The Alaska daily empire., 1913-04-23
Memorial For Federal
 Building Causes Talk Fest
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 people were the salt of the earth and entitled to consideration. It was his belief that the capital of this great country with it's countless millions of wealth and destined to be millions of peaople should have their capital city at a point accessible to all. There was no place that was so ideally situated as the metropolis of the Panama val ley. Fairbanks was the proper place for the Territory to build it's capital
 Speaker Collins called Mir. Kelly to the chair and made an impassioned address that reused a storm. Il heart ily agree with the gentleman from the Second division" said the hand some representative from Fox, there is but one logical point for the loca' tion of a capital city and that is in the center of wealth and popula- tion. Come with me and l will show you the grandest and most product i've valley on Gods green earth, Fairbanks, Alaska's Golden Heart, is ideally situated. With untold and in- exhaustible mineral wealth and the richest of lands this great Panama valley is to be the homes of millions of people who are prosperous and happy. Certain to be the center Of a great network of railroads and the commercial mart of this vast empire, centrally located and having every advantage that a capital should have, why should we vote to build an eX- pensive building here in Juneau that may have to be torn down."
 Representative Shoup attempted to gain the floor but the Speaker and Mir. Kelly were changing chairs and he was not recognized.
 Representative Dan. Driscoll talk ing it for granted he had the floor and could hold it began a flow of oratory that made the chairs dance He was indignant that they should be even asked to consider a bill of this nature. Not that he was opposed to a capital building. But" he said If We are to have federal building let us build it in Alaska, build it in Knik. Valdez or some other point in the Territory. Why you fellows down | here seem to think you are the terri, tory and entitled to everything. l ask YOU what are we to get, Fairbanks has never got anything. You want to centralize everything down around this little wart of place that isn't even in the territory"
 There were cries of questions from all overthe hall, as Shoup attempted to gain the floor. The Speaker rec ognized the gentleman from Sitka.
 'I say to you gentlemen from the Second. Third and Fourth Divisions, that Juneaus claim to the capital is founded on sound reaso2ing and the facts will bear me out. Juneau is the most centrally located spot in all Alaska.
 It doesn't make any difference in what part of the Territory one lives in. he mast pass through the city of Juneau to reach it. It doesn't mat ter whether he travels in winter or summer. The man from Nome in or der to reach either of these points in the summer time must also pass through Juneau. So, if destined for the States during the winter he must pass through Juneau. So, say the point so far as central location is concerned is all in favor of Juneau. will not take issue with you gen tlemen on the other advantages that have been pointed out but it seems to me I heard some walls of poverty from those sections of ineXhaustible millions when the eight-hour bill was under consideration. Here he was interrupted by cries of question, ques- tion,-but Mir. Shoup had attempted to read a resolution asking that the First Division be cut off from the bal ance of Alaska. It was hurriedly done while the other members were un- mercifully grilling the claims of Ju- neau.
 Col. Ingersoll, the representative bate had declared that he was willing from Ketchikan who early in the de- to move the capital to Ketchikan, managed to squeeze in a few words in favor of the position taken by MT. Shoup, but he was called to order as having used his time.
 Representative Aldrich, of Nome, said that he heartily endorsed every word that had been said by his col league from Nome and by the gen tleman from the Fourth.
 The vote on the final passage of the memorial was called for Aldrich answered "No.". Then as the roll was called down the line, Boyle, DriscoI, Gaffney, Ingram, Ingersol. and all the opponents answered in the affirmative-Shoups face was a study. Just before the vote was an- nounced Aldrich asked permission to
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