The daily Alaskan., 1905-11-20
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KELLY's sCREED

The 2fLlCle ON SuSAlNdiu6 0aCASOA . deputy, Kelly, opposing territorial gov erument for Alaska, which was publish ed in the Ketchikan Journal and a summary of which appears in another column of this paper, would arouse the people of Alaska to resent the insult gratuitiously offered to them were 1t not that Its pusilanimOus idiocy calls forth 8 pittyiug contempt for its autho that absorbs all other feelings.
 It would be waste of time to point out the ialsity of this screed or to com ment upon the nsrrowaess, biggotry and utter lack of comprehension of American institutions possessed by the grasping, selfish, hypocrite and carpet bagCer who wrote it, were it not that 8 contemplation of truth in juxtaposi- tion with talsehoOd makes the false more hideous and glorifes the true. That these adjectives are not words of abuse but are descriptive of actualities will be apparent to those who read the article which calls them forth.
 Kelly speaks of itching palms" and says it is the desire for office which i'm pels the people of this district to demand the possession of their Ameri- can rights. Such 8 charge, while ab- surdly false, would come with better grace from some one whose own 'Ttch- ing palm" is not being crossed regularly each month with a government salary check. The trouble with this smirking and dpurring deputy of" "Shellgame"J Jack son Is a certain knowledge that he and all his breed stand so low in the estima- tiOa of their fellow citizens, the self respecting and outraged men and women of Alaska, that they would be whipped from the offices they disgrace if the people were in control of their own affairs instead of being subject to the whim of politicians.
 But Kelly says the demand for terri torial government for Alaska comes from democrats, saloon politicians and clientless lawyers. That the miners, business men and property owners are not in favor Of a change. Of course he he knew he was lyi0g when he au- vauced such a contention. He proba- bly, meant it for Eastern consumption. The fact is that every republican con- yention that has been held in Alaska for more than five years has demanded territorial government for this district. The miners, mine owners, business men and commercial organizations of of Nome and Fairbanks, the leading mining ceuters of Alaska, have time after time gone on record for it, as have :he people of the great quartz districts of Juneau and ,KetchiAau. Alaskan republicans, miners and busl- ness men ara Americans as well as are the democrats Of this district.
 The contention that Alaska would go democratic should we have a territorial government, and that the legislature would be composed of democrats and consequently of the worst element of the people is as far fetched as is asst nine the inference that democrats are Of the scum of the earth and not en- titled 10 self government. The fact is that in 8 dozen Alaskan towns where the people held mock elections last year Mir. Roosevelt had the most votes in each, and the people of all of them favor self.go7ernment,
 The assertions that the question is not what Alaskaus want but what they need and that they can safely trust