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The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04
NEW ELECTION DATE

It seems certain that the date for Territorial elections in Alaska will be changed at the next session of the legislature, for candidates of both parties are much dissatisfied with the September date.
 Four years ago an Act of Con- gress gave the Alaska legislature power to set it's election date, For years Alaska had felt that a strong CT and more representative vote would be secured in an election earl fer than the regular first Tuesday after the first Monday in Noyeni- yer date. Many arguments were brought to bear in support of the earlier date-stoTmy weather of the interior points, length of time to secure returns from isolated sec tions and the fact that many yo- ters had left Alaska for the winter before the November date, After re- ceiying power to set the election date, the 1892 legislature decided upon the first Tuesday after the first Monday in September. This was carried out in 1894, and now after the second campaign year, candid. ates seem unanimous in declaring that a September election is bad.
 It is unfair to all concerned. Can didates must start campaigning at the peak of Alaska's busiest season, whether it be the great placer camps of the interior, logging namps and sawmills, farming or fishing of the various sections. The people are fe- yerishly working and are difficult to contact.
 It is important that voters meet the candidates and hear their ar
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04
CROWN OF THORNs

Doubts of the identity of the lead thoroughly dispelled early in 1936, sometimes have held on to the midst of the conventions.
 So it was that the Democratic gathering of 1896 provided a tre- mendous upset, giving the party William Jennings Bryan. a leader who literally was to wear a crown of thorns" through three unsuc- cessful campaigns.
 No less than 13 candidates for the Democratic nomination were re- garded seriously in 1896 and the usual stableful of dark horses was present.
 "Pitchfork Ben" Tiliman of South Carolina, whose hat was definitely in the ring. prodded the delegates numerically and the wordy battles from the platform spread to one fist fight after another on the floor Then Bryan was recognized.
 We are fighting in defense of our homes, our families, and pos terity," be acclaimed. We have petitioned and our petitions have been scorned. We have entreated and our entreaties have been disre- garded. We have begged and they have mocked us when our calamity came. We beg no more, We entreat no longer, we petition no more-We defy them!"
 His remarks were On the finan- cial plank of the Democratic plat form and Bryan fired them directly at the delegation from New York. Then he closed with the defiance which still rings down the corri- dors of time: You shall not press down upon the brow Of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not cru cify mankind upon a cross of gold. 2
 He stopped the show The dele gates went wild. When the business of the convention could be resumed the day following, Bryan was nom- mated.
 His defeat by Mckinley, two sue ceeding failures for the presidency, in truth settled a crown of thorns upon the brow of Bryan which he was doomed to wear until the last public act of Hfe-participation Tn the famous monkey trial down in Dayton, Tennessee. He held. and he swayed. multitudes with the power of his oratory, but on election day he could not mark their ballots for them.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04
THE PACK FIGURES
lKetchikan Chroniclel

A couple of weeks back the ex- perts were guessing that Alaska would have a total salmon pack of some 6,OO0.OOO cases. And the ex- perts around Ketchikan were hop ing that this district would produce 100000 cases. But experts can be wrong. In few days they re- yised their figures for Alaska to r. 000,O0 cases. for Ketchikan to l. 25O,O00 cases. And with last week S totals in. the experts have seen an S.00O,00O case pack for Alaska and a pack of more than 1.5O0,00O cases for the Ketchikan district-both an all-time record.
 Thus there have been three good years in succession. That surely is evidence that conservation as such has been a good thing for the AL askan fisheries. One may well argue with some aspects of the regulation but he cannot at this time point to depletion as a result of those regul- ations in their entirety.
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another matter but few candidates would think of going before the "peepul' without one.
 1ue nrst plalorm appeared aur- Ing tue campaign Of 1e4U. ln that year the Democrats, hoIulng JneIr CuuYenuCn h Baltimore, set forth what they considered the tundameu- Ial prIneIples of their party. AsserI- 4ng that tue federal government was one of strictly limited powers and that all grants not expressly made 10 1t were reserved to the states, this platform:
 Declared against the assumption Ul state uebts, contracted Tor local improvements, by the federal gov ernment.
 Deuled the power Of the federal government to foster one industry, Or section, to the detrlment o1 au- other.
 Asserted that the federal govern ment exceeded it's authority when it raised more revenue than was re qulred to defray the ordinary eX- penses of administration.
 Denied the power Of congress to interfere with or control the instI- tuition of slavery.
 Declared against the handling of public funds by private banks.
 Denounced restrictions upon the privileges of citizenship and of ow l. ership of land with respect to for eign immigrants.
 They then unanimously renom- mated Martin Van Buren for the presidency and got ready to fight the battle of ballots along the lines of policy they had laid down. But if they expected their opponents to meet them on that ground they were grlevously disappointed. The Wings not only failed to adopt a platform but they failed to put forth any statement of principles for the very good reason that they didn't have any. They disregarded issues entirely and launched their whirlwind "Tippeeanoe and Tyler, Tool" campaign.
 The bewildered Democrats stood firm On their platform and watched the procession go pasta triumphal procession for the Whigs!
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04
OLD POTTERY SITE ON YUKON
 FOUND BY PSYCHOLOGIST

