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He has not learned the lesson
of life who does not each day
surmount a fear.—Emerson.
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Mother’s love, in a degree,
sanctifies the most worthless off
spring.—Hosea Ballou.
Marriage must be a relation
of sympathy or of conquest.—
George Eliot.
Charms strike the sight, but
merit wins the soul.—Pope.
JOHN RUSTGARD—OFFICE HOLDER
The Republican Party has been good to John
kustgard, and not because, of any particular ser
vice that he has ever rendered the party.
John came from the Liae of Minnesota nearly
thirty years ago, and localed at Nome. He labor
ed there for more than eight years, dabb ing a lit
tle in law, engaging in mining, and seeking office.
He did finally succeed in being elected a Coun
cilman and was made mayor. But John's inher
ent ambition to lord it over liis ordinary fellow
citizens was soon his undoing and he was deposed
iiom his high office and became only an ordinary
Councilman.
Although, generally speaki lg, John was an
industrious and good citizen, he failed to make
any headway and then migrated o Juneau, which
\vas regarded as the real Me;ca for ambitious oi
flee seekers.
Soon after reaching the Capital City, John
made overtures to National Committeeman Shack
leford, with the result that after the latter had
the Republican District Attorney fired ior disobe
dience to his Master, Louis had President Taft
name ambitious John to the office, his appoint -
ment was June 10, 1910.
John continued for some lime until after
Woodrow Wilson became President. Then when
he thought some big interests really wanted him
as their attorney, he suddenly resigned. After
his successor was finally appointed, on April 2.
1915, John found that he had only been k dding
himself and there was no demand for his services
During the next five years John Rustgard
found that there was no oppor unity to
public office, so he engaged in a desultory prac
tice of the law, achieving no particular fame c.
monetary reward .
But in 1920. when it looked as ihough the
Republicans were coming back to power, • ■ th in
the nation and Alaska, John launched his cam
paign for Attorney General. >n the nomina
tion and with all other Republicans was
ful at the general election.
But before John had taken office in March
.1921, and before President Harding was inducted
into office, John ignored the fact that the voters
of the Territory had just chosen him for a term
of four years and connived to secure an endorse
ment by the Juneau Republican Club for the ex
alted office of Federal Judge of lie Fir l Division
He didn’t resign and allow the Federa’ Governor
to appoint his successor, for he wasn’t seriously
considered for a Judgeship.
Naturally in lau* John sought an c rciorse
ment and a renomination, which he received, and
later the election. But even before he start d in
on his second term, he threw out his lines for a
Judgeship, but again failed.
Soon after his third term had commenced,
John Rustgard had come to believe that he had
been singled out by a Higher Power for exalted
service—to draw down a large salary. With the
result that last summer he was easily convinced,
by those who intended to slaughter'him, if he se
cured the nomination, that he should oppose Dele
gate Sutherland for a renomination.
As it happened, Dan Sutherland decided not
to again be a candidate, and so announced last
fall. That was not material to John, who was
ready for all corners, and he was proudly led to
the arena by the Democratic Organ, the Juneau
Empire. And now John is champing at the bit.
ready to be off to a whirl-wind ffnish, for many of
his Democratic supporters (?) nave giv n him
false hope that he has quickly absorbed.
Unfortunately, John Rustgard has never
! achieved any notable public service. True, as At
torney General, lie has defended a few laws that
have been enacted by the Legislature, and won a
few law ouuS, that the ordinary lawyer could not
help but win. If he had developed into a big,
broadminded, faithful public servant, such as the
Territcry could feel proud ol', it would be came for
rejoicing.
i;ut is it not a notorious fact that ever since
he has been in public office, John Rustgard has
gradually assumed high and mighty ways, until
now he feels the Kingly right to lord it over us
ordinary mert Is. And he has not yet been one
year in the office for which he has been elected
for four years. And if he should be nominated
a d elec eel r.s Delegate to Congress, he would st 11
draw salary from the Territory until March 4,
1931, and ior the balance of two years of his term,
:; - e Governor would appoint his successor.
