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Show Would Build Trunk Line Railroad. I am not In favor of government ownership where tbe same certainty and efficiency of service can be had by private enterprise, but I think the conditions presented In Alaska are of such a character as to warrant the government, for the purpose of encouraging en-couraging the development of tbat vast and remarkable territory, to build and own a trunk line railroad, which It can lease on terms which may be varied and changed to meet tbe growing prosperity and development develop-ment of the territory. I have already recommended to Congress tbe establishment of a form of commission government for Alaska Alas-ka The territory Is too extended. Its oeedi are too varied, and Its distance from Washington too remote to enable en-able Congress to keep up with Its necessities In tbe matter of legislation legisla-tion of a local character. Tbe governor of Alaska In his report re-port points out certain laws tbat ought to be adopted, and emphasizes |