THE LIST LEGISLATURE
In our history of the proceedings
of the House in the last Legisla
ture, we have narrated the first
12 bills introduced, the prominent
points being this, that W. D. Grant
tof Wrangell, elected by the votes
of “illiterates’' so his enemies
charged, introduced the first bill
House Bill No. 1, entitled “For
an act to require certain educa
ticnal qualifications for voters.”
In this bill Mr. Grant required
that all voters be able to read and
write. The bill was denounced as
not having “teeth” in it. Later
on, J. R. Heckman told Mr. Grant,
“We should have supported your
bill.’
The bill to abolish the fish hatch
eries introduced by William L.
Paul was defeated by a combination
of votes from the Fourth Division
and Mr. Hardy of the First Divis
ion, who by their votes went on
record of being in favor of the
further waste of the People’s
money.
Bill No. 7, introduced by Mr.
Sundquisit of Candle, extended the
time in which miners could file
liens to 90 days; but Jos. Muray
of McCarthy, fought the increase
on the ground that it was not
fair to “capital who might buy a
mine sometime,” and so the time
was reduced to 45 days. But Mr.
Sundquist got the time increased
to 60 days in which form it passed
the House with Jos. Murray of
the Third Division the only man
voting against the interest of the
miner.
The next bill to be introduced
was the famous BOOZE BILL. It
was also the first bill introduced
by Mr. Hardy, <of Juneau, the only
Democrat elected from the First
Division. By this bill Mr. Hardy
attempted to repeal the Alaska
Bone Dry Act and was supported
in his attempt by Dr. Borland, who
who practices medicine on the
side, and took a much needed rest
outside last month while the Grand
Jury was in session. Supporting
Mr. Hardy was ,H. L. Faulkner,
popular attorney of bootleggers,
and While Mr. Faulkner admits
now that he was not then a citizen,
spoke earnestly in favor of extend
ing the Constitution of the United
States to Alaska. Tom Marquam,
of Fairbanks (happened to appear
and broke away from the for
bidden bottle long enough to sup
port Hardy’s Booze Bill. But the
bill was defeated. It is a good’,
good thing tho that the members
from the First Division elected by
the so-called “illiterates” were
there, for the presence of any more
Democrats of the Hardy type sure
ly would have spelled defeat for
the forces of LAW AND ORDER.
Bill N.o 13 was introduced by
Grier of Anchorage who later in
troduced the GRIER LITERACY
BILL and then himself extracted,
all the “teeth.” This bill became
and is now the law.
House bill No. 14, is the famous
Grier Literacy Bill
....This bill was handed to Ben
Grier after he had said that the
Grant bill No. 1 was “exactly
what we wanted” and “it suits
me exactly.” Grier’s bill provided
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