Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TIDKb
One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
MONDAY, AUGUcST 5, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOOD ROW WILSON.
For Vice-President—
TH08. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINQ8.
"SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?"
"The people are the rightful
source of all political power, and
all officers should, a-' far as prac
ticable, be chosen by a diivct vote
of the people."
A revolutionary doctr.ne! Un
constitutional and not represen
tative government! It is against
just such doctrines as enunciat
ed above that President Taft is
so energetically combatting and
denouncing as a long step for
ward towards Socialism, "when
the people will insist on forcibly
dividing the wealth of the coun
I rv."
The Republican parly as con
si iluted today are doing battle for
I lie interests and are making their
last stand in the entrenchments
of constilutionalisin.
They have been brought to a
realization of the dangers to
Ihem, of direct action by the peo
ple. II was the state-wide pri
maries which placed the Taft peo
ple in such a position that they
were compelled to snatch success
out of failure by robbing states
and districts out of their repre
sentation on technical grounds.
It was their high-handed meth
ods which has rent in twain the
party which has made possible
the multi-millionaires and aggre
galioiijj of multi-millionaires, and
upon the other hand hundreds of
thousands who eke out a bare ex
istence by working their wives
and children under the most, un
sanitary conditions.
The position assumed by Pres
ident Tafl is not because lie lacks
faith in the peopl?, but ralher the
contrary. He knows, as lie must
know, that the people can be
trusted to bring about a change
in the present unbalanced condi
tion of affairs by which the rich
are being made richer and the
noor noorer.
Tildoctrine «• f I In* direct voice
of |he people is no new political i
propaganda. Tin* quotation giv
cii al Hip hoar! of I his article i |
(h<» lliinl plank, in its pulirply, of
1 h<* first Republican platform cv
pr adopted and was issued from
Washington June 10, 1855: was
adopted at Philadelphia. and un
der the plank Hen. John C. Frp-j
rnonl wpnt before tlip electorate.!
It was lli«' kpynrdp of the declar
alion of principlps which the
handful of mru issued to thp na
tion as their just ifirat ion in
breaking all parly ties and band
ing together to organize a new po
litical party, which was destined
to reign almost uninterruptedly
until Hi.* coming of the day when
they should disregard this plank,
and go down t.o ignominious de
feat.
"Shall the people rule?" is the
erv which brought forth Repub
licanism. as it will he the rule of
the people which will turn over J
the reins of government to th?*
Democratic, parly.
HOWIE,
A homely Anglo-Saxon word,
expressing in its four letters what
it lakes a sentence to say in
French, Italian or Spanish.
"Home" is all man has to strug
gle for; from it springs ambition,
morals, advancement, in fact, all
worth having on earth. It is thp
home which makes the commun
ity and thp nation. Without homo
there would bp no industry, no
schools, no churches*. A commun
ity without homps, or, perhap*,
brtler said, a ramp, while not nec
issarily immoral, would at lea l
be unmoral. How oflpp have we
P oneers not iced the change mad '
in a frontier camp by the advent
of a singb* home? How the re
fining influences of one good wo
man and mother imniPdiately
spread itself over the entire com
munity and always fop the good.
Opponents of home rule in
Alaska insisted that there was no
permanency in our population;
that we were here today and there
I ^morrow; that there were no
homes to insure stability and good
government. Of course there are
homes in Alaska and it is equal
ly true that only too greal a pro
portion of our people have come
north to make "a stake" and re
turn from whence they came.
The moral effect of a home town
can be best illustrated by Valdez,
it having probably more homes
than any community in South
western Alaska and more than any
town in Alaska save possibly Ju
neau. Valdez has had more ups
and downs than anj northern
community; a half dozen times
the town has been "killed off" by
her revenue being taken away
from her and rivals growing up
with glittering prospects to take
away her population.
Naturally the single man, by
force of habit, stampeded, but the
inar\ of family, thought of wife
and babes and immediately devot
ed himself to the development of
other resources by which to main
tain himself and family, with the
result that he has founded a city
based upon permanent resources,
which will grow steadily and sol
idly, out-distancing other places
bolstered up by artificial help, and
wholly dependent upon the whims
and pleasure of men no more in
terested in the community than it
may serve their purpose in the
course of money making.
Valdez owes its existence and
whatever prosperity conies to it
lo no man or set of men. No cor
poration can dictate to it its wants
op demands. The debt I ho com
munity owes is to its men of fam
ily. The owners of the homes are
Ihe preservers of tin* integrity of;
llif community.
COST OF THE PHILIPPINES.
