The Alaska citizen., 1911-01-16
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bills to put through there is slim chance of any general legislation for Alaska
 Perhaps the most interesting point i'll the political situation at the pres ent time. is the assurances We have from prominent senators on the R publican side that if the house will pass the NiCkersham bill for an elective legislature next winter, they will do their utmost to put il through the senate. Of course, 1, will be Democratic measure aj that time. but no enc here or in Alaska cares a who1p who puts i, through, so long as We get what Vt are after. think the Democrats will put it through the house. ana the Democratic senators will of ne CeSSity have to work for it in the senate. With their full vote and suCL assurances as We have of Republican support for the bill, things look whole lot rOSier now than ever be fore for the organization of the ter ritOry along the lines of the Wicker sham bill and a full elective legis lature of Alaskans to handle our To- cal affairs You all up there wan to keep busy with your strong peti- tionS and strong personal letters to your friends in congress of both pc litical faiths. They count for mcr. than you thing down here. There is scarcely a day passes, but that ever! member of congress gets the woro Alaska plugged q little bit deeper ill his mind by circular letters, and q greater interest than ever is being eVinCed in the territory and it's flu ture. Every senator and member of the house has just had sent to him a personal letter from the delegate with a copy of his speech of June 16 last. and pretty n arly the whole bunch of them has been interested enough in the matter to acknowledge receipt and state his position in tn. matter The replies were of q most encouraging nature, and We are keeping the good work up vigorous ly The Alaska Welfare league, of Alaskans resident in Seattle during the winter months, has also been sending out circular letters with copies of strong editorials from the Western press, and the League is dc ing good work Every time any one says Alaska to a congressman il counts for something, so ke~p up the good work.
 All the Alaska nominations have gone through with the exception ol Faulkner, and ,his case is still be fore the subcommittee Cf the sen ate judiciary committee, which seem to be afraid to touch it. The grea objection to his confirmation nov lies to his citizenship. There is Il question that in 1915 he was a citi zen of Canada. and no qu stiOn all that since that time he has neye, taken out his final papers of natul alization. We don't think the senate can possibly confirm him, but the. have done so many curious thing. over there that no one would drol dead with surprise here if even ht should go through.
 Mrs. Bert Jackson visited the office yesterday; she is taking Margaret to school somewhere in this vicinity. Bert is still on the coast, and they expect to get back to the Panama before the opening of navigation Charley Crawford was also a visitor a week or so ago, en route to Mex co on q business trip. Casey Moran is over in New York establishing himself with the magazines, and ii his reports be true he has six arti- cles accepted by the Worlds Work. McClure's and the Review of Re views. Dr. s. Hall Young also blew in a few days ago, and he is doino some good publicity work in the press of New York state through in terviews with himself. The good old doctor is also going to engage in the magazine work, and tells us the out, look is very encouraging for him Ma jOr Cum, who is a post office inspeC tor in Montana, writes that the chief inspG ctor of the division which includes Alaska has resigned and he wants the place. He is coming on to Washington in the effort to se- cure it. Frederick II Chase whom you may know, recently had long article in Golfers on the railroad situation in Alaska. He is to lecture in New York on January 10, and on the 29th of January, Judge Wicker sham goes over to speak before an audience at the Peoples Institute having the needs of Alaska in leg islative way for his subject"