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analogy
Tbe Juneau Daily Empire, while
accusing us of nol adhering to the
text in our discussion of the fitness
and our advocacy ot the candidacy
of James Wlckereham for re-elec
tion as delegate to congress from
this territory and our contention I
that what he has done in the past,
what he is doing now and what he
promises to do in the future, en
titles him to the undivided support
of the people of Alaska, regardless
of their political affiliations, side
steps the issue and In lieu of show
ing us wherein we have erred aud
wherein Mr. Bunnell is better quali
fied to perform the duties devolving
upon an incumbent of this respon
sible position, would have us
believe it necessary for the dele
gate to congress, jn order to
put through legislation, no matter
how urgent or needful it might bo.
to be thoroughly eu rapport with
the administration, notwithstanding
that President Wilson and a demo
cratic congressional majority have
already declared to the contrary by
the endorsement and adoption of
the measures presented for therr
consideration by Mt. Wickersham.
If, as we are led to believe by a
perusal of the article in the Daily
Empire above referred to, Mr.
Bunnell's sole claim to considera
tion by the voters of the territory
is the fact of his being close to
the administration, it is a poor staff
upon which to lean, for, if we are not
much mistaken, in a talk before the
territorial democratic conventiou
which was recently held in Skagway
Mr. Cheney, the democratic nation
al committeeman, stated that Gov.
Strong, a democratic appointee,
while In Washington a few weeks
previously, had urged that special
legislative measures be passed foi
the relief of the territory from the
direful straits into which it had
been plunged by the enac.ment ol
a set of unconstitutional laws b.v
the "intelligent" members of th<
first territorial legislature of A1
aaka and that Governor Strong, re
gardlens of his "strong"' (excus<
this pun, as there is no disrespect
intended for our worthy executive!
pull, could do nothing.
To clinch Us argumcuis
the on<1 of Mr. Wickersham being s
Bhowu any gratitude by the people
of Alaska for his unselfish efforts ;
Ju their behalf and to gloss oyer i
the base Ingratitude It would be t
lor them to turn him down at the I
coming election and to put in a t
man who has done nothing for the t
territory except as it was directly j
beneficial to himself, the Daily Km- 1
plre goes on to Bay: I
The cases are not analogous J
i at all.
Judge Tart rendered excel- <
lent service to the people of the
country as governor-general of <
the Philippines. Yet, received <
the rote of only two states for i
president In 1912. Did the peo- \
pie show ingratitude or lack of
appreciation of the former ser- (
vice?
Gen. Grant rendered his
country Buch service during the
Civil war as it is given few peo
ple to render his people, yet
he was defeated by his party for
a third nomination, and Cleve
land, a member of another po
litical party, ivas ^resident
■when Grant died. Dia the peo
ple of the United States show
lack of appreciation of the
great Grant?
Col, Roosevelt did his coun
try notable service as presi
dent in several directions, yet
two years ago his country
men cast more than 2,000,000
plurality of thei'fr votes for
Wilson against him. Was that
ingratitude?
No; If the people of Alaska
owa Delegate Wickereham any
thing let them pay It—let
them build monuments in
every town, if necessary—
but let tbem choose to repre
sent them in congress the man
wlio stands for the things they
stand for now, and who offers
the most hope of securing
them.
Let's do our best to think
straight, and pass on real is
sues.
AU the above assertions and in
terrogatories by the I5aily Empire
only serve to show the straits to
which It is put to justify its op
position to Mr. Wickersham. And
why, forsooth, in speaking of the
reward due to ex-President Taft,
does it in its stultiloquence studi
ously avoid reference to Mr. Taft's
incumbency as chief executive of
the nation? We will tell you:
While Mr. Taft performed his duties
in a satisfactory manner as a pro
vincial governor under the guldauce
of a higher power, he utterly fail
ed to grasp, or anyway to fulfill.
the duties of president. He
was rewarded for bis governorship
of the Philippines by election tc
the presidency and was likewise re
warded for incompetency at the
end of his term of office, by a
return to that innocuous obscuritj
from which he was lifted by Theo
dore Roosevelt.
It is true that the country was
rendered great service In time ol
stress by General U. S. Grant, and
it is equally true that he was re
warded for those services by tin
people whom he served with lion
ors rarely attained bj» any one un
der a republican form of govern
ment. From a graduate at Wes
Point in 1S43 he mounted in his
chosen profession until in 1S64 hi
was commander-in-chief of thi
armies of the Union, and later was
twice chosen to fill the highest civ
il office in the land. He was de
feated for a third term sii*l>ly fo
the reason that his election woulc
have meant a trangression of one o
those unwritten laws which are re
garded almost with superstitiou
veneration by the masses of th
American people.
rcooseveu, liKe vir»«s i>ut uul »«
such great degree, was befittlngl:
rewarded for his services. » Eiectei
as vice-president in 1900, he sue
ceoded to the presidency in 1901 uj
on the death ot McKiuley. H
JV/-J UB »a» HV»CU (livam^n
erved as such until 1909, and ii
912 was defeated, not by the peopl
s a mark of their disapproval, bu
y the republican party leaders *
he national convention. Ha<
toosevelt received the nomination :
hat convention there is a likelihooi
hat he would now be presiden
nd that the United States wouli
.e engaged in what would be prac
ically a war of extermination wit]
lexico. He was further rewarded i
906 by the Nobel Peace priz© o
40,000.
The people of the United State
lid not wait uutll death had claim
?d these fifithful servants arnd the
irect monuments in their memory «
hetr only reward. They rewarde
hem while they were in the ful
injoyment of all their faculties, an
i'e claim that the reward due t
rames Wickersham is r not in th
>uilding of monuments in his hono:
)ut his return to the pos
ion of delegate t» congress
vhich will enable him t
•ound out and complete th
vork he has voluntarily undertake
tor the advancement and develoj
nent of Alaska.
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Business Depression Due
to Great Destruction
and Waste of Prop
erty Throughout
the World
By Judge ELBERT H. GARY, Chairman
of United States Steel Corporation
I BELIEVE in the early autumn wc slwll see an improvement in our
business conditions. We are already witnessing an increase in ton
nage, and it will be further increased, 1 trust. The mm; fact that
tonnages are increasing from d«y to day will naturally influence some
improvement in prices. Therefore I think OUR EAWX1XOS SHOULD
BE MORE SATISFACTORY IX THE LATTER PART OF THI
YEAR. Indeed, as I have remarked before, generally when we have a
very good six months during the early part of the year there i;- likely to
be poorer business in the latter half of the year, and vice versa.
REGARDING CAUSES OF BUSINESS DEPRESSION IN THE FIRST
-PLACE THERE HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT THE WOF.LO DURING THE
LAST TWO YEARS GREAT DESTRUCTION AND WASTE CF PROPERTY.
WARS, WHICH* WERE SEVERE, AND PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE
WARS BY WAY OF BUYING AND BURNING POWDER AND OTHER IN
STRUMENTS OF WARFARE HAVE MATERIALLY DEPLETED THE
FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF THE WORLD.
Again the agitation throughout the universe prompted from good
motives or sometimes from motives of cupidity and at other times by
reason of individual elTort to succeed politically have had a decided and
adverse influence. THERE SEEMS* TO 1IAYE BE EX MORE UX
REST, MV)RK DISTURBANCE. MORE OPEN ANTAGONISM, BE
TWEEN DI FEE RE XT CLASSES OF PEOPLE T1IAX EVER BE
FORE. And there is little doubt that busines- condition.- even whore
| have been influenced by this agitation. This country is no exception.
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