Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-12-06
torneys in Alaska be increased so as


States, after deducting the difference
in the cost Of living; that the district
attorneys should be prohibited from
engaging in private practice; that Unit
ed States com missioners be appointed
by the governor Of the territory instead
OF by the district judges, and that ;
fixed salary be provided for them tt
take the place Of the discredited "fee
system" which should tie abolished in
all Offices; that mounted constabu
larry be created to police the territory
outside the limits of incorporated
towns "a vast section now wholly
without police protection-and that
some provision be made to ut least
lessen the oppressive delays and costs
that now attend the prosecution of ap
peals from the district court of Alaska
There should be division of the ex
listing judicial districts and an increase
In the number Of judges.
Alaska should have delegate in the
congress. Where possible the congress
should aid in the construction of need
ed wagon roads. Additional light
houses should be provided. O. In my
Judgment, it is especially important to
aid In such manner as seems Just and
feasible in the construction of trunk
line of railway to connect the gulf OF
Alaska with the Yukon river through
American territory. This would be
most beneficial to the development OF
the resources of the territory and to
the comfort and welfare of it's people.
Salmon hatcheries should be estab.
Hshed in many different streams, so as
to secure the preservation Of this valu.
able food fish. Salmon fisheries and
canneries should be prohibited on Ger.
tain of the rivers where the mass OF
those Indians dwell who live almost
exclusively on fish.
The Alaskan natives are kindly, in
telligent, anxious to learn and willing
to work. Those who have come under
the influence of civilization, even for q
limited period, have proved their capa.
b1lity Of becoming self supporting, self
respecting citizens and ask only for
the just enforcement of law and intel.
hgent instruction and supervision. 9th.
ers, living in more remote regions
primitive, simple hunters and fisher
folk, who know only the life Of the
woods and the waters, are daily being
confronted with twentieth century CIV
1l1zation with all its complexities.
Their country is being overrun by
strangers, the game slaughtered and
driven away, the streams depleted of
fish and hitherto unknown and fatal
diseases brought to them, all of which
combine to produce a state of abject
poverty and want which must result
In their extinction. Action in their in
terest is demanded by every considera-
ton Of justice and humanity.
The needs of these people are:
The abolition of the present fee sys-
TEN, whereby the native is degraded,
imposed upon and taught the injustice
Of law.
The establishment Of hospitals at
central points, so that contagious dis.
eases that are brought to them contin-
ually by incoming whites may be To-
Called and not allowed to become cpl.
demic, to spread death and restitution
over great areas.
The development Of the educational
system in the form of practical train
ing in such industries as will assure
the Indians self support under the
changed conditions in which they will
have to live.
The duties of the Office of the gov
ernor should be extended to include
the supervision Of Indian affairs, with
necessary assistants in different dis
tricts. He should be provided with
the means and the power to protect
and advise the native people, to fur
nish medical treatment in time Of cpl
denies and to extend material relief in
periods of famine and extreme destitu-
ton.
Hawaii and Porto Rico.
The Alaskan natives should be given
the right to acquire, hold and dispose
as given other inhabitants, and the
privilege of citizenship should be given
to such as may be able to meet certain
definite requirements. In Hawaii con-
gress should give the governor power
to remove all the officials appointed.
under him. The harbor of Honolulu
should be dredged. The marine hos
pital service should be empowered to
study leprosy in the islands. I ask
special consideration for the report and
recommendations Of the governor of
Porto Rico.
Foreign Policy.
In treating Of our foreign policy and
Of the attitude that this great nation
should assume in the world at large it
is absolutely necessary to consider the
army and the navy, and the congress,
through which the thought of the ma
ton finds its expression, should keep
ever wildly in mind the fundamental
fact that it is impossible to treat our
foreign policy, whether this policy
takes shape in the effort to secure JUS.
tice for others or justice for ourselves,
save as conditioned upon the attitude
we are willing to take toward our ar
my and especially toward our navy. 1t
Is not merely unwise, it Is contempt
BILE, for nation, as for an Individual,