Valdez Daily Prospector
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wi:n.\i:s!) \vf jink 12, 1912.
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."
CHASED BY A CLOUD.
The conduct <>f Captain Mr-j
M(iIIfii. of ||i«' steamer Dora. in]
Hying away from Kodiak, was, lo|
«ay I In- least, a very cowardly act,
and. we art' happy |n !•«>«•• »nl. one I
seldom indulged in by American j
seamen. I It* began l#y running j
fi'tmi a Mack «*|r»n«l, which linall> !
mivt'lopt'tl his ship, hnl I.• fI il j
unscathed; In* ltn»k his course for
Kutliak. in I he inky tlarknrss of a j
volcanic night, only In h«'«*:• phan-«
loin, ships, ghostly whistles anil;
unearthly signal hells, ifllinp him :
of tiffing ships ami the total an
nihilation of the inhabitants ofj
the unfortunate islaml settle-!
tnenl. >
Hecause, perchance, |he wire-'
less station did not catch a nies- j
sage from his ship, he look il f«»i*|
granted thai the hlack cloud from j
which lie was llccing. had swal-|
lowed all life from the island,!
ported his helm and look a:
straight course for the nearest'
open saloon, which in Hi is case'
happened |o he, in Seward.
Purely as a matter of curios-!
ity we would ask this doughty!
captain how il comes I hat "two!
ships" could make Ihcir way out;
of Kodiak harbor, when the ash-j
es wei|' falling so thick ami tliej
darkness was so dense thai hej
could not find his way in, where,
possibly his vessel might be the,
means of saving a half thousand1
human lives, for aught he knew.!
From the facts at hand, we arj
constrained to believe the "black!
cloud" acted much upon the cap
tain's imagination as the vision
t>f snakes does upon him who has
indulged too freely in the cup. j
Captain McCullcn lacks the.
right kind of fibre in his mental'
and physical make-up to com- j
inand a passenger steamer, for;
none should be entrusted with'
the lives of his fellowinan till-,
less at least of the physical cour-i
age to face danger like » mail.!
This attribute Captain iMcMullcn1
tlo.'s ii<>I possess.
IMMEDIATE RELIEF PROMI8
ED. w' ' - j
Thanks In Ihe i n«|i* fit I j k • 11 > I • • cf-j
furls •»f I Ik* marshal's o'fice. .he1
Washington authorities wrp:
made aware of Ihe serious condi
tion of those who wore living
wiIhin Ili«• zone of Katmai's onl
Imrsl, willi the result thai all
revenue vessels doing service, in
aorlhern waters have heen order
eil |n render aid wilhin I he vol—
eano /.one, and lo render such
assistance to llie unfortunate as J
may lie within their pow.*r.
Wo can depend upon il thai thai
service will enter upon their spe
cial mission Willi an enthusiasm!
which will need no spurring.
Perhaps there is no olhel* por
tion nf Uncle Sam's domain where
the work of the revenue service
is more fully appreciated than in
Alaska. This is not (he flrsl lime
they have been called upon to
render service whore life and
properly was endangered, and
upon no occasion have they dis
appointed the friends who expect
xo much of (hem.
Whether il he taking an over
land ,journey of 1,800 miles to
I'oinl aBrrow, in the cold, icy
hla^ls of winter, |rt relieve mn
'oined whalers; succoring the
•diipwreeked or driving their
fiail craft wilhin Ihe danger linn
of ihi ni live volcano, I hey have
ilwnys performed Iheir duly as |
111«• > m ;«\\ il. without ostentation
and with a sincere desire lo he
helpful lo ihose so placed as to
he iiuahle lo help I hcnise|v:»M.
This Is a heritage handed down
in Ihe service since Ihe first cul
ler plowed Ihe wr.lers of Alaska.
SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE
BE FORQOT?
The mail route from (iulkana
to Slate crick, abolished a year
a pro, because, as says the super
intendent, '"the business of tlie
past six months does not warrant
it," is another evidenee of the
care and attention our delegate is
giving his constitueuts, special
ly tlio^e who gave him a prac
tically unanimous support two
I years ago. The facts arc Ili«*
[route is a summer schedule of
four months, costing the govern
ment $i()0 and serving about
seventy-five people, whose fami
lies live on the coast, where the
miners also do their business.
