The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-04-07


The Controller Bill. which has
been before every session of the
Alaska Legislature i'll some form ii
other for six years. and was yes
tarday defeated again came to grief
in the Senate because of the un
Willingness of its more ardent pro
ponents to accept amendments d.
sired by members who would have
voted for it had their Jews been
even partially adopted
This was made very apparent dur
ing the discussion of the measure
Yesterday before the four TO foul
vote was taken. President Howard
and Senator Dunn We're particular to
stress this fact In effect they said
the this bin or none" attitude with
which all their major proposals were
greeted made il impossible for them
10 vote for II.
Stress Political Phase
1t WAS noticeable that the four
Senators speaking againct the meas
ure emphasized their conviction that
in its suggested form it was de
signed to create Il political machine
c'everly contrived to deliver the rest
Of Alaska into the hands of polli
clans. or political combinations. OF
Southeastern Alaska And while pro
ponents of the measure naturally
senied the charge, their denials lack
cd force enough to break the con
riction to the contrary held by the
opposition.
In the words of Senator Dunn: Il
IS the same old mule slicked up I
bit, but still pretty rough" And eacf
OF its opponents - expressed his will
ingness to take this particular Con
troller Bill and carry ii around his
district with him in campaign o
education should its proponents car
Ty out their threat of making II III.
dominant issue in future politica
campaigns
Jensen Defends Bureaus
Senator Jensen reopened the de
bate yesterday afternoon after thu
noon recess. He addressed himsel
more particularly to the claims made
for the measure by speakers in tht
Two public hearings. He took his Gu,
mainly from Delegate Sutherland :.
attack on bureaus and Henry Ro
set along very well without Fed
eral assistance from funds appro
priated for expenditures by bureaus
functioning in Alaska.
Perhaps. also, he had in mind th,
original Controller Bill pamphlet cir
culated several weeks prior to th'
conyening of the Legislature il
which a long list of bureaus wa.
Ia.
advanced as corrective.
He saw in all these utterances ant
writings a deliberate attempt to pro
duce schism between Territory arr
Federal authority; an effort to ''di
vide our house and warned that !
Government divided against itsel
cannot stand" 1t wasn't necessary Il
20 farther back than the Civil Wa
TO show the evil effects of such /
policy. he asserted.
Governor Is Representative
He declared that the Governor o
Alaska appointed by the Presiden
of the United States is more repre-
sentative of all Alaska than would
he possible under the Controlle
scheme. He pointed out that sever
different Legislatures had seen thu
wisdom of cOnferring upon MN Ger
tain duties and powers Of Territorial
administration and called attention
to the efficiency with which tn
various Governors had performed
them. and declared they had beel
free to function as they deemed bes
for all the Territory because the,
owed no debt of any sort to politi
clans or political factions. The re
suit he declared. was seen in tn
sound financial position of the Tel
ritory; that the government had beel
administered fairly and squarely; tn
conduct of the Pioneers Home ha
been administered in a manner abov
criticism: and the different board
and commissions had performe
their duties well.
The Organic Act. he said. divide
the Territory into four Judicial d
visions and gave to each equal reT
resentatiOn in the Legislature. TIL
Control Board would result in thi
being taken away and end in tn
'tal wagging the dog instead Of tn