The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-05-04

this rich eountry'S demonStrabe rights seriously ieoplrdized.
 "One week more added to your itinerary for the trip to Skagwav and back to Seat tle would furnish vour EXcellencv an ob- ject lesson. the great value and importance of which to your administration, anl more especially to Alaska and hg people, would be incalcuable. Our citizens and the 2s,ooo men and wOmel distributed throughout Southeastern Alaska are hun gerlng for relief and Selt-govemment and are eagerly looking to YOU for it, and it would be too bad, in view of AllSka'S many needs. to have your EXcelIenc yeome so far as Seattle and fail to come to Alaska. which is now in so prominent a position in national affairs.
 We therefore urge that you will gl|e this matter, SO impoTt1nt Co us, your most generous consideration and sincerely hope your conclusions will be Co honor oul growing city with your presence mi that of your distinguished party.
 "Our citizens are also anxious that the Honorable, the Secretary ot the Interior whose department has everything tO do with the affairs of Alaska. should be included in your party and this invitation is also respectfully extended to him.
 Trusting to hear from you tdvorlbly We remain. sir, yours very truly.
 "L. ,. KELLER, President.
 IS. c. KAUFMAN. Secretary
 TO HIGH JOINT COMMISSION
 "S<agway, Alusl<a, May !. 1890. "To the Honorable
 "The American members of the High
 Joint Commission.
 "GentIemen,
 "The citizens of Skagwly, through their Chamber of Commerce bv itS pTesl- dent and setretlrv herewith. leamtng that YOU contemplate visiting the PIcidt coast nex, summer, would respectfully invite vour honorable body, eithe, as a whole oi as representatives, to kindly extend you' visit north from Seattle up along the to1Sl of southeastern Alaska, taking in the Sev' eral way ports along the route oi the inner passage tO Sl<agwly at the head ot Lynn canal. the now famous White Pass gate way to the interior of Alaska and Canadian possessions.
 "ln Skagwav our generous citizens will be glai 10 welcome, entertain and ln;trd,t vou. and by personal examination and eN- planation Of the advantage Of SklgNIv and every other port in Alaska to the United States. prove tO your enllr. SltiS- faction the importance of maintaining ih.i as an American port as well aS oi retlinng every foot of territory purchased by Se,re- tarv Seward from Russia within radius of thirty miles from the heal oi Lynn tl- nal.
 "Suth a visit, no matter how .im.ieI' would prove ot ntlltulable valJe Co your honorable body in shaping your ie,Ib-'A- ti,ns anl decisions on the mooJei Alaska boundary question, a question which in wolves the future ieSlinies and the com mercial interests of at least twentv-tNe thousand American citizens Iis, rIbuiei throughout southeastern Alaska, all eager for assurance that their footing on AmeT'' can soil is beyond possible dispute.
 "We believe that you, gentlemen, mI'' vidulllv and collectively, with the weIghty responsibility of this question resting on your shoulders, will then realize the htt that this great country which the wise government of Abraham Lincoln purchased from Russia is too vast in its value to be eeieI away in ever so slight degree Every foot of it. especially the thirty mi'e limit from the head of Lynn canal IS nilS- pensible to the United states. and our people who are now going through the pioneer stage Of existence, creating mus