tion in the tariff hearings in Washington.
Money Talks.
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce after
much hedging finally came out with a refusal to
indorse the Ketchikan proposition to close Prince
Rupert as a competitive port. This is one of the
few acts of the Juneau political machine in the
interest of the laboring’ man !
MONEY TALKS !
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The SPEAKER pro tempore.
Is there objection to the gentle
man’s request?
There was no objection.
Mr. SUTHERLAND. Mr. Speak
er, will the gentleman yield to
me for a moment in order that I
may ask unanimous consent to
extend my remarks by printing
a clipping from an Alaskan pa
per?
Mr. LOWERY. Certainly.
The SPEAKER pro tempore.
The gentleman from Alaska asks
unanimous consent to extend
his remarks by printing a clip
ping from an Alaskan paper Is
there objection?
There was no objection.
Following is the clipping re
ferred to:
(From The ALASKAN, of Jan
uary 18. 1929
That Juneau, the capital of
the Territory, is the hotbed of
the bureaucrats in Alaska there
is none to deny. The real Alas
kans residing there have been so
long under the iron heel of Fed
eial officials who swarm around
there that the Alaskans not im
ported have become servile con
doners of all the conspiracies
concocted by the bureaucrats to
rob the Territory.
Whenever the imported stock
asks for a little additional salary
to be paid by the Territory in vi
olation law, these Juneau people
smile serenely and say “Thank
you.”
They have peddled out Ter
ritorial offices to legislators for
a surrender of our personal
rights as American citizens until
there is nothing but the shell
left to the organic act, our Ter
ritorial constitution. So famil
iar have voters of the First Di
vision become with this deplor
able condition of political affairs
in the capital city, a resident of
Juneau, nominated for public
office, is heavily handicapped as
a candidate, for the people of the
First Division well know that
the Alaskans residing in Juneau
long ago became servile sycho
nhants of the imported Federal
Bureaucrats and offer no resist
ance to their conspiracies to
bleed the Territorial treasury
and domineer over our legisla
tive officials.’”
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker,
May I have three minutes?
Mr. DOWELL. I yield to the
gentleman five minutes.
The SPEAKER. The gentleman
from Mississippi is recognized
for five minutes.
Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker. I
was somewhat surprised to hear
the ranking Democrat on the
committee say he will vote for
this bill. I am very fond of the
gentleman from Alaska (Mr.
Sutherland). He ably repre
sents his people here at all
times. But I can not conscien
tiously support this legislation.
You know we start by setting
precedents here which ultimate
ly develop into policies which
are detrimental to the welfare
of American institutions, and I
am afraid that if I should sanc
tion the passage of this bill, ev
en impliedly by sitting silently
by. it would rise up to smite me
in the future when I shall most
assuredly attempt to prevent a
repetition of the passage of such
legislation as this.
I have never seen in all my ca
reer finer men or finer women
or more noble citizenship than I
find in the Territory, strong in
intelligence, virile, forceful peo
ple. I should like to see them
building up there a community
spirit, a local spirit, if you
please, a spirit of patriotic devo
tion to Alaska, assuming charge
ol and responsibility for the con
duct of their public affairs.
That has been by attitude ev
er since I have been a member
of the Committee on Territories,
and I do not feel now like reced
ing from that position merely to
pass one bill which is contrary
to my ideas touching legislation
of this kind. My objections to it
have been brought out in this
debate, and I sincerely trust
that this legislation will not
pass.
Mr. DOWELL. Mr. Speaker,
I yield five minutes to the gen
tleman from New York (Mr. La
Guardia).
Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Speak
er, I agree with my colleague
from Mississippi (Mr. Rankin)
and I join with him in protest
ing against this measure. I shall
vote against it.
Every Member of this House
has the utmost confidence in
the judgment of the Delegate
from Alaska. He not only re