The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-22
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greSS atloufnS we Sh1il cc gwen a uelegd's who will travel over this country and reach the citizens and talk with them-' man who knows the needs of the minel ai q of the various towns and localities oi Alaska Co 20 down Co Washington and de mlnd wh,t Alaska needs to put her to the front and develop her great resources. When the river and harbor committee was here last summer haprened to ee in Skag' way and wuS invited by the chamber oi commer.e tO accomplny them to the White Horse country. l accepted :he h. Vitltion and started out from here about 9 o'clock ir the morning. The train was loaded with congressman, their wives, daughters and friends. rae train was stopped just before they reached the rap
 ijS, and a part ot the party went Co White Horse on the trai0 and the rest went down those who hld the nerve, and believe there Wefe cnlv two or three congressman in that trowd-got into a barge and went through the rapids, and while We were g,Ing through th.re one Of the con gfesSmen male this remark to our friend Kelly, who belongs Co this l0tge-lnvway l know you all know him because there Is only one Kelly in the worii-the congressman turned 10 him and Sait: "Mr Kelly, Is Dawson
 ,Ini he was very pomrouS and S,YllShl lis DiwS0n In the Ual,et States, or Canada" thought be was l1Shing at hISt but after ] took occasion t0 talk toeieh member of congress either on the way there or blck | knew that the m1n was IeIl in elrrest and knew aS much about that as he knew about anything else ln Alaska.
 lWant Co Spe5k a moment or two about thc joint h.gh mmiSsicn. t Is llinV
 and it Is "hign.' Thew irAw thelT sal W 1ni have a good time, but what have they done? They went 60 take a little trip over the plSS two wears ago. You SiW them then, and you have not heard from them from ,htt dlv Co this, and ! to not know ,hat voI win ever her from them Except you imp-esS On congress now To su.h terms thh they will hen you ant bsgln Go settle some Ot these great lueSll' cnS oi whicn tnere Is a crying need Tor settlement. Now ( ke this joint high commission or the boundary question. What have they lE'eed Co to? We Will looS into that moment. What Is the trouble win th.s bound ~ question you hear $, mu,h ab5u,s This govenm,n, has lon- nothing up Co thi" hour thlt | have helgi. The Can tln government h4ShIi her be,, civil engineers ant sur
 yevors oyer n i.e foriVmlle, down to a Ines Mission, down the S'ikeen, and running over tu'- country i0g three yeas. gathering iiil and setting rsadv Tor the nn .i st-. ggl- t1it .S Go ,One one oi these dlVS. Nbtth.s Cur country been doing: As .l'-.y u1th.. nive thev done on this question except Jo o-S nlze the joint high e1mm.ss.ln. l1ss- IS no more necessity tusa i.l.t gb commission t0.n theIe Is for l iut high commission Co run the business iu thIs town. The iTsa,v be- tween ErglDj lnj RuSSl in iS,S defines Che bound rv lines Oi the two counties S' g Inlv una, h- who runs my re J. There Is n5 question so ut it All the United States s1olil jO totlN Is Co io what they Shlu.t !O 1n tns >eiii1g question. with draw irom the lr.1t hign commission and the u,cmlti0lI, gh.,:itiOn l0mmiS- sion and settle this question, put their su-yeyorS here and esttb ish these lines, and when they establish them let them put up Amef'c m I1umrut, every mile or two, clZe trees lul 10 rN the line. say let Amerlctns il that, aud when thev pu' u9 lhsSe monuments 0n the line of that treaty, which Sh ul! never have been sub miiiet Co artir t.on, they should aftsr building thsS- monuments take their sw0r1s and sti,k them into the ground be- ste them and Siv. lhiS Is the line and eighty millions oi people Sly so.
 The boundary question will be settled thlt minute There never would be any m1re question about it. That Is the way Grint would have settled it. That Is ,he wlv Fich.ri Oiney w0gle have settled lt.
 lf you Nill go blck Co 1893 lt the time the treaty was made with RuSSiI-0r rather through EngI gIlnd-Engl md wants Co get down Co tite water, Russia sid no you cannot get t0wa Co tide water, we want that ioT trading purposes. We want ali the water front 0i tn.s c-rtiiu strlp, md their letters went blck and forth Tor a coupte 0i yelTS untl. England finally agreed uron the terms Oi the present treaty, which g.vss Russia then anj the United States now our -EhlS Co all in. water front taking in and including arms 1nd blvS etc. SIcn Lynn clnll, and C there Is defined mountain range io marine leagues oIck from tite wi,vr, and want O sIv 0you my fellow tIt.zsns that 0 We accept anything less th,n that, We lie unworthy Of the grelt name We bear. q $ the spirit of Amsri- cn.sm and liberty died out in the people? \ be u1gcle Is when you send ctticefs Co w lSh.ugton they delay action and to not represent the patriotism and loyalty of the masses. Now ] come Co a point that | wont Co tOu.h co Cor moment, Take hllues Mission down hsre and the l'orcu- pine country. You remember two vears lgo the AmlricIr boys went down there and discovered mines, They knew they were on Ameucln soil. They organized a lit,le mining c0mranv md filed their claims and thought themSelves absolutely secure but the next morning they got up and here Was ieOu' % mounted police from 10 Co 20 miles below the boundary line taking In the whole 0f these mines. That was the time that the modus vlventi was ldOp ed. louwill remember that the Americans and the CanatiInS came near having a riot and that our government th,ught that they might have Co send troops down there, IheSe boys appelled Co Secretary Hay.
 Al that time the question was brought up In Clnadi, and the two SecretlfieS agreed Co the moduS vivendi. Secretary Hay consenting that for at least two wears the settlement of the international bound arv question should not De raised. lf you had been one Of those miners how would you have felt Co have had the officers of a foreign government come down and stick their tlig up on vOur soil and Siy to you, ] want you Co go over so mlnv miles and .aIH. Ice