lmd the same trouble every oth
er new member has —lack of ex
perience. rilie ethics of lawyers
is such that when a lawyer tells
his fellow attorney that he will
clo so and so, he does it. Grov
er had to learn that this is not
{A) case among po i t ici i ns, a i<
that goodfeliowship would not
come to his rescue. The hard
boiled bosses were only receiv
ing. They had no intention of
recipricity.
However, lie did some very
good work for a first-termer and
secured a lot of experience which
will serve him well in future ses
sions.
Of course Gro\ or know ■
interference of the Governor
when certain measures were at
stake, and where he could, he
guided these • isun;s ii
channels approved ;
of Alaska Gi > ■
his cour ge wh< that w
mereovi il of prais u Go
ernor w is ii ■ ■ :: . a
Shattucks. Donn
wore jamming the resolution
4 hru and tried or ui
support, Grover voted against
t he re; olution 7 ret
Mr McCormi ' failed to
against t. h i s me a
should hive been entitled “A Re
solution of Bunk.”
P. C. MeCORhLiCK
Mr. Met or
millority n mot
■ liich mi ns that ie
■ o; ■
political ma in - a veri
from Wasiiington.
Fe proved that he was coura
geous £ ad
on ! 1( ‘ 01 vas the b
■ he Territory. H
with legislative work due :o ills
previous ex13eriencc
,tt-. in trod
K\ tax on • . lead
: ■■f - h
each, he proposed +o fa . the
tra^s on the catcl > 11. ■ > .
ing 1 09 000 f) h woi ip y
rate of $3 per thou
wbho a trap c <ohv>'»■ 10.000
vTei?ici only pay P30. ' ° would
like to hoar a good re a or for
defeating ?uch a fab’ -nee ure.
orw that was nested i \j w- 19*3 a
T po’i^lqUirp bi g. <riv ■•jor1'. '
• T f > 1 ( b Ct ( '
t 11 w hat
against a tax measure that is
based on catch? That is the
principle of income taxes—that
■ he people shall pay according to
what they have.
T. McCormick is an ornament
to his party. He is one of the
• ceding business men of Wran
• oil. He has a thoro under
h ending of the problems of
ore it gives us
a ure to know that he
hied to keep the political pledg
es offered by his party during
the election campaign.
McCormick was right on the
school question, on the question
n" popular government, and on
ash.
ALFRED LOMEN
The sons of great men are
- oo r- * on disappointing for they
presume tl emselves original
glrvy and power which is but a
■■(lection of the father. This is
too t.r’ e of the Lomens of Nome.
Th eadership of this family is
due to Judge I omen. So long as
fho boys acted as seconds to
■heir great father, all went well,
put when the hoys departed
atl ier’; wise counsel,
H - remained nothing but ar
-Twanee and deceit.
Ralph Inmen of the 1027 le
°i?lature achieved the d is tine
iner the only man ever
censured hv anv Alaskan House
of Heprescntnt-ive.s and this af
tm the same Ralph admitted
t*yd his strictures of another
r‘'‘-cypher worn without founda
tion upri vot, for which he would
pot ipoloaize.
Wbop if wms learned that Al
'■’•n.-i t likelv to attend
rCo 1090 irpi<unf-jifip neonle said.
‘-oh but Ahred is different. He
i - onito n gentleman.” And in
' ■*ed ho is Riif unfortunately
ho demondi’nfes tbnt fUp Po
rn epc; op -poo.-nibeve pf onv T.nqri.S
h fnvp piro honolesslv inrdjf'na
"■orl b™ coif _i-pt.pvpr.f- tha t
“t-i,,r)nr,.pr.i? irj A] a she” means to
iherr mpvplv o oontirvnanco of
♦ho 'yn r-uhr-irlTf (") f gig OOf) “to
Sri <-rl t innino*’’ a loner fbo eoeqf of
r -I r;1 Tipi-)| nmlfi a anhsidv
b >>. hrb t -ilicit, ns well be
“to a.iu tho i omen Navi
p’o'Hon interests ”
Th;- pnhQiriv slowlv drivina
f w '• odoperident traders
I n north for not only
i1 -
does the Lomen shipping inter
ests get this substantial help
from the Territory, but they also
chirge “all that the traffic will
bear.”
We suppose, however, that the
Second Division will continue to
elect and reelect the Lomens
and thus strengthen the chains.
Alfred’s method was differ
ent from Ralph’s. Ralph fought
almost with fists. Alfred prom
ised anything and everything
until the $17,000 was safely
parsed. Then he did as he
pleased and disappointed some.
An example of this was McCain’s
bill to establish an experimental
fox farm at Anchorage. How
ever, the Third Division will con
tinue to send men to the Legis
lature which will “co-operate”
with the Lomen legislators.
Perhaps in time Alfred' will be
come a leader. As yet, he'neith
er understands the science of our
government, nor the true foun
dation of political leadership.
The first is built upon the wel
fare of the many; the second,
on personal integrity. As it was
in 1929, Alfred Lomen was sim
ply a member of the House who
was used as a sort of political
cat
CLARENCE J. WOOFTER
-X
This Representative soon gave
evidence that he was simply a
“one termer.” As soon as he
landed in Juneau, he started in
cn the fight to give the Daily
Empire all the printing in sight,
at any old price, and to retain
for the Governor all the powers
ihit had previously been meted
out to this official by the Legis
lature. Of course he was also
enlisted in the effort to show
the benighted majority mem
bers of the Territorial Board of
Education, their duty along the
line of re-electing the present
Commissioner of Education. He
was one of Alfred Lomen’s “run
ners” to get that $17,000 ship
ping subsidy and perform such
other acts of kindness that his
bosses directed. Representative
Woofter was intelligent and ac
tive enough to have rendered
real service but his ideas of le
gislation did not extend beyond
favoring some member who
could reciprocate when votes
were needed by his crowd.