Show INDIGNANT I N ALASKA LASKA LASKAC r OF ALASKA ALASI A are justly CITIZENS C 1 indignant at the dis displayed displayed played toward their interests by the congress that has just j urn In his annual message c on the needs of or A Alaska laska President ent to said It seems to me that our honor as 58 a nation is involved in seeing that these needs are ari met And yet a abill bill providing for lor a n delegate to the house 11 of or representatives from Alaska which passed the house was permitted to die in the senate So Alaska A is to go without representation representation When hen the American citizens ms of this title great territory which is certainly certainly as us much a part palt of the United States as Hawaii or Porto Rico Hico look over the list of ot territorial delegates in ih inthe Inthe the house houe and see sec the names of representatives of Hawaii and ami Port Rico they the cannot be blamed blame for expressing the indignation they the feel At a meet meeting lag ing in held the other othel day in Valdez the th counterpart of or similar meetings in the territory the following telegram was was framed and sent to the president On behalf of ot American citi citizens sons zens in Alaska who are denied right of o representation in any an form we de do demand demand mand inand in mass meeting assembled that Alaska laska be annexed to Canada It is entirely unlikely that the de demand demand mand inand made by the Alaskans ns will be b complied compiled with but the vigor igor of the protest should l surely have the gi giving ing to Alaska as soon as us the new ne congress can cun take the action representation by b l a delegate If U there are aregood ire re good gool reasons r m ons why Porto Po to Rico and Ha Hawaii Hawaii vaIl should be bo represented to say nothing of Arizona and aud Xe New ew Mexico and nd Oklahoma Ok and Indian Territory there are equally good reasons reas ns why Alaska should have hove representation The to pass pas the bill is po o 0 oh ob obviously unjust u just that one wonders how howit it happened The only plausible ex ox explanation explanation is that the Alaskans felt so sore soure sure ure re of the passage Pass ge of the bill that they did not consider it necessary to make special efforts in Jn its interest Another reason may be found xi I i the fact tact that the senate was vas vas so busy with th other mat matters matters that it overlooked Alaska entirely If |