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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 11)12.
THE GOAL NOT YET REACHED.
When congress accorded to
Alaska a delegate in 1800, Alas
kans were led to believe (hat Ihe
many hindrances lo the develop
ment of Ihe territory were al an
end. That Ihe conflict in inter
ests, or, belter said, supposed
conflicts, would be of the past.
The demands of Alaskans were
simple, reasonable and fair; we
asked hut Ihe opportunity of de_
vcloping our rich storehouse to
our own and to the country's ben
elil, just as oilier raw territories
had been developed since Ihe
liMindalin »»f Ihe ^overuiuent. We
were led In believe Ihe laws we
tn-eded would lie given lis for Ihe
asking. We had every reason lo
suppose lli.'il congress would ac
eord lo us what she had given
oilier terrilories since (lie union
of llie original thirteen stales.
mx years have elapsed since
I lion, and what have wo In show
for (hoso six years of effort and
waiting? During that period,
when so much should have been
accomplished, our population has
barely held its own. The same
obsolete laws are on our statute
books find congress has become
.suspicious of every request we
make to emancipate ourselves
from the results of the sophomor
ic legislation and departmental
orders issued for our government
and the control of the natural re
sources of the country.
There can be no doubt but that
congress has been willing to help
ns out of our dilemma, and would
have done so had they been shown
the way. They have just given
us a quasi territorial form of gov
ernment, but have sn restricted
nur powers of legislation as to t
leave ns as helpless as before,
save on a few minor mailers. We
have no power In regulate our
mininpr afTairs. our fisheries wild
Knmo, liquor IrafTic and wlinl not.
Much of Ibis condition <if af
fairs is «lue lo I he theories of
Theodore Roosevelt, (iifTord Pin
ehot and our delegate lo con
gress, who has devoted by far the
greater portion of his lime in
Washington in pulling stumbling
blocks in «h«» way of capitalistic
enterprise1 in order to avenge him
self upon some supposed or real
enemy and I bus has retarded eco
nomic bellermenl which might
have started I he territory well on
l«» I he road o prosperity.
r. day our principal resources
are either conserved or assigned
lo I lie hands <• P groat and waste
ful corporal ions placed, beyond
our reach.
,W\v ami strange rulings are I»♦*
ing mailc liy which il is heeoming
more ami more difficult to acquire
a title in fsimple In mining
I imp rly and water rights, ami ab
solutely prohibits Ih«* opening and
oxploitalion of our fuel beds. Un
trained, ami we may even say un
balanced, minds an- attempting •«>
evolve a now system of properly
rights for Alaska, and while we
arc undergoing this experimental
stage capital refuses to he made
a parly to the vagaries of I he in
competent theorists who have
control of our public domain.
We may anticipate much relief
from our local legislature, hut,
like our delegate, il will in Ihe end
prove bill an emply dream. Soon
er or I a I #■ r Ihe people will discov
er Hint our territorial legislature
is circumscribed in its powers lo
taxing whal liltle properly wo
have aceumulaled and drawing
their own salaries. The real re—
lief needed |o build up Ihis terri
lory has been reserved to congress
and tIm departments in Washing
ton and they are far from hav
ing completed their experiments
in regards to Alaska.
If you want all the news all th*
ime read the Prospector
THE "LAYMEN MOB."
Washington lawyers do not ap
prove of the initiative and refer
endum and the reason is not at
all difficult to perceive, although
the arguments against that pro
gressive sort of legislation are not
Ruch as appeal t<reven the aver
age lawyer. The inftiative ahd
referendum may, as some of the
members of the. Washington Bar
association allege, be an invasion
of the province of the bar by "the
layman mob" but it wilf strike the
average man that because of the
numerous instances when legis
latures have done those things
which they ought not to have done,
that it is about time for the "lay
men mob" to try* its hand al leg
islating in its own behalf.
So long as I he process of mak
ing laws is kept in the hands of
the political lawyers and the "lay
man mob" is led to believe that
there is something inexpressibly
deep and mysterious in the mak
ing of laws, so long may stat
utes be drawn that will require a
sharp legal mind to interpret.
When common sense, combined
with |hi' benefit of legal advice, is
employed, there is a possibility
that laws may be framed that will
mean just what they say and not
what some lawyer declares they
should mean to til the exigencies
of his case.
We have seen lawyers frame
laws which do nut stand the lest
of the courts, and surely the "lay
man mob" cannot do worse, while
in the latter case it is obvious
that the. attempt will at least he in
line with the desires of the people.
The iniialive and referendum
was demanded because of the fact
that legislators were in the halt
j| ul ignoring I lit' < I < > 111 a 11 < I.; of
I In* people. II is 11<>1 ofI i*ii Dial
fIn* initialive and referendum is
invoked, but ii is safe lo say I hat
too much opposition thereto may
some day result in all legislation
being initiated or at least referred
to the people before it can be en
acted and then we will indeed ex
perience the rule of "the layman
mob."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Bull ftfoose train has a Jim
Crow car hitched on.
Evidently Tafl has his veto mes
sages printed by the ream.
How the salmon canners must
smile at. that emasculated home
rule bill!
We have heard no knocking
against the drought we are ex
periencing.
Like all true patriots, Ihe Bull
Moose is willing lo sacrifice Ihe
country for Teddy Roosevelt's
good.
What is fame, anyway? Here
is Falcon Joslin, of everywhere
else and Fairbanks, who is men
tioned in the Baltimore papers
as "Fallon Jolung."
Darrow will be a belter crimi
nal lawyer now than ever before,
as his understanding of the pris
oner's point of view has been con
siderably broadened.
Secretory Fisher will have a re
call string attached to Dial Alaska
railroad commission in case they
stray far from Ihe right-of-way
of Ihe Alaska Northern railroad.
il i* said President Tnfl will
not veto the enabling ad creating
a legislature fur I lit* territory of
Alaska. Why should lie? The
legislature can't do anylhiiiK I"
hurl.
The appointment of Clinton W.
Howard to the federal judgeship
made vacant by Ihe resignation of
Judge Unnford, will be no sad dis
appointment to the big corpora
tions.
Mine. Calve says file Chinese arc
real lover.s of music. Mmc. Calve
probably never heard the brand
of Chinese music served out be
fore the Chinese pavilions at ex
positions in this country.
Now, brer. Fisher, jnst tell I hat
railroad commission to prococd to
Hcgurrcclion bay and recommend
tlio purchase of that imitation
raifroad-bilf, will congress ap
propriate the money?
Any Democrat desiring a little
temporary notoriety has only to
announce himself ft "Roosevelt
progressive" and he'll become as
fftinilinr to the public eye as a
Pe-ru-na advertisement.
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H. C. DAVIS
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NOTIOE TO OREDITOflS.
In tho United Stales Commission
er's Court, ex officio judge in
Probato, Valdoz Precinct, Ter
ritory of. Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
Louis Camicia, deceased.-Notico
to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by tho
undersigned administrators of tho
estate of Louis Camicia, deceas
cdf to the creditors of, and all per
sons having claim?} against thi
said estate, to exhibit thom with
tho necessary vouchors, within
six (0) months after tho first pub
lication of this notico, to tho said
administrators at tho offico of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, tho
samo being tho place for the
transaction of tho business of said
estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
1st day of August, 1912.
JAMES FISH,
W. .H. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estato of
Louis Camicia, dedeased.
Fir t publication Aug. 12, 1912.
Last publication Sept. 12, 1912.
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