The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-12-10

ing immunity. as regards the MAJ uf'
has money" ho
Alaska and Alaska's nee,s ar
subjects Of large part of tn. ns
sage. The president tells of the es'
derful development Of the nortro'
territory, Of its great resources ana
future, of the aid already given NV Us
government in the establishmen, me
cables and telegraph lines. He sa,H
I'm some respects IL has outgro
its present laws, while in others th,h
laws have been found to be inadeon.sse
Under the Code Of Alaska as n noe
stands many purely administra,,"'
powers and duties. including by far ~
most important. devolve upon me
district judges or upon the clerks
the district court acting under ~
direction of the judges whiIs tu
governor. upon whom these powers ,ns
duties should logically fall has no,n
ing specific to do except to make A
nual reports, issue Thanksgiving nar
proclamations. and appoint Ind,as
policemen and notaries public. no
lieve 1t essential to good governmse,
in Alaska, and therefore recommanS
that the> congress livers the distric
judges and the clerks Of their courts =,
the administrative or executive funo
caot
them upon the governor.
II also recommend that the salaria.
Of the district judges and district A.
torneys in Alaska be increased 80 a,
to make them equal to those receives
by corresponding officers in the Unita1
States after deducting the difference IL
the cost Of living; that the district Ar
torneys should be prohibited from AN.
gaging in private practice; that United
States commissioners be appointed h.
the governor of the territory instead
Of by the district judges, and that
fixed salary be provided for them To
take the place Of the discredited fec
SYSTEM which should be abolished In
all Offices; that mounted con-
stabulary be created to police the
territory outside the limits of incor-
porated towns-a vast section now
wholly without police protection: and
that some provision be made to A,
least lessen the oppressive delays and
costs that now attend the prosecution
of appeals from the district court OF
Alaska There should be a division Of
the existing judicial districts, and an
increase In the number of judges.
Should Have Delegate.
Alaska should have a delegate in
the congress. Where possible. the con-
gress should aid in the construction Of
needed wagon roads. Additional light
houses should be provided. In my
judgment, 1t 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 es-
tablished in many different streams, 50
as to secure the preservation of this
valuable food fish. Salmon fisheries
and canneries should be prohibited on
certain of the rivers where the mass Of
those Indians dwell who live almost
exclusively on fish,
The discussion Of the nations for
eign policy is coupled with a plea for
larger navy, and talk of the univer-
sal pece and justice. In regard to ar
bitration treaties he says:
I'VE are in every way endeavoring
to help on, with cordial good will every
movement which will tend to bring us
into more friendly relations with the
rest Of mankind. In pursuance of this
policy shall shortly lay before the
senate treaties of arbitration with all
powers which are willing to enter into
these treaties with u.s.
The president makes the statement
that 1t is not the policy Of the govern
ment to interest itself in the internal
affairs of other nations; yet, he says:
1T is inevitable that such a nation
should desire eagerly to give expires
sion to its horror on an occasion like
that of the massacre Of the Jews in
Kishenef, or when it witnesses such
systematic and long-extended cruelty
and oppression of which the Armenians
have been the victims. and which have
won for them the indignant pity of the
civilized world"
In making a suggestion as to the
enlargement of the navy the president
urges the construction of battleships.
He says:
1.-THE war which now unfortunately
RACES in the far east has emphasized
in striking fashion the new POSSIBLE
ties of naval warfare. The lessons
taught are both strategic and tactical
and are political as well as military
The experiences of the war have shown
in conclusive fashion that while sea
going and sea-keeping torpedo de.
stroyers are indispensable, and fast
very useful, yet that the main reliance,
the main standby, in any navy worthy
the name must be the great battleshps
heavy armored and heavily gunned
Not Russian or Japanese battleship
has been sunk by a torpedo boat or by
gunfire, while among the less protected
ships, cruisers after cruiser has been
destroyed whenever the hostile
squadrons have gotten within range OF
one another's weapons"
The army is in need of but little
legislation, according to the president
and other than to report it's condition
and suggest the needs of more officers
he has but little to say about 1t.
Aims Of America.
The presidents idea OF the aims OF
America and set forth in the following
paragraphs:
THE steady aim of this nation, as OF
all enlightened nations, should be 10
strive to bring ever nearer the az!
when there shall prevail Throughout
the world the peace of justice. Thefe
are kinds of peace which are highp
undesirable, which are in the long run
as destructive as any war. TyranH
and oppressOrs have many times mace
a wilderness and called 1t peace
Many times peoples who were siotui
or timid or shortsighted, who had been
tod hxy