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gust 29th, 1923, at t)»e postqffiee at ,
Tokotnn, Alaska^ undft the Act of
March 3, 1879.
Takotna,. Alaska, February 25, 1933
MAY CALL FOR NEW ELECTION
OATJE
I
(Juneau Empire.)
Thirty'-six States- having ratified
the-Norris resolution to apiend the
Federal Constitution so as tp advance
the date for convening new terms of
Congress to January J3, following the
last- preceding election, there will be
no more “lame duck” sessions. The
present one will be the last, and its
record for non-achievement, for lack
of responsiveness to the public will,
as exemplified by its diRydallying.-,
with the beer bill and its muddle >,«f I
the repeal of the Eighteenth A metal* j
ment, merely adds to the already.;
overwhelming mass ,of evidence, thut
there is serious need, for jthjB amend-,
ment.
Ratification of the resolution makes
it incumbent on the ^.forthcoming
Alaska Legislature .ip, {revamp the
Territory’s election laws. Under the
eleection code enacted , by the 1931 »
Session of the Alaska, Legislature,
canvass of the return are, not re
quired to be complete until as late. as-.
February 20, succeeding the Novem
ber ,election. The reaspn, for tjhat.,
delay is patent. Often^i^closely con
tested elections^, the .aptcpme is de
pendent upon tha^votes cast in some
smaller anp^areinote prgcjpp^j .having
scantny mall service, and .from which
returns are nnot available fpr weeks,
even, months, after the ^te of Sec
tion.- Under the present system; of
convening Congress, the delay ,jn
making th eofficial canvass and ,j^3U;
mg certificates of election doesu.jjlg^
injure anyone. But when Congress
shall meet during the first week of
January, another conditio^, is set up.
Under the Territorial statute, the i
Delegate fro mAlaska could not take
lis seat until as long as two months ,
ifter Congress convened, and the i
rerritary .w^uld he without represena-;
.ion in the National law-making body i
it a time when the all-important ap
propriation bills are in the process of
formulation. That, naturally, must
je avoided.
There are two ways ,in. which the
lefeet can be remedied. The most I!
simple isobvipusly tq Require the can- j
massing board to complete it? work j
long enough before Japuary 1 to per
mit thq^ successful candidate to reach
Washington in time to tal^p his seat
at the outset of the new Congress.!
But, if that is done, unquestionably
there will be pcfa^jops vwh^j^ the
board wouid havp to act. b^fofp the ,
Territorial returns are nearly com
pLete, and ^vhen; later and full returns
will reverse the standings.,^ the can
didates. . That^wonld be a grave in
justice, nptjjply, to srymp candjdates,
but to the people o£4 AJaska^ ^and
therefore cyighj; to be.guarded agpin^J.
The, secon^and, yte .jtielifive,,k the
better method, would,^e.^p f4¥?nSft 1
the date of. electio pf^om the ,• first- r
Tuesday in Ndven^ber^to t^e i £rst.,
Tuesday S^ptem^er, ...ThatjjWoqJd
give ample tinse ^r returns^t® be
received by the qyddle of Decanibex
and there po risk of the cer
tificates, 04 election being issued to
wron gcandidates. The Territorial „
Legislature baa, thp poweer to make
either of these changes, and one or
the othejjgppght to be made during tire
session that convenes here on March
(fth.
SANCTIONS FOR JAPAN ,
(Detroit Free Press),
When the, question °f American
membership in the League of Nations
was a hot issue in Washington, the
principal “sticker” was^ Article XVI
of. the Covenant. That Article pro
vides among other things that if a
member of the League shall resort to
war in violation pf other terms of the
Covenant, “it shall, ipso facto, be
deemed to have committed an act of
war agayistall, other members of the
League.” And those other members
hind themselves t». immediately sub
ject th eoffender to “the severance of
all trade or financial relations, $he
prohibition of all. intercourse between
their nationals and the nationals. , of
the Covenant-beaking State, an dthe
prevention of all financial, commer
cial or personal intercourse between
the nationals of the Covenant-break
ing State and the nationals of any
other State- whether a member of the
heague or not.”
