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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, I905.
REFORM OR Dili.
Evider.ee was n< t lacking at an
earlier date that there would he a
lack of harmony between the presi
dent and the leaders of the republi
can party, and as time progresses
probability becomes certainty and
a rup'ture as well defined as that
which alienated Cleveland from the
democrats during his last term is
n w apparent. Here, however, the
analogy censes; for the further Mr.
Roosevelt gets a a ay from the sen
ate the nearer he draws to the
people; while Mr. Cleveland ac
quired the enmity of all.
In February President Roosevelt
let the senate know that he favored
the ratification without amendment
of certain arbitration treaties which
had been negotiated by Secretary
Hay. The senate resented what it
deemed the unwarranted interfer
ence of the president, and passed
th.e amendments know n to l>e ob
noxious to Mr Roosevelt Now it
is said the president will refuse to
present the treaties to the powers
with whom they were negotiated.
On the other hand, when the
Ksch-Townsend bill to fix lailroad
rates and grant more power to the
insterstatc c< tnmtrce commission
came before the house that body
Iiassed the measure by a vote of yib
to 17. The bill was known as an
administration measure and was
supported b> the democrats
The president’s * flints to mitt
gate the tariff iniquity and to have
the law*complied with by the great
trusts have receiver! unstinted com
mendation by such democrats a*
Patterson ot Colorado, Johnson ol
Ohio, and Hryan ol Nebraska.
Verily, Mi. Roosevelt * dictum to
hts [will seems to have gone forth.
"Retorts <>r die
| GO V. BRADY'S REPORT.
Copies of the revolt of John G.
Braity as governor of Alaska were
receive 1 in Rampart by the down
river mail last Situiday. It is a
comprehensive \o:umeof 165 pages,
containing a vast amount of valua
ble information Those who have
complained that the governor has
little to do but to make his report
should frankl., confess that his work
in this instance, at least, was done
well '1 he to :Ov\ ing extr.n ts from
the letter of transmission are sug
gestive ot the governor’s course in
presenting Alaska’s cause to the
interior department, and tiny ought
to strengthen the belief that Presi
dent Roosevelt acted for the bvst
in Mr. Brady’s reappointment:
Sec. 14. That nothing in this act contained
shall in any wise he taken or construed to imply
or indicate that the territory in the district of
Alaska, or any portion thereof, shall at any time
hereafter be admitted as a state.—Cong. Record,
p. 3?5o, March 10, 1904.
The above was offered by Senator
I'latt, of Connecticut, as an amendment
to Senate bill 3339, providing for the
election of a delegate to the house of
representatives from the district of Alas
ka. Alaska hills had been under consid
eration nearly all afternoon. . . . Next
came S. 3339, like a last straw. The
above amendment was thrown into the
discuss on of the hi 1 like a bucket of
ice-cold water. It fairly took their breath,
and some senators could hardly trust their
ears. Senator Foraker asked for a re
statement of it and the secretary read it
again. Senator Beveridge, chairman of
committee on territories, and who had
charge of the above hills, seemed dazed,
and immediately asked fora second read
ing of the amendment, and when the
secretary read it again the senator ac
knowledged that he had finally heard it,
but remarked twice that lie wanted to
think about it a little while.
Since that day others have been think
ing not only a little while but long and
bard. We who have come to Alaska to
build our homes . . . aie most vitally
concerned. The proffered amendment,
in text and spirit, proposes to make Alas
ka a political inferno that all who enter
aie to leave hope behind. It seems to us
thtt the t me has arrived for this question
to lie discussed and thrashed out on the
floor of both houses, beta halt lie called
while members go at it with flails and
beat every grain from the straw and chaff.
We have held possession of Alaska for
tliirtv-seven years. Article 111 of the
treaty is plain enough:
The inhabitant.* of the cnhrl territory, ac
cording to their the ice. re*en ing their natural
allegiance, may return to Ru*»ia within three
year*, but if they should prefer to remain m the
ceded territory they with the exception of tin
civilieed native tribe*. *halt be .idmitted to the
enjoyment of alt the right*, idvantagea and
iminuntlie* of cittern* of the t nited state*, and
«hatl be maintained and protected in the free
enjoyment of their liberty, property and reti
gion The uncivilised tribe* will be subject to
lark law* and regulation* a* the t'aited Slate*
in.• v fr<<m line to time adopt in i • gar 4 to abo
riginal tribe* of the country
'Ihr -i mu ki.ctk that the tmili>»r ac
i|uiit>l by lli«- Imlv <>t rruinn ■» non*
caant iguana*. irt il rati Aril lhr«f artivlr*.
