Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-12-06
ial Office Of Alaaka.

10 bhS ukstflcb Judges ana 01Htrict attOl
# neys in Alaska be increased 30 as {
n make them equal to those received b
e. corresponding officers in the Unite
e States after deducting the difference i
y the cost Of livingj that the district al
10 torneys should be prohibited from er
= gaging IN private practice; that Unite
r States commissioners be appointed b,
n the governor Of the territory instead O
) by the district judges, and that a fxe,
G salary be provided for them to TAX
L the place Of the tlieredited "fee sys
! Item,' which should be abolished in al
y otices; that mounted constabulary b,
( created to police the territory outsid,
r the limits of incorporated towns-a vast
e section now wholly without police pro
lection, and that some provision bt
5 made to at least lessen the oppressive
/ delays and costs that now attend the
8 prosecution Of appeals from the district
court OF Alaska. There should be a di-
vision of the existing 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 needed
wagon roads. Additional light houses
should be provided. In my Judgment,
II is especially important TO aid in such
manner as seems just and feasible in
the construction of a trunk line of rail.
way TO connect Gulf of Alaska with
the Yukon river through American ter
ritory. This would be most beneficial
to the development of the resources of
the territory and to the comfort and
welfare of its people.
Salmon hatcheries should be estab-
lished in many different streams, so as
TO secure preservation of this valuable
food fish. Salmon fisheries and Gamer
les should be prohibited on certain of
the rivers where the mass of those In.
dams 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 |
limited period, have proved their capa- |
bility OF becoming self-supporting, self |
respecting citizens, and ask only for |
the just enforcement of law and intelli. |
gent instruction and supervision. 9th |
ers, living in more remote regions, prim-
tive, simple hunters and fisher folk.
who know only the life of the woods
and tho waters, are daily being con-
fronted with twentieth century civil.
zation with all of its complexities,
Their country is being overrun by
strangers the game slaughtered and
driven away, the streams depleted of
nsh, and hitherto unknown and fatal
diseases brought to them, all of which
combine TO produce state of abiect
poverty and want which must result in
their extinction. Action in their inter
est is demanded by every considera- {
tion of justice and humanity.
The needs of these people are:
The abolition of the present fee sys- 3
tenn, whereby the native is degraded. S
imposed upon and taught the injustice }
Of law. [
The establishment of hospitals at b
central points so that contagious dis t
eases that are. brought to them con- I
'inually by incoming whites may be To- q
,alized and not allowed to become epi- i
iemic, to spread death and destitution a
,ver great areas. III
The development of the educational g
'ystem in the form of practical train t
ng in such industries as will assure 5
he Indians self-support under the Q
hanged conditions in which thew will d
lave to live. "
The duties of the office of the govern. "
n should be extended to include the d
upervision of Indian affairs, with nee il
ssary assistants in different districts. r,
10 should be provided with the means h
md the power to protect and advise IL
he native people, to furnish medical ,p
reatment in time of epidemics, and TO W
xtend material relief in periods of laI
anime and extreme destitution. W
Hawaii and Porto Rico. t.
The Alaskan natives should be given Il
ne right to acquire, hold and dispose nj
I property upon the same conditions o,
: given other inhabitants, and the priv tC
ege OF citizenship should be given to pt
ach as may be able to meet certain
ehnlte requirements. In Hawaii con
ress should give the governor power h'
remove all the officials appointed m
nder him. The harbor of Honolulu in
Mould be dredged. The marine hos re
ltai service should be empowered to pc
.udy leprosy in the islands. / ask sc
,eclal consideration for the report and lpC
of the governor Of tn
orto Rico. bl
Foreign Policy. OF
In treating of our foreign policy and te
the attitude that this great nation pc
'ould assume in the world at large, er
rs absolutely necessary TO consider +,
10 army and the navy, and the con. to
Tess, through which the thought of DO
10 nation finds its expression, should fr
Yep ever vividly in mind the funda. po
entail fact that il is impossible TO a
eat our foreign policy, whether this is
'hey takes shape in the effort to se- pi
re justice for others or justice for riC
Irselves, save as conditioned upon the tic
titude we are willing TO take toward pr
r army, and especially toward our its
IVY, II is not merely unwise, IL is Po
ntemptible for a nation, as for an
dividual, TO use high-sounding Ian.
age to proclaim its purposes or to fe,
Ike positions which are ridiculous if pr,
supported by potential force, and of
ON to refuse TO provide this force. as
there is no intention OF providing co,