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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
ALASKANS TO THE FIIOVT
It Is -well again to bring to the
attention o<f tie country- that
A'aska has risen to the oocaaion
■with spirit and promptness. The
news has been flashed all over the
United States through the Associat
ed press that the men of the North
have come forward to offer their
services to the country in its crisis.
The men who have made Alaska are
the men who can be counted upon
tr> meet the hardships incidental to
active military service and their
nrompt response to the call of du
tv before that call was issued by
any official -word of mouth, shows
the stuff that makes them—Juneau
Empire.
GOVERNOR
10 PEOPLE
Territory of Alaska,
By the Governor—
A Proclamation:
Whereas a state of war exists be
tween the Unit^ States and the
Imperial Governments of Germany
and Austria, and a situation has
thus been created uuDarraileled ia
the history of our international re
lations, the (luty devolves upon me.
as Governor, to remind the people
cf ti-e Territory that we have with
in ur borders many men subjects
cf 'hoa& countries with which the
United States is at waj\ The pres
ent crisis, therefore, calls for the
exercise of sound judgment and
forbearance, and no word or deed
on *iKe part of American citizens
should operate to incite racial feel
ii g or create prejudice against
those who have come to the Ter
ritory for the purpose of bettering
taeir condition and enjoying the
inalienable right to life, liberty
and pursuit of happiness guaranteed
by that Constitution of the United
S'a'es. As strangers in a strange
land they axe entitled to the ut
moot consideration, always provided
they comport themselves in
accordance with our laws and with
due respect for our institutions.
This is a time when upon, every
«anieat, fair-minded, patriotic citi
zen o* our common country rest
irave duties and important response
bill* es. Few of us appreciate how
sark-ug are the conditions that con
'ronf us nor how fraught with good
rr ill may be the course of the Am
erican people during thg present
year..
We are called upon to render real
service *o our country, and this in
cludes a renewal of our pledges in
support of these institutions that
United States Battleship Vermont
Photo by American Press Association.
The Vermont, one of the older battleships. Is a 10,000 ton warship, 450.3
feet long. Her principal ordnance Is four twelve-Inch guns, and vessel and
sruns are served by 850 officers and men.
have been the outgrowth of the Ap
plication of democratic principles to
government. I have, therefore, to
urge UiKMi all the people of Alaska
that the course ♦hey shall pursue
during the continuance of this war
he marked by the exercise of the
best Judgment they can summon to
their ai-' in all circumstances; law
and oraer must be preserved, and
careless, seditious or treasonable
soeecn on the part of any person
or persons will be at their peril.
There will be no trouble and no
serious situation is likely to Ibe
created, if each and all will remem
ber the duty they owe our country
and flag, whether they be citizens
of America or sojourners owing al
legiance to the countries with
which a state of war now exists.
Given under my hand, and the
seal of the Territory of Alaska, in
Juneau, the capital, this 12th day
of April, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen, and of the Independence
of 'he United States the on^ hun
dred and forty-first.
(Seal) J. F. A. STRONG.
By tie Governor.
CHARLES E. DAVIDSON*,
Ex-offlclo Secretary of Alaska.
WICKERSHftl
FILEIi PROTEST
As foretold in this paper, says »he
Tuneau Kmpire of April 13, Dele
gate James Wickersham filed His
proles' against the seating of Chas.
A. Sulzer last Wednesday and the
coute • for tie seal is now on.
Mr. Wickersham, amongst others
^ives th«» following reasons why
Mr. Sulzer should not bg recogniz
ed delegate from Alaska:
Tr.at the suit against the can
vassing board for a w.rit of manda
mus was brought without notice
to iiim; that Judge Robert W.
Jennings, who tried the case and
Collect >r of Customs John F. Pugh,
i member of the canvassing board,
were prejudiced; that the court was
•vithout jurisdiction to hear the
mandamus suit; that the Alaska
election law is invalid; that the
canvassing board announced its in
tention to apply the court rule to
all the returns but was prevented
oy the writ of mandamus; the can
vasaiug board declared its intention
to re;i*e these facts in its certifi
cate ol election, but the court pre
vented it; that similar defects ex
isted in otheu* precincts than those
before the cou-rt and the application
of the same rule to them would
have given him tlie certificate of
"lection; that 38 soldiers voted at
Eagle and Fort Gibbon for Sulzer;
'ha* trio election, officials were ig
norant of the Alaska laws and their
requirements being the first election
thereunder; that it was impossible
for official ballots to reach. Chog
giung, Nushagak; that the electors
•nere used Sulzer's samj>le ballots,
s*rikint out the name of Sulzer
and inserting that of Wickersham..
In former rulings on contested
elec'ion cases by Congress it has
^een held that irregularities in the
actions of election, boards ot simi
ilar circumstances are no', sufficient
'o throw out votes even when such
irregularities are violations of elec
'ion laws.
A digest of the contested eleo
'!on cases for the past six or seven
congresses shows this. In the vol
ume af hand is contained, the bear
ing of the election contest of Car
ney vs. Smith, of Third. Michigan
district which is the exact counter
s-art o' the Wickersham vs. Sulzer
contest. In the Michigan case one
clause of the findings of the House
elecMona committee in that case
Bays: "It a state legislature should
rasa a law. unreasonable and unjust
in iis terms, aud th$ state courts
shoud uphold such unreasonable
ajid unjust laws, should Congress
oe bound by such law or adjudi
catitn? To say that it would be
subversive of the constitutional pro
vision that each House shall be
the judee of the election, qualfica
tions and -returns of its owm mem
bers."
Further on some of the irregulari
♦ies charged are stated and the rul
ing of the committee was as follows
"The voter is not to be deprived
of his right and the citizens are
tot to loss the result fo an elec
tion fairly held, because of some
unimportant omission of form or
of ♦he neglect or carelessness or
igncrance on the part of some elec
tion offioers or the failure to car
ry out some unimportant direc
tion of the law."
The irregularities were all con
trary to the laws of Michigan and
wry similar to those on which the
Sulzer people based their claims,
in summing up, the report of the
House committee iu the same case
said:
"Where no fraud, actual or con-!
structive, is shown, we believe it is
a monstrous proposition to say that
the voters of an entire precinct shall
be disfranchised upon a mere ir
regularity. The law should not be
so construed as to make the mac hi n
cry of an election a snare to en
trap the unsuspecting voter."
OLD MINE HUNTER rASSES
"The prospector doesn't get any
encouragement any more."
Suth was tho wail of Charles
James, a hunter for mines in every
clime under the sun since the civil
war, 72 years old and still going
stronj, according to the Spokane
Chronicle. His complaint was voic
ed a' the miners' and prospectors'
session of the Northwest mining
contention.
"I came to Spokane three weeks
a^r.,'" h» decLared in explanation. "I
had on my overalls and my hob
nailed boots, and I went into one
of *he big office buildings on some
business.
"'You take those shoes out of
here,' a janitor yelled at me. 'Mis
♦er," I said, 'wherever thoes shoes
ro I gc. too.' I took them out
though, but I went with them.
"The cops all looked at me as if
I was a criminal. Now my clothes
were decent, bu' I decided if I
didn't want to land In jail I'd bet
ter bunt up my other togs.
"There was a time 12 c*r 15 years
ago when I could get $300 or $400
a* any bank in town any time.. But
now I cculdn't get 15 cents."
MOTTO HALTS ROBBER
"Whosoever thou art that enters
this church, leave it not without
kneeling down and saying a prayer
to Cod for thyself and for those
aho minister here. For surely the
Lorii ia in this place."
T.his inscription on a poor box in
ihe ves'ibule of St. Andrew's pro
festant Episcopal Church of Spo
kane, Wash., saved the edifice from
looting at the hands of burglars,
says tho Spokane Chronicle.
Undtr cover of a downpour of
■rain the burglars forced a window
of fl v church to gain entrance. Con
tribtu.ou boxes were torn from the
walls closets and cabinets were jim
mied ard the plunder piled on the
pulo!\ A key to an iron vault was
found and the strongbox opened. Six
large silverp lates, valued at $300,
*haf have been used for communion
services for 100 years were collect
ed. And- then the vandals left with
out taking a single article.
The police assign the sudden
abandonment of the robbery to
reading the inscription on the:
ooorbox.
rhoice chocolates and bon bons
at Keller Bros. Drug Store.
fraternal orders
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagway No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and. fourth! Tues
day evening at 8:30 P
m. stit'ip. Visiting brothers cordial
ly wt'ocine. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
ti# Chief. W. E. Burford, Arctic
ttecc rder.
Fraternal Order
Kaglt^—
Skagway Aorie
No. 25, Frater
nal Order erf
bagleg moots thq first and third
Wednesday night ot each montli ut
tarjf tali «xa Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing bruttuurs cordially inviUtd to
attend. J. M. Greisbacij, W. P.
J. V. Stiller, Secrptwy.
*-v P. & A. M.
/'• \»» White Pass Lodge
sL'A F. & A. H. No. 113
meeta 2d and 4th
Saturday Evenings
of each months. Visiting Brethren
are w.elcome.
HAROUJ TALBOT, W. M.
JAMJEo WALLACE, Secretary.
B. P. O. EliKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 481, B. P. 0.
E. meets every
Thursday night
** 8:°0 o clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENRY FRIEDEN'THAL, E. R.
J". J. VAilDEWALX,, Secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
meet* in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cortliuUy wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON. Pres.
P. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
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