The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1923-11-20
WALTON OUSTED; TRAPP GOVERNOR
DELEGATES AGREE ON MEMORIAL
and RESOLUTIONS ASKING FOR
SEPARATE TERRITORY ;CORD0vA
COUNTRY WISHED IN DIVISION

Only the preparation of an Or
ganic Act and detail work remains
to be performed by the Division
Convention which has been holding
meetings at Juneau since Thursday.
At the session last night the me-
mortal setting forth the desire, and
the reasons therefor, of the people
of Southeastern Alaska for sep
arate Territory was adopted and the
Convention unanimously agreed to a
resolution expressing the opinion CT
the delegates that the drainage area
of Prince William Sound and Copper
River ought to be included with
the First Division as a separate
Territory.
The work of the convention was
so nearly completed and the agree
ment on the work yet to be done SO
Thorough that the Ketchikan dele
gates, j. C. Barber and George w.
Woodruff, left this morning on the
Admiral Rogers for home.
Outside delegates remaining In
Juneau are: E. M. Campbell OF
Wrangell, r. w. DeArmond of Sitka,
Henry Roden representing Peters
burg and ]. A. Davis representing
Haines. Four delegates represent
mig Juneau and Mayor F. A. j.
Gallwas, representing Douglas. are,
of course, here to attend the next
meeting, which will be called by
Chairman r. E. Robertson within
a day or so.
The Memorial.
The following memorial was
adopted:
To the President, and the Senators
and Representatives in Congress,
of the United States
Your memorialists, Delegates ap-
pointed by the Common Councils of
the Municipalities of Douglas, Haines,
juneau, KetchikaR, Petersburg, Skag-
way and Wrangell, Alaska, all of
which municipalities are situated in
the First Judicial Division of the
Territory of Alaska, and Delegate
at-Large for said Division of said
Territory, appointed by the Governor
of Alaska, in convention assembled
pursuant to an election had in said
several municipalities and for the
purpose of presenting to you the
wishes of the people of said NUM-
cipalities as expressed by them at
said election, do respectfully repre-
sent:
That the First Judicial Division Of
Alaska ought of right and in justice
to the citizens of the United States
who are residents thereof to be cre-
ated and organized into separate
Territory by the name of South
Alaska and that the present Terri
tory of Alaska should be divided
SO as to permit the establishment
of such separate Territory.
That this separation has become
necessary for the development of the
First Division, There are no geo
graphical, business or personal ties
between our Division and the Second
and Fourth Divisions. Notwithstand-
ing that they each have only a
small and scattered and steadily
decreasing population and combined
contribute only 7 ITO per cent OF
the revenues of the Territory they
each have the same number OF Sen
ators and Representatives in the
Territorial Legislature as are per-
mitted for the First Division. Through
their combined representation they
have continuously and unjustly taken
for their own use large portions OF
the revenues collected in the First
Division, and at each succeeding
session of the Legislature, they en-
deavor to impose, and through their
combined efforts often succeed in I'M
posing, new and additional taxes upon
our fishing, mining and other indus
tries while at the same time they
protect their principal industry OF
placer mining.
That the power given by our Or
ganic Act to the sparsely populated
Second and Fourth Divisions, and
the attitude of their legislators,
have already placed heavy burdens
upon us and they constitute SER
ious threat and handicap to those
endeavoring to create or promote
new Industries In our Division. The
constant menace implied by the dan
ger of having to contribute further
in taxes for developing these re-
mote regions causes people to hesi
tate before investing in industries
built upon the resources of the First
Division.
That we believe that this Divis-
ion possesses sufficient permanent
white population and developed re-
sources to justify this request; that
1t produces ample revenues, II re-
lieyed of the burden of contributing
to the Second and Fourth Divisions,
To furnish such funds as it may need
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