tlian to go to hell or save his own
soul.
Men who have no love for the Naz
arene, men who are the greatest
agents in grinding down the poor,
pass the plate or occupy the front
pews and listen with smug satisfac
tion to the expurgated sermons of
the pastor; for every no wand again
the “leading men” let it be known
that “more sermons of that charact
er will hurt this church.”
It seems to me that church mem
bership and business or politics have
had nothing to do with each other.
Citizens in Alaska have not learned
what a true democracy means. Gov
ernors reward men who are “faith
ful” to them; or members of the
legislature vote for measures backed
by powerful lobbies in the hopes
that they might not be forgotten.
The w’ords “free democracy” is an
idle term. A poor man is not free,
while a rich man is over-powered by
an increasing desire to become even
richer.
Today, if you are acquainted with
Juneau society, you w'ould know that
we have in Governor Scott C. Bone
one of the finest gentlemen who
ever sat in the executive chair. Po
lite, kind, correct, a writer of noted
talent; a conspicuous Christian, m
Washington, D. C. the trustee of
one of the great Churches. But
howr does his Christianity affect his
business? He gave the most lucre
tive office in his power to Senator
Chamberlain of Seward, a man who
openly and flagrantly violated the
Constitution which he was sworn to
uphold. We naturally ask the ques
tion, if the Governor, who is spe
cially sw’orn to uphold the Constitu
tion of the United States, and who
by his very profession of conspicu
ous Christianity rewards a conspicu
ous drunk, why is it not right for
all the citizens of Alaska who feel
sc inclined to take the law’ into their
own hands? Is it any more wi'oiy;
for a mere citizen to get drunk than
for a distinguished Senator? May
a Senator go unpunished, while the
unfortunate habitue of the red light
district must be branded as unclean?
I hope that you can see that if my
struggle to believe that there is
something in Christianity, or in the
Declaration of Independence, I have
convinced you that I am a radical,
unsafe and unfair, it is most un
fortunate.
I have handled big business, big
ger business than most of the men
who offer themselves for public of
fice. There are many corporations
v.’ho are just and fair to their work
men, but the canneries of Alaska are
not among these. The corrections
w’hich I propose will not destroy
them, but w’ill guarantee to them and
t'"> us the cannery institution for gen
erations to come. It should be se]f
proving to you that the true fisher
ies problem is not merely the saving
of fish, but is the saving of fish
AND the increase of the permanent
population of Alaska.
I hope to hear from you again*
and will promise to answer you as
fairly and fully as possible.
Yours faithfully,
WILLIAM L. PAUL.
Preference in Republican
Primaries
Dan Sutherland, for Delegate.
Cash Cole, for Governor.
John W. Frame, for National Com
mitteeman.
Dr. L. P. Dawes and George Sex
ton, delegates to Republican Con
vention.
Forest J. Hunt, for Senator.
Wni. D. Grant, for Representative.
Perry Hern, for Representative.
Chas. B. Ferguson, for Represent
ative.
William L. Paul, for Representa
tive.
BUYING VOTES
H. R. Shepard claims credit for
introducing; the bill which doubled
the old age pension of the pioneers.
Tt is one thing to get a bill through
increasing the pensions and another
thing to see that the pioneers get
the money. This bill increased the
promise of pension payments of the
territory from about $100,000 to
nbout $250,000 and more for the two
year period.
When I was a kid I used to watch
“the crudest boy on earth.” He
would tie black thread around some
corn and throw it to the chickens,
then when the chicken had swallow
ed the corn, he would pull the corn
out again, then repeat the operation.
Isn’t that what Shep has done to
the pioneers? He increased their
pensions, but made no provision for
payments, so that now the pensions
have been cut right down to the
bone, for the Territory is broke to
day.
The most cruel person is the man
who feeds the pension to the needy
pioneer and then pulls it out again.
H. R. Shepard served the Trans
portation Trust well in the last legis
lature and no doubt his son-in-law
who is manager of the Guggenheim
properties in Alaska would like to
see him re-elected. As the Juneau
Empire says, “Shepard made an en
viable record.”
WHY IS REGISTRATION
REQUIRED FOR CITY
ELECTION?
Like other voters, I have sub
mitted to the law of various city's
in which I lived and have registered.
And like other voters, I have never
inquired or reasoned out why this is
required.
It is time for us to ask this ques
tion.
Registration is not required for the
Primaries or the General Election in
November. In these elections, we
elect officers who are supposed to
have far greater responsibilities than
in the city. Then why register for
city elections?
This city of about 5,000 people
have an annual registration of about
200 voters. The reason is that regis
tration is so difficult for working
men who are in a hurry or fisher
men who have time merely to come
in and turn around that voters do
not register.
We hold that any device that holds
down the number of voters is un
democratic. The City Council should
rescind this ordinance so that citi
zens of this city might vote freely.
Newman Paint Store
—Dealers in—
Paints, Oil, Varnish,
Glass
_Ketchikan, Alaska
Thwaites Photo Shop
Ketchikan
Kodak Finishing
Copying—Enlarging
SITKA CAMP
ALASKA NATIVE
BROTHERHOOD
Metts 8 P. M. Mondays
President: David Howard
Secretary: A. Hope
THE PEOPLES CASH
—STORE—
Mrs. J. W. Young, Prop.
Sells for less because for Cash
Newtown, Ketchikan
Ketchikan Meat Co.
Next to Custom House, Ketchikan
Central Market
Newtown, Ketchikan
Dealers in
Fresh Meats and Provisions
Special Attention Paid to Boat
Orders
KETCHIKAN MEAT CO.
Phone 120 Day
Phone White 76 Night
Phone 307
CENTRAL MARKET