PLATFORM OF
WILLIAM P. HENRY
OF SEWARD
REPUPUCAN CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE
To the Voters of the Third Division,
Territory of Alaska:—
I am one of the Republican nominees for the office of Territorial Representative from
this district I am mindful of the fact that it will be impossible for me to meet all the voters
while I am Visiting the different precincts', and accordingly have decided to place myself up
on record through the medium of this circular letter, trusting it may reach those whom I
cannot meet personally.
In order to be in the confidence of the people, one must be frank and above board and to
that end, whatever the result, I pledge myself for FAIR PLAY and a SQUARE DEAL in all
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things.
I am making my campaign with the idea that at present we have too many laws upon our
Statute books; many of them so complex as to confuse—not only the laymen, but the law
yers. This should not be. If elected, I pledge to earnestly strive to repeal all “freak” laws,
to amend present laws that are so lacking in necessary detail as to make them inoperative. I
believe this should be done before enacting any new legislation.
I am unalterably in favor of establishing a Supreme Court for the Territory. Under our
present system of appeal from the decisions of our District Courts, a person of moderate
means is practically helpless on account of the great expense attendant upon such an appeal.
If elected I shall endeavor to remedy this evil.
I am in favor of a law that will protect the wage-earner; that will insure the prompt pay
ment of wages. In the past, many instances have come to my attention where some unscrupu
lous person or “wild-cat” corporation has secured the services of laborers and artisans for
long periods of time and then defaulted in the payment of the wage due, making it necessary
to file liens and the bringing of suit to enforce collection, and in the majority of these instances,
suits have been of no ayail and resulted in a total loss to the worker. This should be remedied
by making it a misdemeanor for any person or corporation to default in the payment of the
wage due a laborer or mechanic while in its or their employ. ,
I believe that the Fisheries industry in Alaska waters should be taxed; that the laws to
that end passed by the Territorial Legislature of 1915 are right and just, and that Congress
should not interfere with or hamper the Territorial authorities in obtaining the revenue de
rived front this source.
I believe that we are entitled to at least a FULL TERRITORIAL FORM OF GOVERN
MENT. Under our present Organic Act the restrictions placed upon our Legislative body are
too harsh and severe and tend to promote discord and confusion.
I am absolutely in favor of a Direct Primary for the nomination of all Territorial and
District officers. .
I believe in the recall of all public officers.
I believe in the encouragement of legitimate corporations to invest their capital within
our Territory in order that our vast area may be explored to our mutual benefit.
I am in favor of EVERYTHING that will promote the welfare of the Territory and its
people. If elected I will be actuated by those principles alone.
Finally, I have been a resident of the Third District for more than eleven years last past.
As to my standing .in the community, I am proud to refer you to any person with whom I
have ever done business: To any person who has known me in the past.
If my views meet with your approval, I would sincerely appreciate vour support, and in
conclusion will say that if I am elected to this high office, I assure you that through no act or
deed of ynine will you ever have cause to regret the confidence you have reposed in me.
Sincerely and cordially yours,
WILLIAM P. HENRY.
The hunters have returned but aft
er a very exciting and hazardous
trip. They reached Anchorage last
night at 9 o’clock and are duly thank
ful for their safe return. Andy Mar
tin, the wrestler, in giving an account j
of the trip explained their delay in
the following manner:
“We left Anchorage with only three
days’ provisions and fully expected to
return in that time; we were not
dressed for exposure and the entire
party consisted of_McCain._Pierce,
Ingram and myself suffered severely
from the elements. The first day out
was disastrous as we were swamped
on Fire island and were unfortunate
in getting our bedding and everything
soaked. Our next move was to a
point about half way between Point
Possession and Chicaloon flats where
we drew the two open dories up on
the beach and hunted in the neigh
borhood for moose. We were suc
cessful in bagging some game which
later came in very handy as we were
forced to live on moose meat and rice
for four long days.
“'This fare without coiree or salt
sure gets monotonous byit the boy?
kept Up their spirits in good shape
and we all returned on speaking
terms. During our hunt on shore the
wind had driven the ice snoreward and
we were icebound. The ice had form
ed to the extent of over ten miles
and for six days we chopped the ice
for passage and lifted and dragged
the dories and our outfit over the ice,
always being beaten back to shore
with the tide. However, at the end
of six days we had made a passage
and reached the open waters. To
make matters worse the Evinrude
went dead but we finally reached An
chorage after a trip that none of us
care to take a second time.”
