Valdez Daily Prospector
1'UUL.ISHED By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TBItVS .
One Dollar jut Month: Twelve Dollars i»cr Year
MONDAY, Jl'NK IT. 1012.
ROOSEVELT'S DECLARATION.
"On the fourth of March next,
I shall have served three and one
half years, and this three and
one-half years constitute my first
term. The wise custom which
limits the presidents to two terms
regard 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 thus an
nounced."
THE THREATENED BOLT.
Tin* paramount politieal issue.
JUst 1|m\V is whether llle|'e will Iie
a )»<>|| uf | he lo I lower", of Itoose
vell, al lhe ('hieagn convent ion.
willi Ilia* logical result o|' a third
lickel in lhe lichl.
II' llif 1 >«• 11 eomes. and the
present indications are llial there
will In- a sundering of lln* Repub
lican forces. slandpalisin will bo
responsible for il. For years past '
a goni'raI discontent has been '
growing in I lie ranks of I lie lie- '
publican parly, although open:
revoll only cropped on| in (lie
last general elect ions, when lliel
political complexion of one
branch of Congress was changed
ami control of the Senate was
lost the Republican parly when
ever the progressives cast their
lot with I lie Democrats.
The reactionaries have either
fTol given the (He of I he party
credit for seriousness of motive
in the reforms I hey have demand
ed. or else have decided I hat with
lhe strong arm of power with
which I hey were backed, they
could slop lhe onrush of de-j
uiamls made upon I hem to re-j
turn lo a form of government !
wherein lhe people ruled and not :
(lie professional politicians.!
Soon than permit lliis divest-j
nient of power from lhe bosses,!
they have dHied the demands of
(he voters, apparently preferring'
defeat al the polls in November,
with parly organization in perfect
control, than \ictory with lhe
machinery in lhe hands of lhe:
p >op|c.
I lie prolessicllill |m '111 lentil IS
not imbued wiili m*111 j1111• 111: willi
liini il is ;i matter of business
willi «'i prolil and loss account.
A president or a congress which
lie cannot handle has no value lo
him. Their I'«*siI means nolh-j
inu lo them. hnl a short j>osl-!
ponciiM-nl of llieir game. The 1
machine, |»• • r se. is not oppos"d
In Itoosevell. for In* has been a!
pasl master in the organizal ion,:
having made pood use of its pow
er <1111*i11p' his Icrms of office.
Hihisi-n rll has been thrown!
flown ami drapped mil because!
lie al 11 • 1111 * I i*i| In break a slain
niaih* |»y the very machine which j
he helpetl In create ami nourish.'
Ilis crime was "bulling in." a'
ino«| serious offense in Ihe eyes'
of I hose who conslilnle Ihe real
creative forces of ihe parly, The)
mi-liik" maile hy llie machine
\\iis jo oM-rlookinp Ihe voter he- i
lij 11 fI wlios" shadow Himsevell ,
hid himself. Kver.v ilef»*nt inflict-j
eil mi | he e\_presii|enl, has heeil i
lalveii h\ Ihe \111i'r {i> an all'roni
directed ;il himself, lie has
Wale.hed Ihe -Iriipple during Ihe!
primaries: lie Knows how Ihe del- >
conies were selected and hy what
imdhofls. lie has walcheil the'
farce enacted in Chicago during'
the pasl |en days, in seating and'
unseating delegates. Ilo is nol j
saying much hnl lie is keeping
np a deep thinking.
The mass of thu Republicans
will J"M salisllcd with the work]
of the convention al Chicago, In
all probability fhoy would have
supported its cnndidalo had there
been a semblance of jnslice in the
organization of Ihe convention,
but I hey will no| abide by llie
rule of the majority when its
complexion was determined bv
unfair ami dishonest means. No
one expects Ihe convention lot
ritrlil Ihe wrongs commillled* by I
the naliomil comiiiittee: it is not!
to be expected Ilinl they will per*,
mil the nomination of Roosevelt i
when I hey have the power foj
name Toft. The latter will be the'
Republican nominee and with liiinj
the Republican party will go down
to defeat in November.
In all probability, the so-called
progressives will bolt, but wheth
er I hey do or not, t he majority
<>f the voters of the country will'
place (heir seal of disapproval on
the methods employed by the Re
publiean party in their attempt.I
to perpetuate the old order of'
subservience to those who pay
well for the favors I hey get.
SETTLERS' RIGHTS UPHELD.
The supreme court of the IJnil
e<l Slates, in deciding a claim of
a Colorado company to liaw re
turned to it by I ho government
the money which it paiii for coal
lands, after the entry of those
lands had heen eanceled by the
land oll'iee, laid down a rule of
Ihe largest importance to all en
trymen upon public lands in I lie
western slates. It is a rule di
n-el ly tin' reverse of Ilial which
has been follewed by the gener
al land oll'iee and the Interior
depart men! sinee |lie lime when
I lie Interior department had at its
head Jiminic (iarllcld, complete
ly dominaled by Cilford Pineliol.
I'nder the < «arlieh.l-Piiichol I ad"
mitiislralion «»f the public lands
i| was aeeepi«>d as a rule thai .»v
ery sellb'i* and every claimant I«»
public lands uniler I lie laws o| |
Congress was prima facie a loot
er of the public domain, proceed
ing in bad faith, and that all the
presumption should be thai lie
was trying lo defraud I lie gov
ern men I. Ii has been many years
since the >i«>od faith of any laud
claimant was recognized and the
burden taken by the government
lo prove fraud in cases where
fraud was suspected. The su
preme court has now derided I hat
I lie same rule of law applies to
such entries as governs oilier
transactions of life. Those who
charge fraud must prove fraud.