During the archaeological survey this summer of central Alaska by Dr. F. c. Rainey of Alaska Univer- sity. a series of test pits dug on both banks of the Yukon river be- low the Rampant Rapids exposed refuse deposits. some pottery frag- ments and some bone tools.
 Dr. Rainey had selected the site for investigation after many of the old Indians along the Tanana river had told him that Indians formerly had gathered from the whole cen. tral river region to make clay yes sells. Near this spot, it was said. a great massacre of Indians had ta- ken place many years before the ar rival of the white men.
 The extent of the deposits found by Dr. Rainey verify the legends of concentrated settlement at this point and indicate that extensive eX- cavations will be profitable. The site is unusually interesting sine it has long been thought that In dians of Central Alaska made no rottery-
 pr. Ales Hedlicka and later Miss DeLaguna found some fragments at Tanana and on the lower river but the source and significance Of these sherds were not known.
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NOTICE TO HEIRS
In the Matter of the Estate of Am
 tone Nelson, Deceased.

In the United States Commission CTS Court, Wrangell Precinct. First Division. Territory of Alas ka, in probate.
 NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing on the final account and report of the undersigned ad ministrator of the estate of Antone Nelson. deceased. will be had at 2:3O o'clock in the afternoon of October 5, 1896, at the United Sta tes Court house, in Wrangell, Alas ka.
 Heirs and others interested in the said estate are hereby notified and admonished to present their claims on or before the date set for the final hearing.
 RICHARD SURATT. Administrator of the Estate of Antone Nelson. deceased.
 First publication: Aug. II, 1886 Last publication: Sept. II, 1886. Say. you'd think was a door mat"
 "The way I walk over you?"
 "No. the way you beat me reg ularly."
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04

guments in order that ballots may be cast intelligently. The Septem- Der election date depriYes too many of this privilege. November Is as much too late as September is too early. therefore. October would seem to be the best month for el- ection and 1t is to be hoped that the next legislature will make such a change.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1936-09-04
THE FIRST PLATFORM

One of the essentials of a modern political convention is the adoption of a platform" upon which the
 Presidential nominee is to take his stand" during the campaign. Whe- ther or not he stays on it is quite
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

will probably be Shelved.
It is generally conceded that the
Democrats will lose some Of their
places in the House and perhaps
in the Senate.
It will not enhance the chances
of many of those doubtful" mem
bers If the House adjourns and
fails to act on those pet bills.
The great difficulty that con-
fronts those members who are
fearful of having their bills pigeon
holed is that, with the campaigns
so near, they cannot afford to
wait around Congress while their
opponents work in their districts.
They might otherwise appeal to
leaders to grant them q little more
time in order to get their bills
enacted, but, in the face Of condi-
tionS in their districts, they have
generally decided that 1t would be
better to leave the legislation they
have sponsored in committees and
get home to build up their political
fences.
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

tendency in public or in private
station to regard frugality and
economy as virtues which we
safely OutgrOw. The liberation
of this idea results in the waste
of the peoples money by their
chosen servants and encourages
prOdigality and extravaganza In
the home life Of our country
men,"
A business man said:
"YOu probably don't like to
talk figures, most people don't.
But they'll have to face them
pretty soon, II not right now.
In q few months, we will have
a public debt Of thirty.fOur bill
lions.
'Well, the interest on that at
two and q half per cent Is $50
millions q year, or seven dollars
q head for every man, woman
and child in the country.
"T wonder If the American
workers are such fools that they
The Washington times., 1936-04-21
The Human Side of the News =
By Edwin C. Hill