Guy Austin was not in the party as
previously reported but is with an
other outfit hunting in the vicinity oi
Point Possession.
Mr. Martin expressed his disap
pointment in not being in the city tc
meet Bob Peterson in the scheduler
wrestling match for last Friday nighl
but says that he is still ready anc
anxious for the go and no doubt £
new date will be set for this mate!
and the Anchorage fans will have th<
opportunity to witness a wrestlinj
match of unusual merit for both Mar
tin and Peterson are mat artists of
exceptional merit and are both in per
fect physical condition.
It is common rumor that Col. Dick !
Richardson controls the voters of
Valdez. The doughty colonel is ham
mering the voters of that section
and trying to force Sulzer down their
throats. There is reason for this—
Judge Wickersham is doing what he
can to get the Road Commission to
turn loose of some of the many thou
sands of dollars in the appropriation
for the betterment of road conditions
in the Willow creek and Matanuska
districts. The colonel is susceptible
to flattery and cringes at publicity
and the truth in the shameful manner
this appropriation is being used. Mr.
Sulzer in his talk Friday night spoke
openly in support of the policy of the
Alaska Road commission. Can there
be any argument as to who is
friendly to Anchorage and immediate
vicinity in the question of good
roads and the betterment of local con
ditions? Not; Sulzer who ha$ gone
on record. Judge Wickersham comes
out openly and is working for "Good
Roads” in this section. Support
Judge Wickersham at the polls to-:
morrow and thereby be a part in
building up this great community.
C ME for everything in Gents’ Fur
nishings. None but the best. Felix
Brown & Co.' 11-2-tf
The Masquerade Dance is in charge
of the Social Service department of
the Anchorage Woman’s club. ll-6eod
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
and linoleum, at Crocker’s.
C ME for your Scotch wool under
wear. None but the best. Feli:
Brown & Co. 11-2-tl
Peterson’s for Billiard and Pool, t:
NEW CRESCENT HOTEL
F. W. REDWOOD & CO., Props.
Warm Rooms. Moderate Rates. Ho
Baths.
Cor. Fourth and C. Anchorag
IS PEIF01EI
ISMAILIA, Egypt, Oct. 18.—British
aviators claim a record feat permorm
ed during therecent raid on the Turk
ish aerodrome at El Arish.
During the raid one of the pilots
was forced to land several miles west
of El Arish, his machine having been
damaged by shrapnel. While trying
to repair his engine, he was discovered
by another British machine, carrying
a pilot and an obeserver, which landed
beside him to render assistance. It
was found that the damaged machine
was past repair, and the aviators
burned it to prevent it froth falling
into the hands of the Turks. The prob
lem then was whether the rescuing
aeroplane would be able to carry the
three men away. All three climbed in,
the rescued man crowding in on top
of the observer. Several attempts
were made to get away, but the
grpund .was bad and the load toe
heavy. Finally one of the aviators
found a stretch of hard ground tc
which the machine was taken and fin
ally it got into the air with its big
load.
Ninety miles across the desert th<
three men flew until they reache<
safety at Kantara. It is claimed tha
no two-passenger machine has eve
before flown ninety miles with threi
people aboard and that the rescue i
one of the most unusual since the be
ginning of the war. t
The El Arish raid also resulted i:
another unusual feat. The Turks wer
attacked by British machine gun fir
from a height of 200 feet and on
British aviator descended to with!
100 feet of a Turkish aeroplane wliic
was standing on the ground surrouni
ed by seven or eight mechanics, an
dropped a bomb which blew machir
and men to pieces.
- It is said that as a result of thi
raid the Turkish air service was con
pletely disorganized for a month.
t Election Returns
Hot off the Wire. ROBARTS FO
s SERVICE. 11-6-1
Our Public Schools
Should Not Be the
Breeding Places
For Armies
By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Statesman
Photo by American
Press Association, i
MUST we abandon our ,high level of progress, our eminent stand for ’
international arbitration and step down to the brute level of Eu
ropean countries and make out of our schools hothouses and
breeding places for armies? Peace and not war is the,normal state of
man, and the teacher must insist on the postponement of any changes
until we can escape the results of actions taken in hot blood or in fight.
We had no suggestion of making military quarters of our schools two
years ago.
LET U8 PRAY THAT TWO YEARS HENCE THI8 AWFUL FEVER OF
WAR WILL HAVE RUN ITS COURSE AND NO ONE WILL EVER AGAIN
SUGQEST IT. f . >, 1
• Is it possible that this nation, that two years ago could not be fright
ened by rich nations full of ablebodied men, can now be frightened by
bankrupt nations filled with cripples? .
