Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TEKlftt
One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
3 or Vice-President—
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
"For Delegate lo Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
THE ARTFUL DODGER.
All attempts lo make James
W yl'a: » announce i• i u;i.
<p alilicd l-i-ns that he is an act -
ivo for delegate to Con
gress have proven abortive. The
most that can he obtained from
the oily James is that "ho i>< in
the hands of his friends."
Aia>bo there is some method
in the hybrid candidate's as
sumption of a non-committal at
tilndc. It appears on the one
hand al James, donbtfnl of the
oiilcome, has cast an anchor I«»
1hi* windward and is preparing
to say 111 a I he was ii< »l an active
eandid.ite. look no pari in the
< ampaign, resting bis case en
I irely in the hands of friends
who proved themselves incapable
of managing a winning campaign.
James is eapabe of this as he
has heretofore been known lo
show a perfect willingness lo
sacrifice his friends in order lo
save his own hide.
To I lie man lip the tree, lm\v
ever, il looks very much as if
our delegate lo Con press crossed
a political stream on I he backs
of his fricmls in order lo save
the lustre on his shoos, when ho
had I hem assemble in convention
fo nominale six delegates lo Iho
Chicago convention instructed for
Teddy Hoosevell. If is cjuilo like
ly lhal Mi*. Wickersham, who was j
nol parlicularlv desirous of re
maining in Congress under ad
verso conditions, figured thai if
ho could land Alaska lo Roose
voll. through a rump convention,
and I lie laller succeeded in gel
ling the Chicago nominalion, il
would even I ualc in his landing in!
Iho puhnalorial r-haii* with lliej
seven hundred or more federal i
appointmeuls al his disposal. Tliej
local delegates in I lie Wickersham j
ronvenlion. together with I ho j
five delegates who attended from;
neighboring towns were merely
the calspaws of Iho snhlle man
ipulator hack in Washington.
The Monorahle .Tames was will
ing lo stultify Alaska and make
monkeys of his supporters in or
der lo satisfy an insatiable am
bition for office and ils eoncom-i
i I a ill powers. II is equally no
licoablo lhal Iho wiloy Jamo* is |
permitting his followers lo fool!
Iho campaign bills in the blind
hope that some day the present
delegate will land them in rom
forlable berths al tin* public crib.
Willi his usual thrift. Mr.
Wickersham is using Iho gov
ernmenl telegraph lo boom his
candidacy, in lolling how inueh
lie is doing by franking his dis
patches as ofTieial business. And
this. loo. from Iho man who sees
so much |o condemn in others.
THE PEOPLE HAVE GAINED.
TIip mho nol jrain f«»r fli<* peo
ple out »»f the oonlosl* at Clii
oaffo and Halliniore is fho cor
fnmly thai thereafter they will
have a part in the earlier selec
tion of flii-ir candidates, instead
of hoinpr content wiHi making a
ehoiro in November anions Iho
candidates having their own sel
fish interests to servo.
Tli r* pooplo havo discovered
I Tin t I tio evils arising in poliliral
affairs ran l»f usually traced lo
Ilie* far! IhnI bosses, nol Iho poo
plo, liavo had full sway in Iho
preliminary work of selecting
eandidalos f«»r office and Iho peo
plo |oo oflen havo no option ex
eepl hf select Iho Ira^f unworthy
«.f iho eandidnlos selected for|
lliom. Tho rovoll against this
method has led If) Iho adoption
»»f iho primary laws in many of
Iho slates. In some of. Iho slalos
Iho primary laws havo boon im
porfoclly drifted. They can he
Kroally improved. II. costs a good
deal of money to operate these
primary systems, and there are
si ill somo people who prefer lo
have our political arrangements
made for us by little groups of
interested gentlemen, conspiring
in secret.
Hut the people of the country
will not be induced to return to
any such methods. The heavy
cost of the primaries is insigni
ficant compared with the greater
cost of having incompetent or
corrupt candidates selected for us
by the bosses. The people are
demanding a more personal gov
ernment and are certain to have
it and profit by it. The year 1912
will be lemembered in political
history as the year the bosses
had Ihcir last fling.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Steadfast old Iowa is a pill
hard for Republicans to swallow.
In another fortnight the great
danger of glacier floods will have
.passed.
The Darrow trial is beginning
to rcemblj an incident in Italy
just closed.
Kaeh day brings fresh assur
ances to Wilson of a united party
behind his candidacy.
(ieo. Baldwin and Steve Birch
had a most enjoyable trip to
gelher a* far as Oordova.
It is well the hospital should
remain open for the reception of
maimed base hall players on Sun
day.
"I'nele Joe" C.ann<»n success
fully dodged the living hriek bats,
so thiek in I In' (UiieaM<> atmos
phere.
Wlii-n Tafl starts out. on liis
Isii'iir defense campaign lie will
he pulling' the wool over the eves
i»f liis. auditors.
Musi of tin? Chinese cabinet
have resigned. They will soon
be followed by another cabinet
not so far distant.
Not e\i'ii llu> glory of helping
to uoiiiinale a third party eandi
ilate will fall to the lot of Alas
ka's political eunuchs.
.lark Johnson has opened a
rale in Chicago. II is to bo pre
sumed that everyone patronizing
I lie place will be coffee colored.
James Fish, Jr.,.has been post
ing notices of the general elec
tion in I lie several voting pre
•uieis in this commissioner's dis
trict.
Another opportunity is being
die red Sunday school teachers
iiinl working girls to invest in
Maska railroads, mines and
Lmnks.
(Sow lladley of Missouri is un
leriaking a contract of huge di
mensions when he attempts to
suppress anything liis former
leader is concerned in.
We would suggest the friends
tf Delegate Wickersliani tele
xraph to ascertain where the bill
|o extend the corporate limits of
Valdcz is at Hie present lime.
It is noticeable tin; chairman
>f the Republican national coiii
initte was taken out of the pres
ident's official family. Can it be
llial in> one else wauled the place?
II co*l nearly Iwo million to
elect Iloosevi'll al the heiuhth of
his popularity. To accomplish
I lie same* purpose with Tafl would
lake llpure.s beyond computation.
As llio days roll by it is be
coming impressed upon the Re
publicans that their chances of
victory this fall arc growing more
distant as tin* election approach
es.
The Elks have twice shown
Iheir love for the brute creation.
First when they abandoned the
elk tooth as the emblem of tho
order and now they have gone on
record as the friend of the goat,
bull!
There are the element^ which
fio to tho building of flesh and
bom* in Ibis climnte. About half
Hip f.enns of Iwo years ago are
in I he Fat class this y»»ar, while
the l.cans have not recruited N»
their ranks save by importation.
Sincerity and consistency are
attributes to bo admired in man.
It naturally follows that insin
cerity and inconsistency are to
be deplored. We have a number
of times heard Mr. Geo. Baldwin
discant on the demoniac attri
butes of Stephen Birch only to
witness him embrace the mining
man when he recently visited the
city. Where is Steve Birch, any
way?
TOM MAGILL
GENERAL UPHOLSTERER
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At V. B. & M. C. Phone 8
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Complete change of program on
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Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
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Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings. Ilrst and third Monday.
Cafl on P. S. HUNT. Secretary.
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