Communist win tell him that
work alone creates II. And
when he Is working he does
that. and the wage he makes
and spends helps others to work
and 70 spend"
The waitress interrupted:
"ShalI / make this two
checks?" ..-.s
mo-" he said. make it one.
We matched. I lost"
But" she answered, "H I
make it one, you'll have to pay
the 2-cent tax. Two separate
checks and you save the tax"
"Say," he replied, show do you
come to be 30 interested i'm
taAes?"
"WhO isn't?" answered the
girl. Mister, I saw it figured out
for. me the. other day that the
two packages Of cigarettes I
smOke in . week stand me $3.50
. year in taxes. I work more
than two days to pay that tax
alone"
led her on, saying:
well, you ut least escape the
income tax"
Huh" she saids don't you be-
Neve IL. Some part Of what this
company pays comes out Of
what would be more salary. And
don't escape paying taxes ON
my clothes and everything else
that I buy"
The taxi drivers pet phobia was
relief. He expressed himself as w
stopped at the red light.
WHY TRY?"
81 was talking to . detective
friend Of mine the other night"
he said. ''You know, he told me
he had . case Of . guy who had
lost some money. It Turns out
that this guy is from Texas. up
here ON the WPA. He lives with
two other fellows from out Of
town in the one room over on
The Washington times., 1936-04-21
The Real Issue
By James T. Williams, Jr.

Hthe loaves and the fishes to those
who bend the knee in Congress
to the dictates Of Personal Gov
eminent.
Our fellow-citizens on relief are
to be threatened again and again
as they were threatened at the
Congressional elections in 1884
with expulsion from the relief
rolls unless they register to vote
for the reelection of Personal
Government.
Community after community
will be threatened with the loss Of
public funds in one form or an.
other unless they can show an
increase in the registration Of
voters pledged to re-elect Personal
Government including a Congress
willing to abd1cate its legislative
power for another four years.
American youth preparing to
cast a first vote for President and
for Congress will continue to be
Cajoled into the delusion that un-
less it votes as the Jobmaster Gen
eral Of Personal Government die
tateS American youth must face
future of despair.
IN EVERY STATE
There has never peen in all
American history, as the record
shows, such an audacious at
tempt to corrupt the entire elec-
torate Of the Nation with prom.
Use of reward or threat of punish
ment as that which the Jobmas-
ter General of Personal Govern
ment is now organizing in every
State in the Union.
How will the plain people meet
this challenge to national honor,
to liberty and to justice?
That will depend upon the
leadership that is raised up to
overthrow Personal Government
and Supplant it with the Govern
ment Of the Constitution.
To win, the new leadership
must first OF all diSarm the fears
of the needy on relief that their
food and shelter and clothing will
be taken away from them unless
Mr.. Farley'S candidates are re-
elected.
To win, the new leadership
must revive in every State public
confidence that under new
President and a new Congress
merit will govern appointments to
the Federal Service and merit
will determine the ALLEGATION of
public funds under whatever let
ter of the alphabet they are ear
marked.
There are 435 seats in Congress
TO be filled and one-third the
membership Of the Senate to be
elected as well as a President.
The voters have a right to de-
mand that every candidate for
Congress as we'll as the candi-
dates for President shall declare
themselves upon the issue of Per
Sonal Government versus the Gov
ernment of the Constitution.
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

Lexington Avenue. They pay
about eight dollars . month and
they drag down about fifteen
dollars each . week. You born In
New York, bUddy?" he asked me.
No." I replied.
Neither was L." he said. az
come from upstate, and the
first job / had paid me $40 .
week. I got along on that"
"COuld you get along on 1t
nOw?" I asked. 81.
Sure" he said: There are
plenty Of places where you can
get decent board and . bed for
NO more than 81 . week. But
why try? III bet you there's
10000 guys in this city who
amt trying. They get room,
board and movies and the bali
game just for = few hours ex-
erCise In Central Park every
day."
(CopyriEht. 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

