Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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Tl KSDAV. AIMUL I i»l
THE PLATFORM.
l-'uiluwinj: is I lif plal form
adopted by I lie I >eniocratie con
vention which nominated Robert
\V. Jennings as delegate to «;«>11
gross:
Preamble.
We hereby all'irm our alleg
ienee to tin; principles of Democ
racy as expounded by Jefferson
ami Jackson. The course of the
Democratic party in the present
house of representatives does hut
accentuate the fact that that
party is true to the people, and
is the uncompromising foe of all
interests seeking special favors.
Laws enacted under the protect
ing Aegis of that party make the
humblest citizen safe in his
rights, while the mightiest citi
zen dares not exceed his legal
limitations. We are in hearty
accord with the principles and
policies enunciated and advocat
ed by William Jennings Bryan,
"the greatest tribune of the peo
ple since the days of Thomas
Jefferson," and we are unalter
ably opposed to any policies
which could be justly construed
as reactionary.
We favor the initiative, the ref
erendum and the recall.
Alaska and the Republican Party.
The course of the Republican
party towards Alaska lias been
mprked solely by non-feasance
and malfeasance; the things
which it ought to have done, it
has not done, and the things it
has done it has done badly.
it ought to have given Alaska
an elective legislature. On the
contrary it has attempted to foisL
upon the people a commission
appointed by the president; it
ought to have brought under pub
lic survey many thousand acres
of public land, on the contrary it
has withdrawn from entry, and
from exploration, vast tracts of
land whose development would
add to the comfort and wealth
of (lie people; instead of aiding
or facilitating the upbuilding of
the country it has, apparently,
purposely retarded and hampered
our advancement. It ought to
have fostered and developed the
lishing and other industries, and
to have opened I lie coal mines
and encouraged exploration and
development, but instead of doing
that, it has devoted its energies
to the conservation of rainfall,
and the protection of the brown
bears; ii has brought industry
and enterprise lo a standstill; it
has pandered to the special in
terests,ami under its malign sway
noisome scandals ha\e arisen,
carpel-baggers have becy fast
ened upon lis and a horde of
special agents have overrun the
land; and in dealing with our
people j| has proceeded upon the
theory that c\cry culryman and
every applicant for patent is a
thief and Ihal the burden is up
on him to pro\e Ihal In* is an
honest man.
Delegate.
The people of Alaska are sick
ami lired of the inlcriicrine ipiar
J'l'l Ih'I ween I lie I wo factions of
the llepnlilican parly. While I hey]
inveigh with each oilier. indulg
ing mi criminal ion ami re-crimi
nation. Alaska sntl'ers ami her in—
Iepesl s are neglected. The l>eill
ocralic party oilers lo the peo
ple of Alaska a remedy for this
mi wholesome condition. We re
gard it as a practical certainly
that the next national adminis
tration wil| he 1 lemocratic in all
its branches, and we hclievc that
Alaska should have a delejrule
who i> in complete harmony with |
the dominant parly. We pledge
lo the people of Alaska that our
candidate for delegate, will, if
Heeled, represent Hie whole of
the territory according to caeh
interest tlml fairness ami .justice
to which it is entitled, hut watch
ful that no interest shall have
the power lo wronK or oppose any
of our people.
Home Rule.
Tin? power In make tin* laws
which are to govern us in our lo
cal affairs is hut the application
to Alaska of a riff hi sanctified hy
I he hlood of our fathers and jus
titled hy more than a century of
actual experience. Kver.v Demo
cratic convention ever held in
Alaska has insisted upon that
right, and we do hut reiterate Hie
utterances of those convention*
when we again represent to con
gress :
(1). Thai the people of Alaska
want home rule.
(2). Thai the people of Alaska
ought lo have home rule.
(,M .-Thai until the people of
Alaska uri home rule, they will
never cease demanding it as Hie
right "f American citizens.
And we pledge to llle people
of Alaska, if elected, our candi
date for delegate will use every
effort to secure Hie eiiaclmeul. of
a law giving to Alaska a local
legislature, elecled hv the peo
ple, with power covering every
rightful subject of legislation,
not essentially nalional in char
acter.
Conservation.
While w« favor a sensible sys
tem of conservation of our re
sources, we oppose the present
cult of conservation as applied
to Alaska for the reason that by
it, progress and development are
arrested. The conservation of
which we arc in favor is conser
vation against waste, not. conser
vation against uses. It. is con
servation for the people of Alas
ka ami conservation which will
protect them against (rusts ami
monopolies.
Railroads and Coal.
We favor the construction by
the government of a railroad
from tidewaters of the North |»a_
cilir ocean to the Yukon water
shed ami its operation hy the gow
i-rniiieut or under such govern
mcutal supervision as will pro
i I eel the people against extort ion
Jate charges; we also favor the
construction and operation hy the
' govrrnment of a railroad to at
least one of the coal fields of the
territory and Hie opening and op
eration hy the government of a
coal mine or mines as Hie licst
means of regulating and con
Irolling the price of coal and pre
venting a monopoly thereof. We
favor the enactment of a law for
the disposition of all other coal
lands, which will permit of and
encourage the acquisition of and
development thereof hy private
enterprise to he, however, under
government control.
Road Poll Tax.
We favor the repeal of the law
which imposes a road polj tax
of eight dollars on our citizens.
We denounce such lax as exces
sive, unjust and unnecessary.
Mining.
We pledge our candidate to an
active and honest efTort to se
cure the passage of laws which
will abolish the abuses of loca
tion of claims by agent or pow
er of attorney, and which will re
quire that a hundred dollars an
nual assessment work be per
formed for each 20 acres of an
association claim, and which will
give the miner a lien upon all the
mining claims, machinery and
other equipment, as well as up
on the dump.
