Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TKRKh
One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1912.
ROOSEVELT'S DECLARATION.
"On the fourth of march next,
I shall have ssrvsd three and one
half years, and this three and
one-half years oonstltute 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 aocept an
other nomination for president."
Three years later, on December
11, 1807, he reiterated his dec
laration in these words:
"I have not ohanged and shall
not change the decision thus an
nounced."
WICKERSHAM'S INCONSISTENCY
Tin1 Wirkersirim <*• itiv«*nl ion
held in Yahlez has anions • I h
planks ii|' ils plat fornr nni< de
manding:
"A law 11r*»|im*| ing 1 ln». wages of
miners Ji\ giving Ihi'in a li.-n mi
I In* property. machinery, i'lr..
where llicy witrk."
Tin' plank in iI• 1 f i> an ad
mirable one ami meets with an
eipi ilahle i |i-m a 1111. A similar
plank was ai li • p I «*• I liy I lie oilier
fmir I'linvriil imis In-lil in Alaska
lliis year. Hut il seems passing
strange Dial such a plank should1
have Ii.'imi passed in a enliven-!
limi railed ami ilmiiinaleil hy,
.lames Wiekersham, when il is
taken into consideration thai the
present wholly defective miners'
lien law now in I lie statute hooks
was drawn and passed coiijjfr.'ss
mi the initiative and elVm-ts of
Delegate Wiekersham. H.'fore
introducing his lien Law hill in
Congress il was pointed out to
him hy the miners of the Tanana
thai his measure would in no wise
protect the working man, as Iho
•-lai111 upon which they worked,
if leased ground was not subject
to I lie ih'hl of the laborer, ami
JLlial llir dumps were most gen
crall> eo\eredwith mortgages for
money advanced hy I lie hanks or
goods furnished hy the merch
ants. Kins leaving- tin* working
man lo secure hi- pay the liest
way he could.
Nninliers of mei-linp.s were held
hy lln> miners to point out the
defeels in a proposed law in
which they were vitally interest
fil and al a number of these Judge
Wiekersham was presenl in per
son. combatting the arguments
advanced hy the miiu'i's and in
sisting tliat hi- law would give
111:-!*! I'M-rj relief III • > snu^lil.
So h< re w .• are. three years al
ter I lie pa-.*agc of | he law. the
dehvat *s in a Wicker-ham cmi
veulimi adopt jug a plank de
manding that 'which .lames Wick
et-sham had denied al the incep
tion 1.1 i he previous campaign.
The Wiekersham lien law is
allien a * Consistent a piece of
legislation as our delegate ever
nl I •'inpied |o pass. 11 is a good
see.>nd in |ijs home rule hill,
which provided that no legisla
tion passed hy I lie Territorial
legislature should heeonie law un
Iil t'.oiigress approved of it. The
ll'ouhle w illi I)'legale Wieker
sham is thai lie deals more in
I lie husk than tin1 grain. Alas
kans are beginning to learn that
the Inisk is poor fodder and im
possible lo wax fal upon.
THE WAYS OF THE MACHINE.
Tlu*re apprars I• > h" an cl«*iii*>iil
of .surprise unions a ronsuler
ahle elenienl nf fIn* Republican
parly, llml I In* rnnvenlion should
linvi* nominated Taft in spilo of
Hie eerlainly of his <1»*f«»nI. They
lirfrne dial win'n il became ap
parent llial Tafl's usefulne.-'.s as
I lie leader <>f I In* parly lin«l ronio
l<> an •• imI» ln« should has.* been
IirnmIi«*• I a-ddo f'»r another who
eollbl give some hope of victory
al the polls. Tin**'' a 111 i a I > I <* cili
/•• lis forget, however, llial n<*iflir*r
I In* fill nr»* of lln« parly nor I In*
falc of William Howard Tafl worn
al all taken into ronsjderalion
I iy I In* professional politicians
who #l« mi ina I «* I In* llepuhliean
parly for what there i« in il.
