N. 0. HARDY
The election of this man to the
legislature was made possible by the
combination of Democrats and dis
gruntled Republicans and aided by a
small number of worthy citizens who
voted for him because they knew that
his private life was good.
Nothing can be said against those
Democrats who supported Mr. Hardy
for he was their candidate and he
was entitled to their support.
As to those Republicans who sup
ported him because they were not
able to control the Republican pri
mary, it can be said that they should
never have gone into the primary
election. It is this class of persons
who are really the “rule or ruin’’
class. It is this class too who have
voted the Democratic ticket for many
years and yet call themselves Repub
licans for a purpose. They are neither
and should be despised by all good
citizens.
As to the small number of worthy
citizens who voted for Mr. Hardy be
cause of their good opinion of him,
they should learn that in every elec
tion, principles are at stake and the
election of a good, but weak man,
often spells serious damage to our
country.
Mr. Hardy went into the combina
tion of Demo-Republicans led by
Speaker Wilcox and Jos. Murray, and
never once did he vote contrary to
orders.
Although he is personally “dry,” he
introduced the bootleggres’ bill to re
peal the Alaskan Bone Dry Act. Those
who voted with him were Jos. Mur
ray, Ben Grier, Speaker Wilcox, of
the Third; Harry Watson, George
Moody, Robert Sheldon, of the Fourth.
He also voted for the repeal of the
Direct Primary laws, and thus aligns
himself on the side of the corrupt
convention system. In this he was
aided by Speaker Wilcox, Jos. Mur
ray, Ben Grier, Wni, Sherman, of the
Third Division; Harry Watson,
George Moody, and Robert Sheldoir
cf the Fourth.
He voted for the bill to protect the
local merchants against the travelling
peddlers or solicitors, and showed that
he could see where the resident mer
chants should be protected; but when
it came to protecting the resident
laboring man or fisherman, he voted
against them. We refer to the bill in
troduced by William L. Paul provid
ing for a small discriminatory tax
against non-resident fishermen. The
proposed tax on non-residents was $25
for gill-netters, $50 for trollers, and
$50 for seiners, the applicants of six
month’s previous residence being
taxed only $1.00.
Tn the case of the travelling solici
tor, the bill for which Mr. Hardy
voted would exclude all non-resident
peddlers, but in the case of the non
resident fishermen, the bill merely
put a small tax on those who did not
think enough of Alaska to come and
live here at least six months out of
the year.
Aiding Mr. Hardy in this fight
against the local fishermen were
Thomas Jensen of Nome; Speaker
Wilcox, Jos. Murray, Ben Grier, Wm.
Sherman, of the Third; Harry Wat
son, George Moody and Robert Shel
don of the Fourth.
Those supporting the local fisher
men were C. B. Ferguson, Wm. D.
Grant, William L. Paul, of the First;
J. J. Elliott, Andy Nylen, R. N. Sund
quist, of the Second; and H. H. Ross
of the Fourth.
When it came to the bill by Wil
liam L. Paul to tax fish traps on the
basis of what they actually caught,
at the rate of $3.00 per thousand,
Mr. Hardy voted against the bill and
therefore against the small trap
owner. Always Mr. Hardy voted with
the big fellows and cared nothing for
the little. In this case the trap that
catches over 500,000 salmon a season
will continue to pay a tax of $200, and
the little trap of 15,000 capacity will
also pay $200.
He voted for the $80,000 hatchery
appropriation, of which the hatchery
men themselves admit that $50,000 is
waste. He also voted for the $163,000
for the Fairbanks College with its 35
bona fide students of which 27 are
residents of Fairbanks. And yet some
business men think that Mr. Hardy
had something to do with the keeping
down of taxes.
Even so, we think that the Congress
of the United States will thank Mr.
Hardy for this reason: In his bill on
behalf of the bootleggers, Mr. Hardy
expressly extended the Volstead Acu
and the Eighteenth Amendment to
Alaska and declared that hereafter
the two laws would be in full force
and effect in Alaska.
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