Valdez Daily Prospector
PU1IMSHKD By THK
Prospector Publishing Co.
TERMS
One Dollur per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
FRIDAY, JUNK 21, 1912.
ROOSEVELT'S DECLARATION.
"On the fourth of March next,
I shall have served three and one
half years, and this thre? and
one-half years constitute my first
term. The wise custom whioh
limits the presidents to two terms
resard the substance and*not the
form, and under no circumstances
will I be a candidate or accept an
other nomination for president."
Three years later, on December
11, 1907, he reiterated his dec
laration in these words:
"I have not changed and shall
not change the decision *hus an
nounced."
WHEN POLITICS BECOME BUS
INESS.
Tht' publication I»y the Pros
pector, <ii" ihe letter of (««»l llieli
arilsnit In I lie I own council, call
inn al I.Mil i«»n to I ii<* fuel that.
JJelegate James Wickershain was
doing all in his power to slop
further appropriations for gov
ei'iiiiM'iit roads in Alaska, has
made a deep impression upon
those who have their all invest
ed in this community. The vic
ious attack made upon the road
commission and the character of
their work, made in a twenty
four page letter addressed to the.
Secretary of War, could have hut
one purpose in view, and that was
to kill any furl her appropria
tions for road work in this nor
thern country.
We are not prepared to believe
thai Judge Wirk.'rshani is op
posed to road building in the ab
stract, neither are we of I lit* opin
ion that he is seeking to econ
omize on behalf of the general
government. There can be but
one reason for his assault and
that is his hatred of the person
nel of the commission. 11 is wdl
known that (lid. Iliehardsun has,
through his own efforts, secured
whatever appropriations were
made for road building in Alaska
Mid that the defeat of this ap
propriation would mean the re
i'isjgninenl of I lie president of
Ihc commission to his regiment.
This, then, is the motive impell
ing the delegate in his attacks
on Alaska roads and tlio-e re
sponsible fop their construction.
To satisfy his thirst for revenge,
he is ready and willing I<> sacri
fice those friends who have sup
ported him in the past, lb-know
ingly works an irreparable in
jury upon every property own
er in Yaldez in order to satisfy
a petty spile he holds against
one man.
We charge liim with kliow
inprly and willfully doing lliis,
because during his last visit lo
lliis city lie was repeatedly (old
that his lljflil <>m tlh> road roin
niissiitn was a direct slap al 11• >I
only this eily, Itul al oilier mi
le i*s of population whose husi
iiess ami prosperity fl»*p«*n«l.'<1 so
inui'h on the opening up of means
of communication. To all these
appeals lie maintained a complete
silenee ;i11• I absolutely refused lo
commit himself as lo his future
course jn ihi* important mailer.
II is umler sueli eireumslauees
as lliis Ihal I lie Prospector says
thai the delegate campaign has
heeiune a business proposition lo
those who own property in this
community. \V.» eonceive ii lo be
a business proposition In vole for
I lie] iM.'lenlion of the road com
mission here; it, is a business
proposition to see |o it thai more
appropriations are secured until
sueii lime as we have a perfect
thoroughfare between this city
and the metropolis of I lie intcr
ior--Fairhanks. It is well enough
for those who have no interest
in the community lo fight against
its development, but to those who
have by years of honest toil,
hardship and rigid economy, se
cured more or less property here,
it becomes a matter of business
to vol.* lo protect those earn
ings as earnestly as they would
save them from I ho devastation
of fire ami flood. A vole • for
.Innfes Wicke^sliain on elect fori
day menus an abandonment 'of
further road "work with the close
of this season; it means the re
moval of I-he "hsfldrpiartei's of the
cable and telegraph system to our
neighboring -eU-y- ' M .^111'• .'I
from us Fort Liscum and Ihu seal,
■ * t f i'
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of our civil government. With
these important factors in our
business life taken from us there
will be indeed little left to keep
uh here lunger.
A vote against Judge Wicker
sham will mean a continuance of
the road work now in progress
and the ultimate completion of
an automobile boulevard between
lide water and I he great Tanana
valley. It is up to _the voter to
>ay whether he wishes an era of
poverty or prosperity. That is
why politics have become a bus
iness proposition with us.
