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The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-10
VOTING

Having ascertained in the man. ner aforesaid the total number of qualified persons, the next thing Is to ascertain how many of them do, IN GOOD FAITH, consent.
 For the purpose of ascertaining this (as nearly as possible) the U. s. commissioner will, on May 24th' be at the city hall in Skagway at all times between the hours of g a. ID. and 2 p. m., and will then and there receive and place in a ballot box provided for that pur- pose, the pallets of all the per sons offering to vote on the ques- tion; provided the name of the person is in the census book aud the person is not challenged.
 If any person offers to vote whose name Is not in the book, the ballot will nevertheless be receiy- ed if the person swears that he tor she) Dossesses the qualifications aforesaid. In such case, however, the name, residence and occupation of the person shall be taken and his tor her) ballot shall be plac- ed NOT in the ballot box, but must, by him tor heT) be placed in separate envelope which shall be sealed and marked with his Cor her name and the word "omitted'; said envelope Is to be then and there handed tc the commissioner and is not to be opened except by an order of the court and in it's presence, and not then unless it be necessary so to do Il order 10 de- eide 8 contest.
 If any person offering to vote is challvnged as not possessing the qualifications required by law, as aforesaid, the ballot shall neverthe- less be received If the person swears that he possesses the qualifications required. In such ctse the name, residence aI1 occupation of the per son shall be taken, but his Cor her) ballot shall be placed NOT in the ball. box, but must. by him tor her). be placed in Q separate en- yelope, which envelope shall be sealea and marked with his tor her) name and the word "challeng- ed"; and said envelope is to be then and there handed to the con-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-10

missioner and is net to be opened except by an order of the court and m it's presence, and not then un- less it be necessary so to do in or der to decide a contest.
 The method of voting is as fol- lows: These who consent to the sale of liquor in Skagway during the year from July 1, 1915, to July l, 1918, fjl write the word wet" on the ballot; those who are not in favor of Iiquoy being sold in Skagway during said year will write the word dry on the ballot
 As each vote is received, if the name of the person voting. is in the census book the naIne shall be checked, and if the name $ not in the census book a sel araIe notation shall be made thereot.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-10
COIiNT.NG

Wnau all have v0,cd who offer to vote, the said U. :. commission CT shall proceed, publicly to count those ballots oily which are iu the ballot box, and he shall certify the result, and shall lorward to the clerk of the court the census books and all the eHyel,pys containing ballots.
 If it appears from the counting of tue ballots n tae ballet box that majority Of all the qualified persons have voted "wc-,' the re- suit will b5 considered as final, unless those opposed to the grant ing oi the licenses show that there has been some IrauI or uuiairnc5s affecting the result. 4 reasonable opportunity will be afforded to max this showing.
 If it appears from the counting oI tie ballots in thc ballot box that majority of all the QUaii- fled persons have voted dry" the result will be considered as ri4aL unless the person desiring a ii- ceuse shows that there has been some fraud or unraitue-s. affecting the result. A reasonable opportuni- ty will be afforded 10 make this showing.
 If it pDears from the counting of the ballots in the ballot box that neither side has Q majority of all the qualified persons then the court will determine from evidence produced at a full hedrins, wniea, if any, of the votes in the enyel- opes are entitled to be counted,
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DANCE TONIGHT!

You will enjoy dsAsIng tonighS and every aiEht if "PURoLA" ElOoT Wax Is used It B granular, Rfts and produces no dust A good no~e doubles the pleasure of dancsag and makes the ceeS nEhk Try $ tO4Ay
 25G and 5oe eans sysctiyN isPUN- OLAF Sold by KalJ0E BrSs. Drug Co. ~-.,,.,.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-10

Wanted salssmSn to sell cIgars, cigarettes, and tobacco to dealers Experience unnecessary. Weekly sal AFy and $5 a day tr&vOl'ng expsns- e. EASTERN TOBACCO CO, Bos- .tSE, RaRA
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-10

the persons appointed must make
 arrangements with theses who in tend to be applicants as to their compensation, as the court has no funds at Its disposal for such pur- pose.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-10
KODAK YEAR BOOK FREE

All KsdAksrB are invited to call as Keller Bros. and receive the new kodak year book. 4-a1-3t.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-05-10
INFORMATION TO VOTERS ON
 LIQUOR LICENSE QUESTION

(Contiuued from rage 1.)
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
The Asininity List.

