having a debate,
Llndley Garrison had a fight and then there were eight:
Eight little cabinet members thought they were in heaven,
McReynolds landed a nice new Job, nnd then there 'were seven;
'Seven little cabinet members In on awful fix,
McAdoo left to get more pay, and then there were six;
Six little cabinet members struggling to keep alive,
High cost of living forced Gregory out, and then there were five;-: v
Five little cabinet members playing on the floor.
Glass became a senator, and then there were four;
Four little cabinet members, unable to agree.
Lane was offered a new place, and then there were three;
Three little cabinet members, knew not what to do.
Redfield went back to business, and then there were two;
Two little cabinet members, having lots of fun,
Lansing got the grand old bounce, and then there was one;
t‘: One little cabinet member, his war work all done.
'm Panlels will be the next to go. and then there‘11 be none—
^Vell, that is, except the one and only one, •
The one in all, and all in one;
Of earth, the light; of suns, the sun—Wilson.
—Wall Street Journal.
Voice of the Alaska Press
BOLSHEVIKI BONCOMBE
Emphatically it is brought home to
the minds of Alaskans that something
must be done to curb apparently in
sane activity of some officials,either
in the North or in power in Washing
ton. If radicalism is a menace to the
country, so also Is the belief of some
officials that every vague rumor that
reaches them is the occasion for the
expending of thousands of dollars, "to
put down uprisings.
Alaska is neither Mexico nor a
wretched Central America country
where eighteen people can start a rev
olution. and when officials attempt to
spread the impression that It is a boil
ing-over pot of radicalism they mis
represent and deliberately tell an un
truth. There are a few in Alaska it
is true, who are as radical as Trotsky
or Lenine themselves, but they are so
few in number that they cut little
On Friday the Chronicle received no
less than four messages from the
States, urging that dispatches be sent
Immediately as to the Hyder uprising.
They were followed by dispatches tell
ing of the dispatch of the Algonquin
with a Idg force of men and machine
Yesterdays arrivals from Hyder re
ported that the nearest thing to an up
rising there was a somewhat overcon.
vivial celebration occasioned by* the
consumption of a liquid that is not
now drunk in the best of families—
openly. They say there was no sign
of any demonstration ai^’ kind and
they characterized the reports as bun
Now these reports originated from
official sources. Of that there can be
no question, for otherwise the gov
ernment ship and men would not have
been dispatched. It is but further mis
representations of conditions in the
north, which misrepresentations were
started some weeks ago by worthy
citizens of the North who were then
sojourning i ntho East at the expense
of the government.
Hyder is badly In need of a new
dock and it has been unable to get it
W> date because of the difficulty in se
curing funds. If the government
would take the money that It is cost
ing to run the Algonquin and crew with
troops, to Hyder. and potlatch that as
a nest egg for a dock fund the thriv
ing mining camp would soon have this
much needAl improvement under way.
It is certainly time that the officials
• sponsible for this sort of injustice t'
\laska. and to the treasury of the
t'nitod States, should be brought to
account for their delinquencies, or
over-enthusiasm, and to that end steps
hnuld he taken in all parts of the Ter
ritory to see that they are brought to
account.—Ketchikan Alaska Chron
W0NDER8 NEVER CEA8E
In these days of divorce scandals,
separations and alimony, it is refresh*
ing to run into an old man whose
wife and affinity are the same woman.
Wonder what the Stork thinks
about a fashionable apartment house
into which no babies are admitted.
One l$ind of a woman can make
the worry and work of married life
seem a pleasure to a man. And the
other kind of a woman can mnke Ali
mony seem a good Investment to any
The woman who refers to a neigh
bor woman ns "an old hen” would
.get awfully mad if some one referred!
to her daughter as a “chicken.”
A man loses faith in the Sun and
the Washington Observatory when
they say it is noon and his watch1
says it lacks five minutes to Noon.
Anyway, the girl who thinks she
is Cute isn’t half as big a nuisance i
as the man who thinks he is Pretty.
The more a married man sounds
like he is an Orator when he is down,
town the more he sounds like a Door
Mat when he Is home.
The mdn who barks and growls all'
day is the same fellow who gets mad
If his dog tries It at night.
