The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-07

after deducting the difference in the cost of living; that the district attorneys should be prohibited from engaging in private practice; that United States com mssloners be appointed by the governor of the territory instead of by the dis trict judges, and that a fixed salary be provided for them to take the place Of the discredited fee system" which should be abolished in all offices; that mounted constabulary be created to po- lice the territory outside the limits of incorporated towns-a vast section now wholly without police protection; and that some provision be made to at least lessen the oppressive delays and costs that now attend the prosecution of ap- peals from the district court of Alaska There should be a division of the exist ing judicial districts, and an increase in the number of judges.
 Alaska should have a 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, it is especially important to aid in such manner as seems just and feasible in the construction of a trunk line of railway to connect the Gulf of Alaska with the Yukon river through American territory. This would be most beneficial to the de- velopment of the resources of the terri tory and to the comfort and welfare of it's people.
 Salmon hatcheres should be estab- lished in many different streams so as to secure the preservation of this valua- ble food fish. Salmon fisheries and can neries should be prohibited on certain of the rivers where the mass of those h. dians dwell who live almost exclusively on fish.
 The Alaskan natives are kindly, intel ligent anxious to learn, and willing to work Those who have come under the influence of civilization, even for linn tied period have proved their capablity of becoming self-supporting, self-respect- ing citizens, and ask only for the just enforcement of law and intelligent in- struction and supervision. Others, 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 civilization with all of its com plexities. Their country Is being over run by strangers, the game slaughtered and driven away, the streams depleted oi | fish, aad hitherto unknown and fata | diseases brought to them, all of which combine to produce a state of abject poV. | erty and want which must result 1T their extinction. Action in their interest is demanded by every consideration ol | 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 cen tral points, so that contagious diseases that are brought to them continually b, incoming whites may be localized and moi allowed to- become epidemic, to spread death and Restitution over great areas.
 The development of the educationa system in the form of practical training in such industries as will assure the In dians self-support under the changed con | ditions in which they will have to live.
 The duties of the office of the governor should be extended to include the super vision of Indian affairs, with necessar! ! assistants in different districts. He should be provided with the means and powe to protect and advise the native people to furnish medical treatment in time O epidemics, and to extend material relic in periods of famine and extreme desti tuition.