So the Asininity List is to be Mr.
Bryan's substitute for the Ananias Club
AS there exists real need, apparently
for some conclusive category in which
statesmen Of the aggressive type may
place those who differ with them, the an
nouhcement in "The Commoner' should be
Of general interest.
Mr. Roosevelt, belligerent by nature,
bellicose in his utterances, usurped the
most directly available of methods for the
disposal of these troublesome rebels. He
made the issue direct, and impounded
them. Bryan, paciist, has waited longer
and has hit upon a milder variation of
punishment. 1t is more in pity than in
anger that he observes the recalcitrancy
Of those who will not accept his conclu-
sions. And his sentence of incarceration
is to a sanatorium.
Ones membership in the Ananias Club
is final. But inclusion in the Asininity
List is subject to cure. The difference
represents simply an adaptation of the
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Irreyerence to the Past.

The Broadway patroman who arrested
Colonel Michael c. Padden for refusing
70 move ON was rebuked in the magis-
trate's court for "poor Judgment How
soon is this city's glorious past obscured!
The cop who laid hand on Colonel
Mike" the best Water Register the NC
Clcllan administration ever put into office
and the only commander Of a seagoing
water-pirate raider the municipality ever
boasted, was guilty of more than poor
judgment,
He lacked appreciation of local color
and the gift Of historical perspective.
Such blunderer might have denied the
freedom of the sidewalk to Big Tim Sui
livan or have escorted Edward Harrigan
to the station house for whistling THE
Mulligan Guards
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
A Thoroughly Bad Veto.

BY vetong the bill which permitted this
city to deal with the problem of garbage
disposal as it chose Governor Whitman
has condemned the local taxpayers TO an
unnecessary expenditure of from $l,4OO,-
600 to S2.400.000 annually. He has done
this in the face of the unanimous request
of the whole city administration that he
sign the bill. and he has done it with no
other warrant for his act than the advice
Of Mr.. Hearsts newspapers.
What will rankle most in the minds of
the people of this community is the fact
that the Governor has done this thing at
the present time, when he is endeavoring
to impose upon them an unnecessary
direct tax burden Of $13,3OO,OOO. Patiently
he is determined that neither in reduced
taxes nor in permission 20 avoid expense
is New York to profit by his administra-
ton.
What Mayor Mitchell has said about the
Governors veto the people of New York
City will accept unhestatingly. Too
many things have already occurred in
Albany this year to leave any doubt locally
as to the spirit and the purpose there
manifested in dealing with metropolitan
interests.
But is it not equally plain that the
people of this city are more alert, more
sensitive, more generally awake to the
Albany situation than ever before in re-
cent years? Is there not some one whose
opinion carries weight with Mr.. Whitman
who can tell him the impression his ad-
ministration is making upon the minds of
Republicans as well as Democrats in the
city in which he has lived for 50 many
years?
New York City be punished is a plat
form which may arouse applause in GER
tain communities in this state. But Is
there any reason to believe that this city
will endure patiently and permanently
policy which is revealed in mounting
tax rates and in precisely the sort Of rob-
berry Corporation Counsel Polk so admira-
bly, exposed in The Tribune the other
day?
To The Tribune it appears that the Gov
ernor's veto was mistake. bad in Itself
because it was msound; even worse be-
cause it will intensity local resentment
at the fashion in which this city's inter
ests are being handled at Albany.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Rocking the Boat. "

