entietli Congress, second session
by Mr. Dowell, being the re
spective reports of the Senate
and House on S. 4257; and you
are respectfully referred also to
the proceedings in the House of
Representatives, found in the
Congressional Record of Febru
ary 13, 1929, on the passage by
that body of S. 4257, where the
evils mentioned are discussed.
6 That seeking to cure the
defects in the laws of Alaska
whereby the said Federal offi
cials dominate our Territorial
government and to provide a
lawful method of taking over
the Territorial powers and offic
es so declared to be illegally
held and performed by said Fed
eral officials, by the court in
suits mentioned, early in the
present session of the Territori
al legislature, senate bill No. 35
was introduced in that body; it
was regularly referred to the
committee, reported, considered,
amended, and finally passed by
the senate by a majority vote of
five senators for and three sen
ators voting against its passage.
It was passed in strict conform
ity with the provisions of the
organic act of Alaska and duly
forwarded to the Territorial
house of representatives for con
sideration. A full, true, and
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correct copy of said senate bill
No. 35, as it was finally amend
ed and forwarded to the Terri
torial house of representatives
for its action, will be made a
part of this memorial by attach
ment.
7. That said senate bill No. 35
was received by the Territorial
house of representatives in re
gular session and referred to its
house committee on Territorial
institutions, which said com
mittee duly considered the said
bill, and on April 11, 1929, pre
sented the report on the bill to
the house; that a full, true, and
correct report, as found printed
in the journal of the house of
April 11, 1929, will be made a
part of this memorial by attach
ment.
8. That the said House report
made by its Committee on Terri
torial Institutions, recommend
ed, (and the House subsequently
adopted such recommendation)
that all those provisions in Sen
ate bill No. 35, attempting to
create a Territorial Board of
Control be stricken out of said
bill, and especially all of sec
tions ,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
and 28, which sections created
a Territorial board of control in
the Territorial government of
Alaska, to consist of the govern
or, the Territorial treasurer, and
the Territorial auditor, the two
last-named officials to be elect
ed by the people of Alaska; it
was provided in said sections 21
to 28 stricken from said Senate
bill No. 35, that this board of
control, with the governor at its
head, should take over and per
form a wide range of Territorial
duties which, without said sec
tions 21 to 28, both inclusive,
can not now be legally perform
ed by any Federal or Territorial
official or board, for want of any
legally constituted board or offi
cials authorized by law to per
form them; that said Senate bill
No. 35 is the only bill pending
before the legislature attempt
ing to provide a lawful way to
cure the defects now existing in
the laws of Alaska which will
permit the Territorial banking
board, the Territorial board of
road commissioners, and other
Territorial boards to legally per
form the duties heretofore im
posed on said boards on account
of the well-known and judicial
the secretary of the Territory
and other Federal officials to
lawfully act as officials on said
Territorial boards in violation of
section 11 of the organic act of
Alaska, alf of which is well
known to the Governor of Alas
ka, to the legislature, and the
other Federal officials hereto
fore acting on said Territorial
boards.
9. That if the amendments
contained in the House commit
tee report on Senate bill No. 35,
which report has been adopted
by the House and is therefore
supported by a majority equal
in proportion to the Senate op
position, should prevail and the
bill be passed in that form, the
autocratic and uncontrolled
power of the appointive govern
or would be newly and widely
extended over the government
of Alaska and its people by the
adoption of item 29 in said re
port, as follows:
sec. zi. me commissioner oi
education, Territorial mine in
s p e c t o r, highway engineer,
trustees of the Alaska Agricul
tural College and School of
Mines, commissioner of health,
and superintendent of the pio
neers’ home shall hereafter be
appointed by the governor, sub
ject to confirmation by a major
ity of all the members of the
senate and house of representa
tives of the legislature in joint
session assembled, etc.”
10. That the Governor of
Alaska has been active in oppo
sition to attempts to secure to
the people of Alaska that voice
in their local government to
which they are entitled under
the organic act of Alaska; that
well knowing that a bill having
the general purpose contained
in sections 21 to 28, inclusive, of
senate bill No. 35, would be in
troduced in the legislature of
1927, as it had been in previous
sessions, he publicly but dis
creetly warned the attending
members of the legislature
against it in his message of 1927
with the discreet warning will
be made a part of this mem
orial by attachment. That by
methods heretofore mentioned
and by the governor’s powerful
opposition the bill was defeated
in the session of 1927; that on
adjournment of that legislature
and the commencement of the