larger vote than in the last elec
tion.
In regard to the Indian vote,
he said:
“Too much stress is placed up
on the so-called Indian vote.
Why not call it Territorial vote,
and not differentiate between
the Indians and the whites. I
believe and have always believ
ed that to call that part of the
electorate the “Indian vote,” was
done to awaken prejudice and
split the vote, to the benefit o'
designing politicains. To me
there is no ‘Indian’ vote—it is
all a vote cast by Alaskans. An
Indian who is intelligent enough
to vote and who does vote,
should be regarded, as a citizen
of Alaska and no distinction
made in the laws governing such
vutc.
“The Indian who votes for a
party candidate should be re
warded by the party he affiliates
with, the same as the white vot
er is regarded.
“There are many jobs in the
Territory which could be given
to the Indians. They would be
most efficient as stream ward
ens, game wardens, forestry offi
cials, and in fact in many offic
es where I believe they would
serve the government as good
as any other voter.
“I have always deprecated the
segregation of voters by race. It
has appeared fundmentally
wrong to me to do so. The Indi
an is an American, and a citizen.
He was here before the whits
man, and should have some
rights as to the laws which gov
ern him. The Indian is entitled
to official positions if he is com
petent to fill them. To ask for
his vote and pamper him at
election time, and then forget
his existence in the interim is
wrong, and the practice is work
ing for a division of the Terri
torial vote, to the great harm of
both parties."
Mr. Easmuson stated that he
believed Alaskans did not go to
the polls to elect their man, but
rather to defeat the candidate
whom they disliked.
He declared that unless the
Republican party organized and
started an aggressive campaign
in the Territory, they were liable
to lose a number of offices in the
next election.
“The delegates to the conven
tion should be pledged to Her
bert Hoover, -for he is the logical
man to succeed himself.—Stroll
er’s Weekly.
ALASKA: MISTREATED AND
UNWELCOME STEP-CHILD
-x
Declaring that the Federal
Government has been treating
Alaska like a stepchild, Repre
sentative Frank Murphy of Ohio,
chairman of the congressional
subcommittee on Interior De
partment appropriations, re
cently told members of the Se
attle Chamber of Commerce he
could not understand conditions
in Alaska.
He wanted to know why the
government had failed to place
coal bunker at tidewater at the
terminus of the Alaska railroad
sc that Alaska coal could be
easily shipped out.
Nor could he understand, he
said why the government should
raise the rates on the Alaska
Railroad and retard the efforts
of che people in developing that
section of the Territory.
And he does not understand
why the government has been
appropriating only one-third as
much for the education of Alas
ka’s white children as it has for
the Indians and Eskimos.
There is much more that Re
presentative Murphy would not
be able to understand if he only
had time to go out among the
people of Alaska, unhampered
or unhindered by those who are
so solicitous of his contacts as
to make it virtually impossible
for the Alaska laborers to meet
him.
-V
NO CHANCE FOR CHANGE IN
DUCK REGULATION
-x
Notwithstanding the fact that
Alaskans have just cause for
complaint against the order of
President Hoover shortening the
duck season to the month of
September, there is not a chance
to obtain any modification of the
erder in the opinion of Delegate
Wickersham, to whom appeal
was made by various chambers
of commerce to take the matter
up with Washington authorities.
The Delegate did take the mat
ter up with the Department of
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