"THE SIX-YEAR TERM FOLLY"
Robert Lincoln O'Brien, the
very able editor of the Huston
Herald, clearly mistakes the sen
timent of the Ameriean people
and the trend of public opinion
when he declares there is no de
mand for the resolution now
pending in Congress extending
the term of the president to six
years and making him ineligible
for re-election. The Herald. <»n
this point, says:
' flic action of the Senate rum
mil tee of (In* judiciary in pro
posing an amendment in Ihc Con
stitution providing a six-year
Icrm for llic president, willi in
eligibility for re-election, is not
worth discussing. II never would
have been seriously considered
hul for. the Roosevelt candidacy,
and to that it could not now ef
fectively apply. Wt' need more
elasticity to our presidential sys
tem ralhcr than les*. An execu
tive who has dropped out of
touch with Congress and with the
people, like Andrew Johnson,
ceases In he useful or even safe."
The record shows thai I lie
framers of the Constitution ser
iously debated the proposition
embodied in the resolution offer
ed by the Senate committee of
the judiciary.
Under the present system, the
president, elected for four years,
j is compelled to spend a year or
, more of that term in huildiiiR his
I political fences for a re-iiomina
I lion.
The interests of the country
j have suffered by President Taft's
I remarkable activities in that line,
j llis pretentious legislative pro
pram, offered at the two special
I and the two regular sessions of
j his administration, have tfcen
; slmt full of political blow holes
| ami mangled beyond recognition.
| llis administration must he re
I corded as one of non-achievc
| ineiit, however laudable his plans
and intentions were in the be^in
! niiiK. The fault belongs less to
Mr. Taft than to the system.
I On August f>. 1787, the commit
tee on details of the first Const i
jlulional convention reported the
; first comprehensive draft of the
i proposed Constitution. It con
tained this provision as to the
I Kxecul ive:
"The executive power of the
i t'nited Stales shall he vested in a
I single person. His stile shall he
j'The President of the United
Stales of America'; and his lille
shall lie, 'His Excellency.' lie
shall be elected by ballot by the
| legislature. He shall hold his of
fice during the term of seven
years, hul shall not be elected a
second lime."
I he question has been more or
I less promi11 «• 111 ever since. To
day Ihc sentiment in favor of the
cliamre is taking concrete form.
The people arc tired of making
I In* presidential nomination a po
litical fool ball for half of a presi
dent's Icrin. Kxperience has
proved I hat in four years there is
hardy time enough for a presi
dent to settle down in harness, to
get his policies started ami his
adminislralive machinery working
smoothly. He should he given
lime to show results. heprivd
of the opportunity of a second
lerm, lie will have no excuse for
allowing any considerations oili
er than that of the highest duly
to iitlluenre him. Knowing that
history will .judge him by his per
formance.* in that one lerm and
that h«3 has no opporlunily t<»
repair any shortcomings bv se
curing a second, he will do his
utmost to make a creditable
showing.
When the change comes, as it
must, the Chief Kxeculive will he
President, of the whole people,
nol the head -of a political fac
tion 04 is the case today, and will
have lime to work out a * con
st ruciive ^legislative program,
unfmmpoj'cd by the demands of
parly polilMnns.
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' KOlTOftlAL NOTES.
i * '
' ^The" Mfcail is defined as the acl
f»f di'agging a. public otticial from
IhcCfjMfiler before h" has
^jorgeUt hhnsH f.
•\ • y" - . / «
Neither Taft nor Roosevelt
have hastened the (lay when the
brotherhood of man was to be
come an accomplished fact.
Evidently Gilmore is "running
it alone" having omitted the
plank endorsing President Taft
from the plotform sent out from
the Nome headpuarters.
William O'Connor, Martin
Hamas' right-hand man, is a
politician "»f versatile genius.
In 1908 he legged for John W.
Corson. In 1910 he tried to
make people believe lie was out
for himself. This year his
cheeks are being fjmned by a so
called wing of the democratic
party. If he lives long enough
and keeps on trying he ought
soiiietime to play some worthy
part in territorial politics.—Pio
lneer.
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Nothing bnt best materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
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Cook Stoves
Cooking Utensils
Mosquito Tents
High Top Shoes
Bedding
Blankets
Rubber Pacs
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Funeral Direciom
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the
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Courteous Treatment Phone 100
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