.mil the inhabitant* in thr la rntaary arr
mini..I ta» hr a.iuiiUral to Ihr rnjor mrnt
of all Ihr right* rK., aaf vitarrn* a»f Ihr
I nrtral Stair*. Shall clluria of Ihr
t mlral Slalr*oho haar «.raa*aral ihr mlrr
rrmag |>»a*»itarr of Krituah l ailumHu <>r
ESTABLISHED 1904
N. V. HENDRICKS
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| Alaska Commission Buying Agency
SEATTLE, WASH.
We Buy and Ship for you, Only on Commission
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Call on our Agent or write to ua
who have embarked on ocean-going ves
sels to settle in Alaska—to make it their
home—be admitted to the enjoyment of
fewer rights and advantages than were
guaranteed to those who remained longer
than three jears? Can American citi
zens in Alaska, who fell til l all possible
qualifications as to numbers, intelligence,
industry, sobriety, patriotism, and mor
ality, come to congress by their chosen
representative ami demand as a nglil. that
the republican form of government which
they have created and ordained here, be
admitted as a state of the Union ? Sen
ator Sumner was present during the hours
of the night when the treaty was drawn
up and signed. He was imbued with its
spirit and purpose. Listen to the won
derful words in his speech on the cession
of Russian America to the United States,
delivered in the senate ten days after that
instrument was signed, under the head of
‘‘Extension of Republican Institutions”:
[ More than the extension of dominion is the
extension of republican institutions, which is a
ti adiiioual aspiration. It w as in this spirit that
independence was achieved. In the name of
human rights our fathers overthrew the kingly
po>\er, whose representative was George the
Third. They set themselves openly against
this form of government. They were against it
lor themselves and offered their example to
mankind. They were Kotnan in character,and
turned to Roman lessons. With a cynical aus
terity the early Cato said that kings were “car
nivorous animals,'' and at his instance the
i Roman senate decreed that no king should be
allowed within the gates ol the city. A kindred
sentiment, with less austerity ol foi tn, has been
received from our fathers; but our city can be
nothing less than the North American conti
nent, with its gates on all the surrounding seas.
John Adams, in the preface to his “Defense of
the American Constitution,” . . . dated Jan. i,
1787, . . thus for a moment lifts the curtain of
the future. Thirteen governments ' he says
i plainly, "thus founded on the natural authority
«>f the people alone, and w ithout any pretense of
1 miracle or mystery, and which are destined to
I spread oeer the northern j art of that w hole
I quarter of the globe, is a great point gained in
j favor of the rights of mankind.' Thus, accord
ing to this prophetic minister, even at that early
I day wan the destiny of the republic manifest,
j It wus to spread over the northern part of the
| American quarter of the globe, and it was to be
a siipport to the rights of mankind
We believe that the great mass of the
voters of the country, irrespective of
party, want Alaska to lacome an inte
gral part of the I'nited States by the
extension of our institutions as fast as
conditions w arrant, amt that when they
have opportunity to express themselves
at the polls they wtll semi men to con
gress to voire their sentiment*. ... If
Senator 1'latt speaks as the representa
tive of the people of Connecticut, it must
he of that deteriorated stock which has
been so much iliscusseil in the press of
that state, amt not the stock of the hardy
New Knglander from the time of John
Adams down to Charles Sumner
It in regretted that we can not
print the entire letter of transmittal
It does not read like the expression
ot a demagogue or an ignoramus,
and lurinshe» no clue to the bon
nitty manifested to the governor
before ami sinte hts reappointment
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
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(iKOKGK A. SALISBURY,
Attorney and Counsellor,
Rampart, Alaska
J. LINIILKY GREEN,
Lawyer.
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THE
HEETER
TANANA, ALASKA
S. E. HEETER, ED FERGUSON.
PROPRIETOR MANAGER
FIRST-CLASS
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Heeler’s PackTrain
Leaves for Glen Every
Five Days.
Freighting and Packing
To nnci From All
the Creeks.
Good Teams. flood Service
Rampart, Mask a. March 21. 190s.
NOTH H TO ( KMHTOISS.
In the matter of the hstate 1
°f [
I. A IIS SVhNUSON Deceased)
NOTICK is hereby »i%en to the creditors «.f the
estate of the Mia l a** htfutboa to file their
claims with the undersigned with the propel
vouchers and .«fbda\its attached, at my cff.it in
the Northern Commercial Co s store in Ram
part. in the territory of Alaska, within sis
months of the date of the first publication of
thu» notice said first publication bring March
22. i«i»»s I* H WAN I'.
Administrator of said h'«tatr
Psi'L Kkroy Hfai i.iki-, who Ims
made a study of the matter, rays
that all but about a tenth of the
Si.bara has an eacelU.nl. firm soil:
rain in abundant and water plenti
tul beneath the surface: much fine
timber taut*, and all condition* are
favorable fur the te|(t»n becoming
the borne <>l Jt ono.ooo |>eo|>le.