sion was half over, he again
switched. At first he declared
for the Comptroller bill, without
the Governor as a member of
the Board; then he tliot the
Governor should be a member
and said that he would move to
amend the bill so as to include
him, but if his amendment was
defeated, he would support the
bill. The amendment was de
feated, but the Senator again
had a change of mind and when
the bill was on its passage in the
Senate, he voted against it and
killed it by a 4 to 4 vote.
At this last session, Senator
Dunn was from the start oppos
ed to all SutABrland measures,
altho lie secured his election
from that source. He took his
political cue from Democratic
Senator Dimond, but on other
measures placed his trust in
Senator Hess, and so was wrong
most of the time. Senator Dunn
took great pleasure in oratoric
al outbursts, perhaps thinking
himself the only conscientious
Senator who voted from the
most worthy motives. His col
leagues paid little attention to
:ym, as lie was regarded as
the lightweight of the Senate,
who was fooling no one but him
self. If he ever had any useful
ness in the Legislature, it is
certainly ended. He is simply a
pawn of the Juneau Empire.
RICHARD N. SUNDQUIST
His previous experience in the
House served him well and he
was thus enabled to render val
uable service in the Senate. He
had tha courage and determin
ation to battle for the measures
that he deemed for the best in
terests of all concerned, and as
a result aided in securing val
uable legislation for the Ter
ritory. As one of the Republican
majority members, Senator
Sundquist was ready at all times
to make battle against the en
croachments and subtle designs
of the element that was ever on
the alert to “put something ov
er.” As chairman of the Finance
Committee, he familiarized him
self with past appropriations,
studied and realized the needs
of special projects and subsidies,
and in manv instances, was en
abled to wisely advice cuts or
slight extensions. He fought
against the cut in road appro
priations by the House, to $300,
000, and secured an increase in
the Senate to $400,000. But in
tree conference he was unable
to secure more than the $320,
000 that the House was willing
to concede. He joined Senator
Anderson in their campaign
pledge for elective Territorial
offices and assisted in securing
four of these positions for elec
tion next year. And in helping
to bring about this result more
was accomplished along the line
of tA3 Board of Control idea
than the members of the House
realized until after the winds of
battle had cleared the atmos
phere. Under the new laws the
Auditor and Treasurer, two elec
tive officials, will perform the
duties of the Territorial Bank
ing Board and the Territorial
Board of Road Commissioners,
in conjunction with the Govern
or. The latter Board to also
have an elective Engineer as a
member. And by making the
office of Commissioner of Edu
cation elective, t'A3 Governor
can no longer play politics and
designate the election of anoth
er Henderson, to implicitly serve
him and allow him to run the
schools of the Territory. As a
whole, Senator Sundquist did
quite well, thank you
LUTHER C. HESS
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This Democratic Senator from
the Fourth Division sought to
render efficient service to the
Territory. He gave careful con
sideration to all bills presented
and was ever ready with an
amendment if he thought it
would safeguard or strengthen
a measure, without reference to
who might be the author. He
did not seek to play politics al
tho he was ever alert to aid in
the passage of any measure that
would seemingly be to the ad
vantage of the Agricultural Col
lege or the preserve the powers
of the Governor. Even those
bills that he did not especially
favor, but which he believed
would pass the Senate, he
sought to get in the best pos
sible form He personally in
troduced a number of measures,
some of which were defeated
and others were passed by the
Republican maiority. One of
the latter was the gasoline tax
measure of 3 cents per gallon.
This was opposed by President
Steel, who felt that the time was
not yet ripe for additional tax
ation. On the first vote the bill
was killed by a four to four bal
lot, but one of the members vot
ing against, later gave notice he
would move to reconsider and
the next day he voted for the
bill, which passed, but was later
killed in the House. Another
measure, or in fact three bills,
that Senator Hess introduced
and was very keen about pass
ing, concerned the regulation of
motor vehicles. They included
90 pages of typewritten matter
but the majority did not believe
that so many and complex regu
lations were as yet needed in
the Territory, so they were with
drawn by the introducer. Altho
somewhat technical in some of
his objections, Senator Hess was
regarded as rather a safe and
sane Legislator.
SURVEYS AS ASSESSMENT
WORK
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The Senate measure that
sought to allow surveys to be
counted in as manual labor on
mines was given the pocket veto
by Governor Parks.
The Attorney General, howev
er, is reported to have informed
B. D. Stewart, Supervising Min
ing Engineer for Alaska, that the
minors still count surveys as
part of their annual assessment
work on unpatented mines.
He said: “In the case of Wi
gant vs. Mike Brynes’ Estate
which originated in the court at
Fairbanks, Alaska, the Court of
Appeals at San Francisco held
that the cost of surveying a min
ing claim could lawfully be
counted as and applied upon the
expenditure required by law for
assessment work or annual labor.
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When picking your friends
be careful not to pick them too
much.
A man isn’t licked until he
begins to complain about the
rules.
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Most people having nothing to
do make the mistake of doing it.
Being popular doesn’t leave
much time for making real
friends.