The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-17
A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT.


 y every day It in reality msgovernment of Alaska and what needed just government for Alaska. For Alaskan affairs have suffered from such maadmnistraton that if the territory had been veabe storeouse of rea and it's practically nlmtabe it would have long been transformed into barren desert and sho of all it's population The territory its existence today not to the benevoence of patena government but i'll spite of the handnces to it's development set by groups of ignorant politicians of both parties who have attempted to make laws for this northern country from the standpoint of an effee east
 After years of trial the hybrid form of government which have has shown itself to be complete failure Since
 the purchase of the territory from Russa the government of the United States has been paid by millions of dollars from various from taxes levied people without sentative in the taxing bodythe principle for which the American colonies rebeed against England in the latter part of the eighteenth century
 Alaska needs money continue the construction of wagon roads and tras without which the country will fall into sagnaton She needs funds to push the work the gov rmen railroad to early completion the operation of which the development of vast region of interior Alaska is al most entirely dependent She needs adequate system of lighthouses proper survey of the coast and the charng of shoals and reefs that every year exact their toll in property and human ives through the parsimony and minded of a few bigoted politicians.
 The administration at Washington has shown a disposition to grant return the money that has been collected from Aaska but the attitude of the administration has been rsra ed by group postcans in The last session of the disastrous sixty congress has dealt body bow foul in its nature that if not remedied soon, will work ncacuabe damage to the entire territory. It's failure to enact the army bi which includes the sundry civil b which include appro priaons to work the accomplishment of which vital to the life of the territory should be the of creating such
 demand for system of adequate that evil it will be not unmixed with good
 The which Alaskan enterprises would have derived which the United government % has received ed h from m Alaska In previous years and still is getting But few men seem to have appointed themselves watchogs par cuar entrance of the United States treasury with the object of sopg the ougo of That there other to the treasury which pouring forth golden other and less worthy purposes does not make particle difference to them posoffice for $3O0OO at Pounk Illinois multiplied by hundred other pace from which the government never got cent in return seems to them to be worthy for pendture But money to construct useful and travel and to open lands for settlement and winch the nation will returns of greater value passes money which the has already received from us they absolutely block us away from.
 Recently the floor of the national Senator Over man. o South Carolina, stated that by efficient system of bookkeepg the government could the nation $300OOOO0
 and he asked the permission of the senate to give the president authority to install such system stating that would be impossible to accomplish the reform in any other way as would op off numerous heads in different arnets causing such that no other source power could get the reform through Some pnheade pea nut politician thereuon got his hind legs declared He opected to gng any Democratic president much power and as 1t takes the unanimous the senate o pt snc resolution through was lost Think of it, enough money saved Tn one year by an installation of simple books to build the Alaska railroad and lost because President Wilson happens to be Democrat.
 President Wilson has a right to be peeved and oct his back up If there is in the world by which gag
 rule be put into effect the senate should be put into operaon the the better When man can hold the floor until he forced to quit through physical exhauston when his lungs stand the gaff he read through com pee set of Laura Jean Libby method of silencng h should be handy choroform has to be to as last 
 These and other methods have used to hand us dirty deals for too long, It would that have it long enough Let's get busy then and try for government Statehood has been suggested but does appear that yet ready for that The most likely pan one that would probably get the best results Secretary com mission panf get partisan resident commission who can be the ground Investigating needs and studying conditions with view meeting these needs as they should be met Put this commission under any department that the best with which operate give them to formulate and carry out plans for the development the country and the future of Alaska will take care of itself and Alaska will take her rightfu place in the Fairbanks Citizen
 The bread card system has become popular in Berla that may outve the because of its democracy it ported The Socialists coming into their at last