And At ; cars John Rustgard has been advo
cating elective pub.ic office in the Territory, with
-articular ;• re s that one of the officials, the A -
torney General, should be a member of the Board
af Contiol. And even though he talks as if 1 e
were to be the next Delegate to Congress* and
hen he knew last summer that he was to be a
undid ate far ihe office, has he ever breathed an
intimation of resigning so that his successor might
iuve bee i entered in the primary contest.
When on official is a candidate for renomina
■ o . cr reelection, he is not expected to resign
:o.n germ's him to hold office. But when he
■,eehs . no : er office, advocates elective offices, any
ct holos n oo a position that becomes appointive
r he'sue e do in ins ambition, can he be regard
ed as other than a selfish office seeker? Would net
Joe voters m tuis Territory have had a higher re
gard for the hones-y.and unselfishness of Join
s g. rd had re re a. uc cl from his present $5,00 J
:ev year • o: it? on before entering the field for a
• igffier office?
vt ic not Tec ant for voters to realize the
ffialiowness c • some of their idols. We shout .1
like to say that John Rustgard is a courageous,
capable, and high-minded official. Possibly many
geii ve him to he such. But there is a reason whs
.or some years past, there has been a feeling
among the me.t.bmeis of tne Legislature, that the
office of Attorney General should be abolished.
Ask almost any member of .he legislature during
the past three or four sessions how they value
I John Rustgard as an official. And they know
mm, ior u-.ey vue uruu^xit uuu uu'.xu
dealing with him.
And it might be questioned whether John
ilustgard can legally, and certainly he cannot con
sistently.. become a candidate for other office
while he continues to hold his present office.-Sec
tion 5 of Chapter 77, creating this office, declares:
“The attorney General shall NOT ENGAGE IN
ANY OTHER BUSINESS, nor accept any other pro
fessional employment. ’ As a matter of fact, John
Rust .aid is making it his paramount business to
ce nominated for Delegate to Congress. That he
may fail in this ambition is not to the point.
John Eustgard is being paid by the Territory j
for holding a Territorial office, out his real busi- j
ness for several*months past has been, and will,
be for the ensuing two months, to secure for him
self a norr. nation for another office. And at no
fane has he given the least intimation that com
i men decency and fairness to his constituents in
Idicated that he should resign from his present
'holding. And that is the pity of it.
W. J. CHUCK TAi^KS OUT OF
TURN
“Billy” Chuck of Klawock
wrote a letter to the Juneau Em
pire criticising the Grand Presi
dent of the Alaska Native Bro
therhood. It would have been
better if Mr. Chuck had written
- direct to The ALASKAN instead
of to an ancient enemy, because
If there is any truth in what Mr.
Chuck says, the natives should
know it and get rid of William
L. Paul. For the benefit of those
who have not seen the letter, we
reprint the letter in full as fol
lows:
. { Paul Failed to Keep Prorrvses
Says Chuck
. KLAWOCK, Alaska, Jan. 27,
1930.—-To the Editor, Daily Em
pire: Some ten years ago Mr. W.
I, Paul promised the Indians
that if they vote for him that he
would recommend them for some
government jobs such as Mar
shal and both Game and Fish
V'a dens. So they all voted for
; him and soon as he got in he
forget all about the Indians and
recommended Fred Gardner
from Craig, and now he starts
it lie same thing again.
The only time he cares for In
I chans is close to the election.
!
