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ERXMEXT.
The editorial printed below re
cently appeared in the Dawson
News under the alrove caption. The
remarks, both in their bearing on
Yukon Territory and on Alaska,
are open to criticism from one view
point alone: their treatment of the
subject is based solely on the bene
fits sought for the territories named,
and entirely overlooks the selfish in
terests and unsympathetic attitude
of the far-away states and prov
inces that center their power and
prestige at Washington and Ottawa.
It can do no harm for Alaska and
Yukon Territory to view things as
they actually exist. If two million
prosperous people lived in Alaska
today, in our opinion, Alaska
would, be denied statehood. If. fi r
instance—and that would not be
wholly impracticable. Alaska and
the State of Washington should de
sire to combine and transact their
affairs as one great state, would
they be permitted to do so? Never,
unless the Pacific states should l>c
come strong enough to force the
IsMlC
Alaska. Yukon Territory. British
Columbia, ami all that vast wildcr
ii(m conpiiwd iu wliat is com
monly known as Northwest Canaria
will la? populous amt jjreat some
time. At present they will have to
Mibmtt to adverse interests and bide
events.
The News article follow
i Mivernment by jutl**- la Alaska has
proved a mark* I failure l» pros <t>«« •
(.miitmoil h>f "Uewi»d‘» Polti the
\menvaas. who are so* shawl •# as.ieat
novelty, took a leaf owl of the vvperteacv
ot the awe teat )e»». amt gaee to the
l nines the eaevtHiee authority hr a ter
litMrv ter tune- a* Urge as Palestine
| And the results in the present instance
; have been a duplication for the most part
of the results in the case of the Jews, and
the entire people are crying out in a loud
, voice for redress. Judges would seem to
require certain qualifications of mind,
and governors another quality, and the
two sets of qualities seem difficult of
finding in the same individual. Thus
the president chooses a man for his exec
utive qualifications unu sends him to
Nome, and as a judge he earns a place in
the penitentiary. Then he chooses an
other man for his known fairness of
mind, and sends him to Juneau. The
results there are quite as disastrous, for a
fair judge is there found utterly inade
quate to cope with the lobbying influ
ences which cluster always about the
place of governor.
The proposition now is to let the judges
be the judges, and to vest the executive
powers either in a commission or board,
as in Yukon, or to give the powers over
bodily to the nominal governor, and
establish for him a board of officials
similar to Yukon officialdom. At present
the courts of Alaska are the collecting
and disbursing offices of Alaska, and the
business is growing to such proportions
as to seriously threaten the efficiency of
the courts in the matter of dispensing
justice. It will be seen from the sugges
tions of the senatorial committee that
much they recommend is founded upon
what they saw while in I'awson. The
gentlemen of the commission were here
just long enough and met just the right
gentlemen to learn the good in our sys
tern, and to escape a sight of the mani
fold evils thereof. We very much doubt
if many Yukoners, unattached to the
govi r. ment, and w ho have been here five
years, will lend their endorsement to
Senator Iieitrick's recommendations for
Alaska. He suggests the executive pow
ers be vested in the governor and a
commission, one half elected by the de
partments of Alaska and one half ap
pointed by the president. This plan for
a government of white men is as un
American as it is un-British, and we
doubt not will prove as pernicious in
Alaska as ir. Yukon, where the cry for
years has been for a wholly elective
council.
We confess that for the life of us we
can t ot understand the reluctance to
recommend a whollv elective commis
sion for Alaska. We fail to reach Sena
tor I>eitrick"s point of view, and to un
derstand w hy Alaskans are not as capable
Of self government as any 29.000 Ameri
cans to In- found in the 1 ’nited States.
This much is certai 1: any half aud
half proposition is doomed to failure
from the moment it is tried Govern
ment be an official commission would not
la; so bad in Alask 1 as here, for doubtless
the president would make his ap]mint*
merits from among the Alaskans thrm
selv.s and nut as is dour by the governor
111 council 111 the uiattrr of Yukon, from
among the jh oplc ot different unions of
Canada. But the scheme is faulty, and.
meaning well for Alaska, we trust it will
never lie trieil.
