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EDITORIAL PAGE
OVATION TO WICKKRSHAM
The telegram below, which tella
of Delegate Junes wtckorsham's
reception a fair days ago 114 Ketchi
kan, whore ha stopped over to make
th« opening speach in his inde
pendent raca tor re-election, will not
Da a surprise to thowi wuo have
kept in touch with tha sentiments
entertained by the people of this
territory lor him and Ills Alaska
policy. Thq gathering was more
ia the na.tu.ra of aa oration to a
triad and faithful servant for the
good that ha had accomplished, than
It was of a political meeting, but
it was also a spontaneous manifes
tation of the appreciation in which
Mr. Wlckersham is held by the
voters of both sexes in tke terri
tory and an earnest of what they
will do at the polls whan the time
comag for them to cast their bal
lotB:
Ketchikan, Sept. 15—Announc
ing his candidacy ss an independ
ent candidate for congress, Delegate
'Jamas Wlckersham spoke before a
packed house at Redman's hall this
evening.
Ha was cheered to the echo when
he read letters from Judge Jennings,
John Troy and Charles Bunnell, the
democratic candidate for delegate,
and other* endorsing his territor
ial bill and congratulating him in
glowing terms on its passage.
Ha also sprung a sensation when
ha produced a copy of Bunnell's ap
plication three yeara ago as the
republican aspirant for the town
site trustee at Vaide*; also a let
ter written by Bunnell denouncing
former Governor Hoggatt for the lat
tar's attack against Wlckereham
and signed as a republican.
Delegate Wickersham returns to
Alaska with all his old fighting
spirit.
The delegate declares that he was
not interested in thq legislative
fight ia any division in Alaska.
He will speak at Wrangell Friday
night and will then continue his
cajnpaiga of the coast towns, going
to the Interior by stage.
*\ THAT HOME RULE ISSUE
After wasting miles of words in
aa effort to prove that WlCkerBham
did not support home rule until it
wa« popular, sayi the Juneau Dis
patch, the Empire declares that it
doesn't matter, anyway, that "it is
not an isaug in. the present cam
paign."
It la an issue. The Dispatch con
siders tt a vital issue, from the
fact that the Bunnell pre6s is lay
lag <reat stress on the home rule
plank upon which they expect to
slide their candidate into congress.
It is true that different political
conventions, at the time Wioker
sham shied his hat Into the ring
had previously adopted resolutions
favoring homo rule. These con
ventions were mere shells without
substance, representing only the
outside interests of certain cliques.
The home rule plank was adopted
simply as a sop to the people in. the
hope of catching -votes. The in
terests which controlled the conven
tion were opposed to home rule The
govrenor of the territory was op
pose to home rule, some of the
present "democrats" were opposed
to home rule. Practically ell of the
federal officials were against home
rule With hardly an exception the
attorneys were opposed to home
rule All of the captains of indus
try were opposed to home rule
Mostly the miners working in the
hills and the working classes were
th» real advocates of home rule.
Different representatives of the
people tried to make home rule
popular, but encountered a stone
wall of opposition. Thomas ca'e,
the first delegate, failed utterly in
making an Impression against the
*troi*{ anti-home rule crowd.
Then SVickersham came out as
tie champloa of the people. He wa
made pf sterner stuff than CaJe and
othera who had, been browbeaten
and defeated at every turn^ in him
the people—miners and others who
really believed in, home rule—
found a champion who could not be
scared, bullied or smashed. Every
time the interests atjd their follow
ers whacked him over the head he
came back smiling and whacked them
just a little harder. Political
strings were pulled and conventions
manipulated to keep him out of the
game and kill him off, but ®ach
time they thought they had hint,
each time they tossed him up in
the political blanket, he landed a
little harder, and thus it was that
home rule became popular. The
delegate hammered his enemies so
hard that they finally got tired ot
the game, and now some of those
very same people are taking to
themselves credit for home rule in
Alaska, in the slang ph-rase of the
street, "Wouldn't that jar you!"
XOTKS OP THE EXPOSITION
AT SAX FRANCISCO
Sail Francisco, Sept. 21—The
Canadian pavilion is practically com
pleted. Some of the statuary ajid
ornamentation will not be placed un
til closes upon the opening date.
A thousand cases of Canadian pro
ducts of every sort, -which will
form the nucleus for the display in
this pavilion, have already been re
ceived and warehoused at the ex
position.
Sixteenth, seventeenth and eigh
teenth century palaces furnished the
motif and inspiration for the Ital
ian pavilion. Plans are completed,
and it is exuected construction will
begin within a short time. The
appropriation is ?400,000.
ilajor Fred. R. Reed, commission
er for Idaho to the Panama-Paci
fic International exposition, has
proposed that San Francisco, in the
exposition year, be made the place
for a peace conference of European
nations now at war.
The busiest twelve miles of
railroad in the United States for
the next six months will probably be
that mileage inside the exposition
enclosure. Tracks run through all
palaces, and equipment for safe and
speedy placing of exhibits' is com
plete. Exhibits are already in
pl:%e in the Palaces of Transporta
tion, Liberal Arts, Machinery and
Manufactures.
