the last session. The lobyists for
the cannery and transportation in
terests just dote on Bobby as he
performs so many cute tricks and
acrobatic stunts. The ladies did
not seem to take the same interest
ir Bobby that they did at the last
session. This lack of interest in
Boby’s antics on the part of the
ladies seemed to hurt his feelings.
One waitress addressed him as B.
S. and his former tank mate, Wat
son was a most interesting sight
to faunal naturalists. The little
lads scratched each other’s flippers
all through the session. It is quite
appropriate that these two speci
mens should be exempt from the
new bounty on seals act. Bobby
is surely immune from the effects of
gas with which it is proposed to de
stroy seals.
RICHARD SUNDQUIST
of Candle
A fine representative and a man
of character. He would not submit
to the bulldozing and cajolery of
Lomen and Gaffney. He evidently
is not controlled by the Lomen,
Apothecary, Phonography, Trading,
Reindeer and Transportation Com
pany that claims to dominate the
Second Division. ( Candle—Sund
quist’s home town can well be proud
of him and the entire Second Divi
sion should know that a man of
courage represents them. Lomen
and Gaffney have announced that
“Dick will never return to the Le
gislature.” It remains to be seen
whether the voters of the Second Di
vision are owned by the Lomens or
not. We can only suggest that they
take the voting records or all Se
cond Division members and make
comparison. We believe the resi
dents of the Nome country will
place their stamp of approval on
Dick Sundquist’s record.
SENATOR BARTLEY HOWARD.
Senator Hunt of the First Division
made the most grevious mistake oi
his political career when he refusec
to stand with his friends in naming
the presiding officer of the Senate.
In a charitable spirit we will say
that Mr. Hunt did not know Bart
ley Howard when he gave his can
didacy support. We know that Mr.
Hunt did not know Bartley
Howard when he gave his can
didacy support. We know that Mr
Hunt now regrets his action. Many
strong partisans have held this of
fice in the past but they were all
men who took the responsibility of
the office seriously and tried their
best to render fair, and just decisions
even though such decisions were
against the interests of their par
tisan friends. It is expected that
one who holds this position will
endeavor to be fair and just and
will try to adopt the unbiased posi
lion of a judge on me Dencn. Hart
ley was a bitterly biased partisan at
all times and liis decisions and ac
tions might have been considered as
jokes if it were not for the serious
results. His decisions were appar
ently prepared by the Empire staff
and the cannery men and their
lobyists. His affiliations with the
cannery men and their lobyists were
notorious all through the session.
Bartley lived with these gentry at
all times during recess and adjourn
ment and made himself defender ex
tradinary of fish traps. What re
ward Bartley expects to receive for
his servility to the packers and
transportation interests remains to
be seen. Bartley seemed to be con
stantly annoyed by those who did
not bow down to his cannery and
copper and steamship friends. He
was mad about something ail tne
time. Bartley speaks only one
language but he speaks that one
all through his waking hours.
As a statesman Bartley is a rath
er inferior coal miner and as a coal
miner Bartley is a very good car
penter. As a carpenter Bartley
swings a nasty hammer and he
swings it all the time. Bartley
uses his hammer at all times. He
, pounds the heads of those whom he
does not like and their name is
; legion. Bartley’s blows always re
bound on his own head and the con
stant use of his little hammer has
resulted in pounding his own brain
down to a level with his ear lobes.
This change of brain location brings
on a malady known to medical
science as mastera cena glanderia
or blending of the brain with the
mastoid glands. If treated in its
incipient stages this disease may be
cured but Bartley would not lay his
little hammer aside long enough to
take medical treatment and there
fore the malady has reached a
chronic stage. The danger in chronic
cases is that if tlie hammering
should cease for a moment the re
sults might be fatal. And so poor
Bartley is doomed to use his little
hammer to the end.
SENATOR TOM JENSON
Senator Jensen, or Nome, afford
ed the real entertainment in the
Senate. Every now and then, prin
cipaly now, Tom would assume his
most severe ministerial air and in
stentorian tones deliver a patriotic
eulogy on some immaterial measure.
Or, in flights of oratory he would
inform the Senate of the extreme
impossibility of his being able to
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