The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-12-10
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
THE REASON AND THE RIGHT.

self-goyenment The territorial torm of sslf-Eovsrnmsnt Is favored, betIuss it Is supported by a line Of unbroksn preceisuts mora than a century long, as stepping stone to statehood, and for that reason % wOlud bs more easily secured than aLv other form oi seli-govsnmsnt.
 Second-h self-GOysmmsnt lies Che only hope of the district f)r relief from ex- ls,Ing burdens and mis6t les. utiou. There Is no likelihood that congress win or can give the people ot ths district laws adequl,e to obtaining conditions, for ,hc reasons CD that congress Is necessarily lgnorint Of the situation in A.lskl, and ,bl lt has not sufficient time Co devote to AI4s- kan legislation. The affairs oi the nation require all the time eongrsssmso have Co spare from the work oi holding their jobs.
 Third-All snaetmsnts of a l9cll chlrlc- Ter should be made by th'ss fam.lIlr wi,h the conditions. and by those who l.vs and do business under Che ilr.stis,ic,lon ot ,hs laws they make. No nm should have the opportunity to foist uron a people laws tha, they tlr. not mlk. tor their own ,oU- s,I,Usnts.
 Fourth--Not only soongrsSs Incompetent to legIsla,, tor Alaska, tu, nc one m-n Is qualified to represent aIl the interests 5i Alaska h the legislature which has ,ts making of the local laws, and th; szr--5.- ture oi tbs pubU, revenues Every s.,.. tlon of ,hs tis,ri,, should tsrsp-ss.Dtsl lr the aS-makIng body.
 Fiith-Ths legislative body s6,uIl be near the people. Satisfactory bes a-s almos, universally the result of growth. Portions ot a statute are discovered ac- t. be good ln prr,tic-. lt mus, De p..mas amended The legislature ,h-li te c-u- posed Of those tmlHlr with pu5., >aa- msnt on the laws, so thl, they nav bs properly and IatslilgsntIy amsa1s1t O meet the dem lnts.
 Slxth-t Is prle,i,,5,s. Aass1 Is sf,l enough and hls suh,.sl, r,.ta,rcr- sources to mlin,lln a territorial zogsm- msn;. This Is proven by ths foe; tbl' ,as territory Is paving Into Jhs nlt.Jrs. ,-s-s- urv several hundred thousand j.ll5rs l1- nually in addition Co sufiIsnt revenues fc bear Che expense of a territorial govern ment, and that |, Is proil,.ug m5,s tn1n S2o,oo5,o,o annually.
 Ssventh-A1skl has been established beyond all question Co be a stable snd gs,. manently populated country. lt has larger permansnt population than any tsr- dtory SO far created by the feisll cl- Er-ss had when organized, sn3 Che r-. .'. of the iis,rle, ars i5ratya1ost of tas avsr axe in intelligence, srts,Dass and susir-.s Integrity.
 hm.y not se ou, ot v,1o- Co tIgr-ss tee a minute for the reason Jhlt tHis amos ,l question, t hls ,-s1 al.nsi t4a, v.ry few p,oge have c,me Co Aias5s, t5 make |, thslf psrmansnt home, and t-u those who are here are rot going t1 rsua.c. The Daily Alaskan ellIms that ths state men, IS untrue in the frs, pl cs l .t- second, that no matter what the intention Of the peopl, when they come Co Al s.a, the fac, Is uat they to make iy tre.. home. Third, thit the question is m- mstsrl4l for the reason that there Is aIE 's an sntsrprislng citizen, oi class tH1, adlp,s Itself quickly Co nsy cor-. is.s. to take ,hs lace of every one who z-ss away.
 R may be true ,h,t m,ay A.'ssl-s could no, truthiully s7y that thsv intend Co spend thslr entire lives in Alaska, Ju, this is true of nsarly every Western aa, mos, Els,ern communities, Ihs,s ], scarcely an AmsrItan To ths Wss who does nOt Intend Co sometime have a residence on Fifth avenue in New Y-it elty, a summer home at NswPo,' and winter place In FlorItl or the Caroi.r hills, In some of which be wiu spsod h.' time with his family when not tr,veiIrl tn Europe, or navigating the ccelns ia b. private yaeh,. But notwithstanding ,hss Intentions, the Ersl, mljority of them a'' remaining h the wss, and steadily an