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• “That reminds Us of the old
advice to watch the man who
needs to have his virtues labe'
ed. Sometimes these labels are
originally bestowed in sar
casm.”
John Rustgard claimed this
article to be false and libelous
and accordingly sued Editor
John Troy for $20,000 compen
known as “Honest John,” and
the chances are that he did not
say it, but it was one of Troy’s
sly ways of castigating an en
emy. But now that the two
Johns are amiable bed fellows,
the Attorney General, until after
the primary, will be extolled to
the skies in the Empire and his
opponent will forever be under
the ban of displeasure and mal
satory damages and for $5,000
punitive damages. The plain
tifftiff demurred to the charge,
claiming that it did not set forth
sufficient grounds for action.
The case came up before Judge
Fred M. Brown, of Valdez, who
was temporarily sitting at Ju-j
neau,
After hearing the arguments!
of attorneys, Judge Brown dis-,
missed the action, after a re
view of the facts, among other
things adding: “I do not see that
any damage whatsoever, gener
al or special, has been caused
the plaintiff as the natural or
proximate consequence of this
publication. The demurrer will
have to be sustained.”
It was not proven that John
Rustgard said that he was
.... --V
The Empire Fails to
Apologize
*—x
The “malicious lie” that Tom
Marquam sent out from Wash
ington, and which was publish
ed in the Juneau Empire, stat
ing that the Committee on
Claims of the House had KILL
ED the bill to allow the Indians
of Alaska to bring suit against
the government, has never been
explained or apologized for. De
legate Sutherland has emphat
ically stated that no action has
been taken on the bill, and the
Empire knows full well that such
such is the fact, but Managing
Editor Pegues lacks the cour
age to come out and state that
the report is a “malicious lie.”
Instead, in an editorial of ov
er two: columns, in which he
squirms and quibbles, hedges and
haws, he falsely states that
•Both men could be right, and
probably are.” Is it any won
lake the political dope in that
paper is taken by the public with
considerable more than a grain
of salt.
As far as newspaper ethics is
concerned Managing Editor Pe
gues probably had what little
there was in the Empire office
pi’ed and thrown into the hell
oox by his printer’s devil.
-x
Is Lobbyist Dr. Bunnell
Injuring College Ap
propriations?
-X
Included in the duties of the
r.ew position of Auditor, created
by the Legislature during the
closing hours of the last session
of the Legislature, is the follow
ing function:
“The Auditor shall audit and
allow all claims or demands
which are just and true and a
legal charge against the Terri
tory and for the payment of
which appropriation has been
made by the Legislature.”
In compliance with the above
requirement, Auditor Cash Cole
is carrying out strictly the pro
viso referred to, with one not
able exception. Attorney Gen
eral Rustgard has advised him*
that the duty prescribed by the
Legislature does not apply to j
the Territorial appropriation for
the Alaska College and School of
JtitaesL Hie sum involved by the <
last appropriation is $i05,000. j
The Attorney General has de
cided that this sum can be ex- j
pended by the Board of Trustees
of the College without any refer
ence to the Auditor, and that
the appropriation must be paid
over by the Territorial Treasur- j
c*r to the Treasure of the Col-'
lege, on demand.
As a result of this opinion, the
College is not required to make
an accounting to any Territorial
official for the funds for which
they were appropriated. And it
seems that when Dr. Charles E.
Bunnell, president of the Col
lege, asks for the payment of
•r.ry account, it is promptly paid
and no questions asked.
Of the last Territorial appro
priation $4,000 was available for
*he purchase of fire protection
equipment, and the balance of
the appropriation, or $101,000,
‘ shall be available for the main
tenance, improvement and con
duct of the College.” And now
that Dr. Bunnell devotes a large
portion of his time to lobbying
before the Territorial Legisla
ture and Congress at Washing
ton, the question is being raised
whether the payment for this
service can legitimately be tak
en from the Territorial appro
priation.
Various members of the Leg
islature maintain that the ap
propriation was made for edu
cational purposes—and not for
lobbying. The Territory has a
Delegate to Congress who is sup
posed to look after appropria
tions and grants at Washington,
/ind of the $50,000 annually re
ceived from the Federal govern
ment, there is no effort requir
ed. It is part of the original
grant. But whenever there is a
bill to get additional land, Pres
ident Bunnell makes this the oc
casion to enjoy a vacation OUT
RIDE for two or three months.
And it is becoming an annual
affair, with a biennium visit to
Juneau, to attend sessions of the
Legislature.
And for all of this, the Terri
tory pays.- Dr. Bunnell was ab
sent at Washington from No
vember 18, 1927 to February 14,
1928, at a cost of $712 for travel
and subsistence expense. He
again started East later in 1928
and was absent from December
21, 1928 to February 21, 1929, at
a cost of $901. And for the five
months absent he was receiving
from the Territory a salary of
$500 per month, or $2,500. With
the $1,600 for expences his trips
cost the Territory $4,100.
Again in December 1929, the
Doctor started on his annual
pilgrimage, returning the early
port of March. The cost will
presumably be well night to $2,
000. And the report is that af
ter Dr. Bunnell gives the Col
lege the “once over” he will
again, in April, start back to
Washington. The Doctor was
kept pretty busy lobbying from
March 15 to May 26, 1929, spend
ing the time at the Legislative
session at Juneau and later vis
iting Seattle before returning
to the College. And this was at
a cost of $633 for expenses and
over $1,300 for salary.
The usefulness or uselessness
of President Bunnell at the Ter
ritorial Legislature is demon
strated in the decided “cuts” in
the amounts he usually asks for.
A year ago he came to Juneau l
with a budget of $235,000, and
the appropriation made was
$105,000. His persistent meth
ods are so obnoxious that in-'
detriment in securing appro
oetrimemnt in securing appro
priations.
But it must not be presumed
that Dr. Bunnell devotes all of
his time to lobbying at Washing
ton and Juneau. Oh, no! Al
though he is a devout Democrat
--having been his party’s de
feated candidate for Delegate to
Congress, and later receiving ap
pointment as Federal Judge for
ll.e Fourth Division from Presi
dent Wilson, he still has time j
to play politics, notwithstanding,
his educational and non-parti- J
zan position. At present he is
ooosting Attorney General Rust
gard for the Republican nom
ination for Delegate to Con
gress.
He heard that Judge Wicker
sham took the same view as does
Auditor Cole, that the accounts
of the College should be treated
as are those of the Pioneers’
Home, and of all other appropri
ations. Such an attitude in the
opinion of Doctor Bunnell, was
well nigh treason. It might in
terfere with his private snap.
So he felt offended at Candidate
Wickersham and now seeks to
tell the Republicans whom they
must nominate for Delegate to
Congress.
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is not the means of causing
great injury to the Agricultural
College. The people of Alaska
think, even though the great
dictator regards them as asleep
momst of the time.
-_,x
MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE
COLLEGE
-x
With the exception of $60,000
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ed to Juneau from his Westward
trip, he immediately went into
a long consultation with John
Pegues, the managing editor of
the J uneau Empire.
Until this year, Rustgard and
we were in the same political
party and were jointly denounc
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knows that the Empire has not
changed its politics, and every
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’v supported by the voters be
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right and the Juneau Empire
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