The daily Alaskan., 1907-08-12
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own pit aud give him an excellent oP- portunity to push them all into it. Tax ing the agitators for home government st their owu word that they are palrio- tic. liberty loving people, filled to over Sowing with love of country, morality and love os God, the governor and all other substantial interests In Alaska" unc,uding Colonel Sutherlandl can go down to Washington and say to con gross. "These people want se't-goV- ernment their Americanism is oozi0g out at every pore and oyeraowing at their mouths, and we ask inst the same amount and kind Of AmsriCanism, pat. r.ousm and God-tesring morality be embodied in the Organic Act, by and under which they are to organize 8 home government. We want that iu' slrumsnt so drawn inst the patriots shall have every opportunity to let their patriotism flow like water down Yukon. And in order that they may have DO handicap, let 1t also be provid- ed that the man who attempts to gam bls or to induce others to gamble, shall be declared teIou. that he who runs dance hall Is 8 criminal, and that he who opscs his saloon on Sunday must serve a term of years in the peniten- .lary."
 This is al. possible, and indeed, il, the abuse ot Governor Hoggalc and those who represent the government be con tinusd, ]. is more thau prooab!e. If congress will to nothing more than em- body in the Organic Act the law Of Texas. as past a, the last legislature, on gambling, dance halls, Sunday closing, church raEss. etc, and certainly Tex. as can no, be called puritanical,l we venture to prognosttcars tha: large number of those iu Alaska who are now bowling for home government will be the strongest opponents ot it when j, comes to the vote on that subject.
 
 Now, Do patriot, not even any good citizen, CAD go down to Washington and ob.ec. to any of these restrictions on immortality being embodied in the charter Of liberty" governing the vote on the question. Suppose that the Hoo. Thomas Gale of Wisconsin should arise ou the aoorot congress and say: "Gen- tsmen, We want this gambling clause, dance hall clause and Sunday closing clause stricken out. The people of AL assa are GoI.tsariag, law aoiding citt- lsus. aod they will look after these things themselves" Would not some old man of God arise and say: "Theu, Brother Gale, those restrictions will not hurt you:"
 50 1t can be read upon the wall, even a. tdi, early day. that the more Gov. Hoggag. IS abused by the liberty.lo7lng press of Alaska. the more he will feel ike having ,he Orgaaic Act made God fearing and liberty loving, He will force the AIasla-Americans to "show their hand" aud fit be not clean con gress will say. Nay. Pauline" Tit be clean, every saloon and gambling man ln Alaska oa election day will say Nay, Pauline"
 So how can one gay that he l, for or against 8 thing ua:I he first knows wha, i. is:- -Eecora-3liuer
 "--- It seems strange to think that the Post-IulelIigeucer would be so off, Cious in urging territorial government for Alaska, knowing, as it does, that Governor Hoggalt and the federal ad- minls.ra.i0u generally. as well as the "subscaucial lnteres,s' in Alaska are opDosel 10 fg. Unless the POsl-Intellg- geucsr can be induced by the managers of the Seattle Exposition to attend to its own business 1t is natural to suppose that, with the governor and the sub stanlial interests Of Alaska" opposed to that congressional appropriation, it will go glimmering. -Record-Miner.
 The little coterie who are accidsntlY at the head of our poor territory at this time, to gain their ends have tried class hatred, misrepresentation and 7uliGca-