Speaking Of the present international
crisis. President Wilson told a gathering
Of Nethodists i'm Washington on Thursday
night that a great many people in this
country are trying hard "to rock the boat "
In the Presidents mind. "rocking the boat
seemed to cover all action intended to ham
per the administration in its efforts to
preserve strict neutrality in a quarrel in
which we nave no part.
It might have been better if Mr.. Wilson
had been a little more definite. Vino are the
most energetic boat rockers? Did he have
in view the associations of hyphenated cti-
zcns which have been working for an en-
barge ON the expectation of munitions Of
war. hoping .hus to modify the existing
code of international law for the benefit Of
those belligcrants which are cut off from
access 10 the American market? Did he
mean to repeat i'm a more general way the
rcbuke he is reported to have administered
to a delegation Of arms embargo advocates,
when he told them that they should put
American interests above the interests Of
any group Of European combatants?
1t is rocking the boat" to insist that the
United States shall set new international
law precedent by forbidding our citizens
TO sell munitions Of war to the belligerents.
If we should ever be plunged into war We
should probably be ourselves in desperate
need of war supplies purchasable in for
oign markets. It is also rocking the
boat to counsel submission on the part
Of the United States to belhgerent meas
ures, based on military necessity" which
are wrecking the whole fabric of blockade
and contraband regulations. The United
States must stand fast for neutral rights
as they exist. In doing 50 it not only con-
suits its own immediate interests, but also
acts as champion of unwarrantably as
sailed ideals of international comfy and
equity. 1t must keep an eye on the future
as well as on the present. In discharging
this great duty the President should have
the nations united support. It is little
short of treason to AmericaniSm to try
to distract him by rocking the boat"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Alcoholized medicines"

Alabama recently passed law, over
the veto of the Governor, forbddlng the
sale of any newspaper containing an
advertisement of whiskey, wine or beer
Many "dry" states have stringent regula-
tions against the distribution or posses
sion of liquors, affecting even the tenn
porarv visitor. It has not yet occurred
to them. however. to ban the sale of alco-
holized medicines or the advertising OF
these compounds. "Why worry about pro-
hibition?" the query of federal official
who had Just inspected the patent medi-
cine exhibits in the Bureau of Chemistry
of the Department of Agriculture, has,
therefore. some point. He had learned
that Paine's Celery Compound contained
20 per cent alcohol Wine of Cardui, 20
per cent; Peruna, 18 per cent; Lydia Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, 18 per cent;
Electric Brand Bitters, IS per cent-all
medicines" for internal use. He knew,
also, what physicians and many laymen
know, that some of these remedies ac-
ouire a hold on their users entirely COM
parable to the liquor habit.
Beer contains about per cent alcohol.
Most wines are about one-ffth alcohol
many less than that proportion. For dry
states to ban beer and wines, therefore,
while permitting the widest sale of COM
pounds containing as much or more alco-
hol. in the name of curative science, IS
farcical. if not hypocritical. If alcohol Is
so bad that anti-saloon organizations and
state governments have to crusade against
it. they should be logical enough to stop
its sale whether it be an element Of a
cure" or of a wine.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Better the Old Guards.
or Of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In ;he early days Of subway travel
in certain few moments Of hesitation at re-
mote periods OF time, in the course of prog
ress underground, it was tantalizinc and
nerye-rakng in the extreme to gaze and gaze
at guard who, sentinel-Iike, stood motion
less and speechless at his post, and who re-
mained speechess TO all Interrogation. if
perchance he moved from one end Of the
car 70 the other.
In these latter days of short circuits and
fires from rubbish on the tracks" which
moan smoke filled car. We long for INC
assurance Of the aforementioned sentinel
guards to take the place Of the newly in.
stalled men who leave their posts to be occu-
pied by any overwrought passenger who has
the assumption in the face OF panic TO null
any strap, to the more complete dismav
and utter hopelessness Of his fellow passen-
gers.
If we must have rubbish fires" NAV we
not have men in uniform in control of the
cars? N II
New York, March 10, 1915
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
The Fort Lee Ferry Market

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Is it possible to obtain, through the
medium Of your newspaper any reasonable
explanation as to WHY Dock Commissioner
Smith found it necessary to close the city
market at Fort Lee Ferry?
am one of the forty thousand housekeep-
ers who have patronized this market regu-
larly since its establishment last summer
and, due largely to the saving in household
expenses so made possible, | have been able
90 continue my financial help in many char.
table works through a very trying winter
at the same time setting my table and con
ducting the home along its customary lines
This has been about the only thing that has
catered 70 that vast comfortable middle
class well 70 the cty's poor, and be-
cause Of TIE excellence of the goods pur-
chased there, at a fair and moderate price
the vast number of housewives have gone to
the personal Inconvenience necessary TO mar
ket and carry home purchases for the home
table. MEB
ew York March Is, 1915
The market was on property belonging 70
the Dock Department. which under the char
ter might not permit it to be used for other
purposes. The market thus had TO be dis
contlnued.-E
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Protect the Workers!

