The Nome nugget., 1902-06-18
Delegate Murphy Returns
 From Washington.
TVSGl!I.LS RAY PASS
One Giving Alaska q Delegate n Congress. the Cti.er Giving SC Prr Cent of All License Morey to in- corpOrated Municipalities

Mir. George Murphy, Northwestern Alaska, iajthful representative at Washington II. C., for the past wo ,e. ,icn, of congress. returned on the Oro4cn. Mr.. Murphy iS looking well and he received the glad hand from his many frcnd@.
 NIr. Murphy spent most of tae winter in Washington, laying lef. the national capital on May 70.
 "There is nope that congress. will uass some needed legislation fot Alaska" " said Alr. Murphy to the NUG- GET but it is to be regretted that some one was not there during the latter part of tlis se>,ion, because Legislation for this district will pot be reached until nearly the closing weeks of the session. The hi!l to give delegate tc Alaska and Inc mInieiPal Lii. will be bronght up anl there should Ike some body present 10 press hCth. Congress probably will not adjourn until well along in July. and in the hurry and rush of the closing weeks of the session il is more than likely that Alasl;o leg. i,laton may be lest sight of.
 "Congrcss is favorabiy disposed to- ward the bill giving the territory q deic4ate, q, well aS the municipal bill. which provides that the entire revenues derived from United States license, in Alaska shal! be used eNGlu- siveli for school and municipal pur- poses: sut less than - per cent nor more than jO per cent of the fund to be used fer school purposes. the bal auce bein. t9rned into the treasury O incorporated municipalities. The biE alr0 defines explicitly the powers and duties of school boards. aud attached to
 it is provision for the incorporation of private companies. Congressman Warner. of Illinois. is in charge of the municipal bill.r while the delegate bill is in tue hand; If Cor gre.snan Cu1h- man. of Washingtan. Congressman Warner takes great interest in Ala kan affairs,
 "Ftcnd@ Ot Alaska were very much disappointed in not getting land oaicp established in Nome. A bill was introduced in congress providing fer additional land otiieco in Alaska. 1t pa, cd the sCra'e. but was killed in lLe holse. 4 Jill WAS also inlvoduCeo providing for he rcalran& ement of the l;. 1 I tT,i,,l- ir wlll set through 1 he bill proposed to make tGc seal cf the third division at Valdes An effort was also made to secure an appropriation for an Alaska exhibit at the S. Louis Exposition. The appropriation, $4a,000, would D, obably have been made had the EX- position not teen postponed until 1904. The only real effort that is made in behalf of Ala,lla," said Mr Murphy, ''is due to the newspapers, especially of : Nome. and the NUGGET has done it's ] full share. If e!,ors in behalf of the district are properly directed anything |reasunahle may be obtained at the hand, of congress. Unity of purpose,
 however, is needed on the part Of the peope."
 Another thing that the people Of -Nurthwesteru Alaska should do at
 once, iu Mir. Murphy'5 opinion, is .to
 protest to the postufiice department
 against the rniserabIy inefficient, mail
 service of the past winter, or there 
 may be repetition of it next year.