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EDITORIAL
THE WHACHAMA COLUMX
George M"Wn
SPAGHETTI
Don't argue with your spaghetti.
It -won't do a bit or good. Not a
bi' Spaghetti is an obstinate, con
trary food. You cant tell it a thing.
You might as well try to reason
witb a plate of rattlesnakes.
There is more pure euasedness In
*er yards of spaghetti than in any
other product sold by the lineal
loo', with the ooesible exception of
noodles and barbed wire.
There's no excuse for spaghetti
ac*ing the way it does. Food can
be rembunctious without being hat©
ful. Head lettuce does it. Why
can't spaghetti?
Something ought to. be done
about this. And something shall
be The time will come when some
brave man will meet this tempera
mental Italian worm on its own
ground and conquer it.
But so long as unfettered epag
hettl is given the freedom of its
dish there is no relief in sight.
jack is a modest feller. He Bed
fjiat if anythink wuz sed about his
wife in her masquerade costume,
ttut sum won else would have to
sav it. i sed she wuz superellifi
gcrgeous expedidlygrand.
THE DEVIL.
A movement, thus far largely con
fined to the Middle West of the
United. States, for the study of the
career and works of Abraham Lin
coln is finding many supporters
and showing considerable growth*
John H. Morehead, Governor of Ne
braska, gave it unqualified approv
al in his recent message to the leg
islature. The subject is one that
might profitably be given attention
in connection with the national ob
servance of the Liucoln anniversary,
next month.
The needs of a deeper study of
Lincoln, by adults as well as chil
dren. is made evident by the grow
ing frequency with which students
of the great ratf-splitter apply his
sayings or his acts to present-day
conditions. In Jlav, 1S56, when a
tremendous issue was forcing itself
ucon tne nation, he made, at
Bloomitgton, 111., what has some
times been called Jus "lost speech."
It was not lost, however, although
no notes wer® taken of it at the
time. In later days it was pieced
together by those who heard it.
In this speech Lincoln appealed to
every element in his party and In
his country to stand for the right,
regardless of pressure for compro
mise err expediency, closing with a
remarkable peroration, at the end
of which he stretched forth his long
arms in invitation to all hi® coun
trymen, declaiming with Irresistible
force:,
Come as the wind comes when for
ests are rended;
Come as the waves come, when na
viee are stranded!
a quotation which, five years later,
inspired the strain:
We are coming, Father Abraham,
five hundred thousand strong.
—Christian Science Monitor.
CLOSE ELECTIONS.
Many Great Events Decided by a
Narrow Margin.
HISTORY MADE BY ONE VOTE.
In Several Inatancaa In tha Ufa of Our
Nation, Notably In tha Hayaa-Tilden '
Praaidantial Contaat, a Singla Ballot
Turned tha Scalea.
There have been many close elections '
In the cities, counties and states of this
great nation, as well as in the nation '
at large Itself. In the latter class the 1
Tiiden-Hayea contest was the most
sensational. In that memorable elec
tion the result turned upon the single
rote of the fifteenth member of the
electoral commission, who was chosen
by four judges of the supreme court ,
Our history abounds with instances ,
In which the course of events has turn
ed upon single votes, and some of
them may be conveniently selected
from the compilation made by Speaker
Clark for one of his Chautauqua lec
tures.
General Jackson was elected major
general of Tennessee militia by one
majority. Without that one vote he
could not have foaght the battle of ■'
New Orleans, and politics would have
been different for a quarter of a cen- '
tury. 1
Martin Van Buren won the presi
dency through his defeat by one vote
on the confirmation of his nomination
as minister to England. i
John C. Calhoun, as vice president,
cast the deciding vote which gave to
Van Buren what Calhoun never got
for himself, although his claims were
not inferior.
Edward Everett lost the governor
ship of Massachusetts by one vote, and
that took him out of the list of avall
ables for the presidency.
Thomas H. Benton was elected to
the senate by a single vote. The loss
of that one vote not only would have
cost him his career of thirty years,
but would have meant the loss to the
senate of one of its strongest and most
famous members, in a most trying era.
One of the great characters of Ameri
can history might never have emerged
from obscurity.
Henry Clay cast the deciding vote in
the constitutional convention which
admitted Kentucky to the Union as a
slave state. If Kentucky had entered
the Union as a free state it is hardly
doubtful that Missouri would have
done the same, and It is conceivable
that there might have been no Mis
souri compromise, and perhaps even no
war between the states.
The Walker tariff passed the senate
by a single vote. Taft lost the vote of
Idaho through a tie in the precinct of
Boise. If one more man had voted for
Taft Roosevelt would have lost con
trol of the state.
There is at least one case in which a
single vote was the entire election. At
the primaries for the Prohibition nomi
nation for Judge in Schuylkill county,
Pa., one vote was cast. There being
no other candidate or voter, Richard
H. Koch was unanimously chosen. A
miss is said to be as good as a mile,
and under some conditions one vote is
as good as a million.
On the other hand, a majority or
100,000 may be worthless, as was ac
tually the case In Indiana. At the gen
eral election in November, 1900, a pro
posed amendment that "the general as
sembly shall by law prescribe what
qualifications shall be necessary for
admission to practice law to all courts
of Justice" was submitted to the elec
tors.
Nearly 100.000 more votes were cast
for the amendment than against it.
