The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-10


Governor, upon whom these powers and du-
ties should logically fall. has nothing spe-
cine to do except to make annual reports.
| issue Thanksgiving day proclamations, and
appoint Indian policemen and notarles pub
lic believe It essential to good govern
ment in Alaska. and therefore recommend,
that the Congress dlvest the District Judges
and clerks of their courts Of the admins
trative or executive functions that they now
exercise and cast them upon the Governor.
This would not be an innovation; It would
simply conform the government Of Alaska
to fundamental principles, making the Gov
ernorship a real instead of merely nominal
office, and leaving the Judges free to give
their entire attention to their judicial duties
q great deal Of the strife that now en-
harnesses the judicial Office in Alaska
also recommend that the salaries of the
District Judges and District Attorneys in
Alaska be increased SO as to make them
equal to those received by corresponding Of
ficers in the United States after deducting
the difference in the cost of living; that the
District Attorneys should be prohibited from
engaging In private practice; that United
States Commissioners be appointed by the
Governor of the territory instead of by the
District Judges. and that liked salary be
provided for them to take the place Of the
discredited Zee system" which should be
abolished in all offices: that q mounted con-
stabulary be created to police the territory
outside the limits Of Incorporated towns
vast section now wholly without police pro-
lection; and that some provision be made
to at least lessen the oppressive delays and
costs that now attend the prosecution of ap-
pealB from the District Court Of Alaska.
There should be division Of the existing
judicial districts, and an increase In the
number Of judges.
Alaska should have a Delegate In the Con-
gress. Where possible. the Congress should
aid in the construction of needed wagon
roads. Additional lighthouses should be pro-
vided. In my judgment, 1t is especially i'm
portant to aid in such manner as seems Just
and feasible in the construction of T. trunk
line Of railway to connect the 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 established in
many different streams. SO as to secure the
preservation of this valuable food fish. Sal
mon fisheries and canneries should be pro-
| hibited on certain Of the rivers where the
mass Of those Indians dwell who live almost
exclusively on f1sh.
The Alaskan natives are kindly, intelli-
gent, anxious to learn, and willing to work.
Those who have come under the influence
Of civilization. even for limited period.
have proved their capability Of becoming
self-supporting, self-respecting citizens, and
! ask only for the just enforcement of law
and intelligent instruction and supervision.
Others living in more remote regions prim-
| tive, simple hunters and fisher folk. who
know only the life of the woods and the
waters, are daily being confronted with Goth
century civilization. with all of its complex
ties. 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
interest Is demanded by every consideration
of justice and humanity.
The needs of these people are:
The abolition of the present fee system,
whereby the native is degraded, imposed
upon, and taught the injustice of law.
The establishment of hospitals at central
points, SO that contagious diseases that are
brought to them continually by incoming
whites may be localized and not allowed to
become epidemic, to spread death and desti-
tuition over great areas.
The development of the educational system
| in the form of practical training In such
industries will the Indians self
support under the changed conditions in
which they will have to live.
The duties of the office OF the Governor
should be extended to include the supervi-
sion of Indian affairs, with necessary assist
ants in different districts. He should be
provided with the means and the power to
nish medical treatment in time Of epidem-
les, and to extend material relief in periods
Of famine and extreme restitution.
Tie Alaskan natives should be given the
right to acquire, hold, and dispose of prop
| erty upon the same conditions as given other
| inhabitants; and the privilege of citizenship
should be given to
Hawaii on1 Porto such may be able
Rico to meet certain def
mite requirements In
Hawaii Congress
should give the Governor power to remove
all the officials appointed under him. The
haroor of Honolulu should be dredged The
Marine Hospital Service should be empow-
cred to study leprosy In the islands / ask
special consideration for the report and rec
concentrations of the Governor Of Porto Rico
In treating of our foreign policy and of the
attitude that this great Nation should as
sumo In the world at large, it is absolutely
necessary consider he
Navy and the Congress. through which the
thought Of the Nation
EOFeiSn Poucy' nnds its expression,
should keep ever WV
idly in mind the fundamental fact that n ia
impossible to treat our foreign policy wheth-
er this policy takes shape in the effort to
selves, save as conditioned upon the attitude
we are willing to take toward our Army and
especially toward Navy. It Is not mere1v
unwise, 1t Is contemplate, for 8 Nation, as
Tor an individual, to use high sounding lam
guage TO proclaim it's purposes or to take
positions which are ridiculous II unsupported
by potential force. and then to refuse to
provide this force If there is no intention
of providing and of keeping the force nee
essary to back up strong attitude, then IL
Is far better not to assume such an attitude
The steady aim of this Nation. as of all
enlightened nations, should be TO strive to
bring ever nearer the day when there sba
prevail throughout the world the peace of
Justice. There are kinds of peace which are
hlSAly unueSlTaDles which in the long
run as destructive as any war. Tyrants and
oppressors have many times made a wilder
ness and called 1t peace. Many times peo-
pies who were slothfuI timid or short
sighted, who had been enervated by ease or
by luxury. or misled by false teachings. have
shrunk in unmanly fashion from doing duty
that was stern and that needed self sacrifice
and have sought to hide from their own
minds their shortcomings. their tgnoble mo-
tlVes' by calling them love of peace The
peace OF tyrannous terror. the peace of era -
ven weakness the peace of Injustice all
these should be Stunned as we shun unriKht-
eous war.
The goal to set before US as a nation, the
goal which should be set before all mankind
Is the attainment of the peace of Justice Of
the peace which comes when each nation is
not merely safeguarded in its own rights hut
scrupulously recognizes and performs its duty
toward others. Generally peace tells for
righteousness; but If there Is conflict he
tween the two. then our fealty is due first
to the cause of righteousness. Unrighteous
wars are common. and unrighteous peace is
rare: but both should be Stunned The right
OF freedom and the responsibility for the
exercise of that right cannot be divorced
One OF our great poets has we'll and hneIv
said that freedom is not gift that tarries
long in the hands of towards. Neither docs
1t tarry long in the hands of those too sloth-
full, too dishonest. too unintellieent To
exercise 1t, The eternal vigilance which is
the price of liberty must be exercised, some
times to guard against outside foes; although
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