The Cordova daily times., 1921-07-29
OUGHT TO BE TACKLED TO DEATH
(From the Fairbanks News-Miner)

From the Fairbanks NeWS-M Mlner)
 To hear them talk as we do; to get their views first hand, as we do, we being the source of-nformation as it were, for all cNpectant officehodcrs ill Our Town, one would judge, taking it by and large, that the men who hope and expect to rule this vast domain of ours through holding its important offices, are not entirely ~atfcd with the actions or the failures to act of our present administration regarding appointments in the Fourth division of Alaska. And, not seeking office and prepared to hay" any administration which darcs thrust office or other iudignity upon us indicted for that, wr. from our LooIiout Chair, cannot help but feel that, instead of feeling thataWay they ought to he tckIcd to death.
 After half d century 's experience in politics, during which time we have taken an important part in making Cand NpoIing) politics, we are here today to rise up on our hind legs and tell you that never in our long experience have we known when the matter of appointments has been so carefully and studiousIy and so sys tcmatically and iudgmaticaIy considered as today at Washington, and all the way from Wall street to Fourth avenue Our Town. This new administration, which is the first Repub- lican administration to "rcaIIy' take a moncycd and brainy consideration of Alaska into consideration. is going all the way, appar- cntIy, and is giving more thought to who shall constitute our governing body than any other administration has given to our existence. They so fear that our local political issues may, if ucurbcd result in an offciaIdom in Alaska who will not pull together or will have mol "pulI' back of it that the administration is going to take the entire matter of political ap- nd cbo Il ders and relieve Alaska and Alaskans of any worry work along that line That our fight ing qualities may remain unmpared, they are going to avoid all political fights here by nam ing men from afar, who know nothing of Alaska whether they care anything for Alaska not, men who are not mixed up in politics trade in Alaska and thereby see the Dove of Peace, which has for years been able to find no place to roost, can be and abide with and i'll Alaska until the cows come home Ours not to wonder why; ours neither to do nor die leave it to em,> and be happy and contented and prosperous.
 From Broadway they pick our governor and send him to us primed with the new Alaska Spirit, and the injunction to come and seeI Alaska first, then recommend from here to Sec retares Fall and Daugherty, who have never had the privilege of seeing Alaska, who shall be his under officials, always eventing in Alaska.
 Secretary Fall, now reputcd to be one of the spokesmen for the Big Interests (whatever THEY are) and Secretary Daugherty, whose great claim to the admiration of the world is that he doesn't give a hec what anybody says about him, will then take the list made in Alaska and edit it, then revise it and present it to the president, who will then act as they advise. The resulting appointments will there fore and thereby and thusly be Above Re proach, and no strain upon Alaskans and no reproach to them in any event And, as every body knows, things and people are always eventing in Alaska.
 We repeat, our office seekers ought to be tickled to death over such a condition and they