The Alaska daily empire., 1915-01-21
WHAT 'THeY ARE TALKING ABoUT-"

We wonder if .asy lmeaning those who do not
 have to wait uatis the Delegate speaks before making
 up tbeir minds ? know exactly what they are talking
 about when they Keep mentioning ful form of Ter
 roral government" If they would ceatly define their
 position on Jhs rather obscure and elastic term pes
 haps gould assist the Delegate and lhe rest Of us
 knowing just what they and want
 Me are told on good authority that Alaska has
 about all any othe- territory ever had in the way of
 governing itse outside the organization of county
 government in which case justices of the peace would
 be elected in place of appointing commissioners and
 deputy sheriffs would take the place of deputy mar
 shals
 The question of formulating system of imposing
 and collecting taxes is one that must be thought out
 carefully Before taking the fall responsibility
 fro mthe Federal government for doing this we must
 evolve some business-Gke plan It is up to the people
 of Alaska and the Territorial Legislature to do and
 after having accomplished the task to ask their Deie
 gate to introduce bill in accordance with their wishes
 To expect the Delegate to work out the satisfactory
 plan by himsef or to him to introduce bills Int
 or miss in defense of the criticisms directed against
 him by the so-caled advocates of full Territorial
 form of government would be to make matters worse
 Apparently judging by the tone of some of the crit
 cisns all the Delegate needs to do is to simply submit
 a 6a to Congress Of full Territorial form o govern
 ment' and presto change as though by magic the
 thing is acc0mplished.-( (9ispatch)
 In Che first place no good authority has said in good faith that Alaska about an other Territory ever had in the way of eovemnent Any authority who knows any thing about the history of the development of the West knows better tfan that
 the second place Delegate fickersham knows just wha they are talking about do the intelligent readers ot AL assa Delegate WcSaha lived pacticed law and held office in Washington Territory and he knows what their full Ieil orial form government ike and he knows that asn ington Territory had much authority on most things Jha concern the people Washington State has The people O Alaska know what they sng about because the an' derarden stage of the Iora government question has oeen covered many tines during the of the l5years discus sion and many them have lived in other Territories anc gained knowledge that way
 'The question of formulating system of imposing and collecting taxes that concerns the people of Alaska only It is Of the Federal government business It should have no place Territorial government organic act and never had any place one unt the Alaska Territorial government bill was presented Congress- It is not ID to the Delegate tC work out satisfactory plan by himsef I is matter ha should be placed n the hands the people that they through heir Legislature could work # out in their own good wa
 ~AI the Delegate needs to do is simply submit bill to Congress for u Territorial form of government nd ask in good faith passage Congress has passed many full Territorial government 5s There score or so of them on the Federal statute books nearly alike as peas in the same pod
 The Alaska organic act would serve as far model the Delegate would go through and take out the limitations he put in that not the organic acts for the other Terri tories and which prevent government from being full Territorial form of government