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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
For Vice-President—
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE.
A rumor has been put inlo cir
culation by interested parties that
the Democrats of this section had
abandoned Jennings campaign
and will support William A. Gil
mure. The story is wholly with
out foundation. It is a manufac
tured lie given currency for cam
paign purposes. If William A.
(•ilmore or his friends are de
pend ng upon Democratic votes to
elect the Republican candidate in
this Democratic year, they are
leaning upon a very slender reed.
Mr. Jennings will receive in Val
(!<•/ the full Democratic vote, to
which lie is ju>IIy entitled by rea
son of his being the parly can
didate and on account of lii< liI —
n« ss for I he posit ion.
Iii'inncrals believe lti;il IIi«> host
interests <>f lli»' territory will lie
subserved liy electing a man to
n-pn'M'iil Alaska in congress who
will he in harmony wilh I In' next
atlminislj'.ali<>n and wilh the dom
inanl parly in congress. Alaska
is in need of many things from
I ho hands of I In* foderal govcrn
mcnt and 11k* snrost way lo get
Ihom is fo send a delegate to tin
capital who can enlist the snp-i
port of those who arc in a posi
tion to do things. We can see no
valid reason why any Democrat
should support a Republican for
any legislative office at this lime,
and we believe in so saying we
are echoing I he sentiment of ev
ery Jennings supporter. As Dem
ocrats we believe it would be a
mistaken policy to vote for Wil
liam A. (lilmore. Mis election
will give Alaska no results; that
of .Mr. Jennings will.
FREE TOLLS AT PANAMA.
I
The (Canadians were responsible j
for the peculiar reipfesl made by:
the Hrilish embassy af Washing-j
ton that congress delay action oji j
legislation governing Panama ca-|
mil lolls until lln* Hrilish autli-j
orities could be heard on the sub
ject. This is revealed in a Toronto
cable lo iho London Times, which
mentions serious apprehension in{
Canada over the proposed imposi-l
lion of "discriminatory tolls" in j
Panama. II mentions talk of de
nouncing Hie Washington treaty
whereby free na\ipaliou of the St.
Lawrence is secured lo American
vessels, though litis is recognized
In be impossible, as that right was
irraiilod in perpelnily. The dis
patch conlinnes; "While nothing
is known officially, it is expected
that ministers will impress upon
I he hrilish ^overnmeiil the im-j
porlaiice to Canada of the equal I
treatment of Hrilish vessels in the I
canal and the enormous interest
lo western Canada of the now out
let." The Hrilish are, therefore,
evidently engaged in pulling Ca
nadian chestnuts out of I he lire.
Tin' Cdayion-Hnlwer Irealy of
IipIwimmi <ireaf Britain and
I lie United Slal«'s which forbade
single control mi Iti«» pari of the
I'nited Stale* «>f tli«» Trans-Isth
mian canal, is also very explicit on
I lie subject «»f lolls, discriniina
linn in favor of Ihc conimcrcc of
one of I ho parlies over that of
the olher being distinctly disap
proved. The llay-Paunccfote
Irealy. as transmitted to the sen
ate February 5, 1000, which abol
ished I he principal of dual con
trol of lhe t ailed Stales and Eng
land, also expressly afTirm.nl the
principle of Hip Cdaylon-Bulwer
Irealy in regard to equal treat
ment of Hrilish and American
eonnrierce. Hut lhe treaty as
finally approved by lhe senate and
ratified I>eceinbcr 10, 1001, spec
iflcally declares lhal the Claylon
Btilwer treaty is thereby supersed
ed and declares for a canal open
without discrimination, according
to the principles of the conven
tion of Constantinople, which reg
ulates the Suez canal. By the sec
ond treaty, therefore, ftreat Brit
, ain abandoned her position o
special political and commercia
privilege in favor of a declara
tion of the general equality of al
, commerce.
Now the Convention of Con.
slantinople does not forbid a gov.
eminent to pay the tolls for it!
ships through the Suez canal, ai
that very thing is done by th<
Dual Monarchy for certain Aus
trian steamship lines passing
through the canal. Similarly m
one could object to this countrj
paying the tolls for its own ves
sels going through the Panama
canal. But if our government
which runs the canal, instead ol
paying the tolls chooses to remit
them, that is purely a matter" ol
bookkeeping.