The Court Of Appeals decision uphold
ing the law prohibiting night work IN
factories for women ought to have some
deterrent effect on the legislators who are
actively trying to scuttle the labor laws
by amendments permitting unlimited
working hours i'm canneries and a twelve
hour factory day for women workers.
That law was part Of a comprehensive
scheme Of legislation enacted as result
of the Factory Investigating Commissions
report. 1t is a companion to the iifty-four
hour a week law. the law limiting working
hours in cannerics and similar measures,
and was founded on exactly the same idea
Of conserving the healtl. of factory en-
ployes for their own personal benefit and
that of the community at large.
To break down the labor law now in any
part Il TO abandon proper and legal
policy whereby the state undertakes to
safeguard its workers. its greatest asset.
That wise policy, humane and economically
sound, was not the result Of emotional
haste, but Of careful study and mature
consideration. Experience under the
broadened modern labor law goes to show
that it is quite possible for business con-
Germs to live up to its requirements, for
most of them DO it, Protests against it
come from Il minority of those affected,
as is notably the case with the canneries.
Whether these protests arise from special
conditions, as some insist, or from unusual
greed, as easily may be the case, the fact
remains that in the end the workers would
pay if the law were weakened. New York
State cannot afford to abandon its policy
of protecting them.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Figures on Child Labor.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir Consistent with your laudable expo
sure Of fake advertisements and advertising
schemes, think the exposure Of the profes-
sional grafters who enjoy the emoluments
of good salaries by preying upon glllible
public at the expense Of upright business men
and manufacturers ", be in order, and
would also go to prove tnat The Tribune is
sincere in its particular line of reform
Only last Monday The Tribune gave rearly
an entire page to al interview, much Of
which was in large type. with one Of these al
legged reformers who live upon the high
emotionaism" displayed in The Tribune
foGr-column headlines TO the interview, and
which "emotionalism" is for the purpose Of
getting dollars out Of the pockets of the un-
wary The headline further refers t0 The
Spectacle of Two Million Child Workers in
This Country" a lie whcn has long been
exploded by the returns of the Bureau Of the
Census at Washington.
According 20 these returns, made i've years
ago, and which are available to any one who
wants them. there were employed al the
mines in this country S,l51 persons under the
age Of sixteen, which was less than per
cent of all the wage earners employed in the
mining industry. Mark you. this was for chill
dren under sixteen years OF age and A. ! one
OF the states permits q child 10 work at the
mines until he has passed the fourteen-vear
mark. those thus employed were between the
ages of fourteen and sixteen.
In the manufacturing industries the mum
Der Of wage earners under sixteen years Of
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27

So that in proportion Britain is stronger
than ever on the sea to-day. Duly con-
sidering the conditions, it is little alb
surd to find fault with Germany for "de'
clining fair and manly combat" 1t seems
certain, in conclusion, that the decision OF
the great conflict must depend chiefly on
sea power, and, as Bacon said, "this much
is certain. that he that commands the sea
is at great liberty, and he may take as
much and as little of the war as he will;
whereas those that be strongest by land
are many times, nevertheless, in great
straitS"
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
MIR. WILSON'S SECRETARY OF
STATE"
A Clergyman Defends Mr.. Bryan
Extra-Omcial Activities.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Il does not demand a particularly
acute mind to notice how party lines and
party allegiance determine the editorial
policy of a newspaper. The reading public
must expect certain papers to follow such
a rule. But The Tribune, that seems to
stand for such really big things, in a period
that marks new era in journalism, must
be above such striking narrOwness. The
readers expect it. They read your paper
because they believe you honest They sec
in YOU the one newspaper in New York that
effectively denounces dishonest advertising.
The stands you are taking increase daily
the respect OF your readers. Why can you
not for the sake of the open minded readers
Of your paper, consider equally the good
and bad things of each party? Why do we
find you so one-sided in one matter, so fairly
developed in other Watters? Do you hon
estly suppose that other newspapers and
business houses will take your preaching Of
advertising honesty seriously when you
yourself interpret all the news items Of the
day according to code of politics?
Your leading editorial the other day about
Mr.. Bryan is the case in question. You are
not a Democrat, neither a member Of the
Prohibition party. But is that any reason
why you should denounce Mr.. Bryan in
everything he does? To read your paper one
must come to the conclusion that Mr. Bryan 5
career is just one long mistake and error.
You make one wonder just why any ono cares
for him. In your campaign for honesty and
fairness, why are you not fair?
Consider fairly Mr.. Bryan's position. He
believes in prohibition. Is there ang
unusual or small in that? He believes that
political honesty in Pennsylvania is at stake.
So do thousands of others. He believes that
he has a perfect right to leave Washington
at o'clock and return at II. SO do a million
others. And that's the whole case
Let's be fair. Mr.. Editor Look hard and
you will find something 90 please in the ca
reer of Mr.. Bryan. But don't look so hard
Tor something to displcase, that you lose
your eyesight completely, and stumble all
oEer column Of your good newspaper, as
you did recently.
JAMES LEE ELLENWOOD.
Lake George, y. Y, March 10, 1915
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Playing with Fire?

