The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-08-28
SOME PROPOSITIONS OF Gov
EMINENT.

has been advanced In modern times To con-
nsc,lon With government, Is the contention
smsnatlng from a few Of the business men
u juneau that Il the people Of Alaska
should be given the right Of self-govem-
msnt c,pitll would be staTei awav from
the district. Il does not seem to be an sx-
hibItIon Of common sense 10 advance the
claim that people who have no In,ereet In
AlSll are more concerned 10 the grOwth
and development Of the district and It's
commerce than those who live here and
have their money Invested In us mines,
trade and Industries Il would seem that
il would require only statement Of the
iacts to convince any one that the people
who an, here on the ground, sntsavorng
to teyelJp mines and promote the extern
sion Of trade, would be not onlv better
qualified TO determine what legislation Is
required to foster their sndslYors, but that
their personal intsres, would be a stlmu-
lent that would lmpel them 10 the peI-
formlncs OF the work In hand wi h great
er energy and determination than would
be the case with strangers. Self
lshness alone would make the people Of
Alaska the bss, protectors Of the Invest
msn,s In the district. This fac, Is 50 self
evident tina, the DLly Alaskan will ven
,ure the opinion that, should a territorial
government be established In the district
Of Alaska, capital, that will not look this
wlv at the prssen, time, would be begging
for employment at our hands. Capital
has never vet turned It's back on anv eoun-
try because It's Inhabitants were self gov
snlng. 0, has often turned duwn invest
ments becluSe a country was Incompetent
~ governed by those who know not what
they are doing, Il the KlOhdlks were
given seltgoysmmsnt IS there anv one
who Will not CIV that more money would
20 into the dls,rlc, tor Investment
An Instance that will demonstrate the
position that those who are interested In
country because Of investments and aciuul
residence 10 Il. are the safes, to have the
reins Of government Is the recent order Of
the president creating forest reserve out
OF the Islands Of the Alex ntsr Archipelago.
That order has de,ractsi from the value Of
every dolIlr Invested 10 Southeastern
Alaska. II will shut capital GU, Of the
Islands themselves and Oh The country
around them, the growth Of whlch would
Be promoted by The development Of those
ISLANDS. Il will prevent capital from 20
Ing into the slWmIll business because Il
limits The visible supply Of logs. The
Daily Alaskan does not question the hon
ssty or the good Intentions Of either the
president o. Lieut.. Emmons In the matter.
Il believes either Of them Incapable Of
viii fuiI. D. iu-Ing ttc Te-p'e { the North.
Tie order is simply IN nument to the
incapaci,y OF d. Sc who are not personally
interested to Re -lways Oh guard 20 protect
the Interests Of the peolle and Of invest
ment>; ana 20 the pronsuess OF a dep IT.
mental f6,ll TO enforce the admin S,rl-
to- Of his plru,ultr ath>e, though the
heavens nav ialL
ln connection with the l,s, proposition
advanced, Il will be frankly .dm.,,el that
all Officers should BE- zeal Us Ia the admin
lstralion VI their duties. Ann whose
duty Il Is to see that government timber Is
no, destroyed, for Instance, Is deserving
only eommendatIOn when he performs that
duty. Ne Is entitled 10 a great measure OF
excuse, too, u the remedy he is inclined to
apply works hartshlps In other lines
His perception Of results lies naturally
along the lines Of his DUTY. In well regu-
lated governments it should be some one
slss's duty to prO,ss, Il the remedy IS too
drastic; and who Is so well qualified to
proiss, as the man who Is Interested
What has been said here in connection
with the rsssn, forest reservation Ort:E
also applies to all the departments and
phases Of the government Of people from
without and by those not personally inter
ssisd.
Thoss who have the administration Of
laws should not Onlv be personally inter