Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollur tier Month: Twelve Dollars vcr Year
SATURDAY MAY i, 1912.
THE DEMOCRATIC SITUATION.
Indications arc that no Deni
ocralic candidate now in I he Held
will have anything near like the
necessary two-thirds vote lo nom
inate in the early stages of the
balloting at Ihc Baltimore coh7
vention. It was clearly the plan
of the Held to prevent the early
choice of Woodrow Wilson, hut
the voters in the various slates,
by dividing their strength, have
played the hand against Wilson.
The DO delegates of New York will
*r;o |o |he convention uninstruet
ed following the usual Tammany
plan of having a strong force on
I he floor for trading purposes.
Champ Clark has shown a great
deal more strength than his most
sanguine friends had anticipat
ed and instead <>f it taking I lie
following of 'Harmon, "Under
wood, Marshall and Clark In make
J.ip I he necessary one-third nf
the delegates lo keep the nomi
nation of Wilson from taking
place, (he speaker has that pow
••r almost within his own follow
ing; thus it is within his dictum
lo prevent the. nomination of any
candidate until after a more «>r
less protracted struggle.
Speaker Clark and Governor
Wilson are dividing the delegates
in the stales where primaries are
'held and have practically an even
showing up to date, with possibly
the Missourian a shade in the
lead. Clark has the vote of Mis
souri, Illinois, Nebraska, Okla
homa, Kansas, Massachusetts and
Colorado, while Governor Wilson
has Pennsylvania, Oregon, Maine,
Wisconsin, Delaware and New
Jersey, Harmon having his own
slate and Michigan in his col
umns. Underwood will practical
ly have tin- Si mi 111, dividing with
Clark in a rliarry decree. Should
Clark continue In develop unex
pected strength il will lie with
either Wilson or I to
block a nomination.
Some bitterness has been en
gendered between the candidates
and it will prove more or less
difficult for the more prominent
candidates In secure converts
from llic other camps, liul if the
delegates are to forsake I heir or
iginal favorites it appears that
Clark is the one man upon whom
they can center, lie has taken no
active part on the stump; has
, consistent ly attended his duties
as speaker of the house and when
making a public address he has
as studiously avoided personali
ties as he has abstained from
making combinations. To him
the vole of Underwood, Harmon
and Marshall can go without vio
lating the feelings of either the
candidates or their delegates; hut
few of these voles could possibly
go to Wilson. On the oilier hand
a large block of the Wilson fol
lowing can be brought over to
Clark, while the latter would lind
difficulty in landing his delegates
in the New Jersey man's camp.
If one of the present prominent
candidates i-s to be the Democrat
ic nominee it will be Champ Clark.
If not the convention will stam
pede to Hryan as il did in 1890.
FEDERAL VS. STATE.
Tin* brief II!*•<! in the United
Stales supreme court by (lover
iiiirs Harmon, lladley and Aid
rich maintaining the right of a
*ove reign state to regulate rail
road business within its borders
directs attention again to the very
complicated pioblem of the rela
tion between slate and federal
powers. How far may a slate
legislature or slate railroad com
mission go without interfering
with interstate commerce? And
how far in; y I he interstate com
merce commission go without in
vading I lie province of the stales?
In a recent opinion, the inter
state commission held a railroad
must so adjust its rates as to do
j,justice between communities re
gardless of slate lines. Thai is
to say, if rates arc established by
a slate railroad commission and
Hip railroad carries them mil, the
railroad must nlake such rales
for cilies in like conditions, hut
outside |he slate, as wil| not be
discriminative, his opinion was
by a majority of the interstate
commerce commission, the mi
nority dissenting strongly and
submitting that tho majority read
something into the law not there
and thus usurped the legislative
function.
This problem before the inter
state commerce commission is
practically the same as the one
how before the supreme court of
the United States in the Minne
sota and Missouri rate cases. In
the Minnesota case Judge San
born of the federal court held
that the rales llxed by the stale
Were unlawful because their ef
fect. would be lo cause carriers
I to change interstate rates. Thus
tho slalt! of Minnesota would be
| interfering with the interstate
'commerce. Duluth, Minn., and
Superior, Wis., are adjacent cit
ies across the state line from each
other.II was contended that if Ihe
rale were reduced from SI. Paul
lo Dululh by state regulation,
then Ihe carriers would be forced
lo give the same rate to Superior,
Wis. In that sense, Ihe Minne
sota policy would interfere will)
interstate commerce.
