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Moon’s Phases.—First quarter, 5th; full
moon, 12th; last quarter, 21st: new moon,
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Wednesday, October 25, 11)05.
OMIXOCS PROMINENCE
OF THE
“iu-xoM-1-xors dominance”
OF WICKKRSHAM.
Following is the leading editorial, in
full, tv hie h appeared in the Alaska
Forum list Saturday:
WICKEKSHA.M’S OKU A N INSVLTS THE PEOPLE.
“It may occur to some th.it too much com
plaisance on the part of u judge U not a de
sirable uttrihute; uiul if the people of this
district have permitted themselves to he
intimidated, they are an uuworthier lot th in
they are believed to lie.”
The above quotation from an article in the
Wickersham organ, the‘Yukon Valley News.’
shows the contempt that the 'grand duke*
ami his henchmen feel for the luw-nhiding
people of the district. Not content with
harassing the people, through misplaced
official power, these corrupt, grafting offi
cials and their allies would belittle those
compulsively and judiciously submissive to
their crooked manipulations.
The lawn hiding people «»f the district
should not he classed an un unworthy lot l»e
c ms** they acuities.s» to the corrupt and illc
g tl schemes of Judge Wickersham und his
accomplices. They realize th it federal offi
cials have power to execute persona I desires
a hether law ful i»r not a hen the courts are
a party thereto. The Circuit court of Ap
peals ioiitfr.ituiate I the |«eopIe of Nome for
their forbearance and self-control in re
straining from violence and from taking the
law into their own hands during the eorr«t| t
reign of the Noyes g »l»g. The people of the
Third division are deserving "f e<iu »l consid
eration for simitar behavior during the past
three years of Wickersham*# ignoininoiis
dominance.
There Is a complaisance which allows pri
vate gain to * way a Judicial decision lh*t
\-oitipi»isam*e‘ w hich complacently permits
henehmen and tool* no openiv violate e*l»t
iiif laws anal W%lch protects the violator*.
Now, W t us »'*tr«n t w liat meaning we
r»» <»tl •>« UUSTISWjl
I. lueHt**’ Yukon Vsllrjr N. w« U
a one"
2. “Those compulsively and judicious
ly submissive” to “crooked manipula
tions” have been belittled.
3. Those who submit should not be
called unworthy because they cling to
the party strong enough to make or mar
them.
4. It is a matter for congratulation
that tlie people have remained quiescent
for three years of “Wiekersham’s igno
minous dominance,” and have “re
strained from violence.”
Now, then, let us get to the gist of
this matter. To start with, the Yukon
Valley News has never been the organ
of Judge Wickersham or anybody else.
No obligations exist between the judge
and this newspai>er. The newspaper
has never sought the “official” insignia,
and the judge has never intimated tlmt
the newspaper’s bootlicking would l>e
welcome. The newspaper has admired
Judge Wiekersham’s ability and believed
in his integrity; and is firmly convinced
that the good of the district will be
furtherd by bis retention in office; that
is all. But, for sake of argument, con
sider the Forum’s contention true and
call the Yukon Valley News Judge
Wiekersham’s organ : call Judge Wick
ersham the vile things the Forum calls
him. What then? From the Forum’s
position, a paper should not be classed
as unworthy In-cause it acquiesces “to
the corrupt and illegal schemes of Judge
Wickersham.” Indeed did the Forunt
hold otherwise now, it would have no
defense for its course during two years
of the three of “Wickersham's ignomi
nous dominance” : two years of honeyed
words and silly advances no more honest
or sincere than the blandishments of a
harlot who seeks a market for her
infamy. (), what bitterness is there
since all these mockish sweets have
cankered!
Of course the Forum was “judiciously”
fawning—or thought it was—until fed
eral officials “executed” their “personal
desires” and removed its editor from
ottice. Then sprang into prominence
the ominous “ig-nom-i-nous dominance”
of Wickersham.
Shortly after tlie a<ljournment of the
last congress the leailing Republican
newspni>erB nf the I'nited States were
uniteil in calling attention to Alaska's
neglect anti deploring the disi]ualifica
tions resting u|h»ii citizenship in this
territory. The expressions of these pa
pers were so nearly of the same signifi
cance that it is almost a certainty
they were inspired by some common
agency—some committee, probably, of
party a|«'legists who were designated to
deceive the general public into a belief
that Republican |s>ticy cut no figure in
the case. Sew that congress will soon
meet again let its see bow many of these
great newspaper* will make their friend
ly protestations gi**l by »|xtaking up at
a more auspicious op|sirtuni|y.
--I :
Mkaxwhili two inviting opportunities
an- o|s-n to people in Alaska to dig and
to pray. _
V w taai ixo aim tssgx scant game
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One thing General Greely is not likely
j to change—the s]>elling of his name to
conform to the manner of the lamented
Horace Greeley’s. That “e” that keeps
crowding itself into the last syllable of
the living man’s name is a reminder of
the greater one who has passed away.
Two Theories of Government.
There are two forces constantly at
work in every nation, one force tending
to carry the government from the peo
ple. To go a little further back, we may
start with a proposition that there are
only two theories of government—one
that a government is a thing created by
the people for themselves. This is the
theory which is embodied in our Declar
ation of Independence, which declared
that governments derived their just
1 towers from the consent of the governed.
The opposite theory is that governments
are imposed by the few on the many.
Such governments rest on force. Few if
any governments now known entirely
exemplify either—nearly all, if not all,
of them representing a compromise be
tween the two theories, hut in every
government there is a tendenev either
in one direction or in the other. Every
attempt to take authority away from a
community and vest it in some power
outside of the community contains a
certain amount of infidelity to the dem
ocratic theory of government.—W. J.
Bryan, in a speech at Chicago last
tnonth.
Split In Republican Party.
From the cry of rage which has gone
up from the Tory Republican organs in
Massachusetts and the frantic attempts
they are making to discredit the work of
the recent reciprocity conference in Chi
cago, one needs only half an eye to see
that the split in the Republican party
over the tariff question has l>een ripped
clear open.
The Republican revision movement
not only has lieen organized, but it has
been nationalized. Where, only a few
short years ago, it was only the feeble
voices of E. N. Ft>ss in the east and Al
liert It. Cummins in the west crying in
the wilderness, it now presents an army
with banners, under skilled and trusted
leaders, and with enough of the sinews
of war to put up a battle which will
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TIN. GRANITE AND CROCKERYWARE
either “reform” the g. o. p. or throw it
over into Democratic control.—Boston
Traveler.
What a pleasure, is it not, to impart
information? Ami yet w hat a pleasure
some folk enjoy imparting information
they do not possess.—Selected.
.. J. W. YOUNG..
Is Now Open for Business
IN THE N. A. T. & T. CO.’S STORE
fall ami in* mat our goml*. Tim la*t tripof Sir. S*attU>
N>>. :i brought u- a Hm* lot of Fresh Beef, Mutton
and Pork, whmh will la- «oM at n>««oiml>l»< prices.