FOSTER, MURRAY, PRICE AND
STASER
In the 1923 Session, the Fish
Trust and the Guggenheims were
served by Foster, Murray, Price and
Staser in the House and by a Cham
berlain in the Senate.
Who will it be in 1925?
A hard fight was on in the 1921
legislature and a friend of mine went
to see if he could not swing Joe
Murray, nowr running for re-election
in the Third Division against the in
famous Britt Fish Bill, and by way
of argument he said, “Joe, you don’t
want to go back to the boys all
covered with mud, do you?”
Joe Murray’s answer was signifi
cant: “No,” he said, “and I don’t
want to go back with my back brok
en, either.”
Who will it be in 1925?
I was up in the Senate during the
last days of the session of 1921. The
appropriation bill was up for final
discussion. The session was about
to end and so a night session was
held. But when the Senators got to
their places, Chamberlain, of Sew
ard, now running for re-election, was
absent. After a bit he came in, and
those of you who have seen him
speak can see him rocking back and
forth from heel to toe like a rocking
chair as he spoke these words:
“Mish-ter Shpeaker, I bu-lieve
’twud be more ’propriate to ’journ
this dish-cussion of the ’propriation
bill—so I move we ’journ.”
They did.
A SIGNIFICANT INCIDENT
Little straws indicate which way
the wind blows.
In the 1923 Legislature, Dan
Sutherland returned to Juneau to
tell the representatives of the peo
ple which was going on in fishery
legislature. Dan was making a
strong plea for justice for the labor
ing men who work and live in Alaska.
That was too much for Frank Fos
ter, representative from Cordova. He
got to his feet and asked Dan: “Do
you think those bohunks deserve that
consideration to which you and I
are entitled?”
Dan said, “What kind of men did
ou say?”
Foster: “Bohunks!”
Dan: “I am not acquainted with
i hat class of fishermen. To me
here is only one class, and that is
human beings, each one of whom is
entitled to everything, every privil
ege that I claim for myself. Bo
hunks!”
Frank Foster, candidate for re
election, is now asking “bohunks
of the fisheries and the mines” to
vote for him.
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Senator
Third Division
“Man, proud man, -
Dressed in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he’s most as
sured,
His glassy essence-like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks uefore
high heaven,
As make the angels weep;
Who with our spleen would all
themselves,
Laugh mortal.”
“Drunk with a little brief authori
ty” and other things.
DURING THE FISCAL YEAR OF
3023 the government railroad in Al
aska received $758,031 from freight
and spent $1,503,554 for mainten
ance and operation. The federal gov
ernment appropriated $1,400,000 for
the railroad.
—
Climbing Out of a Hole—Jones ob
served an old lady sitting across the
room.
“For heaven’s sake ” he remarked
to Robinson, “who is that extraordi
narily ugly woman there?”
“That is my wife.”
Jones was silent for a moment and
then said, “Well, you just ought to
see mine!”
About the best things raised on a
farm are children.
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“What is that little boy crying:
about?” asked the kind old lady of
the ragged boy.
“Dat other kid swiped his candy,”
was the answer.
“But how is it that you have the
candy now?”
“Sure I got de candy now. I’m
de kid’s lawyer.”
Ain’t it the truth?
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