so out of date as some think. For example, the
Ketchikan Chronicle recently defended tils “Ro
tary Ballot” planned by the House of Representa
tives by saying that its real purpose was to give
every candidate a “fair” chance. It illustrated
by saying that people generally vote for the first
name on the ballot and neglect the last. It used
the comparison of Anderson and Ziegler in the
last general election and said that Anderson be
cause h's name came first had an advantage ov
er Ziegler.
The hole in the argument is this—Ziegler was
elected while Anderson was defeated.
The Purpose of the Rotary Ballot
The purpose o fthe rotary ballot is to defeat
the Indians who are supposed to use stencils, etc.,
in casting their ballots due to their supposed ig
norance. and thus to “purify the ballot.”
We too are for a PURIFIED BALLOT, but we
would devise some law that would stop habitual
drinkers and habitual violators of the Constitu
tion of the United States like editors of several
papers. We affirm that our most intelligent vot
ers aer the Indian voters, and we affirm thV
there is no more vicious or dangerous voter than
the educator who fiounts the laws of our country
and then prints his paper under the stars and
Stripes.
BLEEDING
The federal machine is still mourning the de
feat of Lester D. Henderson for reappointment as
Commissioner of Education. The machine bleeds
profusely through its arteries and veins, towit, its
newspapers.
The Anchorage Times seems to have made the
best showing as a professional mourner but we
must be fair and say that the Juneau Empire will
miss brother Henderson when it comes time to
print the reports. The Empire formerly got this
profitable printing without bidding for the same
under the plea of “emergency.” Mr. Henderson
seemed to have been honest enough and since the
printing was always held up through some fault
not in the control of the Commissioner, the emer
gency had to be met much to the profit of the
Empire.
No one has pointed out in what respect the
territory will suffer from the loss of Mr. Hender
son’s services. Perhaps the school teachsrs in the
smaller communities will miss his handsome fig
ure and his charming grace on the dance floors,
put aside from that, wherein is Henderson better
#ian Mr, Breuer?
SELLING ONE’S SOUL
The more we see of C l) Fouv.i Division De
legation in the Legislature, the : l^ro we admire
Hosea Ross and Fred Johnston, 1.1, 1 who would
not sell 11hr souls to Charlie Bun.:j * of the Col
lege.
The present situation in Fairbanks is inevit
able because the industry of the Fourth Division
is now reduced to the college which only can sur
vive by appropriations from the public treasury.
The college political machine is and has been
created by the federal govrnor (whatever his
name or time) and of necessity, men who favor a
government by the people of Alaska in a popular
election cannot receive the benefit of this political
mac'Vne.
We here give expression to the growing de
mand in the First Division that the Fairbanks
College be abolished and the people of Fairbanks
provide for their own high schools.
If this does not sit well with them, then let
us rcurn to representative government or sepa
tion.
CHARGE OF CORRUPT PRACTICES
Senator Arthur Frame of Anchorage charges
corrupt practices in til? Third Division. On a re
solution to investigate the same, Senator A. J. Di
mond voted NO. Why?
MONEY GOING OUTSIDE
A business man said to us the other day,
“Think of the 7% interest on two million dollars
that goes to Minneapolis every month.”
Well yes, come to think about it, that is true.
But we also ponder, what has become of the
two million that certain citizens got for the power
and water company of Ketchikan? Did it stay in
Ketchikan? If it did not, is that any worse than
the seven per cent that goes to the Minneapolis
capitalists?
CAPITAL IN ALASKA
Upon purchase of the power and light com
pany, of Ketchikan, certain interests rejoiced
about the new capital that was coming into Alas
ka.
There is food for thought.
Did anybody bring NEW capital into Alaska,?
Then should we be grateful for the NEW
money?