Fight at Ketchinan in 1929, he
i said the Indian vote is not im
portant to him, and now why
I should he care if I am against
him or not. I want the public
to know that I am not against
the Alaska Native Brotherhood,
but I am against the methods
practiced in the Alaska Native
Brotherhood by our leaders. He 1
j sure said a mouthful when he
: • sid that Paul brothers is what
| put the Alaska Native Brother
hood where it is today, other
wise the Alaska Native Brother
hood would be far ahead. The
reason that he has no use for
Klawcck is that the people here j
'are far-sighted and he can't do
j much with the people. Poor
Paul has a few spies here at Kla- (
: walk to watch W. J. Chuck for ;
him but they can't find anything
for him. Chuck is working for
the good of the Alaska Native j
Brotherhool not to get rich off
ithe Alaska Native Brotherhood |
! If we are not careful our leaders
will be millionaires in the near
j future. Divided we fall, united
i
:we stand. * * |
(Signed) W. J. Chuck.
Chuck Makes Speech Before
Ketchikan A. N. B.
Mr Chuck was a visitor at the
local Camp of the Brotherhood
at Klawock recently. He was
called upon and said in part:
“Of course, I am not really a
member of the A. N B. I have
not paid my dues for several
years, but still I help all that I
can.”
Billy did not say anything to
William L. Paul who was present
or to the Camp of which he is a
member about how Paul was
hurting the cause of the natives
or the Alaska Native Brother
hood. Nor did he charge that
Paul was getting rich off the na
tives. Nor did he tell the broth
ers that he had written a letter
to the Juneau Empire.
He did say, “I have not paid
my dues for a long time.”
SUPPORTING CAND D .TES
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Stroller White expres es a fine
sentiment recently and may be
meant what he says. Knowing
considerable of the gentleman,
we are inclined to believe he said
if was a lot of hooey when he
ie-read it.
Tiie closing paragraph espe
cially fits the political policies oi
the “gang ’ Stroll r runs around
with; they come not of the rank
and file but they are rank and
f -lie.
Tied group of men supported
by this publication have always
been of the people, und r.:t im'
:ng their needs and working for
d 1* e gei:e "a 1 bet ei rnent o th 3
entire Territory. Which can no
be said of the tribe of federal
end other whatnots Stroller de
sires pol.t'.ca! lines broken down
for. Split away from your party
end vote fer curs, then when we
get our men elected, you can r-o
to the well, is the political plat
form of the Juneau machine.
“Attorney G< 1 \ Beli< ■€•
the law.” is a news item of re
cent date. What kind of a citi
zen, let alone Attorney General
would he bo if he didn’t believe
in the law?
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RUSTGARD SUPPORTS THE
O'MALLEY FISH POLICY
John Rustgard, candidate for
Delegate to Congress on the Re
publican ticket for the April
‘primaries in his platform de
clares:
“I propose to cooperate v»2th
lUe Bureau of Fisheries in secur
ing the best possible fishing re
yula lions ::
Says the Empire which is lend
ing his support for the primaries
to Mr. Rustgard:
"Nor does his platform end
there in dealing with “loaded”
questions. For some ten years.
Alaska’s representative in Con
gress has devoted most of his
time to attacking the United
States Bureau of Fisheries, sub
stituting that government agen
cy as a main political issue for
the “Guggenheims” which was
the war cry of his predecessor.
“O’Malley” and “Hoover” took
the place of “Steve Birch” and
the “Guggenheim Trust.” Evi
dently Mr. Rustgard is convinc
ed that such a policy is not only
futile but costly to Alaska.”
The O'Malley policy is one
that puts the burden of conser
vation upon the resident fisher
men and businessmen. It was an
O’Malley policy that ruled the
unfair “hook-off” regulation and
forced the seines and gill nets
into open sets in channels while
the 24-hour efficient trap was
allowed to “hook-off” unmolest
ed.
Another O’Malley policy that
Mr. Rustgard agrees, with ac
cording to the Empire statement
is the rule requiring troilers to
use only four lines and to throw
back into the ocean all fish not
over six pounds.
The unfairness of this regula- !
tion lies in the fact that the fish i
trap throws back no fish of any J
kind. Thousands upon thou- j
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