Thyy have been making bay
during I In* seven years of sun
shine ami ran well weal her seven
seasons of darkness, provided
Iheir paftlurc ia not laken from
I hem. They argue thai fho ma
chinery of the party i« of more
value to them than the presidency
itself. The case is tersely put
by Dave Mulvane, national com
mitteeman for. Kansas, one of
Taft's henchmen:
"Now you fellows have got an
inkling of what you arc going to
get, are you going to waste our
time going over all these con
tests? We can't elect Taft, but
we are going to hohl on to this
organization, and when we get
back four years from now wo will
have it and those damned insur
gents."
The position so clearly stated
by Mr. Mulvane makes it under
standable why the majority of
'the National Republican conven
tion launched Mr. Taft, in a tub,
|oyer the troubled waters of a po
litical Niagara. It is not that
they do not see his fate, but rath
er they are considering their own.
I. i .i
TAFT'S NOMINATION.
Hy |he unmerciful ami most
cold-blooded use of I ho steam
roller William Howard Tall has
been nominated for a s.'rond
term to Ilii> presidency ami "Sun
ny Jim" Sherman lias been again
given him as a running male.
Willi all the power of the ad
ministration at his back: with
the craft and cunning «• 1' the ma
chine and with three months1
start in orguujzntion. with the
lield on the convention lloor
abandoned to him. William How
ard TaTl was re-nominated by a
bare majority!
Three and a half years ago
President Tall entered upon his
duties more firmly ent reiiched in
otfice Ihan any of his predeces
sors since the formation of the
republic. There was no organ
ization aligned against him: what
was left of the Democracy was
scattered to ttie four winds, suc
ceeding a mosl disastrous defeat
of the enemies of the Republican
parly. The country had been
hypnotized into a belief in the va
geri«'s of 'redone] Roosevelt and
were looking upon his successor
as a specially sent ruler from
heaven.
Tafl had barely taken his chair
of office when he had begun dis
appointing his admirers and
amazing his opponents. Within
three months of his induction in
to officii the President was placed
upon the defensive and .within
four years it look all the powers
of corruption to defeat an irra
tional lunatic.
The fate of President Tafl is
llial of any man placed in a
great position of lrus| who has
betrayed the faith of the people.
Kroiu the moment of hi.- induc
tion into otfice tie allied himsell
with llie interests Ms against the
mass of Ihe people; lie luis been
weak and va-sjlat ing. as lie only
ton clearly -bowed in his alti
l tide towards I lie infamous Ald
i ieli larilV loll. tie allied and
surrounded himself with the
force.- of the read.onnries. lit*
lii-came cheek by jowl with the
tti-ss r.n\s. Ablriehs. Penroses.
Harm's' and the smaller fr\ of
I lie ShacMeford I > pe.
lie yaw ii<> herd |o tin1 i*i11111>—
lilies uf ilisi'i.iili'iil. wln'ii ;i| the
l.i!•• ••li'rlimis ;i slronjily en
! 1*1 • 111• 11t'iI 111-1>11111iean IJoiise was
IMi*11I into a Hcmocral ie si conc
hoid. II" ili'lioil I li<• will «it* I lie
|M'ii|i|<' when he vetoed larifY
measures n'tiresenline Ihe popn
' lar demand. lie scored those
Itcpnldieans who were trying In
Carry mil I Ii<• expressed will of
(lie |mm>|>!<• willi lIn* jii<*\ iIiilil** re
sult thai in the primaries In* nn-l
willi ili'fi'al after defeat from Ihe
hand* uf a pI;iI f<irm brawler.
Ili.s nominal ion al the conven
I!• >n was onlv aiM'oinpli>ln'il |»y a
.-lender majority in far«' of lit**
' Ilir«'i> Ii1111<Ir«*iI or iiiimv ailminis
Iralion delegates from tbe.-onlh
, ern stales, where Him Republican
parly only cxMs in name; in face
(of a system which pave him all
f I In* conlcsled delegations, almosl
J any one of which, decided hon
estly hy |In* nalional committee,
Jwonlil tune iiominaleil another.