A handsome illustrated booklet
Of 60 pages about the exposition is
being sent out from the bureau of
publications of the Panama Pacific
International exposition, San Fran
cisco.
Washington, Sept. 21—(Special)
Every year the liquor question be
comes a more vital political Issue and
Is Injected into politics to a greater ex
tent than eve? before. There are very
few states now where proposed pro
hibition, local <u>tlon, or the enforce
ment of prohibition, are not brought
forward. Many men are elected or de
feated, according to the attitude they
take on these questions. In the south
ern states the liquor question has be
come the nest Important issue to that
of the negro. It is really more impor
tant In one respect, because the race
question is a one sided issue and does
not divide tfie dominant political party.
The liquor question, however, has
caused a serloHs split in the Democrat
ic party in several states and seems to
be the only question upon which that
party divides.
Tanneataa and Kentucky.
In Democratic Tennessee the liquor
question has resulted J3 Jteenloar A Ha
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
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publican governor tn office. Tn Ken
tucky there is a possibility that the
division t» the ranks of the Democrats
over the liquor question may,result iu
the election of a Republican United
States senator. That view was recent
ly expressed by former Senator Joe
Blackburn, who has a good knowledge
of political conditions in Kentucky.
There is a possibility also that the
liquor question may cause a split in
the dominant party Iu Virginia as the
question of state wide prohibition is
to be submitted in that state this fall.
A Strange Story.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa has been
opposing the river and harbor bill.
During one of the discussions Senator
Clapp of Minnesota intimated that sen
ators were not to blame for support
ing the river and harbor bill and other
appropriations, because the value of
their work In congress was gauged by
the amount of money they could get
from the federal treasury. Kenyon
took Issue with the Minnesota senator
and said that he did not believe that
it was a fair estimate of the American
people. Then he told a strange story
of a town where a federal building had
been in existence for a number of
years. A congressman, ambitious to
do-something for his people, secured a
very large appropriation for a much
finer building. The old building was
torn down and the new one erected.
But the people were dissatisfied, and
they defeated the congressman on that
very question. Perhaps'there are com
munities which are not so anxious to '
have public buildings as one might
infer from the demand of the average
congressman.
Why He Went Away.
Vice President Marshall was going
away for a week end, and as ho left
the senate a friend asked him if he felt
warranted lu leuvlng the senate at that
time. "Certainly." replied Mr. Mar
shall, "particularly with the object I
have In view. I nm going where I can
get something besides restaurant cook
ing."
The Party Responsible.
"It Is obvious to me now." remarked
Senator Newlunds of Nevada, lu charge
of the trust legislation, "that'the
Democratic party, which Is responsible
for this legislation, will have to see
to It that a quorum Is maintained
here." Other Democrats have also
voiced similar sentiments, but It will
be very hard for the Democratic sena
tors alone to maintain a quorum.
Will Have Company.
The house was considering bills for
claims, and Jim Mann of Illinois and
Taggart of Kansas were having a con
troversy over one of the various propo
sitions. Mann, who usually asserts a
•uperlorlty of knowledge, said that If
Taggart had had as much experience
as many other members "be would bo
on my side."
"Oh, I will never be on your side of
the house," said Taggart
"Oh. you will not be In the next
house at all," retorted Mann.
"I will have plenty of company,"
was Taggart's rejoinder.
Tug Fork of the Big Sandy.
Congressman John Langley of Ken
tucky was trying to get a bill through
for a bridge across the Tug fork of
the Big Sandy river, and all the hu
morists of the house took a crack at
him. Adauison of Georgia, Moore of
Pennsylvania and Mann of Illinois led
In the game of badgering the Ken
tucky man. and theu they let him get
his bill through after poking more or
less fun at the Tug fork.
Sign of the Time*.
Bags and bags of mall are carted
out dally from the capltol and the
senate and house office buildings.
States and congressional districts are
being flooded with documents, speech
es, seeds, pamphlets and books of all
kinds which are printed and carried
by the government free of cost An
election 1» approaching.
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diseases and deformities of the eye,
ear, nose and tlii-oat.
Office: Goldstein Building, Ju
neau, Alaska.
Dr. Pallister will lie in Atlin,
Sept. 21st.
W. B. STOUT.
Attorney At Law.
Practices la all courts
ta Territory of Alaska
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meets 2d and 4th
fri. Ev'g3. of each
month. Visiting brotnera ato wel
come. Ph.il Abrahams, Secretary.
W. C. Wright, W. M.
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No. 25, Frater
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Wednesday night of each month at
their hall on Fifth avenue. Visiting
brothers cordially invited to attend.
Elmer Wheeler, W. P., J. M. Keller,
Secretary.
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No. 431, B. P. O.
B. meets every
1st and 3rd Thurs
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Visiting broth
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nedy, Ex. R. Geo. Magee Secretary.
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