Further, our coastwise traffic
is anyhow closed to other nations,
so if we let our coastwise ships
through free, clearly there can be
no discrimination in this respect.
If, however, as a result of the
arrangement, Canadian railroad
or shipping interests suffer, it will
still be perfectly open for the Ca
nadian government to pay the
tolls for Canadian ships.
The theory I hat the Panama ca
nal is a great philanthropic en
terprise is not true to facts. The
American government built the
canal neither for philanthropy's
sake nor for the returns on the
investment. The canal was built
as a commercial and strategic ne
cessity for the American people.
American money to the extent of
*300,000,000 has been sunk into
llio Isthmus to level mountains
and dig the trench, and the Amer
ican people are entitled to any
special advantages which their
'needs ami their enterprise may
dictate, limited only by special
I real y nhligat ions.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
II is only I lie hard working, am
bitious Mexican** who slarl revo
1 ut ions.
While he is fighting everybody
in Washington we arc pro 11 i 11 k no
thing in Alaska.
Taft's speech of acceptance was
an acknowledgment of the efficacy
of I he steam roller.
All Ihjs Panama ilispule is ow
ing to the fact thai England owns
the ships and we own the canal.
The hyena fallens on the bod
ies of I he dead. The human of
the species are reviling the mem
ories of I lie departed.
A Chicago paper says Lorimer
is "all in." From the senate's
vole on the l.oriiner matter we
Ihoii^hl lie was all mil.
A pari of I lie (dec! ion day pro
gram will he I lie receipt of a |He
uram from our delegate telling
the people of fhe passage of "hi**"
home rule hill. Like the dike hill,
home rule will he used al an op
portune moment to further the
political inlere-ds of the Perpetual
Polil ician.
Whatever I tie Prospector liasi
said of Mr. Wickershani and his]
record it has published in am
ide time to permit of a reply or
denial before election. II is the
purpose of the Wickershani junta
to make their charges on Hie eve
of elect ion when there will be no
lime left in which to meet charges j
made. Voters should give scanl
credence lo ibe vaporings of a sel
of men who are afraid of having
the entire Irulh in the hands o(
the people.
Those who believe Mini the
While Pass railway company has
Iho only real lead pip«* cinch, arc
asked |o read Iho following extract
from an article in Iho Skagway
Alaskan: "If Iho people of Alas
ka succeed in having a sub-port
established a I. Fairbanks it will
moan that the While Pass Rail
way company will extend a line
of boats for the transportatipn
of freight and passengers to Fair
banks and the Ynkon, and thus
no! only enter into competition
with the transportation compan
ies of the interior, who now have
a merciless monopoly on lhal bus
iness, bnt it will mean much to
this part of Alaska in directing
business this way instead of con
tinuing it through the long hauls
by I he oulside passage.
A wireless received Mils morn
ing by Marshal Sullivan from
floorge Ooshaw al Naknek, says
that Taylor, the man tried for
rape was found not guilty by Iho
trial jury. Ho also reports a man
named Mathison as having been
adjudged in«ane.
f TRITE SAYINGS.
1
In a close contest, the loser al
l ways charges cheating.
.1 After a man passes forty, a big
. dinner injures him as much as a
i big drunk.
t Many great truths tu»-n out to
he great mistakes. Go over your
• figures again.
A man who has to he watched,
is not safe; he will find an oppor
tunity to cheat you.
Most men doubt that the refin
ing influence of women can do
much with politics.
We all have a lot of justice in
the court house that we can well
afford to leave there.
Unless you watch him, a man
will throw away most of 1 tie good
advice you give him.
The woman who is an asset
rather than a liability, is the wo
man men admire most.
A man hates to admit that any
thing he has is second-hand; and
he probably dislikes second-hand
love a little more than anything
else.
A man who takes good rare of
himself, and of those dependent
fin him, is doing about as much
good as can be reasonably expeet
ed.
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list it with the Valdez Real Es.
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