The Alaska prospector., 1905-11-23

IS chairman of the steering com.
 mittee. Other committees have no,
 not been named. Permanent or. ganization will probably be effected this afternoon. Judge Dubose will
 be chairman of the resolutions committee.
 Seattle, Nov. 1S-The permanent organization of the convention has
 been formed. Governor Swineford Is chairman; w. s. McKeane secre- tary. The committee on creden. tials report started a fight by re- fusiDg to allow any telegrams from absent delegates to be read on the floor. This was on account oI cablegrams from Fairbanks direct ing that proxies be turned over by
 W. H. Hughes, the leader of the delegates, to Johnson. The com mittee held that the delegation at the the caucus elected chairman who was directed to cast such prox- ies, and that such action must stand. This action costs Johanson ten votes in his own delegation.
 The following committe on reso- lutions was appointed: First dis trict, J. q. Price, J. J. Burns and F. B. Agnew. Second district, Dudly Dubose, Elma McNaught, w. P. Perkins. Third district, J. k. Ballaine, Joseph Hutchinson, R. V. Nye. Johanson took the floor to ask that all absent votes be cast out. An uproar was caused by this and he withdrew the mo- tion. The committee report on proxies was then adopted. The Platform committee reported an amendment that bill for territo- rial government be prepared for congress as we'll as resolutions. This started a fight. Judge Coch- ran, of Tin City, supported the amendment, stating that a bill for territorial government would soon come up. The majority was op- posed to such action us harmful. The amendment was voted down. Chairman Swineford addressed the meeting, urging that a memorial be sent to congress from the people of Alaska, asking that they be recognized as American citizens in fact as we'll as in name; that they be given power to regulate their own mining rights and designate their own recording districts and name recorders. He said "when the question comes up before the convention 1 will ask for relief from the chair to take the floor in sup port of the measure. The commit tee on order of business recom- mended that all resolutions and memorials be referred to the reso- lution committee, without debate, for report. Committee on platf orm that one or more to Washington be named. This left loop to settle the Johan- son-Ryan fight. If it is impossi- ble to settle their differences in the election of one candidate then three will probably be elected. This is satisfactory to the southeastern delegates, who have so far put for ward no candidate.
 Seattle, Nov. 20-Convention as- at II o'clock, and may fin is h business to-day. Ex-Governor Swineford was reported as saying at banquet at Tacoma that Alas kans were dissatisfied with Seattle and favored trade with Tacoma, but he denies the report. There is strong probability that three delegates to Washington will be elected, as the Ryan and Johan- men are still unable to agree. At a caucus last night ex-Governor Swineford was selected as the can didate from Southeastern Alaska.
 Washington, Nov. 20-Ihe canal plans adopted by the Panama canal engineers make several changes in the proposed route, cut tlng out Colon as q terminus and a great harbor at Limon bay and city at San Cristobal. On the Pacific side the canal is to pass between Sosa and Ancon.
 Seattle, Nov. 1S-Major Rich of the army board in char ge of road work in Alaska, addressed the Alaska convention today, out inning the work done this year and the plans for lc ensuing year. He stated that an attempt would be