President Taft has sent a mes
sage to congress which shows that
up to this time congress has ap
propriated $3,451,925 for the
Philippine islands. This repre
sents all of the direct disburse
ments made out of the treasury
of the United States for the Phil
ippine islands since their acquisi
tion, and should put a stop to the
talk about the enormous burden**
which the islands have been upon
the federal treasury. Properly,
the president does not charge up
against the islands the cost of the
support of the army and navy
force in the Philippines, for the
cost is substantially the same
whether the army and navy forces
are there or at home.
The president makes il clear
lh.ii lie regards the Philippines as
mot e nearly self-supporling than
any oilier territory in Ihe Unit
Mi Si ales. This is true, however,
solely for Ihe reason that the
Philippines have been given op
portunities for self-support and
self-governmeiil out of all com
parison greater lhan those ac
corded any oilier lerrilory of Ihe
United Slates, or even any of the
nerv r stales.
. If congress would elect to
(real Alaska, an infinitely more
valuable possession and with a
population almost exclusively
of white American citizens, with
one-tenth of Hie liberality that it
has treated the Philippines, that
territory would not only be self
support in^, bill il would develop
in sueli a manner that the trade
of l.lii* I'niled States wilh it would
be worth more than Ihn trade
which Ibis country now has with
any foreign counlry on the Paci
fic, wilh the Philippines thrown in
for good measure.
The Philippines are given prac
tical autonomy. They have con
li'ol of all the sources of revenue
and do nol contribute a dollar in
taxes to the federal government.
More important still, they are per
mitted to control all of their own
lands, all of their own natural re
sources, without interference by
congress or any department of the
federal government, and to use
the proceeds for the development
of their own country. In Alaska
all of the lands and natural re
sources have been tied up for
years, and promise to be tied up
for an indefinite lime in the fu
ture. Whenever their develop
ment is permitted, the federal
government will have to be paid
for all that Is utilized, and the
[proceeds will go, not lo the aid of
Alaska, bill elsewhere.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
II is highly ilnprobahle that
Roosevelt will refer to the third
term in his keynote speech.
The politicians lined tip against
the third party movement are
mostly Republican standpatters.
A scientist declares lhat earth
quakes are good for the liver, but
we know of some which were
rather hard on the living.
Many of the standpatters are
beginning to believe a war with
Mexico would be a valuable po
litical as°et at this time.
If you are interested in the
proposition-the Treasury depart
ment announces that counterfeit
$100 bill** are in circulation.
The flght Uncle Bam has insti
tuted on the patent paper trust
will fall hard on the editorial col
umns of some of our contempor
aries.
Dowq in Washington state ev
erything is topsy-turvy with the
Republicans; there are flies in the
molasses, dirt in the gasoline,
snails in the nasturtiums and de
feat in sight.
Politicians are beyond under
standing. They admit it to be the
part of wi dom to permit the peo
ple to elect their officers, but think
it a dangerous, revolutionary and
Socialistic tendency for the people
to nominate the men they arc to
elect.
Arizona recently enacted a law
making a mining property, oper
ated under a lease, option, or oth
erwise, responsible for all bills for
labor involved in working the
property. Similar bills have been
enact ed elsewhere, and certainly
l he laborer often needs better
protection. We are sorry to note,
however, lhat Judge WiVkrr.'diam
has taken n<> sl«*>»«; to amend the
defects in his original lien law.
Launches and Lighters
For Sale, Rent or Charter
Weekly service to Ellarnar
Landlock and Fidalgo
Capt- D. E. MORRIS. City Dock
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Service*.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
8ENORITA MENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VACDBZ. ALASKA
Rmpohtb on Minbb
Patknt Surveys
Qmnbbal Mining Enoinbmrino
'f*HONm No. IOS
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res Phone.
MISCELLANEOUS
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Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'elocU In
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Valdes lyodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday la
each month In McKlnley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
James H. Patterson,,W. M
C. C Reynolds. Sec
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O.F.
vinltfncr and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Vaides Odd Follows' Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HUNT. Secretary.
rue.
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Made of the choicest calf leather and solid
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THE BEST SHOE ON THE MARKET
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AT
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PHONE 2.
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Undertaker, Embalmern
Funeral Directors
,4S GEO. ROBBINS, Mfr.
Steam Heat Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furni.hed Room. All Modern Convenience.
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ I|LIDf7P anc^ Building
Puget Sound JLUlVlDlUv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
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SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
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Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking!
Business
S* BLUM &
incorporated -
BANKER:
capital
oo.ooo:
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.