Toward the overthrow of Per-
Sonal Government the election
next November Of q Congress that
will restore that representative
form of government established by
the Constitution of the United
States Is absolutely essential.
Interest in the Presidential elec-
ton ought not to blind the plain
people to the imperative import
ance of the election Of Senators
and Representatives in Congress
who will reclaim the legislative
power abdicated by the present
Congress to the Personal Govern
ment which the firm Of Roosevelt
Farley ct al now conducts.
Under Personal Government the
Congress is today the creature OF
the Executive. Under the Constltu'
ton the Congress was established
as the independent and coordinate
branch of the Government en-
trusted with the power to legislate.
Until a Constitutional Congress
is restored to power. the will Of
Personal Government will con-
tinue to exercise its own deSpotlc
power over the legislative branch.
It was under the pretext OF the
emergency created by the depres-
sion that Congress was stampeded
more than three years ago into
surrenGering its legislative power
into the hands Of Personal Gov
ernment at the Executive end Of
Constitution Avenue.
It is under the pretext that the
emergency still exists that the
present Congress has been Seduced
into defending this un-ConStitu-
tional abdication Of its power to
legislate.
FARLEY DICTATES
No candidate of the majority
party for either House of Congress
can hope to escape the opposition
Of Personal Government for re-
nomination or reelection who
dares to denounce the legislative
surrender of which the present
and preceding Congresses have
been guilty.
Every candidate whom Mr.. Far
ley as the Jobmaster General Of
Personal Government is support
ing TO- denomination and re-elec-
tion must run as Mr.. Farley die
tateS or lose Mr.. Farley'S support.
Mr.. Farley's support of Con-
greSSional candidates means the
use of as much money at the dis
poSal of Personal Government as
may be necessary to re-nominate
and reelect the RooSeveltFarley
Congressional ticket.
Theirs is the largest campaign
fund, by many billions. that has
ever been available for the coer,
cion of the electorate. These bill.
lions are coming out Of the Fed,
eral Treasury.
Farley candidates for the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives
are running in this campaign for
denomination and reelection upon
the promise Of the JobmaSter
General Of Personal Government
that he will continue to distribute
The Washington times., 1936-04-21


ler's occupation of the Rhineland.
Invariably the answer came in one
word: Money"
Take a tip, Mr.. Politician, from
the man in the street! This cam
paign is going to be fought on the
question of money, not the thing
itself, but as it is expressed in
terms of taxes. wages. standard
of living and relief. Said a lawyer
to me:
I'VE spent ourselves into .
depression, and that was the is
sue Of 1882.
"In the past four years we
have tried to spend ourselves
out of our troubles. and that
will be the issue this fall. What
do I think about it? think in
the same terms as . great
Democrat did. His lame was
Cleveland, and he said:
ISSUE OF 1886
"'Every thoughtful American
must realize the importance Of
checking at its beginning any
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

AAoNV NCCA1 AdA1AA1S CONTINUOUSLY dIlu
increasingly in love ever since. A
few of them died. Most of them
survived, though badly dented. At
So I am still going strong and ex-
pect, at 90, to have just struck my
stride.
In case you are shocked by this
casual treatment of romance, it
is probably good for you. Chances
are, If you cut out the heart throbS
and do little more real living
you'll be 80 per cent more valuable
as citizen-and far less of a pain
in-the-neck to your associates.
Now, as to horrible confessions
I might as well admit it, because
If I don't my family will spill it
anyway. Despite all this wild and
woolly front, I'm just a Dear Little
Woman at heart. AS horrible proof
when and if get mad, which I
frequently do, I lisp. Migosh!
I ithpth! Moreover, to my un-
Speakable chagrin, cry at the
movies, adore my pet parrot and
would rather cook and sew than
write the greatest book on earth.
Ambition? I never had any -
except to be the mother of a dozen
babies. God took the only one
ever had-but gave me you to
mother in his place.
ELSIE AS IS
So there stands Elsie AS IS on
her rangeS-cartridge belt, spiked
boots, trousers and flannel shirt.
But what of it? Actually, it
doesn't matter in the least what
Elsie is like. The only thing that
matters is this
That 1 am you. That because
1 have lived so many lives, ]
have lived your life also. Be-
cause 1 have known 50 much
poverty, hardship, fury, grief,
rebellion and anger, hope and
deSpair-and, above all, because
/ have made such . gOshawful
fool of myself so many timeS-I
am able at last to serve you In
your tears, your rebelliOnS and
humiIiatiOnS.
That is the only thing that
counts about me, or this column
which / write. This and one other
fact which, day or night, never
fails
I love you, my dear. ! need
your love in return. Give it to me.
Copyright 1896, by King Features
Syndicate. 1ne.l
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

