The Alaskan., 1930-10-17


 men generally to lower this in either government or business
 They never tell you in figures how much it costs to run their political scheme. An, No! They never touch figures in detail Only a mass of glittering ganer- aIities to blind the minimizing public.
 Points to Differences
 And after reading again from he Governors message, he de- dared: What distinct differ ence between Gov. Parks and MT. Wickersham? Let us com pare the homely but logical de- auctions in the message of our Governor. Here every phase ot 4laska's S conditions are laid bare, every sphere of the Territory's
 industries are analysed, every problem confronting us receives 5he most minute and searching scrutiny. Solutions for the many
 intricate phases of our social, .Olitical and industrial activities are offered with a clearness. and vigOr characteristic of the rug ged honesty and fearlessness of our Executive. He warns against experimental legislation, mean ing undoubtedly measures like he Controller Bill and other measures of like ilk. His youth lul and highly technical mind deal not with visionary projects out with cold realities. He sees Alaska, her people and condi- lions as they are from a close up picture, having traversed the Territory from one end to an other last summer. His long con- tinuouS residence, his asSocia- tions with the 'roughneck' as well as the business man or professional man, gives him the background on which to base his opinions. And like the rugged mountains of the country which God destined him to preside over, he stands unaWed and un- alterable in his sound convic- ttons by the political blizzards that howl around his head
 Tribute to Vic i1ersham
 MT. Gatfney opened his ad- dress by paying a compliment to the master mind of MT. Wicker sham whom he described as the proponent of the mea- sure. But, he asked, IS it not possible he may be mistaken in the wisdom he is see ing to bring about? It is not possible that in his political retirement he hos estranged himself from the in timate knowledge of interior and northwestern Alaska with which he was once so closely in touch? Evidently his mind does not visualize that the days Of the in that vast stretch of country from Seward to KotzebUe sound is a thing Of the past. That were it not for capi- tai, the f1ourishing camps he once knew in the heydey of their success would be as dead as Siberia where they have SC many Control Boards they man age to keep that mineralized country a wilderness. Or, pro bably, living in the Panhandle If Alaska, his political vision is circumscribed by the marrow strip of land that extends from Icy Strait to the Canadian bOr- der. Or, it may be chafing under the restraints of political in activity, he again seeks the al |urements of public life.'
 Analyizes Controller Pamphlet
 MT. Gaffney disposed of thf printed pamphlets advocating the passage of the Controllel Bill in a few biting sentences It did not show one benefit tha- would be derived from it by tht industrial, economic, or politica life of Alaska, he declared. I uncontained only one impress. i've subject. he asserted, that Q creating a political superstruc' f,,.. .n-1 oe1ez +n 4nn In,,ron,1nrotil