Show J RIGHT CHT GOVERNMENT FOR AL ALASKA SHA I J Mr ir attacks President T Tafts Taft's ft's id idea a of a commission for Alaska We Ye notice some sonic eastern p papers pers do the sam same on the ground that it is de denying de- de ie- ie nying the thc men of Alaska Aluska self clr government go which i ir this country men prize beyond all account until until until un un- un- un til that right is given them and amI then they ther not ii infrequently r abuse the privilege shamefully i A commission is the best possible way to govern gov gov- O ern ern em ema a territory It wa was tri tried d in Louisiana when that that- first became the prop property of th the United Stat Sta States It has been tried frequently since i j The Thc o only oily mistake th president nl made i was wis S in iii saying saying saying-he he would recommend the commission to be appointed b by the president and the inference nee naturally pat nat ur nr is that it would be n made up mo mostly tJ of eastern eastern east east- em ern men iner That would woul be a m mistake It should be he bea a a. a commission of Alaska men and it would be bo A good way a for AIs AI's Alaska a. a t to 9 nominate l l and aid aUld elect those men nen only in stating the duties and ami powers oC or orUI UI that t commission om on ion congress s should r exercise exercise its prerogative pre pre- and prescribe exactly the the powers of that commission The Flie governor of Alaska should he be the thc president of that commission and the laws should prescribe that the thc commission should be lC made up UI Df Jf men of oC different parties so that all the people would uld be represented Th Ph The commission should have hare extraordinary al' al powers and and should not bc be composed l lof of more than five or 01 seven seen members and ad the president dent being go governor governor gornor of the territory should hn have havethe thi th the eR casting ting vote te Thai That would resolve sol c it into hito a business committee at on once nce and aha sucha commission would commission do do ill tC c ear work earnest il in iii behalf o of o. the territory in a month than a legislature would in three aid md it would be better work for it would go directly to the wants want o the of-the the people Of course course Alaska like jk every e other t territory has a large crop of would would-be senators many r of ot these think if they ther could have JUl a n legislature legis hegis lature they would so EO demonstrate their qualifications Lions ions as t to make them in line fo for the thc senate atc so soon ns bc territory m might ight become a state But it will win willbe b be a along long time yet before Alaska reaches statehood a and d in the meantime th people ought to have ha pro pro- Plo I t ct on T They ey ought to have C all the thc safeguards safeguard dr drawn ii around them that a legislature could d draw a they ought to have hae a vehicle through which to tomake tomake make known their special wants and experience has taught that all this can be done better by hy a commission than thai h by a territorial legislature ture only the commission ought to be made 1 tip tp of Alaska men all whom are interested in that and all jil ll anxious that the best should be done dolic that p can sD c n be done pone for fOl the territory The rhe Philippines Philippin s are arc partly governed go by a commission com commission corn com mission s sent out out from forn the thc states but the Philippines Philip PhuI- pines have ha a lower house of their own to mak I known their wa wants ts and to call attention to the time subjects subjects subjects sub sub- w which ich the co commission unaided might not be beable able to r reach ach for th the inhabitants there are arc a mongrel mongrel mon mon- grel race of f several millions and the they arc are not all nIl either wise or honest bonest It It would be different in Alaska were a commis commis- appointed sion of Alaska men f from Il different s see sec c- c of the thc territory It would be pure business s a and d I wh when n the they met together it would not 1101 be to sha sharpen political axes ates but it would be to tu further the best interests of the territory and the people of Alaska could be represented ju just t. t al as thoroughly m more indeed than t they ey would through h a haphazard ard legislature selected by br politics polities and anti all intent on on- seeking advantages for their particular sections I On Oti this bis same subject we notice in the Nation th that f Al Alaska sk believes es its whole development tle retarded retarded re re- re- re by the indifferent rule of s thousands thou thou- sands o of miles away It wants want taxation with representation representation and now it hears from froim Mr 11 Taft that w what at is good is-good enough for th the Pi Filipinos pinos w we hate and despise io is is good enough for its citizens That is s' s altogether cont contemptible in man many wa ways Th Philippines are made up of fort forty or fifty tribes of barbarians arba i ns mostly always s at war when let alone and nd at wa war j in so cruel a form that one shudders to toc c 11 contemplate it Tl The e government go has bas done its best since it took charge there to civilize the islands It has established schools everywhere sent teachers th there re and arid and has told the Filipinos from the first that so as the they r are arc capable of self government go they shall Rhall have self government The Nation has hus no warrant arrant for 5 saying ing that W wo we hate and despise the Filipinos It is not fa fair l' l to the g government and it ft is not true To ro make au any progress re ress ress' ress there order has to be sustained and that hat haRto has haR hasto to tobe b be by iY force a and d could coul the Nation have had il it its w way Y and i d h had the government bt withdrawn its tS poW power r. r there L would s simply have followed civil war ar au and such government b by the natives as Spain g gave the islands ind 1 I Wore before the war and the Nation would woud have 1 K 4 I L I fl q been the first first one among g American n n newspapers to arraign n the go government nt because b by its neglect gle t it had instituted n the tho wars Dud and the tIme murders which were convulsing the islands There is such a thing timing HI as fair fah politics polities there is such uch a thing as unfair politics poll poll- pollI I tics an and it il is this latter school which the New York r Nation delights in |