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Entered' as eecona*«iae» matter As
gust 29th, 1923, at the poetofice at
Xofcotna, Alaski, under the Act- at
Makch a, iam
Takotua, Alaska,. May 3, 193.K ;
PRESS squibs; j.
“The big. men of America are those
wha never give up,” . We’d noticed
that. When they ..predict .better
times, and nothing happens, they jp^
predict some more.—Brooklyn ,Times.
“Where are.tha.biggest.and worst
mosquitoes found?’ ’asks the. ^Liter
ary Digest. But who in—weU, who
besides the Digest, wants to know?—
Weston I.coder.
A Harvard professor says -he can
prqduce artificial earthquakes. The
Democratic leaders mighf^try.-to en
gage him to make an artificial land
elide, for the pa?ty ije*t y'ear.-^Louis
ville Times
A liteary advert isment,' according
to tthe Boston Transcript,, which dis
covered it, tells readers: “Send us
yoqr MBS. for candid criticism - and
advice.” Yeh;. try, to-.de it!-^Phila
delphia nquirer. .
According to Lowell Thomas, the
song “Tdl Mother I’ll. Be There,”
which used to have the greatest pull
ing power in evangelistic services,
has lost its ancient charm. The rea
son is, perhaps, that there’s no use
telling the modem mother you’ll be
there, because there’s no telling
where she'll be herself.—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
“It waa in August, 1918,” says the
Victoria (B. C.) Daily Conolonist,
commenting on General . Pershing’s
story, that the American Army took
pagt in its first-major; operation at
♦ha-front—four years after the war
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AGENT
started and three months before It
terminated.’’ A slightly dlgeront
way of stating the same thing is that
the war terminated three months
after the American Army took part
in its first major operation.—Detroit
News.
Announcements of engagements
: are running 20 per cent above nor
■ mal in the Chicago newspapers. Al
most any gir with a good obj can get
i married now.~-Aroerican Lumberman
(Chicago). .
_
j. The Russian workman, . forced to
quit a job he likes and work where
the bosses need him, roust rejoice in
.the fact that he is no longer slave of
I a Czar-—Brooklyn Times... k
A New York minister soysr that .
Christianity is the only (jure 'for war.
; but the trouble is in raakin. the other .
fellow see that, be rs (the hone iwho<
should turn the other cheek-^rMiami
: News. .
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This, is they time of ,yeAr (when they
1 begin sending you -illustrated' seed
| cabbage so that .you may gear what
; the thingnyoiji ulapted. .last. year.
1 woud have looked like if they. had
come up.*—Boston . Herald.
V That: twenty-millian-dollarrelief',
fund is to be loaned out upon agricul
. tural .property. Our rulers in their
- infinite wisdom have decided that,
what the«distressed. farmer needs is
another, mortgage.—The .New Yorker.
They have put up av monument in
Vienna over the grave of the man
who invented the postcard,.and we do
I hope that his career was of the kind
i that would justify , .the inscription:
^Having a Fine Time., .Wish You.
Were Here.”—Boston .Herali I
ELECTORAL AND POPULAR
VOTES.. .
(Juneau Empire.) ,
The move .vent started by Senator
Norris to wipe out the electoral col
lege and substitute therefor the elec
tion of President and.Vice President
py popular vote has had fome consid
eration in thu past, particularly fol
lowing any-election •'thatA wa* ex
tremely close. Seldom does the alee- ’
j toral and popular vote coincide. In
I most national elections the ^electoral,
vote does not portray with any de
gree of accuracy the relative popular,
vote received by the candidates. I
Figures compiled recently by Ran*
dolph C. Downes of the University of
Pittsburgh furnish some striking in
stances of this condition. Since 1S50^
in only one election^l916—has. there
been any close correlation of the two;
votes. In that year- Woodrow Wilson
received 52 "per cent df both, the pop
uar vote and that of the electoral cbl- .
lege. On five occasions candidates
failing to receive a majority ef the
popular vote did get a majority in the
electoral college. This occurred an
the elections of 1860, when ■■Lincoln
‘ got 40 per cent, Douglas 30^ Breckin
ridge 18, and Bell 12 per centof the
popular .vote, while Lincoln'received
59, Douglas only 4, Breckinridge 24,
and Bell 13 per cent of the .electoral
vote. In 1864, Lincoln got only 55 •
per cent of the popular vote.to 45 for!
