The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14

petiUOning Tor no strange IQllacy. We arc simply protesting against actual wrongs and asking that the Congress follow the thirty glorious precedents 1t has already made, For our authority we can go back as far as the landing of the Pilgrims the rocky New England coast. or to the rule Of the first white man on the shores of Virginia For our justl- hcation we may plead every act of Che Ameri' can revolution and for our proof we may point with pride to the creation or every Ierrltofy in Che Union
 Let us an stand together and present determined and united front and our appeals will not be in vain; but Alaska VIII receive the recognition she Is justly entitled to- and under the benefcient boon of home rule she will burst forth on the Republic with the bright ness Of the rising sun, her hidden resources of unbounded wealth wil lastonish the world She vii prosper no land has ever pros pered and in good time she will take her place in the sisterhoOd of States and the peo- pie of the land will rise up and call her blessed Alaska, the largest, richest, and most prosper state under the blue sky of the Union"
 We need as a representative in Congress a ma grounded in the American principles Of government a was the youthful American just from college who gav utterance Co these principles almost in the begnnin of the home-rule fight in the North, and is h who has carried his youthful ideals and robust Amer canism into sturdy and successrul middle Alaskan life the man who wrote into the Democratic platform adopt ed in Juneau last May the declarations:
 "The most urgent immediate political need Of Alaska is the enlargement Of the powers of Legislature and the enactment of a law by Congress granting Alaska full Territorial form of government. The Democratic Party, founded with the birth of the Nation, rocked in the cradle of liberty and freedom, and true throughout the life of the Nation to the prin- ciples laid down by Thomas Jefferson, has stood for local seltgoYernment The Democrat ic Party stands today where it stood when Governor Swineford made his first report de- m0ndng selfgoyernment.
 Finally, renew our allegiance to the principles Of Democracy proclaimed when the dawn of liberty first tinted the American skies, and maintained unsued through country and more of freedom the Worlds greatest Ma tion. We know no east we recognize no class. We stand harmonious and united in the de- termination to work unselfshy for the best interests of all the people of Alaska. We stand for progress and improvement in all the walks of life. For the miners and fishermen and tOilers of great Territory shall ever stand prepared Go fight to redress wrongs unjust burdens; and to defend their ef- forts Co improve their conditions for the gen eral good We invite the capitalist and of means who by his wealth and energy is prepared honestly to exploit and develop our vast dormant resources, and thus give em- poyment to labor increase our trade and commerce and add to the wealth of the Nation. We stand for equal and exact justice to al and opposed to any special priv ieges against the interest of the common well fare"
 With such man at the helm. with one pro pared to apply fundamental principles Of governmen to problems, the fisheries questions and Alexar der bills and the other matters of immediate publi concern would lose their monumental proportions ALASKA NEEDS A CHARLES A. SULzER E CONGRESS- She has needed one long SHE MUS NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS NOV GIVEN HERE