Banks.
We declare thai recent events
in Alaska have accentuated the
fact thai there is an utter lack
of any laws regulating private
hanks in our territory and we
emphasize 1 he necessity of the
immediate madmenL of such
laws. We pledge our candidate's
most earnest efforts to have con
gress pass the necessary laws to
to protect from loss those of our
citizens who have occasion to
make use of banks and financial
institutions.
Indigent Pioneers.
We favor liberal appropriations
by which justice may be done to
and care taken of those worthy
lioneers of Alaska who have
dazed the way for civilization,
but who are, themselves, left to
an old age of penury and want.
Land Office in Southwestern
Alaska.
We favor the establishment in
Son I h western Alaska <»f a Unit
ed States land office and pledge
our delegate's efforts to secure
l he same.
Labor.
We favor the enaelmeiil of a
law securing the proper regula
tion of Hie hours of labor, and
adequate protection for the lives
and health of employees, and to
this end, we are in favor of
what is known hs the eight-hour
law. making eight hour's the
measure of a day's labor, and
prohibiting employers from re
quiring their employees I<> work
more than eight hours per day in
underground mines or smellers
and prescribing a penally for the
violation or such laws.
The fellow-servanl doctrine
ami the doctrine of assumed risk
is unjust, unfair, barbarous and
cruel in the extreme and should
be abolished.
As a cure, however, for I he
injustice now done Jo labor in the
securing of just compensation for
injuries received, while engaged
on or about, the employer's busi
ness. we favor the enactment of
an employer's liability act on suh
stantially the same lines'as those
which prevailed in the acts of
many of the more advanced slates
of the Union. We believe that
injuries received by the working
men while < ngaged on or about
the employer's business should
be treated ns one of the expenses
of I lie business.
We demand a more rigid en
forcement of the law, prohibit
ing the importation of contract
labor.
Fisheries.
Our fisheries, if properly man
aged so that waste and wanton
destruction arc avoided, wi11 fur
nish employment to our people j
for years to come, and will result
in a permanent population of
many thousands deriving their
livelihood from that industry.
That industry should, therefore,
he carefully fostered and pro
moted to a higher stale of elll
ciency.
We favor a more rigid inspec
tion and supervision of the fish
eries to the end that c/ctl laws
as now exist, may he more strin
gently enforced.
We believe that the conlrivan
ces known as fish traps are
wasteful and should he prohibit
ed, or, at least, should he so
stringently regulated as In cause
the minimum ot injury to Hie
llshiuK industry.
We favor the enaeluienl of a
law forbidding I In* catehing of
herring or other food fishes I ft he
converted into oil or trunno.
We believe. IhM. the govern
ment should establish and con
duel more fish hatcheries to the
end Ilia! the supply of salmon
may continually exceed the quan
tities of Jlsli caught.
We believe that the lax on can
ned salmon should be increased
to an amount moro in proportion
to the tax on the other forms of
wealth. We think that tho tax
should be at least ten cents per
case, and that tho law which p.ir
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CAMERON DAVIS
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.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
RmroHTB on Minmb
Patknt Sumrmrm
Qknmoal. Mining Enoinkmnino
Pmonm No. ioi
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and)
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Office in Harrinirton Bid*.
on Water Front Res- Phone. 1R9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
VX.B
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
Kttflc Hall All members requested to at
tend T- G. QUINn. Artie Chief
Valdes I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in ,
jach month in McKlnley Hall. Visitors always ]
welcome.
James H. Patterson,,W. M
C. C- Reynolds. Sec
I
1.0.
O.F.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
V aider. Odd Fellows' Club. Ketfulur
meetings. Mrst and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HP NT. Secretarv.
FOE
VAT.DEZ AKHIK NTo. 1071
Meet every Friday, 8 i>. rn- Kutflc Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but bent materials \ised.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD & HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam" and Hot
Water Heating, Pumpi and
Well Points.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valve»,
Iron Pipe, Fitting*.
A Snap
For sale at a hip? sacrifice, the
famous Ptarmigan Drop road
house. Sale includes supplies on
hand which arc worth half the
price askod. Horse, saddle, har
ness and sleighs. Stabling for 30
horses, year's supply of wood all
cut. This is a simp for the right
parly to start business for small
money. All goes at half price.
Will give time on half purchase
price if necessnry. I havo inter
ests outsido which roquires my
time. Business will pay wages
and purchaso prico in six months.
Fino locality to prospect. Bum
mer trade always good. John Oil
lispie, proprietor, or C, C. Rob
erts, Camp Comfort, my agent, or
Smith & Bunnell, Valdet,
Scene at Neiv jY<l'rk^^&rse Show— --
three nevy StylefStetson fiats.
OUR business has grown
to its present size because
of the values we have given. Every
bit of merchandise we sell is the best
obtainable at its price. That is why
we feature "Stetson" hats. Let your
new hat be a "Stetson".
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freitfhtintf ami passengers to nil pans
of the interior. UeDeral Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKlnlcy St. Valdez
fl«up Hotel
a/oopaN^
SEATTLE
Chas. Penny, mm.
THE BEST Or EVEDYTHING
IN THE HEARTOrTHEClTY
135 RooHsWim Bath-505ample Rooms
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward. Alaska
FISHER'S BLENO
FLOUR
["AT
. DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Kmbalmern
Funeral Direclorn
Phon« '48 GEO. BOBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heal Electric Ug|iU
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furm.hed Room. All Modern Conven.ence.
G°°d tiip niirrrT Good
Goods I Ht UUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ Tl\yiD17D ant^ Building
Puget Sound Li vJ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Zb*
Fairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
SBLUM & ©•
— INCORPORATED —
BAN K E R S
CAPITAL Z OO.OOO.'
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.