The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1906-08-27
sooD NoS -TsE TIMES

1he etsctloC n ALASKA o. nc L@Jn
instant seems 20 have MADE true in
preston upoo the Seattle Times. In
AZ saisoriN commenting upon the re-
Sgr1s thsi pspsr gives expression 70
some o The lessons they teach in $
maaosr thai fndioSsss a proper con
CepS,on ogJhe jHvSoaoeSS Of things in
Asks
The Tines editorial comes A. 81 o.
perfume time, TOO, rs, IS plot i
SslnC hs5Sss5 70 have The country 81
lS1ss place = vrooS Construction On
re res0l, o. The election.
The Tines SAYS.
In casting ASIDE the candidates Of
both The rspaolicSn So6 democratic
parties selecting miners 70 represent
IL congress for the short Sod long
ssrnS, The people o. Al&SkS have dem
oaSS-S5e5 thst Il IS pure business with
Jhsn-ool amateur Craftsmanship.
"AlSSkS hSs SAD 70 congress BY the
voSss o. her citizens that the people
ths-e are capable o. ssli-Sovs-uUeot-
They have demonstrated IS they could
II % other Vsy, that Alaska : vel
enough o-Csnize5 g. a people to he en-
tiJls6 bcS Territorial iorn o. govern
msCt, Eo5 thai she deserves the full
confidence S06 respect o. congress The
ss-soSJh Of this argument : ho-De out 1
~ he returns
Sven The First division which s 10 .
cS5e5 II tie southern part Alaska, /
While giving very complimentary 4
voss 10 Ex-Governor SVinefoCd, deu-
oc-S;. showed = decided preference
SmoaE he other candidates Il favor o.
The mso eIeS5e5 for the ioag tern
Tao0Ss Gale.
III The None district The miners (
t5ssej received more thsn The comhin-
e. vo;es o. The republicans and The
democrats While the FsirSS0Ss district
gave TIE 1ioer~' candidate more than
three tines The combined votes Of
he democratic so6 republican cso-
5f5sSeS
There nay bs = desire OF the part
o. so1s partisan members o. Congress
% Gse their vote a. 5 weapon against
soy further fsvo-s 10 slSSSs, but such
vjD He mighty fsw. Most members
o. coaS-s<S While partisan II other
things, S-e keen - see our outside
territories advance and grew, They
Vii CecoE0jzs thai Il : %, party
strength tia, : % Win, but business
Sctsv.JieS
They XII see il the majority o. the
people o. Alaska = character thai
speaks o. rugged Independence Of
former political ties sod s keen interest
n The development Of that most north
s-ly o. our possessions. Al the same
tine the returns will show that the
democratic and republican votes s7e
about eousIly divided and that Deither
SIDE hSS any 81 pS-snJ advantage from
The 7sJG-os-
"Al&SSs : 70 become great CONNER
SiAl community. The stuCdioeSs Of her
people and the nature Of the climate
prove Jhst. even If the independent
vote does not. She will advance with
rapid strides not alone along the lines
o. business, but II The confidence Of
The Federal government Her first
delegates - co1gre2s Mr.. Gale for the
loos and Nr. w&skey for the short
seru-will have great work 70 DO, for
shey nus; needs be human encyclope-
iiSs o. Alaskan information,
And they viii be, for they sre men
o. sbiIiJy sod exper'euce-6irect from
the working elements o. thai great
community. They will have
he confidence and the respect Of sIl the
OF congress and viii be 10 s
position 70 make records that will be
,SsljnG,
Alaska IS 70 be congratulated.
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