The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-22

ernor made speeches. He pulled marked ballots out of his desk in the Governors Office and he passed these around freely He also wrote political letters soliciting votes for certain candidates the sta tionery of the Office of the Governor"
 As we pointed out at the time the Federal Hatch Act is supposed to forbid Federal officials from using their offices and the peoples money for political poses But nothing of it then and for that reason it seems to protest this stage of the game
 However, the Governors brazen lobbying this in the halls before the to the sacred chambers of the House and Senate must prove of embarrassment both to him and to those he en- chants Certainly suitable method could be worked out before the next Legislature meets
 One suggestion might be to install pneumatic tubes the desks of the various Representatives and Senators and the Governors office through which messages could be dispatch and received without the delay of calling numerous recesses before votes are taken Or perhaps more modern method would be the similar installation of radio ntercom system This would eliminate entirely the clumsy passing of notes from the gallery.
 Or perhaps when the surplus materials are disposed of we might fit to outfit the Governor and his sheep with "walke- -talkie" portable field transmtters and receivers which have proved their worth at the fighting front and might also prove to be adaptable to the legislative battlefield.
 Or if the Governor should desire to talk to one of the peoples representatives in person large dumb waiter might be installed connecting the legislative chambers with the floor above
 The same service in order to be democratic about this should also be provided for the registered lobby ists perhaps financed out of the fees collected from their licenses.
 On the other hand, those who would seek means of doing away with such pressure from above and without the legislative chambers might, by working hard enough in the next election, gather the power to pass legislation preventing such lobbying.
 Perhaps the only way to do it would be to treat the legislators much in the same manner jury is treated when it is handed the job of bringing out verdict in court of law. Lock the legislators in big building on the first day of the session and let them out on the sixtieth day Or perhaps another way would appropriate several thousand dollars to give the Governor expense paid trip to the States providing he took the trip while the Legislature was in session Such fund might even be raised by popular subscription.
 In most elementary history and eivics classes in ] our schools our students are taught that we have three main branches of government each with sep ! arate powers and duties
 l. The legislative branch which makes the laws.
 2. The administrative branch Whlch sees that these laws carried into effect
 g. The judicial branch which sees to the enforce ment of the laws
 This course of study should certainly be changed apply to Alaska because here the first two branches are practically and the Our administrative branch also makes the laws.
 This control is most in evidence in the House of Representatives. We really believe that an additional Speakers chair should be installed for the Governor of Alaska.
 The dangerous thing about the condition that now exists is that it points toward one-man control of Aaska's government-not even by an official elected by the people of Alaska might be the of the chief executives of the various states but by Federal appointed official who receives the job reward for political services performed by the political party in power.
 All of this points also toward less home rule for Alaska since it concentrates power in the hands of Federal official who is directly responsible to NLJacb C