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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
Tor Vice-President—
TH08. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
THAT HOME RULE BILL.
A weak attempt is being made
to lend I lie impression that the
Alaska home rule hill passed by
the house of representatives, and
known as II. B. No. 38, is I lie so
called "Wickersham hill" amend
ed. Nothing can he further from
the truth. In the present home
rule hill there is nothing of our
delegate's measure. If was not
even considered. The history of
the home rule hill is as follows:
When the Democratic party
came into power in I In* lower
branch of Congress, al tin* first
session of the 02nd Congress, the
Democratic members in caucus
among other things decided that
the Alaska home rule bill should
become a party measure, and to
that end Representative Sulzer
introduced his bill "providing for
a territorial form of government
l««r Alaska." In due course of
time this bill came before the
House Committee on Territories,
which committee found this bill
too restrictive as to the legisla
tive powers given the legislature,
drafted a bill and reported the
same to the house, a«* the "Flood
]>ill" and recommended its pass
age. When it was reached on the
calendar it passed the house with
a few amendments, notably the
woman's suffrage clause offered
by the member from Wyoming.
The bill passed the house unan
imously.
Mr. Wickersham's connection
Willi this measure only pics in
sofar as hi< 111<>ni)>«• rsliip of I lie
<-< >111 III j | I |>.Till il l»'ll llilll In voir.
favorably «>11 its passage, as il
iliil on 111«» floor of I lit* house. His
vole was one of a unanimous
coin in i 11 cc ;mi I lie lloor of I lie low
er branch or Congress liis vole
was oiw in a unanimous house.
In Hie eommil lee llie bill was
sponsored by Mr. Flood, of Vir
ginia, ami Mr. Itoolicr, of Mis
souri. The delegate from Hawaii,
or I lie resident commissioners
from Porto llieo, or the Philip
pine Islands exereised each I he
same weight of influence as Mr.
Wiekersham.
The Wiekersham bill was
thrown aside, lirsr, because our
delegate, no| being a inember of
the nia.jorily parly of the house,
would no! be given the credit of
creating Alaska info a territory
with self-government, and, sec
ondly, because I he "Wiekersham
bill" was entirely inefficient from
a Democratic standpoint; that is
it gave I tie people of Alaska no
const rucl ive powers whatever, go
ing even so far as In limit I heir
power In initiate. The crux of
the Wiekersham bill was embod
ied in the clause providing I hat,
any act, passed by the territorial
legislature would not become op
erative until Congress had given
its assent to the measure. II left,
the legislature in the position of
an advisory body pure and simple.
The Flood bill gives the legis
lature full power to enact laws,
not contrary to the enabling act,
leaving to Congress the right to
veto the. laws passed by the local
law-making body, being in full
force and effect until such veto
should be exercised by Congress.
That is all there in to It. The
Congressional Record will bear
out llie facts here given.
THE PRE88 AND THE PRESI
DENCY.
The following influential Repub
lican and Independent Republi
can p'ipef.i have come out pen.
nouu'sedly axainsl the Heguiai
Republican -ticket, headed by Wil
liam Howard Tafl. The list if
woefully incomplete, as il is dif
ficult to keep track of such mai
lers at this distance from fhi
seat of the presidential campaign
It is sufficiently suggestive, how
ever, to give a fair idea of th(
trend of political thought in th<
, states und to insure the defeat
of Mr. Taft for re-election:
Chicago Tribune and Post,
Philadelphia North American,
Kansas iCty Star and Times, Bal
timore Sun and News, Boston
Journal, Washington Times,
Pittsburg Leader, Emporia Ga
zette, Spokane Spokesman-Re
view, Sacramento Union, Tacoma
Tribune, Walla Walla Bulletin,
San Francisco Bulletin, Los An
geles Tribune and Express, Fres
no Republican, Madison (Wis.)
State Journal, Indianapolis Star,
Torre Haute Star, Louisville Her
ald, St. Paul Pioneer Press and
Dispatch, Mail of New York, to
gether with two-thirds of the Re
publican country press of the Pa
cific coast and one-half of those
published we«t <>f the Mississippi
river.
Never before in the history of
(lie country since the downfall of
I he Whig party has there been
such a defection from one of the
old political parties; never have
one of the dominant parties
withstood such a movement of
secession from its ranks.
On the other hand the Inquirer
of Philadelphia, Inter-Ocean of
Chicago, Free Press of Detroit
and Evening Post and Tribune
of New York, the Chronicle and
Call of San Francisco, Globe
Democrat of St. Louis, Journal of
Kansas City, and Springfield Re
publican, while bilL'rly assault
ing those sponsoring the third
parly ticket, are doleful as lo the
results of Ihe election. The words
of the Inter-Ocean about fits the
underlying .sentiment of the ad
min'si rat ion press, which says:
deems "i| is idle lo ignore the dif
ficulties of Mr. Taft's election."
They all tacitly admit I tie pos
sibility of Republican defeat. Ev
en Chas. P. Taft's Cincinnati
Times-Star takes Ibis gloomy
view of the situation: "It is said
that the ticket, nominated at Chi
cago cannot win in November.
The number of people who sub
scribe to this belief will be con
siderably smaller a month from
now than it is today."
Here we have the president's
own brother taking the gloomy
view of impending defeat along
wjlli Ihe optimistic hope of a
change in popular sentiment. But
what is there to change the popu
iar disgust at the chicanery
practiced by the machine al Chi
cago? Docs Mr. Charles P. Taft
believe lhal the people will for
get I hat Tai l's nomination was
j .stolen? l>oes he accredit the
people with being so forgetful of
Mr. Tail's weak and vaccilating
poliey? The Springfield Hepuh
jlican. a political barometer in
national polities, calls the pres
ident's nomination deserved, hut
I bis re-election dubious.
It must be remembered that all
I this was written immediately af
ler Mr. Tafl's nomination. Since
then the National Progressives
have organized in forty-two
I slates, giving such papers as the
|S|. Louis Globe-Democrat, which
llhen said: "In general, the bolts
iwhich have taken place in Ihe Re
! publican party, have injured no
Ibody except the boilers," a chanco
for .1 modification of its early ex
pressed views. There is certain
ly hard sledding ahead for Taft
and his steam roller.
Some of Ihe issues of Ihe cam
paign may'be threshed out by the
coming grand jury.
Please excuse our ignorance,
bill what offices are Shacklcford
and lloggall after, anyway?
Poor Oregon! Her voters will
again be called "crazy" by the
diagnosticians of the Republican
party.
We don't see where there's a
kick a comin' when Taft got a
renomination and Teddy has one
showing tip.
The adjournment of the two
conventions no longer necessi
tate* the maintenance of a large
standing army.
The steam roller may be ef
fective on Ihe floor of a fixed con
vention, but it is a poor vessel
j in which to privnleer.
The man on horseback was
some pumpkins in history, but
lie's wholly outclassed by the
man on the steam roller.
It's the old slory of the cats
under the barn. The loud noises
m the fiallimoro convention siiu
i ply meant more Democrats.
No, the Socialists have no copy
i right on red. It has been a pow
i crful inuuericc in local politics
before Fritz joined liis present
party.
We believe it was one of the
Colonel's own boys who facetious
ly remarked, "When father goes
lo a funeral he wants to be the
corpse/'
TOM MAGILL
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Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
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ouested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings. Mrst and third Monday.
Coll on P. S. HUNT. Sccretorv.
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