Show ALASKA The people of Alaska are enterprising and they have chosen an enterprising gentleman represent them in Washington Washing-ton Bus name is JAMES CAUROLL and last fall he was elected Delegate to Congress from that territory proceeding at once to the national capital where he has just arrived ar-rived As Alaska is without organic act and virtually without a government Mr CAKKOLIS election meant nothing and his application for a seat in Congress is not likely to meet with a favorable response He seems to have understood the matter before he left home and went up to Washington Wash-ington prepared to make the government a business proposition in tho almost certain event of the denial of his claim to a Dele gateship The proposition is nothing loss than an offer to buy Alaska from the nation He will tender 14000000 or twice what the country cost when it was purchased from Russia a quarter of a century cen-tury ago and ho will offer to pay the I amount in 20 gold pieces The people up there want a government of some sort and as the United States do not seem disposed I to favor them they think that the thing to do is to buy the land and set up a government govern-ment of their own and according to their liking It is hardly among the probabilities probabili-ties that the government will sell as it is hI not in the real estate business but it is worth while to mention the matter for the purpose of calling attention to the fact that wherever you find Americans you will find enterprising men eager for office eager for politics and eager to engage in real estate speculations |