The "past six months when the
business of the route does not
warrant it," were winter months,
when there is no winter service.
A simple presentation of the
facts by Delegate Wickersham
would have rectified the blunder
of the department, and the pa
trons of the Dcinpsey postofTice
would have had a regular ser\ice
during the open season.
As it is Wickersham jro| the
Slate creek votes, and now the
Slate creek miners have the priv
ilege of paying some private party
to carry their mail into them, as
a recompense for their past, loy
alty to (lie delegate to congress,
the 11 ■»11. James Wickersham.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Tail's steam roller ehauH'cur
is a regular Harney (tldliehl mi
lix' |m11i|i«*siI track.
When llie Republican Senate
K-'ls I It i*< nifrli tinkering Willi lln>
Alaska home rule hill Alaska wmil
isrt any more home rnle than a
jack rahhil.
Teddy It. could make pood use
ol' I he Katmai roar on the lloor
of the convention, if there was
only some way to transport it to
Chicago.
The Kodiak Teddies are not tlie
only Teddies having hard pick
inns these spring days. There
are others who ran exclaim: "All
is ashes, ashes!"
Our esteemed friend, William
A. (Jilinore, ran make political
capital even ont of the eruption
of Katmai, when lie happens to
he on that route of travel.
The Ilrpuhliean Senate is work
ing hard to get such a railway
eommission for Alaska as the ad
ministration desires in order to
recoup those ('anadian bondhold
ers.
The Seward commercial club
were a little late in asking for
government aid for the volcano
sufl'ercrs, as all h.'id been accom
plished before their mass meet
ing had assembled.
Judge Hanford, of Seattle, will
have to undergo the ignominy of
impeachmcni •prnceedhigs, after
having dohe so tnritfi during the
last quarter of a century to bring
the federal bench into contempt.
William Barnes. I ho cylinder
of ihe Tafi machine, has arrived
in CihirafiVi, lo lake charge of his
miiho. dinale's light on Ihe floor of
Ili<> convention. Now we are as
sured il will he a square deal, Ihe
kintl Teddy likes.
The old sayiiiK lhal had news
(ravels fast is shown in Ihe fael
lhal a cablegram was reenived
here yeslerday from London,
KiiKland. asking f»»r -Ilie safely
of a well known person who was
recently in I his section.
The escape of Ihe Dora from
lhal black, threaleninK cloud, re
minds one of Bohhy Burns' ride
across Ihe bridge on Ihe old while
mare, made famous by his poem.
It is possible lhal both were im
pelled lo flee from the same
cause.
Now lhal Ihe upper house has
eliminated Ihe territorial senate
from the, home rule bill, il will
be in order lo further amend Ihe
Alaska home rule bill by abolish
ing Ihe lower house and then we
will have rtn enabling acl per
fectly satisfactory lo Tafl.
Why the appointment of a rail
way commission lo select a route
for an Alaska trunk line railway
should .be made n pari of Ihe en
abling ad creating Alaska a |0r
rilory and giving her a form of
government, can be understood
only as ^n attempt on Ihe pari of
I hp Senate to deliver Ihe Roods
promised by Tafl through Herre
lary Fisher.
Senator Jones, of Washington,
; llioduced a bill in the upper
iiou.^e of congress for (hi; relief
of the volcano victims to the
westward. Delegate Wickersham,
in the House, followed suit. They
both are entitled to .whatever,
credit is due; neither should re
i civ'«» final payment, until I hey
j bring home fin* piiih1.
II would be the eternal lilness
of justice if (lie captain of the
culler Manning were to order
Captain McMuIlen lo proceed with
the burn, directly to the Katinai
village fo relieve the unfortun
ate native inhabitants. We fear
I lie pilot house of the liltle ves
sel would prove unbearable to one
of sensitive olfactory organs, as
I lie black cloud was seen ascend
ing from |he mountain peak.
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Meet every Tuesday, ^venint at 8 o'clock In
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tend O. H. SIvKKM. ArtlcOHief
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