The people are not likely to favor-frontier precautions unless they
are convinced we must again face frontier dangers. The “adequate” re
serves asked by one party and the “ample” reserves asked by the other
can be adequately, and AMPLY SUPPLIED WITHOUT ROBBING
THE CRADLE OR RECRUITING IN GRADED SCHOOLS.
1 honor the soldier anil respect him in his place. It is no reflection
on the fireman that I advocate and shall continue to advocate the build
ing of fireproof buildings. So I’ll go on trying to protect the country
from war, while I respect the soldier who is ready to die when the need
comes.
But now, when the nations of Europe are testing out the doctrines
of war and love, I beseech you as teachers to throw your tremendous in
fluence for the ideals of America—the doctrine of love.
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Normal Schools Should Give More
Thorough Training In History
By THOMAS M. BALL1F.T, Dean. School of Pedagogy. New York
Univenity
I FRANKLY concede that our best normal schools give teachers a more
effective professional training than our colleges. My criticisms are
therefore those of a modest admiring friend.
Most normal schools attempt too much in the history of education.
Ancient and medieval education has no meaning for normal school stu
dents. THEY DO NOT KNOW ENOUGH HISTORY AND PHI
LOSOPHY TO COMPREHEND , IT* AND IT IS OF NO USE TO
THEM.
No normal school gives enough training in such subjects as American
history and geography. Elementary schoolteachers do not know enough
to teach these subjects. Normal schools should require at least a daily
lesson for an entire year in each of these subjects.
Students should, however, not review textbooks, but be taken over a
number of volumes of Fiske, Parkman and Rhodes and over books on
modern physical geography, meteorology, elementary astronomy and com
mercial geography.
NORMAL SCHOOLS SHOULD CEASE SPENDING THEIR TIME ON RE
VIEWING HIGH SCHOOL STUDIES, ASSUMING THAT THEIR STUDENTS
ARE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
European Labor and Capital Will Seek
Security In America After the War
Dr. MAX NORDAU, Zionist Leader
AFTER the war European conditions will become, to say the least,
so uncomfortable that the strong, the delicate, the proud, will
' not be willing to submit to them.
They will endeavor at all costs to egcape the crushing burden of
taxes,, the poisoning of political life, the national hatred, the obstacles
put in the wav of traveling, of the exchange of commodities, of intel
lectunl intercourse between nations,—OUSTACLES—WHICH WILL
)FTEN BE CARRIED TO THE POINT OF HOSTILE INTER
DICTION. , , , , 4 , ,
They will assert their determination to develop freely, to work produc
;ively and to have a modest share in the joys of life.
AS TO THE GOAL WHITHER TO STEER. THEY WILL HAVE NOT A
MOMENT'S HESITATION. THIS GOAL WILL BE THE STAR SPANGLED
BANNER.
Capital, too, threatened in Europe with spoliation and confiscation
jy means of pitiless war taxes imposed on wealth and income taxes, will
>eek security in America. - -•.
Tex Jones
The Panhandle
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all or address:
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Comfortable tables, quick lunch ser
:e at the North Pole bakery. 10-28-tf
C ME for your Silk Initial Handker
chiefs. None, but the best. f>Ux
Brown & Co. 11-2-tf
Capt. Walter C. Dibrell, of Ketchi-]
kan, lighthouse inspector for the 16th]
district of Alaska, was married re-,
cently at Los Angeles, Cal., to Miss
Irene Mitchell. They will make their]
home in Ketchikan.
A1 Bumbaum, one of the most
widely known and most popular busi
ness men of the lower Yukon, arrived
in Juneau recently on his way to the
states. It was his first trip to the out
side in 19 years.
Eight young native boys and girls
left Juneau recently in charge of Mrs.
Kate L. Brewer for the Indian school |
at Chemewa where they will be edu
cated at the expense of the govern-]
ment.
The finding of a $20 gold piece in.
the cleanup of a Nome beach miner re
cently was given publicity, and brings]
to light the fact that a native there,
has picked up several $5 and $10 gold,
pieces during the past summer and]
an Eskimo found a $20 gold piece. It.J
is said that some of the natives make)]
i a regular practice of searching the-;
i beach there for lost coins. <
C ME for your Pajamas. None but],
the best. Felix Brown & Co. 11-2-ffjj
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