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PASS MINER
_By L. H. Allen_
12 issues for $2*00 paid in ndvr.nce
_Single copy 253
WANT ALASKAN FOR GOVERNOR
'Democrats of the virst Divieion have
gone on record as opposed to th confirms- {
tion sf President Roosevelt's appointment !
•f Dr. Ernest Gruening as governor sf
Air ska. Resolutions against Dr. Omen
ing's appointment that have been adopted
by the First Division committee, which
they ask other Division committees to
adopt, followi
"Traditionally the Democratic party of
the Unitod States has fostered and perpet
uated the principal of 'home rule.'
"Historically, National Democratic Ad
ministrations, in appointing high ranking
offices of Executive, Judicial and Admin
istrative posts 'within the various Terri- ;
torieo have selected suitable and capable
persons from the Territories in which the
offices were located,
"Specifically, the Democratic party, at
its National Conventions, hae on many oc
casions, assured the Territorial Democra
tic organization that it would be consulted
on all such appointments and that none
would be approv d without its endorsement. I
"In the matter of the recent appointmentj
of Dr. Ernest Gruening, a non-resident of
Alaska, to be Governor of the Territory,
vice John V/. Troy, resigned, every such
tradition was ignored, this practice aban
doned and these promises broken. For these
compelling reasons and because ALASKA HAS
MANY WELL QUALIFIED life-long Democrats
capable of filling the post of Governor:
"Now Therefore Be It Resolved, by the
Democratic Committee of the First Division :
of the Territory of Alaska, that it opposes)
the confirmation of Dr. Gruening by the
United Stateo Senate and that the Territor-I
ial Democratic Committee is hereby request-^
ed to take similar action.
"Be It Further Resolved, that the nation!
al committeeman for Alaska, the Honorable j
J.A.Hellenthal, be forwarded copy of this
resolution and that ho be, and hereby is,
requested to place it in the hands of the
Honorable James A. Farley, Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, to be filed
with the Senate Committee on Territories, j
together with his own protest against con
firmation of Dr. Gruening.
"Be It Further Resolved that copies of
this Resolution be forwarded to the Honor- I
able Anthony J. Dimond, Delegate from Alas-(
ka to Congress for his information and for
such other action as he may deem proper in j
the premises." j
James J. Connors, for many years C«llec-|
ter of Customs at Juneau, is one whose name
has been presented to the President as
capable and suitable to become Governor j
Troy’s successor. Tho Mr, Connors was
strongly endorsed, the President insisted j
upon a pointing Dr. Gruening.
ONLY ANOTHER DOG
I
By M.aR.S.
"(A»d whosoever shall offend against
•ne of these . . ., it were better
for him that a millstone were hung
about his neck and he were cast inte
the sea . . )"
’’Only another dog," they said
'Then I asked them where my dog had
gone,
"He may be a valuable dog to you
But he’s only a dog, to the casual
•ne."
Only another d*g, of course:
What if a child had disappeared?
It could happen, too, without leaving a
sign;
Only the Law is the thing to be feared.
Life is cheap in this ’lightened time,
Life and boundaries know no L<~w:
Sprawling there, on broken ground,
Was it a living form they saw?
No, it is only a Spanish serf;
Only a Chinese lying flat;
Only a dirty, peasant Pole;
It is just another native brat.
Felled with the glee of a bounty won:
Who is the raider, stalking free?
Forcing the Law where it wasn't known,
By violence and by thievery.
Still, be glad that it isn't worse:
Crowded there by a frozen log,
Tossed, with a furtive carelessness:
As long as it's only, another dog.
Because of the wretched weather that
prevailed last '.Vednesday, there was small
attendance at the meeting of the Sewi ig
club with Mrs. Ralph Reid and Mrs. Sam
Estes at the home of Mrs. Reid. In at
tendance were Mrs. Leora Roycroft, Mrs.
Estes, Mrs. E.L.Robbins, Mrs. Paul Williams,
and Mrs. Reid. Ice cream, two varieties
layer cake and coffea were served at
the luncheon hour.
Mr, and Mrs. R.B.McEachorn sailed *n
the 88 Yukon fer Seattle to spend the win
ter months. They will return early next
Spring to again eperate the Oracle mine.
Church services will be held Sunday eve
nin at 7i30 o'clock at the Jay Hunt cabin.
Sunday school in the morning. Bible
study on Wednesday evening,
Billy and Bill announce u special Thanxs
giving dinner to be served Thursday the 23rd
at Hielo's Roadhouse between the hburs of
4 and 6 p.m. Reservations must be made
on or before November 18,
Mrs, W. B. Costa returned en the "Yukon"
from Los Gatos, Cal,, where she spent he
last year v/ith a sister who was ill.