The Cordova daily times., 1916-01-15

delight to listen to the of Aaskns and the addresses of the Alaskan politicians when sounding the praises of the people of the north The gentlemen who kissed the Blamey Stone that
 He might chamber
 To lady's chamber
 Or become a member of parliament is it with of these speakers The people of Alaska the most hardy self reliant independent rough diamonds of the world according to these euogSuc uteceS, ana everyone who hears them feels the flaery until the spine ngles with pleasure and smiles radiae the gistenng faces
 Yet take up Alaskan paper at random turn from the fine phrases of the editorial and the usual buncombe one finds there when Alaska the theme and will be discovered that Aasans passing the hat around the federal authori ties officials law makers for little sop to soothe them seves and instead of controlling the situation self reliant and independent people might be expected to dO they are controlled utterly by appontees whom they have no con ro and have conditions administered for them by who are responsible degree to the people of the territory
 is that there is a territorial government with al territorial legislature that has done its best to initiate the real thing outside Indeed has be admitted that as far the outward concerned the senators had all the visible characteristics of their type in other states and errto es and they the oga to the born It might be- fair to say that even their brain work is concerned dispeed the very pleasing illusion as to ability surrounding senatorial bodies and senatorial individuals like al
 But it cannot realized that many of these statesmen themselves keenly knew the limitations to which their intel ects were subject and that while competent to egate upon state national affairs they could not handle the affairs of Alaska without Congressional 'Dont' being imposed upon their prasewOry intentions by the Enabling Act
 be admitted also that when the Aaskans accepted the legislative that through the kindness of Wlckersham dOnatCd the emascuacd fell to thelr did justify the glorious and tunultuous territorial reoic ings that followed with much satisfactory loyalty to the Honorable James Congress did, indeed donate breath and took away in another circumscrbed the powers fered both that what the territory competent to egis late upon strictly matter of doubt the fertile and saesmanke brains two houses of the legislature have been unable to determine with very great success
 any the important matter is what with territorial government shortcomings and federal dependence the people of Alaska have got to trust to luck that smooth talk lit tie bu con pedded to officials save here and buncombe there enable them obtain for the crying needs of the territory little chunk of fat from the congressional pork barrel.
 Some people call this politics. but what's in name? The is that completely dependent is Alaska for federal that nothing be done the way of public work without national assistance and the very height of considered be obtained build road from Cuuk river Midasvile
 The fact is that the territory is still in the political of mind in the days when this northern country was the District of Alaska strictly federal reserve in the literal meaning of the And this frame of mind is not to bel shaken off merely because they have political toy called legislature with unreal powers and unreal scope of activities play with.
 Accordingly every locality is hungerng for the pap that Congress will feed out while the country is producng mineral wealth and fishery wealth sufficient to hanI carry the of really independent and really self reant local governmental Industrial Worker,