^^A few days ago in Geneva the ques
tmen of invoking this drastic sanctum
against Japan was: raised by members
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>f the Committee of^Nineteen of the
league, and the, Reaction from the
tapanese deleg^yn. at the League
capital was inyjgdwte. “I am told
hat mentio nwgfcjaede today of the
mforcement of siiq$tionns,” remarked
f.osyke Matsuojy^tbe peppery head
>f that delegayjivv “Adi L can nsay
thafes.if thatj jp the way the Com-'
n it tee.. oi^Nine^jpn is thinking,, let
;hem enforce sanctions. What will
>e the result? A second world war.”
Cocfejk-talk-thlft? and^fiilf; of bluff;
Because a war gWJ’^njffHJiut of, the es
;ablish^eqt of >a ^financial, trade* and1
personal intercourse blockade of ,
lapan wotrtd? be & war in which the
•ountry would be the, military ag
gressor. It would,ji%vpyto &> out and .,j
Ittack the great powers, There would
>e a great difference between this and !
merely defying thoft powers to step,:
in and dislodge it fifo^ its prefect po- L
lition in Manchuria and jl*hol.
Nevertheless the situation provides
bgmfcsnt evidence ,,tbat the United
States^ war vripejn staying ;oufc-of* the?
l^eagj^ Were i^ m member, Geneva
probably would little hesitancy
thout.dnyo^wg ;janc$iops (and thten we
Wpuld be pi anotbcpjijwsty mess nnot
of our j^tb As it is, we can
remain •u]tt..Qf t^e tyho^e, controversy'
if. we choosy Or can we\?
If thp occur and
Senenva shoyid^invoke,,Article XVT,
the action in c^de^t# be pomplete
would involvo^o^ttempt tp blockade
aty intercourse,.hf$$eenn'Ame*»ca,
Japan as welivask;yitfif/:<iunOi.he tween j
League. States jh^j. Jap^,. which'
would be a .direct, apsqplt on American
sovereignty, Thenjpyp of things
would happen: ,,TheijPn*tt4vi States
would,acquioecO'iW.^fep VtkW*. of the
Leagye. It w.oyJ4*. make common
cause with Japaap; £*; rt wfpold pry
test to Geneva apj ^ Geneva would.
‘craw^’V, Which .p&t8f»8 icings w«yW
happen is; *ny bo^g^. guess,
WHY fBWbK<#|yiL^ >
j. W^iee.. Yet ■
Wife: “Henry, ha\n, is it that
there's a. longfaiy hairon ypur scat,
while: minp is golden brown?”
Husband:,(i “Daatihg^.- yau forgefr.
that I haven't worn thfs coat for four
rnonthg.’VFrankfurer Hfustriarte.
Ready for Lunch
“My word,,' Dick, you'vs got the
latest thing in typists.*'.'""
“She d* certainly that. She never
gets here thl 1.’—Humorist (Lon
don).,.
€u WMf- From the World -
“Mistress: “No mail • this morn
in*7”
‘Maid: ‘'No. The postman and the •'
housemaid have quarreled.7—Genta
Notre (Rome)*5.
Paging- Mr. Seabury ,
It wouldn't surprise us in the least
if investigation revealed that half of
the $24 originally paid for Manhatr?
tan went for graft.—Cornell Widow.:
, Common Ekperien*o<
"How*do you spend youT income?"
-“About 30 per cent for rent. 30 per
ceht for clothing, 40 per-cent for food
and 20 per cent for entertainemenf" -
"But that adds up to 120-per cent."
‘‘That's right."—Pais Magasine*
A Bit’ Ferwasd r ■
'Tier Father—Youn*
been' courting'm ydaughter fo^jfcsix
ytarS. What Mte you going-/do -
about it?""
Youth—W-why? Ought I to ask
her for a k-kiss?—Weekly Telegraph
(Sheffield )t
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Frank J Gtakey
Notary PufcKfe
Tflkntna Generali Stroe
TAWXFNAv
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pi ^te. Stock p£ Mfemimniiaeu-.
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FmgfefcFitSitS os Caudieses Soilt Drinks^
Tofeeccae^b Cig^psib Gigarets
Apples? Oxangea
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