The ruling <»f IIi«% interstate
commerce commission is sum
med up in Hie following sentence:
"If a si ale by tho exorcist? «»f its
lawful power establishes rales
wliielt the interstate carrier
makes effective upon slate traf
lie, that carrier floes sn with the
full knowledge ttial the federal
government requires it Ir» apply
such rates under like conditions
upon interstate traffic."
Sooner or later the rulinp: will
be tested before I be United Stales
supreme court, and it may be that
the complicated problem of the
relation between stale and fed
eral power to regulate railroad
rales will have to be settled by
congressional enactment, or ev
en by amendment of the federal
consfilution. Certainly it iniisf.be
confusing to tbe interstate rail
roads to have to deal with var
ious state commissions and' with
the interstate commerce commis
sion at the same time when there
is no certainly as to .jurisdic
tion.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Henry Hewitt, Jr., the multi
millionaire lumberman of Taco
ma. Milo Kelly of Knick, and Jos.
hi^Ks were the owners of a prom
ising copper properly on Orca in
let about seven miles from Cor
dova. upon which a considerable
sum of money lia<l been expend
ed on development work. A year
ago Mr. Hewitt sent the required
money north with which to do
the assessment work on the prop
erty as required by law. but the
party to whom it was sent was
too busy "taking in the town" to
do the work and as a result the
claims have been re-located.
These are* the. things which hurl
a new country seeking capital for
ils development.
It is thought that the money
appropriated for the dike will not
become, available until July 1st.
II might be well for the Chamber
of Commerce to lake steps to
wards having the work inaugu
rated prior to thai. date.
John E. Ballnine has definite
ly announced himself as a can
didate al large for congress in
the stale of Washington on a
platform for federal railroads in
Alaska. Why not favor comic
I opera in Sulu.
If is charged that Congress
man Humphrey, piqued at the op
position against his appointment
to the federal bench, is fighting
the retention of the assay office
in the Spirit City.
If Wood row Wilson is ananli
Irust candidate ho comes from a
Irusl slain. Three-fourths of
the large fi*iixlh have (heir offi
cial home in (he mosquito stale.
An election at this time would
result in (he inhabitants of the
Mississippi valley voting "dry."
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Kd. Westbrook Is tip from
Khoup l)ay and will return to his
camp with (llifT Johnson on Mon
day.
An efTorl is being made amnuK
claim owners «»IT the Shoup gla
cier to combine for Ihe purpose
(»f building a wngon road from
Ihe bay lo Ihe upper camps. II
is estirnaled lhal a f*<»»d road can
be built for $'J,Onn. The May
field, llambler, ('ameron-.Tohn
son. Hence and Mtiehonald and
Millard holdings are principally
Interested in Ihe undertaking.
Dlatriot oCu't.
Anna Fagerberg vs. John A.
J'nirerberg, order why defendant
should not hep unished for con
tempi in disobeying order of
court, Cordova, May 20.
Victor Olson vs. Katalla Co.,
dismissed.
I. H. Moore, L. S. Keller, \V. A.
Max and T. I). Stewart vs. John
Dalton, E. B. Hurley, John F. Ma
Ioney, co-partners, as Porcupine
Trading Co.; transferred from
(First to Third judicial district for
retrial.
J. L. Reed vs. Thompson &
Cummiugs. Court filed findings
fixed appeal bond at $4,000.
' Adjourned until Monday at 10
a. nr.
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■nd
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Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
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MINING ENGINEER
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Patent Surveys
Senegal. Mining E noine erino
Phone No. 103
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Civil Engineer and
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Onice in Hurrinirton Hlcljr.
on Wliter Kroni Kes. I'hone. 1«9
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Ladies', Men's and Children's Wet Weather and Walking
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Courteous Treatment Phone 100
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