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Mayor Mitchell, with judicial an
pointment in his hands, and Chairmen Koenie
and Livingston, with their influence with Ger
tain elected representatives Of the people t,
bank upon, have reached an agreement con
corning city legislation and the said appoint
ment. The newspapers are strangely silent
as far as any critical note is concerned They
characterize it as a pact or al quite indif
ferently or they disguise it in a meal,
mounted way with words like assurances
discussions etc. But they agree about tn
results and the consideration for the action
10 be taken.
Yet these are the men who conducted the
campaigns in which the Mayor was -cteJ
and the majority in Albany was ch sen
Their rallying cry was Death TO bos ism
Office bartering and spoils deals Of this sort,'
OF course, they tagged those evils with IN
tag Of 'Nurphyism.' Do they imagine tha,
the public is so blind as not TO see that they
are repudiating the principle on which rhey
won or are they reckessly playing wit, fire
New York, March p, 1915 QUERY.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
MR.. POLK'S APPEAL
Comment on the Corporation Coun-
sells Letter to The Tribune.
rFron the Aibday K,ickcrJocler-Prc'

tFrOr the AibdHy Ku'ckcrboctcrP Prc79'
Under the caption "Robbing New York
City" The New York Tribune OF Wednesday
prints column and a half letter from Frank
L. Polk, Corporation Counsel Of New York
city, in which letter Mr.. Polk argues .hat the
city is not being treated fairly by local as
SCISSORS in making assessments on the new
Catskll water supply system, etc
lie says that buried in the Tax Committee
OF the Assembly is a bill which seeks to pro-
.cct New York City from unjust taxation.
We are glad to learn that the proposed bill
is buried in the Tax Committee of the Assem-
bly,. We trust that it will not be resurrected.
7. is about as vicious a piece Of legislation
as we have ever heard Of. Suppose that a
railroad company or telephone company or
anv public service corporation were asking
for this kind Of legislation, where would The
Tribune stand on the proposition?
It IS one Of those specimens of absurd spe-
cial legislation which we ruu across at times.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
The Unpopular Cockney.

From The Manchester Guardian.
An author who has done some very good
sketches indeed Of cockney life and cockney
speech tells me that there is a curious preju-
dice against cockney ialect in America
American publishers cannot be induced to
look fayoraby on stories of low London life
This prejudice does not apply TO other dia-
lects For example, writer recently wrote a
story in the cockney dialect and sent il to an
American magazine. II was promptly re-
turned american editors are more business
like than English editors about MSS. with
note to the effect that the dialect made it
inpossible in an American magazine The
author afterward changed the setting Of the
tale from London TO Ireland and altered the
dialect accordingly. He then submitted the
story. essentially unchanged, TO the maga-
zine which had formerly rejected it, and it
was accented One wonders what is the ex-
planation Of this prejudice. The fact that
there are a great many Irish people in the
States is not enough 20 account for it. There
is certainly no excuse for it on protectonist
grounds Of retaliation or reciprocity. Our
English magazine and novel reading public
take to the various American patois with the
Greatest zest. and even Mr.. George AIDES
fables in slang have no keener connoisseurs
than in England.