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REPUBLICANS
TOGETHER FETE
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—(By mail).
—William R. Willcox, chairman of the
republican national committee, in a
letter to George W. Perkins and Ever
ett Colby, progressive members of the
republican campaign committee in the
recent election, announced his inten
tion of calling a meeting of the na
tional committee, probably in May or
June next. January 21 Mr. Perkins
and Mr. Colby addressed a letter to
Mr. Willcox in which they urged him
to call a meeting of the national com
mittee to “discuss fully and openly the
grave and important questions that
confront our country today.”
In his reply Mr. Willcox points out
it would be inopportune now to call
the national committee together be
cause “events have taken place 'which
have brought our country to the verge
of war,” and “this is a time when par
tisan discussion is stilled and when the
best thought of our people, regardless
of party feeling is turned to the loyal
support of the administration at
Washington in all its efforts to meet
honorably and fearlessly the crisis
which faces the nation.”
Mr. Willcox calls attention to the
fact that the executive committee of
the national committee at a recent
meeting decided the full committee
should meet once a year “instead jf
less frequently, as had been the cus
tom in former years.” He added, how
ever, that inasmuch as the national
committee had not met since last
June, he had intended calling it to
gether “before the expiration of the
year.”
After referring to the desire of Mr.
Perkins and Mr. Colby that the repub
lican party should be “the one co
hesive organization of the regular re
publican vote, the progressive-Repub
lican vote, the progressive vote and the
independent vote,” Chairman Willcox
declared the recent election although
resulting in the defeat of the republi
can ticket, had shown “that the effort
made to bring about a reunited party
was largely successful.”
“A committee has already been ap
pointed to consider a plan for giving
proper recognition to all elements in
sympathy with the policies of the re
publican party,” wrote Mr. Willcox,
“and this committee is united in its
belief that a committe or council
representative of the various elements
to which you refer in your letter
should be formed, associated with or
supplemental to the national commit
tee, for the purpose of carrying on the
campaign for the principles for which
they stood unitedly together last fall
and for which they now stand. This
committee is now being pushed for
ward, and it is believed that a report
can be made at no distant date.”
Chairman Willcox said the next
meeting of the national committee
probably would be held in Chicago.
Fred Carlquist, who is a graduate
optician from San Francisco, is per
manently established with George Os
! bom, the C. St. Jeweler, and will ex
! amine eyes free. 260
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| versal Taxi and Transfer. 125
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Best music at Peterson’s. 444
Diamonds,-watches, gold nugget jew
elry. Walter A Ix>rd, near Harmony
theatre. 433
Tasty, appetizing lunches at the
North Pole Bakery. 567
(Nome Nugget.)
Carl J. Lomen has contributed t.o
the current issue of The Eskimo, pub
lished by the bureau of education in
the interests of the Eskimo of north
ern Alaska, an instructive article on
“The Political Status of the Alaskan
Eskimo,” which is herewith reprinted:
Much argument has been raised
since the recent election, held Novem
ber 7, 1916, as to the political status
of the Eskimo, and his right to vote,
occasioned by the fact that the con
test for political honors at said elec
tion was close and that the vote con
tained a number of ballots cast by Es
kimoes.
Inasmuch as the Second judicial di
vision of Alaska contains a greater
Eskimo than white population, the
right of the Eskimo vote becomes a
very important question. Space will
not permit any elaborate argument of
this question, but simply a reference
to the various steps taken by the fed
eral government in regard thereto.
Under the “Treaty of Cession” the
| United States agreed (Article 3) that
“the uncivilized tribes be subject to
such laws and regulations as the Unit
ed States may from time to time
: adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes in
! that country” (Alaska).
In 1884 congress provided a civil
government for Alaska (23 Stat. 24),
since which time this territory has
been an organized territory of the
| United States, and by virtue of Sec
tion 1891 of the Revised Statutes,
which provides that “the constitution
and all laws of the United States
which are not locally applicable shall
have the same force and effect within
all the organized territories, and in ev
ery territory hereafter organized, as
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elsewhere within the United States,”
the general laws passed by congress
in relation to the Indian tribes were
extended to Alaska, and the uncivil
ized tribes here are privileged to the
same rights, privileges and immunities
under such laws as are the aboriginal
tribes within the United States.
