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Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
j or Vice-President—
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
Fur Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
RESERVATIONS FOR THE NA
TIVES.
Evidence comes lo hand almost
daily of the widespread interest
over everything pertaining to
Alaska. For instance, a corres
pondent writes calling attention
Jo the fact that Arthur L. Hates,
representative from Pennsylvan
ia, presented a petition from the
citizens of Meadville and Erie to
tin- House on Juno 22 to provide
reservations for the natives in
Alaska and to aid in the relief of
medical and sanitary conditions
among them.
When individual communities,
and especially those of the far
Fast, because of the dense igno
rance which prevailed in them
about northern conditions, begin
lo interest themselves, ii will not
he long until practical legislation
will follow. Nothing is so pow
erful as puhic opinion or local
sentiment to arouse national law
makers into realizing their re
sponsibility.
To begin with, if the go\em
inent would use its secret ser
vice to get evidence against
"hootch" peddlers, one of the
worst demoralizing influences
working to the destruction of the
race would be removed. The re
port I hat secret service men have
been on the job the past year or
so hardly sfpiares itself with the I
fact ili.al booze is sold to Indians
srs almost every community in!
Alaska. Tic nexi imp •riant .■»I• -p |
is I•» provide the proper nmlical •
and surgical facilities for check
ing the diseases fastened upon
the race by Orientals and degen
erate whiles.
The Daily Alaskan favors the
plan to create reservations which I
"will insure lh" different (riles!
enough land lo include their vil-j.
lages and burial places, where
liny will no| interfere with in-1
d'l.-tiial needs, hut is opposed to]
Iho leservatioii system such asj
has been productive of so much
grafl on the outside. The aver
age Alaska native U intelligent
and readily adapts himself to!
changed conditions, and all he;
needs is a square deal the right j
lo help himself. The Hnplislj
mission at Wood island. <uip-j
ported by funds from the Socielyl
of New F.nRlaml Women, is do
ing mi excellent work which
.iii^lil well form an example for!
Iho government to follow.—flop!-1
do\a Alaskan.
SHOULD THEY BE RECALLED?;
Tin' average attorney wlio has
lin«l a case in anything higher
than a justice court is always
ready In go up in Ihe nil* when
there is any I a 1 k in his hearing
of llm recall of judges. He at
oiicp agrees wilh Mr. Taf I-before
Mr. Taft recalled a judicial de
cision in I he Leonard Olsson case
—I ha I "I he ark of I he covenant,"
is threatened, and a lot of balder
dash of that brand.
Ah a matter of cold fact, the
judges and the courts and the
lawyers, not the people, are re
sponsible for the popular pro
^sl against judges, judicial de
risions and the law's delays. One
of llic causes for the mor.1 or less
pronounced distrust and impa
I ience wilh the courts on Ihc part
of a section of the people is il
lustrated by the recent action of
the Illiyois supreme court in re
versing a verdict by which Geo.
Clark was sentenced to ten years'
imprisonment for robbing John
hemhiuskj by n confidence game.
The indictment hnd charged
Hint Clark "did unlawfully and
feloniously obtain from John
Deuibinski his money by means
and by use of the confidence
game," and the Supreme Court
held that the pronoun "his"
might as correctly refer to the
accused as to the victim.
Hence these judges decided that
it was not clear whether the ac
cused had stolen the victim's
money or his own. The evidence
was clear enough, hul this was
ignored. It' the conrts which arc
established to administer jus
tice subordinate justice to gram
mar 'n a ease which is perfectly
clear on its face, they must nol
wonder at popular disrespect for
their functions.
This case is not unique. The
Supreme Court of Missouri re
cently dismissed a murderer be
cause the iudictnirnl charged
that, he was guilty of the crime,
using all Ihe legal verbiage, "con
trary to the peace and dignity of
Ihe state." The Supreme Court
held that Ihe indictment, should
have read, "contrary to the peace
and dignity of said state," not of
"the stale." Instances of llfis
kind might be multiplied by the
hundreds.
There will be less demand for
Ihe recall of judges and judicial
decisions when the lawyers and
the courts recognize that the
fault, is theirs and adopt Ihe
needed remedies for Ihe correc
tion of obsolete methods in court
procedure.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Whenever a skunk turns loose
we have reason |o expect a smell.
Perhaps Ihe cross-eyed man
might see our delegate at an all
ele of usefulness.
i.orimer's assaults on I he press
will give a character to journal
ism never yd attained.
A contemporary sagely re
marks thai Ihe bandana is a til
'inhlem of those who mainly
Idow.
The expulsion of l.oriincr was
rather Hit' result of public senti
ment than of a desire to clean up
Ihe Senate.
The gradual opening of thcl
•opper properties down the soundi
means much for the future pros
perity of Yaldez.
In defending Ihe present larilVi
schedule Tall will be boosting llicj
prevailing high prices for Ihe
lecessaries of life.
The full berry box, of which I Id*
I'ugel sound papers are singing
heir praises, has nothing to do
.villi Tail's empty dinner pail.
The standpatters have dubbed
lloosevcll "Tlieo. the Crazy.*'
I'liose who have lost their rea
son generally imagine others to
>e oil' their base.
If if were the earnest desire of
he Senate lo purge itself cnlire
y there would be still fewer inein
icrs of that body in their seats
ban there is at the present time.
I.a I'olMle's comparison of the
nelhods of Roosevelt and Bryan
is pretty lough on I lie latter, from
In' mere fact of being compared
kvilli I lie Oysler Bay man at all.
The' Wickcrsham commit lees
!iad heller establish a liars' ex
liauge, inasmuch as I hey have
tieiMi regularly "swapping" lies
between lliemselves for public
•<»nsumpl ion.
The ex-mayor of Juneau ap
pears to he about as expert in
sending oul polilical misinforina
I irmi froir I lie territorial capital
iis the Valde/ bucli is in tnis-slal
ing home news of a political
character.
It is hardly thought that Mr.
Wickersham's tafTy will bring Mr.
Ritchie back to the fold. That
gentleman was too much outrag
ed by the delegate attempting to
force Roosevelt down his throat
nolens volens.
Will Governor Deneen appoint
a standpatter to nil the vacancy
made by Lorimcr's expulsion?
The voters of Illinois will he giv
en an opportunity to know just
where their executive stands prior
to the election.
It would be well for the mar
shal's office to see that the um
pires in tomorrow's frame do not
Ko too heavily armed. II would
he regrettahle if any of Hie play
ers were killed outright, as no
doubt I hey will be deserving of a
slower death.
If hclegale Wickcrshani can
make that denl with the salmon
packers he will save himself sev
eral hundred dollars and inci
dentally the ennners will not raise
r
j the fighting delegate's ire when
| some "needed" legislation is
pushed through Congress. This
comes under tin- head of "reci
procity "
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Sundays two shows at 8 and
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