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SnUirday, April 3.
7
Regarding two of the candidates for School D*rec
or, it is by no means nying enough to Bay that neithei
KnowUon or G llette a: in any manner fitted for the posi
ion they aspire to fill. The reverse is the case.
Take the ease . 1 Knowlton. The present board.
I is commonly lcn wn by all who have taken the troub1
) find out, dispensed with Mr. Knowlton’s services be
<lUse of his self cor.fes-'-d incompetence. When hewa
ssh ' •» superintendent li.-n Knowiton told not one but see
teachers that he “di i not know anything about run
;tl.r 4 school and did no! - ant to know” “that he did no
«u: anything about the grammar department and dir
warn td know.” This in itself shnld unfit him for th<
he seeks but there are other reasons. The fact that
he wow 1 be a disturbing element in the board which has
i: sen ■ g good work for the past year, should militate a
gainst his receiving the necessary votes. It seems to u
that kno .viton is either aiming to become a stumblir
block in the way of those who his narrow mind cannot to. j
get saw through his shortcomings, or else he is hoping U I
use the office as a stepping stone to the soon to be appoint j
cd -onm-intendent of education in Alaska. No working
t ' '1/, , hi vote for Xnowlton. We do not need the re*
0. ,0 V7C have received of his activities against labor on
outside. We have seen his actions here in Fairbanks.
G dette! The only reason we can think of for anybo
dy putting forward Gillette is, that some idea might be er.,
tertained by his backers that aj some time it might be
necessary for the Board so have at hand a “horrible ex
ample” to exhibit to the young. It is be said by some why
he’s not a fool, he’s a lawyer. All that we can see tnat he
has been here, since Tommy Lyons sluffed him off on us,
is something for the other lawyers including Crossley, to
laugh at It is said that he loves Jesus also his neighbor.
Bead what this lover of Jesus did to his neighbors in Hot
Springs. Gillette was prosecuting Morrison and Koelner
for selling diseased meat of which defendants had about
5 tons on hand. Before the case started both in and out of
court, Gillette was asked to stay by the judgement of two
experts, the defendants to pay for the government expert
Gillette refused. It was too soon in 'he game. After some
thin!! like thirty witnesses had testified that the meat was
unfit to feed even to d 'gs and their testimony unassailed,
during the two days the case lasted, alter Mr. Giilette had
himself smelt the filth that the government had seized,
court adjourned till morning. It was a dark night but
those who watched saw Mr. Gillette sneak across to the
defendants’ store. Next morning the court told Us that
the District Attorney had agreed
to experts deciding the question
a3 Mrs. Gillette was sick and he
had to leave for Fairbanks. The
c jurt further said that he would
have been willing to adjourn the
case till Gillet'e conld get back.
The people of Hot Springs arc
still wondering what wa3 the dif
’rcnce in the "persuasion” exer
cised on Mr. Gillette by Morrison
and Koelner before court opened
and that exercised by them af
er a conviction was staring
them in the face, and why did
Gillette visit the men who he
had spent two days proving guii
i.y of a despicable crime. Again
>ne of.the noted Coffer’s star ex
libits at his Hot Srings menage
tv is an affidavit of Gil ette tha
i iys that a former affidavit mads
\y Gillettte in connection witl
h s rotten meat is false.
Both these affidavits Coffer
(slights to use in holding up Gi 1
ette to ridicule.
Is this the stamp of man who
ve want to say how o.ir school
-hall be administe v 3.
At this school election it '
,nit up to the vbt ! as at
ormer election. We have asiuns.
or our votes two men both pu
forward by the capitalist cias
■vho are thoroughly unfitter fc
-he position of school direct-. :\ U
sides being inimical to anythin}
hat savors of the workingclass.
Opposed to these men, we lim
1 member of the Socialist Fa;t\
■vho is well fitted to do credit t<
che office if elected.
Mr. 'l'aipale has been for eight
veaj^s a resident of Fairbanks,
has raised a family of children,
.3 a well educated man and pre
vious to coming to Alaska, hi
served [two terms as school d
rector. Between the eandidat
there is no comparison.
if the people '{of Fa'Foam,
van! turmoil and internal dissei
ion in their school board k
hem elect Knowlton and the.,
till surely get what they want. I
If they want the office fi led
with one whose aim appears tv
ue to muddle every imng up ii
ue is tanen away from the one
thing he understands, the typ. •
writer, let them elect Gillett -
and they will surely get wi.ai
they want.
But if they want a man v,v.
will use the know lege that Y
has gained in his experience
while holding the office, elect
Mr. Taipale and they will get
what they want
What the National and
International Stand For
1, For a single world power to be ad
ministered by an interna, ional coheres*
with authority to investigate and to
lettle the questions involved in the pre
lent war, to disband all armies, and to
lismantle all forts and Warships, to bfe
a permanent worid government to take
iver the ownership of the high seas, to
idministerall protectorates, to decide
all questions of .international controver
ly covering international trade and inter
national credit, and to maintain a suffi
:iant army and navy to police the seas
md to enforae its decisions and that
.he United States should take the initia
ive in establishing such a world power,
2, F r the national owner -nip and ad
uinistration of all industrial and com
ercia! 'monopolies of every sort.
3, State,For a land system wide- will
bring into the most proou'tiv, u-o all
•otural resources and gun>'.’ to all
couplers of the land all va rfteci
.. them and appropriate fo , 1 is pur
>«ss a I! values collective.^ ere:.
' ople.
1, t or state ownc'ship and so -i'.ni t
f markets, collections i ■
porUtion and delivery of goods direct
from producers to consumers without
the intervention of any private agency;
for the reclamation of arid and swamp
lands, for State building, improvement
and manufacturing enterprises to be
carried on only v.hen there are more
men than jobs, and to he dost 1 always
when there are mot'.: jobs thar men.
3, For State medi al at'.1, sanitation,
hospital ^are, industrial and mention
al employment for ' * feetive1-an<H
dependent, free o<v •: ’.-on with previ
sions for self .'upper! >•;; employment
and industrial tr-.inh in ail grades of
school wovi; includi . versity courses
pensions for the m deformed and
permanently disable
4, For municipal ow i ■ mp and admin
istration of the warm, -ight, heat and
power, gas, marke.o, da; ,rounds, ci
vic cent-rs and t’.'n tc.pal dwelling
houses.
5, For establishing ar.d administering
these things on an industrial, self gov^j
ornin", democratic basis to * ie end that
a.a: employment may bo provided
■Mueatioh and all else on a ba
vin! opportunity.
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