It is l»»l that Alu'kn thinilil have the
large*! meatttrr of telf government. It
i* lie*! that the govern'ng hotly *houhl
have large ranter* I* »t«v*e«l. even to the
■ntttatam »f a mining rmle tpeciatly
•UfitH t» that |Ntrt of the lntti-4 State*'
pn**e*aten>* It i* r*aenttal for the re
form mg »l tluat tn ant <li»lant puanr*
«t«w that the rvfoi triing Mt ami the
ptnylr ‘lemamltng re form vhovibl ho in
(Itaae hwrk, ami not font thmnotwl mile*
apart In th » matter >wh«Mt «h»»l<l ho
reg arete tl rather aa a earning than a* an
evaoifle of hee thing* ahetnhl ho ‘hate
N. V. HENDRICKS ESTABLISHED 1904
Alaska Commission Baying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
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Call on onr Agent or write to us
We have here seen a population of 4«,ooo
dwindle to less than 10,000, and if results
were proportionate in Alaska its 29,000
would rapidly decrease to less than 7,000.
Both in Alaska and Yukon are mineral
possibilities to astonish the world. Give
the people of Alaska and Yukon but the
control of their own destinies and the
destinies of their respective countries, and
set how soon Alaska and Yukon will
range up with the enterprising cornrnu
niies of the world, both in material
progress and the development of freedom.
An Ohio telegram announced
recently that Dr. Aldrich, the re
nowned alienist, was examining
Mrs. Chadwick lor evidences of
insanity. At this distance, it ap
pears to the non-professional ob
server that the doctor could find
more suitable subjects among the
woman’s numerous dupes.
There is quite a neat little con
test on between Skagwav and Val
dez for the winter travel to Fair
banks and the interior. Court Clerk I
Heilig's wisdom in going from |
Valdez to Skagwav and thence bv |
Whitehorse and Dawson is com
mended by the Daily Alaskan, and
that paper says that is the only
route by « hich the immense snow
fall of 6,s to So feet per annum can
be avoided. The Valdez Chamber
of Commerce is circulating pam
phlets showing the Valdez route to
Ire 517 miles shorter than any
other, and declaring that the trail
will be kept open all winter.
Col.. \V. T. Pkrkins is acting as i
a special delegate for Nome at
Washington during this sessi >11 of
congress. Colonel Perkins is the
grand Arctic chief of the Arctic
Brotherhood, the only organization i
in the territory through which!
com Kilted effort tor the general
good is at present possible, and as
such is in a ponition to accomplish
much. The presence in Washing
ton of a (slid representative to look
after the interests of a small part ol
the territon is emphatic testimony
of the need of a regttlailv elected
delegate to represent the whole.
The Arctic lliother h.**l is making
an intelligent effort to secure i «l*l
egate for Alaska, ami with this
accomplished emigre** might he
forgiven for the time lor lailme
to grant other nereswar* measure
C. H. GIBBONS, M. r>.
Physician and Surgeon.
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GKORCiK A. SALISBURY,
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J. I.IXM.KY GRKKN,
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THE
HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER, ED FERGUSON,
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
HHST-(I.ASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Leaves for Glen Every
Five Da vs.
Freighting and Packing
To and From All
tlie UreeltH.
t»tmi< 1 Teams Good Service
HUomvo.v Salooim
Fix I’rice on l>rink»*
I'rom Itir Alaskan
I lie saloons of Skagtvai have
agreed upon a price for drinks in
this ritt. The tariff, as fixed at a
meeting n» proprietors representing
all the »t<ks>n* in the city, is as
loltons Mixed drinks. cents
each: draught leer lo cents, ami
other drinks 14 cents
The agreement. » hr. h w as signed
h> the iepresenlati\es of all the
•tiks-ns. specifies that it shall re
mam in t*>rve for one 1 ear