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Postmaster Deal is informed from
Seattle that the arrangements have all
been made between the Postofllce de
partment and the Alaska Engineer
ing commission to handle the Interior
mall from October 1. next via Se
ward. and also that the service be
tween the ends of steel has already
been provided for. -so local bidders will
not have d chance at the contract, says
the Fairbanks News Miner.
The wire received by Mr. Deal rends
Seattle, Wash., June 17, 1920
Postmaster Deal, Fairbanks,
Arrangements made by the depart
ment and Alaska Engineering Commis
sion for latter to handle malls thru
from Seward to Nenana and Fairbanks
from October first next. Service be
tween ends of steel already provided.
M'ORATH
ODE TO THE GIRL8
Little Birl. you look so small.
Don't you wear no clothes at all?
Don't you wear no shimmy shirt?
Don't you wear no petty skirt?
Just your corset and your hose.
Are those all your underclothes.
Little cirl, you look so slight.
When I see you in the light:
WJth your skirts cut rather high,
Won't you catch a cold and die?
Ain't you 'frnid to show your calf?
It must make the fellows laugh.
Little girl, what is the cause.
Why your clothes are made of gauze?
Don’t you wear no undervest
When you go out fully dressed?
Do you like those peek,a-boos
'Stead of normal underclothes?
Little your splenders sfiow.
When the sunlight plays on you;
I can see your tinted flesh
Through your thinnest (jown of mesh.
Is it modest, do you 'spose.
Not to wear no underclothes?
Little girl, I see your chest,
’Cause you go around half dressed:
Yes. I see 'way past your throat,
To a region most remote. t
'Taint my fault, now don’t suppose
Why not wear some underclothes?
Little girl, your sox has shoals
Of those little tiny holes,
Why you want to show your limb,
I don’t know—is it a whim?
Do you want to catch the eye
Of each fellow passing by?
Little girl, where is the charm.
In your long uncovered arm?
In the V behind your neck,
la It for the birds to peck?
Little girl, I tell you those
Ain't as nice as underclothes.
Little girl, now listen here.
You would be Just twice as dear.
If you’d cover up your charms
Neck, back, legs and both your arms.
I would take you out to some shows,
If you’d year some underclothes.
Little girl, your mystery,
Luring fhnrms and modesty,
Is what makes us fellows keen,
But no lovpr—goodness knowns—
Wants a girl “snns'’ underclothes.
’Spose I wandered down the street,
With a loin cloth round my. feet:
Or no shirt, like all my aunts,
Or a ringlet through my nose.
They’d arrest me, don’t you’spose.
I wear a coat of mail,
Clothed from head to big toe nail,
I must cover up my form.
Even when the weather’s warm,
Can’t enjoy the summer throes
Less I garb in underclothes.
Little girl, take this advice.
And you’l look just twice as nice—
Wear a chemise petticoat.
Close worked six, et- nursl l’outre—
Those unspeakable, you see?
There’s a charm In lingerie.
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VOTE FOR
Hon. Dan Sutherland
FOR DELEGATE FROM ALASKA
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1t20.
VOTE FOR
Hon. John Rustgar<l
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2wl, 1920.
O. D. Cochran
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
VOTE FOR
O. H. Flowers
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920. ,
V O T E F O R
Andy Anderson
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
V O T E F O R
Victor A. Julien
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920.
V O T.E FOR
Jas. P. Daly
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
V 0 T E F 0 R
Ed. W. Burroughs
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA LEGISLATURE *
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
James B. Ivory
Independent Candidate
FOR SENATOR
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1920
. VOTE. FOR »"
E. L. HOLT
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE ALASKA A.EQISLATURE
*
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd. 1*0.
V O T K FOR
R. B. Julian
For SENATOR .
Alaska Legislature
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd, 1020.
. Chas. W. Brown
S» YEARS OF AGE AND 1# YEARS RESIDENT OF NOME
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
FOR TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE AT JUNEAU 1920.
ELECTION TUESDAY, NOVEM1ER 2nd, 1920.
E. B. (Puffy) O’Connor
(INDEPENDENT)
CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIV E ALASKA /LEGISLATURE
ELECTION TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2nd, 1929.