not, as so many of you sup
pose, A Big, Tough Man With
Whiskers. So you might as well
stop writing me mash notes, Be-
linda; I'm not that kind of a
boy.
Scenically I would never make
the FollieS, but I do tote acreage.
I am five-feet-ten tall, and lope
just like Carlo. But never tank
I 60 home" as long as there's a
good story to be told or a good
scrap to be fought.
Yes. I talk like I write. It's
not an act. I talk that way be-
cause was born to it on my West
ern ranges-and it's the palaVer
I've always used as gold miner,
rancher and general maverick.
So there's no use asking me,
pretty please" to stop using
slang. It can't be done, Sister.
Slang's part of the setup, And if
you want ladylike language, you'd
better read Little Women"
RARE STEAKS
Food? like it when I happen
to think about it. Then I want
big, rare beefsteaks, lots Of fried
onions, hot dogs, barbecued steers
and other coarse and revolving
diets from which any nice female
would cringe with well-bred horror.
Pet aversionS? Ruffles. Chatty
women. Sissy men. Gushing hi
mans of either sex. SmartieS and
fakirs. Bridge. And females with
political yearnings.
Getting back to that how-many-
timeS-in-love question: started
with my first tooth, Dearies, and
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

Mr. Edouard Herrot French Prime Minister ntell
gent citizen who advised the French pay their debt
part tells his counymen that far giving fnan
well be living different planet"
That useful reminder for Americans and should
thank Monsieur Herriot for it,
Europe ASIA Africa concerned might wisely
consider this continent a different planet
It is said that human beings live the planet Mars and if
they have up there they do not down and say
to please send to be shot and gassed
and pile up for your taxpayers fifty thousand million dollars
worth Of bonus and pension bills
If the Martians have any they attend to them them
selves When Europe Asia Africa have anything to bother
about those sections of the earth should be left to attend to
themselves Experience might do them good and make them
gradually realize that is Improbable
This country be independent of all Others produce
everything need from reindeer to adiak bears Arctic foxes
and gold in Alaska citrus fruits and agator all along
southern border We have everything anything miss
ing rubber for automobile tires for instance scientists
could find substitute and countries that have the rub
Der would gladly trade it for part of useless lump of gold
buried in the ground.
Why not attend to OWN business stay in
try develop and above ALL compel fools and
snobs that think everything foreign better than anything
American to do their buying and spend their money here
where they made it.
DIFFERENT PLANET is correct.
The Washington times., 1936-04-21
SEEK ACTION

One of the most controversial
questions before Congress Is the
Ship-suhsidy legislation.
In the Senate the bills Spon-
sored by Senators Royal s. Cope
land, Democrat of New York; Er-
nest w. Gibson, Republican OF
Vermont, and Joseph F. Guffey,
Democrat Of Pennsylvania, are be-
ing held in the Commerce Com
mittee.
Each sponsor is anxious for
adoption Of his own bill but it ap-
pears that they may compromise
in the hope of securing action on
some ship subsidy legislation.
Gibson said some time ago that
he would be willing to compromise
I If a proper bill could be drafted.
It is now reported that Senator
Copeland and Senator Gibson are
conferring in the hope that they
may agree on a measure which
will pass the Congress before ad-
journment.
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

ing their minds.
The 20 persons
I q u e S t ioned
represented all
walks of life
taxicab drivers,
mattresses, bar
bers. lawyers, a
doctor. business
men and actors.
Not one was in
terested in the
ItalO Ethiopian
war: not one
had a ny con
cern in the Eu-
rope a n crisis
caused hY Hit
The Washington times., 1936-04-21

Since Speak
er Joseph w.
Byrns and Ma
GRITTY Leader
w illia m B
Bankhead an
nounced tina t
Congress must
a d J ourn no
later than the
first week Of
June, members
who have pet
bills that may
affect their re-
election are wor-
ried over the
fact that these