The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-06-12
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quest to furnish Congressman Brick, of Indiana, information upon which 10 base arguments ln support of his bIll to give Alaskan municipalities, the full amount Of fees collected for licenses Issued Co buSl- ness houses and others within the corpor- ate limits, The Daily Alaskan salj:
 ''lt Is nonsense to Intimate that 10 place Information in The hands ot Congressman Brick that might lead Co securing for Allssan municipalities mlny thousands of dollars elch wear, that otherwise would be expended for the benefit of the national government. would or eoulj be construed as an admission Of the right ot the federal congress Co Impose taxation upon our pe,- pie or Co leglslits tor them upon locll ai- fairs In any waY.'
 Whereupon the kstchiNin paper among other things, says:
 ''Wlth all due and proper respect for tfs opinion oi The AlShln on questions PeI- | tllnlng to the present and future welfare of the people of Alaska. the Mining Journal Is vet constrained to differ with ii on proposition which amounts Co simply get ting all we can out of e'nEress while our rights as American citlzsns-because of our seeming consent with the crumbs that fall Co us as serylle political mendicants from the congressional tablss-lre, it not wholly Ignored, accorded not the slightest recognition. ln the opinion ot the Mining Journll, Alaska cannot afford Co go Co con- gress with any petition, request or piopo- sltion for legislation of a purely local ch rlcier. for the reason that elch and every movement of that kini, whether SO intended or not, win be regarded by that body as giving ticit consent Co a continu- ance of the irl<some conditions it has lm- posed upon us.
 The way Co win the confidence. respect and friendship of congress, ls to all times as,ert our rights as American citizens. That end cannot be secured by whining and begging for fayors whlch we are ius' lied ln demanding as rights Inherent Co American citizenship. We ShOulI wholly and absolutely rspudIlts the position oi political mendieancy ln which we are and Instead of whining for more crumbs, subordinate our every Idea and effort Co the attainment of the most perfect political mobilization of Alaskl compatible with constitutional provisions, and lhe unwrit- ten law which has hitherto prevailed ln the government of the territories ot the United States with the single exception of Alaska. A time serving policy, sueh as The Alaskan su- ges,s. win avail us noth- Ing."
 The Journal resembles a spoiled child. It refuses Co play unless lt be permitted Co make all the rules .Cf the game, and as lt broots over lis real and fancisd Injuries. lis anger becomes SD oppressive that it does not alwlys sec things ln iheir true proportion.
 There was nothing of a "tims serving nature ln the suggestion pf The Caiiy Alaskan. This paper never proposed that our people should petition cong ess for Legislation Of a purely local chlr e.er or % before that body whining for mere uumbs." When the JJunal's temper be- comes restored Co a normal condition, t win feel ashamed of its display of obSti- nlney. because it really knows better than Co act up SO.
 The Daily Alaskan has always urged tha, The people of this district go before congress with their heads erect demanding the right of self-govenmeni that belongs Co them as men and as Americans. When the Alaskan convention, of which the dis- ilngulshed, scholarly and able editor ot the Journal was president, was ln session at Juneau thls paper plead with ii to fore 20 the work of formulating a code and urged lt Co simply prepare an organic ael for one or more territories to be formed from the District of Alask1; and that it then rest upon lts work as became a body of AmercanS Our atyice was not tol- lowed. and we, Instead of refusing to play gave our support Co the efforts Go gs' tl- voribls action on the conventions work Never has this paper urged that Alas'<ans go before congress demanding ought less than a territorial organization, except that tims-and then it simply bowed to the de- cision of a representative convention oi Alaskans.
 The case To controversy Is oi an entirely different nature. Al4skans are asked by a congressman no, for a petition request for crumbs, or anything else, but a few local statistics. lf the furnishing of a few figures concerning the hnaneial eondi- tons of Alaskan municipalities to an h. divldual member of congress constitutes lowering of the dignity of American eiti- zenshlp, then the DIilv Alaskan VIII eon'
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