The burden is not on the claim
ant to public land lo prove him
self innocent.
Incidentally, Hie supreme court
decided against another conten
tion of |he land office, one tirst
advanced by Ciartleld, while un
der the Pinehol influence, and
followed ever since. This conteln
tion was I h a I a person qualified
|o enler coal lands, could not leg
ally enter and pay for such lands
if it was his intention lo sell
those lands to another person
ipialilied lo enler llieni. The su
preme court held (lull such an
entry was ind in violation of law»
and in no sense fraudulent.
If this same rule slmubl be fol-J
lowed by llie .supreme court—j
that is, if (he telegraphic sum-J
mary of Hie decision correctly I
stales position assumed by Ihei
court — it would result in decid-l
inu a considerable number of
Alaska coal land cases in favor of;
claimants whose claims have!
been canceled by the Interior de
partment. The trouble is that'
I here is no present machinery of
law by which these cases can be
laken directly into the courts for
i i ii media I e adjudical ion.--Sea It le
Post-Intelligencer.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Teddy rrarhrd CJiicaKo jus! inj
I iin** In sim* I In* voles of Wash-1
iiiKloii. Ti'\as ami Virginia safr_
l> slowed away in the Tafl raiii|».j
Tlii' threat of ^jviiiK Sorialisl
leaders a blllr ticket unlrss Itiry
liolil a merlin^ on llir sanir night
as Ilir llrpuhlirans, is in keeping
Willi tlir soil of hoodlum politics
willi which wr have hern blrssnl
during l 1m* present campaign.
\11 einergenry hospital with '.Til
cols will hr established hard 11\ !
Mm* Mrpuhlicaii national conv<-u. {
lion hall. The dispatches «h» not j
say whether llir medical corps |
will consist of surgeons or heart j
ami lung specialists.
,\ real frirml can nrvrr con
sciously do you au injury, no
mailer how earneslly he may dr
sirr lo punish another.. Yahlez
is bring made to suffer by rea
son of James Wickei'sham's an
tagonism to the roail coinnils
h|oii.
The Wlekcrshanills who have
endorsed the administration of
lloosevclI ami inslrncleil ils <1,*1 -
elates to voir fop him for Ihe
nominal ion, arr beginning lo ask
Ihruisrlvrs "wherr I hoy arr al,"
to ipiolc Ihr laugiuuro of llir gen
II.Mnan from Mississippi. II doe*
look as if Ihry had cauuhl the
wrong pifr bv the mil.
In Salui day's iM'oxpcelor tlirro
was published an editorial nolo
reading: "Wo wonder if Ihr
friends of Judge Wickrrshani arr
willing to stuml on the record
made by our delegate in Congress
in the matter of the Yaldez dike
bill," To which our friend, W.
II. Caswell, replied in the Miner:
"Yes, Paul, wo are 1,000 strong."
We do not know whether Mr. (las
well's figures were intended to
embrace Wiekershani'^ strength
in Alaska or only in Yaldez. In
the former alternative we are
tempted to agree with Mr. Cas
well's judgment, having a high
regard for that gentleman's po
litical acumen of affairs in
Alaska. Hut if he meant to con
vey the impression that there
were a thousand of his same
state of belief in this eoinmunity,
then we will be eonst rained to
modify our former good opinion
of his judgment, or else keep a
close watch on Ihe polling places
on election day.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete change of program on
Sunday, 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. I
and
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.!
LA TOUCHE & PECK. Mori.
Office Smythie's Tailor Shop I'hone 102 j
Service to All Part* el Town. Call* Aniwered Promptly
Basil eu Confidential
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Raronra on Minmb
Patknt Sumvmra
GtENKBAL MlNINO B NOIUBmBIMO
'phonb No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kcs- Phone. liSfl
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Mi'ct cmt.v Tm-Mlny pvenintr ut H o'clock in
Kai.'lo Hull All members request* J t° at
tend I). H. SLKKM. AriicChief
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday lo
each month In McKlnley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
James H. Patterson,, W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
O.F.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows nre re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
riieetinits, flrst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HUNT. Secretary.
FOE
VA1.DK/ A KKIK No. 1071
Mo«*l every Friday, 8 t». in. Kiitf le Hull
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing bnt heat material* uaed.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All klndR of Cakes, PIgb, etc.
made to order.
WOOD Sc HENRICH, Props.
Fagerberg Bros.
• NIZINA, ALA8KTA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
j M FjU-R1 j
McMillan fur^wHoi c6.
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Mr. Prospector!
This is to advise you that we are Headquarters
for Everything Needed by Prospector and Miner
We Carry
Dynamite
Drill Steel
Blacksmith Coal
Gold Pans
Cook Stoves
Cooking Utensils
Mosquito Tents
High Top Shoes
Bedding
Blankets
Rubber Pacs
Rubber Boots
DUXBACK CLOTHING
Waterproof
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Copper River
Draying Co.
FroljrhtinR and passon>r<ns to all purls
of the Ulterior. ticm-ral Truckint;
bid. Wood, * - Proprietor
McKtnley St.* Valtlez
IW Hotel
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PHONE 2.
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Undertaker, Embalmers
Funeral Directors
feS 148 GEO. ROBBING, Mgr.
Steam He.t Elec|ric |jgbt,
THE COPPER BLOCK
F.nely Furni.hed Room. All Modern Convenience.
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f ¥ Tiy/|DI!7I5 and Building
Puget Sound IVliDllilv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
ot . Patronize a Home Industry
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a J^arge Shipment of
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