President Tafl ami Ihe Repub
lican parly have run llieir race.
: hefeal will he meted on I lo Ihem
Jal Ihe polls in November wheth
er or no Roosevelt launches hi1*
Nalional Progressive parly.
Slioiihl Ih«* Ihinl ticket he placed
in Ihe llehl Ihe defeat of Tafl will
make the campaign of Alton O.
Parker resemhle a prodigons vic
tory.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Who killed Cock Robin? Thai
seems lo be the paramount issue
in Chicago.
The official undertaker if all
that remains to he appointed b>
the Republican party.
The Progressives still adhere
to their former id»*a that Klihu
is the Hoot of all evil.
It takes an effort on the part of
the stand pat Republicans to smile
over their Chicago success.
If I hoy are really loyal the
Wickcrshamitea will swing in line
with the National Progressives.
It is now up to the Democratic
party to show that they can do
the right thing at the opporune
moment.
Evidently the. Cordova Alaskan
has a bad case of Healcy cabbies,
which, like the measles, has
struck in deep.
The Cordova Alaskan's figh£
against Commissioner Healey can
he mathematically illustrated by
Ihe sympol G—CO.
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
9:16 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
Jack Surryhne, Musical Director.
INDEPENDENT MESSENGER Co. I
I
and
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.|
LATOUCHE & PECK. Mart.
Office Siaythie's Tailor Shop I'hone 102
Scrrice lo All Part* ol Town. Call* Answered Promptly
Basinets Conf identit!
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDKZ. ALASKA
ftmroRTa on Mimkb
Patknt9u*vzyb
GMNMBAL MlNINQ ENaiNMKKINO
'Phonm No. ioa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing K,.s. Phone. ito
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet r\«'i\v Tuesday evening at >» o'clock in
Kuifle HsiU All members ic«iucsieJ t° at
tend I). H. SI.KKM. ArticCliicf
Valdes I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Acci'|»Um1 Masons
Krvuior Comiiuinimtiolis iir.st \Vcrtnrs«liiy In
euC'h month in Mt-Winicy Hail. Visitorsalways
wulcoriio.
.lumps II. l'nltcrson,.\V. M
C. Reynolds, S»-c
1.0.
0. F.
Visitintr nml locnl Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
V tilde/. Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on 1'. S. HUNT. Secretary.
FOE
VAEDKZ AERIK No. 1971
Meet ovevy Friday, 8 p. in. Knirlc Hull
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but best matcrialo used.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All klnda of Cakew, PIph, etc.
made to order
WOOD & HENRICH, Propt.
Fagerberg Bros.
NTZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospector# Supplies
Fre«h Goodt—Reasonable Prices
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McMiLLAN FUR i Af001 CO.'
miNNLA»'OLl4. MINN
WHITE FOH (; I HO II L AltS
[We Are Fired With Enthusiasm
t
*
For the Clothing, Furnishings, Hats
and Shoes we Have This Summer
For Men
JUST RECEIVED A LARGE LINE OF
SUMMIT
TOWN AND COUNTRY
SHIRTS
The Soft Collar is RIGHT On the Shirt
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting anil -passengers to all purls
of the interior. General Trucking
bill. Wood, . - Proprietor
McKinloy St.- VaUtez*
|1«up Hotel
'SEATTLE
C/fAs. Perry, mop.
THE BESTOrEVEPYTHING
mTtiEMnrormcin ,
135!?COMSWiTHto-505AHPlERoOM5
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Ppor.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Scwaro, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
FLOUR
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
PHONE 2.
Steam Heat Electric Lighta
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furmshed Rooms All Modem
Good Tiir niirrrT Good
Goods I fit DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and * f TTV/fDC'lD anc* Building
Puget Sound A-* 1VJH3JLiAV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
the
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers
T
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTF.GRIDAD, Rrx, RefjaU EL S1DELO, Senator*, Millionaire!
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Vnlue, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S- BLUM
HCORPOMATED
& <2* j
bankers
c A P I T A (_ $ 2 O O.O OO.J0
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit