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WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
For Vice-President—
THOS. It. MAR8HALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
DIRECT PRIMARIES AND CON
TESTS.
The charges of robbery, 1 h•»ft
and fraud which have split the
Republican convention in two must
have impressed on those party
leaders who are sincerely devoted
to their party that some decisive
steps must be taken to prevent
the recurrence of such charges
in future conventions. The con
tests have gone far to convince
the great majority of llepuhli
eans thai the presidential pref
erence primary under legal sanc
tion is the best means of avoid
ing such eontention, but Ihal
.Mieh a primary without legal
sandfmi is as likely |o provoke
eonlests as has been the con
vention system.
This is lilt* plain conclusion In
he drawn from 111«> contests
l honiselvcs. The (»nly contest
against national delegates elected
al a loyally established primary
was in California, whore the leg
islahiro undertook lo sol aside
1he rule of the national commit
tee providing for election by dis
tricts. No other state which
elected delegates at a direct
presidential primary established
by law had a contest. Washing
ton had a direct primary of the
type which President Tafl right
ly styled a soap-box primary.
That produced one of the most
bit Ierly— fought contests.
When delegates are elected by
direct vote and go to the conven
tion hearing a eerlilieale of elec
tion from fhe stale officers, there
is jim room for a contest, unless,
as in C.alifoinia, the slate has at
tempted In set up a basis of rep
resentation different from that
prescribed by the national com
milee. Oregon has done this,
also, hut if any delegates not
elected on I lie face of the slate
returns were the choice of the
congressional district in which
lhe\ I'Msided, nobody look the
pains to enler contests against
llieiu. If direci presidential pri
maries are established by law
in all the states, either through
I lie enactment of Congress or
of the several legislatures, the
long drawn-out hearings before
the national committee and Ihcj
struggle in convention over the]
report on credentials will be I
avoided.
Another i ai pr< ivi*iiit'iiI wli ifli i
mif-'lll WI'II lie 111;i<1<* ill I ll«' same
I i»m«* relates |m Hi" I i111•» when
na I ioua I «•«>111111 il I eenien ;issnine
•»IVi<*• •. If Hip rules were so chanjr
«•«! Ilial 111** national «*< > 111 m i 11 —
man shall be «• I«I by I lie new
ly-elected nalional delegates
williin a pecified lime ;ifl«»i* the
primary an<l shall assume office,I
say. one 111# 1111 h before I In- meet—J
ing of ihi' nalional conventinn,
Iht' nalional committec would be
fre-h from tlit* people. There
would Mien l.e no opportunity to
iliuif ill ils members the charge
1' 1 a I the'- were de fea I ed and dis
eredjIed bosses, devoting Ihe last
da>s of their leiiure to defeal of
Ihe parly will.
Tim presidential primary laws
need many changes |o remove
taring defects. They are now
largely experimental, hut in their
ovvcnee I hev embody a sound
principle wlihdi will lie put in
general practice ere another
presidential year comes. Oregon
ian.
EDITORIAL NOTE3.
A uirl wouldn't mind having red
hair if il wasn't for the color.
The Mepublican pni'lv is re
ceiving ie«s allenlion now than
the Itepnbliean part ing.
After you are sure you are
right, li'.v and go ahead without
loo much honk-honking.
Those Alaskans who went to
Bolivia will henceforth appreci
ate the soft trails in this coun
try.
Wake up, Judge, this is the Six
ty-second Congress in session.
rThe Forty-flrst adjourned some
time ago.
At any rate, Chairman llilles
has an easier job than any of his
predecessors, having fewer to
deal with.
One of these days Wickersham
will wake up to discover that the
Declaration of Independence has
been signed.
Seattle, Portland and Tacoina
have each offered Alaskans an
opportunity to get rid 6f their
spare chango.
It may he that. Delegate Wick
ersham did not really know the
position of the dike bill until he
had received word from Delegate
Hubbard.
The Chicago and Baltimore
conventions have taught us that
Big Business is both bi-partizan
and bimetallic when it comes to
doing business.
Maybe those committees ap
pointed to notify the presiden
tial nominees are not aware that
tile secret was lipped off b$ I In;
Associated Press.
There are finite a number of
former Republican papers coining
to our I;i 1 • 11* which read very much
like Democratic product ions from
I he way in which I hey allude to
Tsifi.
l -ul.T dale of Juno 271 h Ma,j.
Caxanaugh I«■ l«*|ft*aIli«* edi
tor «»f |lu' Prospector I lial I lie
dike I'ill was si ill in conferenco
arid Wiekershain lias ,jus| found
11 i«* fad out.
An iMiiinent Now York divine is
trying fo convince his congrega
lion that there is no hell, when
all of I hem have rend about (he
Chicago convention in their morn
ing papers.
Have any of you noticed the
rapid progress !)«■ iiik made hy the
hill authorizing Valdez to extend
ils corporate limits. Should the
measure go amiss we shall have
to blame Delegate 'Hubbard, in
whose tender mercies il was left.
A greal deal of solicitude is
being expressed by I h•> Wicker
sliam bunch about illegal voting
to I lie westward. If ever a more
crooked bunch seutlled a' ship
than this same Valdez crowd his
tory dors no| |«>|| u<. Might here
is where illegal voting will have
to lie watched.
A veritable turnpike road be
tween Valdez and Fairbanks will
not be secured as long as Wick
ershani is retained in Congress
to light Alaska road appropria
tions. II is up lo properly own
ers and business men in these
two communities to say what
they waul--\Virkersham or the
road ?
According |o a leleprain post —
f« I mi a down I own driiK slnre
window .Jndffc Wirkersham lias
jiisl awakened In I Ik* far I lhal
111 < • (like hill had passed I In* Ken—
jilt* iiiid was now in conference
cmi ii hi i 11 ee, All f»r which ffocs In
>ln»\v lhal niir delegate is paying
strict allcnlinn |o I lie needs of
his const ilnenl«.
The 11inV'' "f Tacoina sees
filings sharply. Mis remark In
I lie Christian Rndoavorers lhal
any idinl can exist, hid il is a
Irirk In live riKlil, is In Ilie
pninl. Ilnw widespread is lhal
most filial nf ;i 11 ailments itflin
}'anco-l lial we pcrniil nurselves
In swill in prejudices, In f.'slcr
in selllshliess, In wallnw in wncs
imaKiiiary: never In see I In*
hriKhl side nf anything; never In
ftive a neighbor I In* credit nf
possessing hear! or i n I«• 11I:
never In follow a pleasurable fad:
never In extend a hand I«• help
llie nlher fellow smile. There are
men. and even women, wlm nev
er see I lie roses amnilil llieni,
iiml who almost involiinlarily sis
sniiie I In* wrinkled physiognomy
of I lie perpetual gl'niicli when
illiey hear laughter; there are
lllmse wlm positively resent cv
|en being asked In assist nnfnr
tiinales, even with so much jis a
wnrd. I,earning lo live is more
than a trick; i| is Hie art ahove
all other ails, ami only a very
few of the millions lhal walk llie
earth ever oven approximately
approach perfection in il.
Valdez Real Estate.
If you have a house to rent
list it with the Valdez Real Es
tate Agency, Wall street.
Salv.-.tor beer, a special home
brew, on draft at all places.
TOM MAGILL
GENERAL UPHOLSTERER
AND CARPET LAYER
At V. B. & M. C. Phone 8
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies end Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
8ENORITA MENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. G. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete change of program on
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
9:15 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
dack Surryhne, Musical Director.
INDEPENDENT MESSENGER Co.'
and •
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.
LATOVCHE & PECK. Mw»
Office Smythie's Tailor Shop I'hone 102
Service lo AU Part* of Town. Calla Answered Promptly
Bniineu Confidential
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. IV. STORM, E. M.
Rmr»ORTa on Mineb
Ratmnt S uryeys
Gcm(S4L Mining Engineering
'Phone No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Hps. j'hnnc. I«0
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
AB.
Moot c\cry Tuesday evening at H o'clock in
Eturlc Hall All members re(|Uest®J t° at
tend D. H. SL1CKM. ArticChief
Vald ez Lodge
No 168.
Free and AcccptPil Masons
Regular Communications llrst \Veuncstlay io
each month in McKinley Hall. Visitors always
wclcome.
.lames 11. Patterson,.W. M
C. C. Reynolds, Sec
1.0.
O.F.
Visitinir nn«l locitl Odd Follows lire re
'liiosti'il to register their nswne with the
Vivltlez Odd Fellows' Club. Keirulur
meetings, first nn<l thin! Mondny.
Cull on I*. s. HUNT. Secretary.
FOE
VAIjDKZ AKIIIK No. 1071
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Nothing but best material Ufled.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All khulH of Caken, Plet», etc.
made to ordor
WOOD & HENRICH, Props.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
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Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Froh Goods—Reaaonnble Pricct
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Freinhtinir anil passengers to all parts
of tho imerior. GeDerul Trucking
bid. Wood,
Proprietor
McKinley St.- Vaklez
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THE BEST Or EYEINTHING
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When In Seward Stop at the
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Fourth Avt Seward. Alaska
FISHER'S BLENDj
i
FLOUR
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmer*
Funeral Director»
fc' M8 GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric LigbU
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Roomr All Modern Conveniences
S.V«: THE B1IFFFT «7/.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and * ¥ JIV/IDE'D ant* Building
Puget Sound Li Lx IVlIj Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regain EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monrrch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
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