Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED By THE
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THURSDAY, JULY II, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
Tor Vice-President—
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
PRACTICE VS. PRECEPT.
Judge Cornelius II. llanforU,
after having administered the
oath of office In Judge Cushinan,
advised Hie latter to beware of
criticism and In administer the
'aw firmly and rightly. This piece
of cheap clap-trap, coining from
I lie source from which it emulat
ed, was a gratuitous insult lo
both Judge Cushmau and I lie
public generally. j
If might have been ditYerent
had Judge llanford practiced
whal lie preaehed, lnil his past
career in no wise sanctions him
I<• prale upon righteousness, be
ii of l he bench or of I he ordinary
walks <»l' life. Ilis past career has
been loo black-dyed l<> be cov
ered by a mere semblance of up
rightness.
i.ong a.inuge lianion] has
been. weighed |iy I ln> people and
found wanting. True, there are
those of 1 ln» press and bar. who|
are doing Jhcir best to save the
.judge from Ili«> disgrace «>f his
impending fate, but a little close
study will easily reveal I be un
derlying: motives actuating I hose
who are pulling forth an appar
ently disinterested defense for
him. They are of those who for
the most part have directly ben
efited by Judge Han ford's inter
pretation of the law; il would
prove a great loss to them to
lose the services of so pliant a
friend, so obliging a neighbor.
Ibif the people, llie thinking
and reflecting element of I he
community, have long since lost
what little respect lhey inice held J
fur Judge llanford. The trend of
his decisions, his iminediale as
sociates. hi* personal behavior,
have all tended to alienate him
from I lie great body of Ihc pub
lic who believe in tirumess audi
righteousness "II I lie bench. >111*11
equally despise favoritism, cup-1
idity and senile obedience to the!
larger interests. To call over the)
select roll of his receivers, those
who have fattened rich on the pa
tronage of tin- eourl. is to make
*ni open book of llie court's past.
J.aKille. never graced the cabin
of his pirate ship with a more
willing crew, to either loot or
smith*, when the occasion should j
arise.
IVr-niinlly, Judge *!f;i11!'• 1 lias
fni* years li'iil his naiiii1 as a <1 i—
r»M*l<>t* in ipieslionahlc corpora
tions willi slock f«»r sale and
nnlliin^ l<» give in relnrn. The
federal boi rfi was llms used 1o
separate I In* unwary from I heir
li«lie lias retained, defend
ed and excused drunken and
llii<-\inu suhnrdinales, mil iI Ihe
department nf justice was, in
M'lf defense. ('(impelled Id eith
er discharge or incarcerate (hem |
in ih<' |m*iiil<*111iaiy.
Tin' pcnple nf St all If know
.lud^c 11 ci 11 It t rd only (no wtdl. and ,
if it were left In Ihew, his careeri
mi I Ik* bench wmild chiiip in an J
abrupt (orminatinn. Had Judge
1 Inii fin d fnllnwrd 111«• ads ice In*
mi hra/.enly llirnsl upon a dean
man. lie wnnld im| Imlay Ik» fac
ing i ni p«*acIim<• nI proceeding*. 11«•
may esenpo his ,jns| dues; his
piiwi-rfnl allies may beg, borrow
and buy enough evidence In save
his judicial hide, bill all Ih«*
innni'V in Ihi> slain could never
regain for him Ihe respect nf ihe
ureal masvi of I lie people. He may
continue In (III Ihe functions of
his higll nITiee, Iml bis days nf
Usefulness are gnne. Mis rase is
a eonerele exninple of Ihe neces
sity nf a law permitting Ihe poo.
pie In recall llioir judge* when
lhey base been weighed and fnnnd !
u anting.
THE COLLAP8E OF OROZCO.
One Paseual Omzcn, nf Mexico,
bade fair some few weeks ago lo
reap Ihe rewards of genius. Min
ing from peonage In command of
a big rebel nrmy, I bo balance of
power in Mexico seemed for a
time to rest in his hands and the
man was set down as a budding
military and political genius. It
was not then too much to pre
dict that he would become abso
lute dictator of Mexico. There
seemed no limit of his possibili
ties, any more than there are
limits to the possibilities of any
genius.
In the light of late develop
ments it is likely that the full re
alization will be by way of anti
climax. The time seems near at
hand when, he will have been re
duced to a mero fugitive desper
ado with a price on his head.
