Valdez daily prospector., 1912-05-27
REPUBLICAN PROGRESSIVE
 CONVENTION.

party will assemble here for the purpose of nominating delegate tO congress, and rlrcting drle- gates tn the Republican national convention, which is to convene in Chicago next month. Already there has arrived ill the city a number of distinguished gentle men from other portions of the territory. whom. no doubt, our p. oplc, with their prnvrrbial hos pitality. are entertaining in a manner briitting their prnni- urncr in the civic life of this great nnrthland.
 While opposed iO the Rrpub- Iican party under whatever vote catching alias il may b" travel ing under. the ProSprcinr joins in the welcome. believing that those who will assemble here are working for the best interests of uiIr northern hulilr. however mis- taken they may hr in th" means used !n attain their ends. The sn,r>umnrl nf iii~ cnn\"nti ion are. al h"ari. anal in fact. Rrpuhli- cans who find il difficult. if not impossible. lo altogether east uir party >harklrS. In their midst k q Sprimkliug of Democrats. or selves. from force of habit. or perhaps. because ih"ir fnrrh"arS l'rlicNrd iu thr teachings of Thomas Jefferson. or were Op- posed tn. the rrnIraliIing l"ndcn- -ics of inc school taught by Al"X- nndrr Hamilton. Here. however, In Ilr north this olIu pudrida of non-aSS initiative thought will join m nominating a ticket on Inc hypothesis that il is better to be in the lIadrS of ones own mak- ing than in the Paradise cngi- neercd by the other fellow.
 This country is governed by political parties and through these organizations We are en- abIed tn accomplish Ihr ends sought for. We must judge the political parties by their treat Inenf of our welfare and their acquirsrrncr in our just demands. The convention which is to as scmblc in ihis city on Wrdn"S- day next will no doubt nominate Judge James WickrrSham as del cgatc io congress, and will en- dorSc Colonel Roosevelt for the presidential nomination This lat ter position they will he com Irllrd io assume if they hope for any recognition at the hands of !hr national Republican party.
 What has TIIru:lnrr Rnns"\"li ever don" for Alaska? Why should any Alaskan give him any support? Every i'll from which Alaska iS HOW suffering came from In" administration over which RooSrvrIi presided. Dur ing tn" seven years of his inrum- banry in inc executive chair. ROnScvrlI SuSprndrd an act of congress in lInlawfully lie up our coal lands: lc created vast areas int" forest r.'S"r\"S. n>IrnSihly to preserve Inc moisture: lr rrfilS- cd Us alIIoniuy: llr claS$rd Alas ka aS q district and deprived us nf tn" benefits of the interstate romm"rr" act: h." protected inc bear and neglected h" people: in farI Theodore ROoSrvcll has wrought incalcllIablr harm io inc lmnpl" of the north. from which they will mol rrcovrr for many years lO cOI,lr.
 ,: II is brynnd our understanding how any loyal Alaskan can give his support Io Roosevelt, and yet inc convention IO meet here llliS week will kiss Inc hand that snioir Ihrn. This inconsistent condition of affairs iS directly due io lh" n0n-parlizan spirit of AlaSkans, crnIrrcd in thc "Wick- crsham movement" which rcaliz- rS iiS inIpuicncy, and is now seek ing inc aid of one of ihc great national parties.
 The sooner Alaska works in harmony with IlIr national Drm- ocraIic party Inc quicker will Inc much needed aid bc given us. The individual ambitions of q citizen or sri of citizens should bc' as taught compared Io Inc cnulnon good of all.
 NOT A pEMaooauE's TOY.