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Wednesday, November iror>.
HR. HUDSON'S PLAN.
The occupation of the professional
fault tinder rennires hut slight powers,
•lust enough mental foree to steer his
thoughts into their accustomed vermie
ulation when he wakes iu the morning
and sutlieient versatility to keep them
( ecnpied till lie sleeps at night is all that
it takes to mak - a pertVet specimen of
his kind.
I lif agitator is much
higher in tin- .-eale. Ilf has a purjiose.
•■veil it it is tllish; and his tactics in
spire action ami movement, even if in
thf wrong direction.
The difference lietween a professional
fault tinder and a professional agitator
i- that between an individual who
whines and laiiicnts in order to draw thf
pity • t his mure fortunate fellows and
one who starts a row in order to gr»h
something f>»r himself in tin resulting
confusion.
iVean-e a man i« dissatisfied • ith
general conditions is m» proof that lie
l*cb»ngs to either one class or the other.
h»r Instance it ha- I*** n generally ttnd* r
s»o#»| that >. 11. Hudson »- not favora
I• Iy dis|»*sed toward l'«Hue I4*i*»ner J.
I.ittdlcv ••reen When be under|#»>k to
d«» something practical in tin* matter it
was e%»*h*t;ce, at l*a*t, **f hi-* sincerity
If he as pi res to the e» •t»*l»il**|olter‘"
• •ftice htinsclf in* intimation of the fa* ?
has reached us The plan tie advanced
<* r getting a puMic expression of up
proval or disapproval of the commis
sioner, uiremnstunees considered, was a
marvel of fairness. The only feature
that could have operated to the disad
vantage of the commissioner is that Mr.
Hudson’s zeal in getting the matter
down to a public test would naturally
have strengthened his views on the
question involved.
The Miners Association doubtless did
w isely in refusing to accept the respon
sibility t f putting the question before
the people; but let us acknowledge that
Mr. Hudson's motives were apparently
no worse than those which usually move
men to public action, that the proposed
methods were as fair as ingenuity could
make them,ami that it was not discred
itable to endeavor to bring to a vote a
matter which so nearly concerns every
one in the precinct.
TI'E PROPOSED LICENSE.
Atti iition is respect fully called t<> tlie
action of the coiniiiittee on res< lutinns
of the Alaskii Convention in Seattle
in sending in a report in favor of a $L’o
license fee instead of the $!(H> worth of
assessment work at present recpiired to
he done each year on mining claims.
If the proposition becomes a law the
payment of annually will obviate the
necessity of doing any work whatsoever
in order to hold a claim; and it is pre
sumed—although the full intent of the
proposition is not known—that working
claims would be subject to the same tax.
The latter presumption may be unwar
ranted: it may be the intention to give
the claim owner the option of working
or paying, according to his own prefer
ence. It would bean innovation, what
ever the details of the scheme may be.
It is a matter of chief concern to the
mil eis. If they believe they can see in
it the beginning of a system whereby
they will be made to yield a large and
constantly increasing revenue without a
compensating benefit; or that it would
lead to the holding of large numbers of
claims in idleness; or that it would be
contrary to their welfare in any way—
prompt action will be worth more than
future complaint.
The S- attle convention will undoubt
edly have an influence on congress; and
it ought to have. It is the nearest ap
proach to an expression from the people
this territory has ever had. It is the
beginning that had to be made soine
t me: and it i- not to Is* eX|*-ctcd that
it made no mistakes.
At Nome Sept. a ina.** meeting
to adopt a platform and nominate dt I* -
Ifllt#-* to the Suttlf* Convention Voted
d*»wn a pro|N«»itU»ii t»» tux mining: claim*
in lien of work Tin* >eattle
c»nv» ntioii favored 11»*- tux.
No »l»niht there will U* plenty of kick*
tntf. |i* rh.»|M« not entirely tnt)ti«tiiiahle,
when tl • lull •>! tin* \la«ku
• o»ivrnti« »i Irv-iiiir known I Vo pi*- n»*t
oulUtirtl, ktiWrVvr, might very Well a*k
tbrnurlvr<( why they did not turn t«» and
•lup' Ihinjp more to their own liking.
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G. A. KETTERER
THE HIGHER HIGHTS.
“Turn your thoughts* to higher Rights*
of life than money getting; nerve hu
manity that usefulness* may come out of
your work.” This is the nilvieeof John
1*. Rockefeller to several hundred busi
ness men ami editors who called on him
in Cleveland, 0., to express their appre
ciation of him as a citizen.
What a profound depth the Rockefel
ler philosophy has reached at last! “You
gentlemen.” it whispers, “should not
waste your lives in money grubbing, but
leave such base pursuits to such slv old
coons as I. Really, it isn't worth the
trouble. See. I will soon be dead—
permanently so, I fear; and then all
this wealth that I have anpiired at the
ex\>ense of my own better nature and
by the undoing of my fellow man will g*
to an ungrateful and selfish posterity.
You gentlemen had better be good and
let 'em have it. It will not make them
happy. They are liable to waste their
lives—just as I have done—in trying to
get more; and if, sometime in the fu
ture, they succeed—h’m—in acquiring
the whole cheese, congratulate your
selves that a source of great temptation
has been removed from vonr lives, and
turn your thoughts to the higher flights.
Hear friends, good night.”
Sorry for the Queen.
An Knnlish professor once wrote on
the blackboard in his laboratory:
“Professor Wilson inform.-' his stu
dents that lie has this ilay lieen ap
pointed honorary physician to her
majesty Ifneeri Victoria.”
In the course of tin* limrnittyt he had
occasion to leave the room, and found
on his return that some student wan hud
added to the announcement the words:
"tiisl save the tjiiccn."—Kxclmnite.
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