Military reverse after military
reverse has reduced his once
proud army to the brink of dis
solution. Being magnificently
stubborn, if nothing else, the man
will not yield, and announces that
in the event of another defeat ho
will take (o the hills with a band
of followers to conduct a hope
loss guerrilla warfare.
Now this change in his for
tunes cannot be charged up as a
prank of Fate or attributed to the
changing fori lines of war. It
simply develops the fact that
Orozco isn't a genius after all an.l
consequently is not lo share the
rewards of genius, llad the man
been other llian enmmoji clay lie
would have foreseen that the pre
ponderance of federal field arlil
lery was lo crush him and would
have provided against (hat men
ace. KfTcetivo reconnoissance
would have warned him. Mad life
fire of genius been his he would
have by some masterly maneuver
routed Ihe clumsy army pilled
against him in spile of superior
artillery fire. f<>r thai mailer.
.Maiming Ms llio gonitis ho
gave promise of being, Orozco's
name would have boon written
largo in history, possibly larger
I han I hat of Diaz. Bui now thai
lie dearly is only a man of tal
ent, it is not improbable that ho
will end up at tho business end
of a hangman's rope. Whereupon
history will record him as a moro
annoying upstart.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
II was cruel, dreadfully cruel,
for Teddy to so heartlessly dump
those dearly paid for Alaska del
egates.
The unshackled Itepubliean
press °f the nation is certainly
slicking big pins into |he Tafl
baloon.
II will lie i|iiilo inferesl inp
reading, llial defense of sched
ule K. by Mr. Tafl, in the liplil
«»f his Aimka speech.
The slaudpal machine appears
«|iiife anxious that Col. Iloosevelt
should keep out of the campaign,
IhiI for some occult reason they
wish Mr. Taft to remain a can
didate.
From Tafl's promise to I,a
Kollclte to veto I he upward re
vised larift* act to his defense of
that measure only shows the in
tellectual versatility of our pres
ident.
ATler all, wasn't Ili«* Wiekcr
sliaiu c« m veil I i« mi jusl a blind In
gel, Teddy a IV w volrs in a dis
trict where In* could n't m«'I a
puiii'lii'il quarter?
Tim only piece of constructive
li't:islal ion passed by Judge Wiek
crsliam was a lira law benefiting
Ihe ininc owner and merchant nl
llii' expense of ibi' laborer.
JndK«' (Insbiiian's slnrl in
Washington augur* well when In*
lii'Kins his jmlieial earei'r mi Ihe
federal bi'iieh by sending dishon
esl officials In Ihe penilentiary.
The former clerk of Ihe Unit
ed Whiles district courl in Seal
lie, who has just been sentenced
|o ihe penilenliary for embez
zling #20,000, will have two years
in which to reflect npon his folly.
Saturday night's earlhqnaki.
shock was but slightly Tell in
Sitka and was very heavy al Fair
banks and Uihhon, which would
indicale lhal il was eaiiHed by the
lacing np of the earth's surface
somewhere in Ihe neighborhood
nf Ml, Wrangell.
Socialism finds its nnlrimenl
in sneh cases as dial of flalph
M. Hopkins, who coolly embez
zled $20,000 from Ihe govern
ment and was given six months
in which lo make good and es
cape prosccnlfon. Had he stol
en a loaf of bread he wnnld have
been sent behind bars lo make
good.
Valdez Real Estate.
If you have a house to rent
list it with the Valdez Real Es
tate Agency, Wall street.
Salv.-.tor beer, a special home
brew, on draft at all places.
TOM MAGILL
GENERAL UPHOLSTERER
AND CARPET LAYER
At V. B. & M. G. Phone 8
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies end Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
SENORITA MENDEZ
Phono 185 Wall St.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete change of program on
8unday, Tuesday and Thursday
Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
9:15 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
Jack Surryhne, Musical Director.
INDEPENDENT MESSENGER Co.!
and
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.
LA TOVCHE & PECK. Mora.
Office Smythie's Tailor Shop I'hone 102
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MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Repontb ON Minkb
Patknt Surveys
Qmnmbal Mining E ngin e krino
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F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res I'hone. 189
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Meet every Tuesday evening at H o'eloelc in
Katftc Hall All members requested t° at
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Free nnil Accepted Musons
KCKUliir Communications tlrst Wednesday In
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welcome.
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