The Chitina leader., 1914-11-10
EDITORIAL oMMENT

Creek Sunrise, Honer Afognak NakNek etc., might return
 couple of hundred votes Then the Chisana should poll 50 Tor 6O And what's boherng the politicians just who is to be benefited when the delayed returns received The Wickershamtes confident that the totals will show an increase for their candidates. st fkip@a sFa.. s
 And now known that federal official in Alaska has voluntarily resigned week ago Judge Frederick Fuller o the Fourth division teegraphed his resignation from Seattle to the President has been accepted The scramble for the position should be among the faith fu Possibly of the defeated lawyers at the recent election might be willing to have their wounds salved with judicial appointment For instance Seator Tom McGowan of Fairbanks, Congressman Chas. Bunne of Valdez The Cordova Chamber of Commerce today wired con gratuaons Delegate James Wickersham the splendid victory which he achieved at Tuesdays election As this has been the towns strongly opposed to Delegate Wckersham the action of the Chamber Is taken to that has buried the hatche and will hereafter be found supporting the course of the Delegate .as
 The Tanana valley yet not much of quartz section but the Fairbanks Commercial Club has succeeded in gather ing exhibit of specimens from 75 different properties This has been boxed and its out the ra to be shipped to San Francisco for the exposition It will certain make credtabe exhibit and attract attention to the prob abilities of this quartz region.
 Although there has been government appropriation for the gathering of exhibit from Alaska the various sections have gotten busy with the result that the mineral and cultural of the territory will be we'll displayed before the admring thousands who will from every section of the United States the San Francisco exposition
 Aaskans who have heretofore gone to Seattle to have their good time feel greatly discouraged the result o the prohibition vote in Washington state They feel that they will have to into California where it continues ''we But they continue have fling in Seattle for year yet the dry law will be effective until January 1916. .afs I NikEIKtH
 It predicted that after next year instead of the people of Alaska ojourhng in Seattle during the winter the will be ''on to California;
 The voters of Alaska didn't really think that President Wilson needed Mr. Bunnes support in putting his Alaskan policies through Congress They know that the President is
 strong enough to do 1t without the particular favor of Delegate although he will have all the support requires the continued activity of Delegate Wckersham who is becoming constructive legislator
 Although not lawyer and consequently sharp some of the members of that profession dishonest like others Senator Price will impress his individuality his fellow members He goes to the Senate give the people Alaska square deal and his efforts will honestly be directed to that end Tom relied always to find the joker in bill.
 One of the questions asked the voters in the of Washington ths Can afford to conscate $7 100000 worth of property in this stae deprive the of amounting to $2 600000; destroy annual export beer business of $o00oo destroy hop and barley land values of $OOoo0O destroy annual payroll of oO0Ooo; destroy annual incidental business $12OOO0OO and altogether destroy business the stnpendous of $60000 besides throwing about $500 out of work and depvng 32000 dependents of their bread winners? And the replied 'syes''
 1t now looks though the membership of the next House of Representatives Juneau would be controlled by the partisans in other words Wickershamites At least three on this ticket elected in the First division in the Third and three in the Fourth with Nome having three Independents
 The who trying to build up Democratic party and organization in Alaska might better start anewana eliminate the shackleford methods The day permit po cans to run politics for their selfish ends in the gloom of its decline
 The most surprising incident in the election in this div sion was the small vote recevedby Candidate Bunnel in his home town Out of total nearly 700 he poled but I282, while for Senator Judge Hubbard boiled 482.
 While the Dr. didn't Chase very far in the vote getting he may have the satisfaction of knowing that his candidacy prevented the election of another Senator from Valdez
 Valdez reversed her usual procedure this and failed to vote for all of the candidates from that town Possibly was because there were too many to remember. ,a
 Cordova and the Copper river country didn't do bad M recent election One Senator and representative will make up some for. the neglect of two years ago.
 That eyewitness at the front who writes pieces for the British press bureau must have been selected for his short sghtedness