the principles of home rule and
the ultimate control of the af
fairs of the Territory were again
getting into the hands of the
people. And he didn’t shed any
tears over that fact. If he re
turns as a member two years
hence, Joe McDonald can be re
lied upon to do effective work
for the Territory.
WALTER FISHER
-x
One thing about Fisher is this
—he doesn’t bother himself
about leadership. He leaves that
to Joe Murray.
But why call himself “inde
pendent?’'
He has a certain type of cour
age tho which explains why he
introduced the eight hour bill.
Was it a fight for bettering the
conditions of labor? Not at all.
He was merely trying to take re
venge on the Fairbanks Explo
ration Company for some fan
cied wrong. After the House de
feated this bill, Fisher again left
the worries of leadership to Joe
Murray.
Fisher is one of tho^e who are
responsible for the small appro
priation for the Fairbanks Col
lege. If he and those like him
continue to be elected from the
Fourth Division, Alaska may see
its “Farthest North College” a
thing of memory books.
Wrangell Steam
Laundry
M. O. JOHNSON, Prop.
First Class Work
Telephone 20
DR. L. P. DAWES
Physician and Surgeon
First National Bank
Building
Phone 2602 Juneau
HOGUE & TVETEX CO.
Dealers in
General Merchandise
“The Best of Everything for
Everybody”
CITIZENS CO-OPERATIVE
WHARF CO.
Trade n Petersburg—
Port of Prosperity
PETERSBURG ALASKA
Senator Arthur Frame Discusses
Legislation
-x
Senator Frame discusses cer
tain matters of the last legisla
ture in a recent issue of the An
chorage Times that is worth
broadcasting.
“Charges of Undue Influence”
“There has been some criti
cism regarding the action of the
Board of Education in refusng to
re-elect Mr. Henderson as Com
missioner of Education. W.'Dn it
was learned that some other
person might be chosen in his
place, some of his friends made
a personal appeal to various
members of the Board. I WAS
PROMISED THE POSITION OF
DISTRICT ATTORNEY AT
NOME, .IF I .WOULD VOTE
FOR HIM. The law creating the
position says the commissioner
shall be chosen on merit; but
what considerations of merit can
enter into his selection, if it is
assumed that the members of
the board of education are so
venal and corrupt t.iit their
votes can be bought for the
promise of a political job
The Board of Control Bill
“Senate Bill No. 35, which pro
vided for the re-organization of
the executive powers of the ter
ritory was very similar to a bill
which passed the House in 1927
regarding the same matter. Con
siderable gain was made in the
bill as it ultimately passed for
the Territorial Banking Board
and the Territorial Board of
Road Commissioners will now
be composed of three members,
two of whom will be elected by
f.y? people and will be directly
answerable to the people for
their conduct. The usual ex
pressed objection to the bill is
that it would tend to create a
political machine, which would
be obnoxious to the public good.
This is the argument of those
who profit by maintaining the
machine which at present con
trols the political affairs of t]'D
Territory.
“This bill was not intended to
be an attack upon any official
in the territory holding an ap
pointment from Washington. It
was intended to place the ad
ministration of the affairs of the
territory in the hands of officials
answerable to the people. Dur
ing the last political campaign,
one of the planks of the Demo
cratic Party in the Territory de
clared for full home rule, and
control of the furs and game,
fisheries, etc. The attitude of
members of Congress upon this
subject was very closely express
ed in the debate on Senate Bill
4257 which was a bill to author
ize certain payments by the
Treasurer of Alaska which had
been held void by a decision of
the District Court of the First
Division. Several members of
Congress vigorously opposed the
passage of this bill upon the
ground that it would prove an
attempt to turn the Territory
back to the United States and
the facts brought out indicated
that the people were disposed to
give over to Federal Officials the
powers they had received from
Congress. With what grace can
the people of Alaska ask control
over the game, fisheries, etc.,
when they do not have enough
pride or enough confidence in
themselves to select the trustees
of their own Agricultural College
or to manage the affairs of their
Pioneers’ Home?”
THE CHINAMAN
Rev. Sam G. Davis, of Kasaan,
tells th? story of an old China
man who had two wives, a
young one and an old one.
While the older one went away,
the young one got the old
Chinaman to pull out all his
gray hair. But when the older
wife returned, she said,, “What
have you been doing? Now pull
out all your black hair.” And so
the Chinaman had no hair.
And thus it v ill be so long as
the people are divided.—The
ALASKAN.