But It did not receive a majority of
the votes cast for presidential electors
and governor. The supreme court held
that it had not been carried by the con
stitutional majority required for the
ratification of a proposed amendment.
That was a case where an actual ma
jority at the polls lost in the courts
There would be no end to the prece
dents regarding the value of a few
votes If the search were extended to
foreign history. One example will suf
fice to show that the count of the votes
is as important as the casting of them.
In 1011 the Monls ministry fell in
France because it was thought to be in
a minority of fourteen, when in fact it
had a majority of five According to
the contemporary cablegram:
The crisis arose over an Interpellation
regarding the attitude of the government
as to the chief command of the army In
the event of war, and the official list
shoved 23S votes against the government
and 224 In favor.
M. Monis was still on a sick bed as the
result of an accl' j. and his colleagues
decided on resign.
The curious fact has now been brought
to light, however, that at the moment of
tho fateful division there was consider
able confusion In regard to the votes for
and against.
A number of deputies announced that
their names had appeared on the wrong
division list An official rectification was
made, with the result that so far from
having been defeated the government
had the narrow majority mentioned above
Though this discovery may be the
source of much personal satisfaction to
the ex-premler. It Is. of course, too late
to affect the fate of bis ministry.
These are cases merely of misadven
ture in the working of the machinery
of voting. The cases of malicious falsi
fying of popular sentiment are too nu
merous to record.—New York Times.
Cause Not Cure.
Wayward Son—But, dad, you should
make allowance for the follies of youth.
Father—Huh! If It wasn't for the al
lowance you get there'd be less folly.—
Boston Transcript
Before employing a fine word find a
place for it— Joubet
The Difficulty. ^
The I'lrst Worker— Manner born be ,
>lowed! D'Joo meau ter say If me an'
rou come Into a bit o' splosh we
;ouldn't keep our ends up with these
ere dooks and people?
His Doubting Frleud—Ob, we should
>e orl right, but our missuses 'd give
he game away, yer know.—London
Sketch.
l
Going Too Far. ]
"A man should try to have a good (
iplnlou of himself." 1
"Perhaps."
"I mean a certain amount of aelf re
ipect"
"Oh, that's all right, but some people
[on't seem able to distinguish between
lelf respect and self admiration."—
3iriningbam Age-Herald. ]
Her Triumph. (
"Maria," Mr. Dorklns said, with a ,
lote of exultation in his voice, "I turn- (
>d a trade today that netted me a
.-lean $2,000."
'"H'mph!" ejaculated his spouse in
ler loftiest you-make-me-tlred manner.
'I went out today to hunt up a first
:lass cook, and 1 got her, John—1 got
ier!"—Chicago Tribune.
Natural. I
"Let's play house," suggested five- i
rear-old Alice to her twin brother, Ned.
"All right," he agreed; "you get the
)room and be the mother, and IH get |
lie newspaper and be the father."— i
Exchange.
)RDER AND NOTICE OP SPEC
IAL ELECTION TO BE (HELD
ON TUESDAY, .MARCH 6th,
1917.
In the Town of Skagway, Alaska,
?irs» Judicial Division, pursuant
;o an order for an election to
rill a vacancy in the office of mem
>er of the House of Representat
ives from the First Judicial Di
rision of Alaska, made and Issued
>u the 31st day of Jamuary 1917,
).y th.e Hon. J. F. A. Strong, Gov
jrnor of the Territory ol Alaska,
juder and by virtue of the authori
ty conferred on him by section 4,
yf the Organic Act, approved March
24, 1912 and in conformity there
with:
Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held on Tuesday,
Utrch 6, 1917, between the hours
nt eight o'clock a. m. and seven
o'clock p. m. of said date.
The Common Council of Skag
way, Alaska, having heretofore by
resolution duly designated the vot
ing precinct of Baid town and the
pollr." place therein the electors re
siding within the boundary of the
3?id Town of Skagway, Alaska,
which are as follows:
All cf the platted towneite of
the Town of Skagway, Alaska, will
vote at the Town Hall building
which is located on Lot Three (3)
Block Eigh*-- (S) situated on Fifth
Avenue between State and Main
streets the same being the duly
des;gnated poling place in and for
th.e voting precinct of the Town of
Skagway.
Dated at Skagway, Alaska, Feb
ruary 8 th, 1917
(Signed) The Common Council of
the Town at Skagway, Territory
of Alaska.
(Seal) D. McKAY, Acting Clerk.
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The heavy tax of overwork — the
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and the poisonous matter collects in
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Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagwary No. 1.
A. B. meets eyerj sec
ond and.1 fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
a. snarp. VlsitLag brothers cordial
y wt'ccme. W. L. steyemeori, Arc
is Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
lect rder.
Fraternal Order .
Eaglets—
Skogwny! Aerie .
" No. 25, Frater
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rVedxiefi*laj' night of each month; at
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ittemd. J. M. Qrelsbach, W. P.
J. V. Miller, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
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Frl. E-v'gs, o£ e&ch
nontfa. Visiting brothers are wel
!<aae.
Harold Talbot, W. M.
Address all oommu&i cations to
A® Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday night
gjbat «:uu o ciock. |
Visiting brothers |
lordially welcome.
HENRY FR1EDENTHAL. E. R.
T. J. VAWDEWALL, secretary.
Plpnesr of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday in
stery month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
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