McLellan, but. the. former had SI and
the latter 9 per cent of the electoral
college. In 1868 the difference was
equally as disproportionate. Grant,
who polled only 53?> per cent of the
popular vote against--Seymour, got
73 per cent of the- electoral vote.!
Again in 1872-Grant witfr'56 per cent
of the popular vote ha<L 82 per cent
of the electoral college.
In 1876 Rutherford B. Hiryes actu
ally had a minority of the popular
vote, 48.6 to 61.4 for Samuel Tildes,1
but the former was elected President.
by a vote of 60.1 per cent of the elec-1
toral vote. In 1888 Grover Cleveland
with 60.6 per cent o fthe popular vote
vote was defeated by Benjamin Har-1 j
risen in the electoral college, the lat-1
ter receiving 58 per eeiit there. In
1892 Cleveland was given 47, Harri- >
son 44, and Weaver 9 per cent of the
popular vote, but the Democrat got
62 per cent of the electoral, college.
He was the last of his party to oc
cupy the White House until 1912,
when Wilson, profiting‘by1 the .Repub
lican split, with 45 per cent of the,
popular vote was elected by 81 pet
cent of the electoral >votei
In 13 elections theDemocrats have
received a smaller pet cent of . the
popular vote than the electoral .vote,
and the Republicans'4m only.thr.ee ocv
casions. In no election when a third
party , has entered the fi6ld has its(
electoral vote been proportionate to
the popular ballot it received-. . |
There is no doubt .that the electoral
college method and the .general ticket
necessitate the formation of national
political machines. „ Abolition of the
system would entail, the abolition of i:
fhe general ticket. This may.be one
of the aims of Senator Norris,in pro
posing to do away with, the electoral
college, and will prqve to be one of
the almost insurmountable obstacles
n the,way pf achievement of his.ob- .
jective. .
MACMILLAN TO TAKE OFF.
FROM BOSTON ON JUNE U .
LOS ANGELES, -April .25^—Mac
millan, noted Arctic, .explorer, ..an
nounced here today that-.his expedi
tion will take off on June 21, . going
from Boston to England via. Maine,
New Brunswick and Labrador. .
En route thc expedition will give
thorough search for- the-, plane of the
ill-fated French fliers, Nungessar and
Colli. Macmillan.. .plans a return
flight. ,
DEDICATION OF HARDING'.
MEMORIAL TO*OCCUR JUNE 1G
MARION,.;Ohioi.-—Hoke ,'Donithen,
chairman of the executive committee
of the..Harding Memorial , Associa
tion, .yesterday notified Lawrence
Rickey, secretary to President Hoo
ver, that .Tuesday, . June 16, was sat
isfactory Jo the association for the
dedication of the Harding.,memorial..
The,, president, bad previously, in
quireed if that .date, would he satis
factory. ,,
CHINESE N A UPO N ALI9TS
BALK COMMUNISTS
SHANGHAI. -V With communists
prepared to stage a series'of demon
strations in Nanking Monday, the na
tionalist government is believed to
have disrupted their plans by. seizing
large blocks of arms and ammunition
In a series of raids within th» Inter
national Settlement district. Twenty
cine men and four women were cap- ■
tured, besides arms and a large store
of propaganda and seven wireless
sets believed to have been intended
for distribution of red communica
tions. Recenty attempts have been
made to subvert American Marines
by distribution of pamphlets.
ANXIETY FOR DR. WEGENER.
COPENHAGEN.—In view of in
creasing temperatures in Northern
Greenland and breaking-up of the ice,
their friends here have begun to feel
considerable anxiety for Dr. Wegener
and. the German expedition in Central
Greenland. It ia-felt that something
should be heard from him within the
next three weeks to break the silence ‘
which has lasted since October 2, '
1930, when he left his base. A relief
expedition might be conducted by a
sled or airplane.
At a private entertainment a lady
iad just risen from the piano. "Would
fovt like to be able to play as I do,
lear ? ” she asked a little 5-year-old
girl.
“No, ma’am/’; was the reply.
“And why not?” *
- “’Cause .1 Wouldn’t like to have
leople say such horrid things about
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