In 1887 congress passed a law (“In
dian severalty bill,” Act Feb. 8, 1887,
24 Stat. 388) under which “Indians”
or “halfbreeds” who have taken up
their residence separate and apart
from any tribe of Indians, and have
adopted the habits of civilized life,
become thereby citizens of the United
States. As to the applicability of this
law to Alaska, the circuit court of ap
peals for the Ninth circuit, in the case
of Nagle vs. the United States, (191
Fed. 141) says:
“The act is so specific and far-reach
ing in its scope that it must be held to
be general in its purposes and intend
ment, and to apply to every Indian
within the territorial limits of the
United States."
The meaning of the word “Indian.”
is defined under Sec. 2022 of the Com
piled Laws of Alaska, which read as
follows:
“That the term ‘Indian’ in this act
shall be construed to include the abor
iginal races inhabiting Alaska when
annexed to the United States, and
their descendants of the whole or half
blood, who have not become citizens
of the United States.”
Since the passage of the act of
March 3, 1871, (16 Stat. 544) it has
been the policy of congress not to
treat further with the Indians as
tribes, and to govern them by law
and not by treaty, and this policy af
fords ample reason why general laws
should apply to individual Indians in
Alaska as well as elsewhere.
The fourteenth amendment of the
constitution designates as citizens of
the United States, and of the states
wherein they reside, all persons born
or naturalized in the United States,
and subject to the jurisdiction there
of.
The reason that the Indian of the
United States did not come under the
fourteenth amendment has been given
by the court in the case of Elk vs. Wil
kins (112 U. S. 94, 5 Su. Ct. 41), in
which it says:
“The Indian tribes, being within the
territorial limits of the United States,
were not, strictly speaking, foreign
states, but they were alien nations,
distinct political communities, with
whom the United States might and
habitually did deal, as they thought
fit, either through treaties made by
the president and senate, or through
act of congress in the ordinary forms
of legislation. The members of those
several tribes owed immediate alle
giance to their tribes, and were not
part of the people of the United
States.”
The Eskimoes of Alaska are divided
into a considerable number of geo
graphic divisions, based chiefly on lo
cality and dialectic differences. Polit
ically they differ from the Indian of
: the United States proper, in that they
. are not organized into tribes and owe
allegiance to no power other than that
! of the federal government.
The organic act creating a legisla
1 tive assembgly in the Territory
! Alaska, and conferring legislative
j power thereon, extended the constitu
; tion and laws of the United States to
Alaska, but limited the power of the
legislature in the matter of amending
altering, modifying or repealing the
“general laws of the United States.”
The Second territorial legislature
(1916), realizing the value of citizen
ship to the descendants of the aborig
inal tribes of Alaska, enacted a law
(Chapter 24, Session Laws of Alaska,
1915), under the provisions of which
native Indians born within the limits
of the territory of Alaska may have
j the fact of their citizenship definitely
established by complying with the
terms of said act. Congress could
pass such a law, without question, but
the right of the territorial legislature
to pass laws directing the issuance of
certificates of citizenship to Indians or
“whites” is very doubtful.
In the naturaliaztion of John Mi
nook (2 Alaska, 200) the court held
that the petitioner was a citizen at the
time of making his application, and
because the court could add nothing
| to his status a« a citizen, denied his
I application.
Any person who is over the age of
I 21, a citizen of the United States and
an actual bona fide resident of Alas
ka, and who has been such resident
during the entire year immediately
preceding the election, has the qualifi
cations of a voter. Such a person, de
siring to exercise his right of fran
I chise, if challenged, can qualify under
oath, after which such vote must be
accepted by the election judges.
Should such affidavit be false, he could
be prosecuted for perjury thereunder,
i (Sec. 401, Compiled Laws of Alaska.)
Tire Alaskan Eskimoes have no trib
; al relations, are subject to the juris
! diction of the United States, and, in
; the opinion of the writer, are citizens
; of the United States, with all the
| rights and privileges accruing there
! under, and therefore have the right of
1 suffrage. CARL J. LOMEN.
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