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TIS THE REVEREND JAClvY, B. S
. .Jaeky would show his scriptural
knowledge “As man thinketh in
liis heart so is he” saith the preach
er. Now Jacky’s thinking in his
heart was all crooked just about
election time. Does he mean tor us
to follow his deduction? We would
prefer to he more charitable with
him than lie is with himself.
WE QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE,
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In our younger days we were a
lot more familiar with the scriptures
than now—-had more time for
it Yet one passage from tlie Book
of Proverbs may well he passed on—
“A lying tongue is an abomination
unto the Lord.” And we might add
further that it is one of the seven
•n humiliations unto the Lord men
tioned in the Good Book.
V POLITICAL i HAMELEON
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in a recent editorial the reverend
ja k-al said: “I am a Republican
and 1 am proud of it.”
A few days thereafter he wired
to Juneau us follows:
“Scow Bay strongly Democratic
tips vear. Petersburg is doubtful,
hr. WE a'e certain to get 50 per
cent more than the independent can
didates did in 192 4.”
WE—I’ Republican?!?
We doubt that the Jack knows
what it means to he a Republican
•or even a Democrat. It would be
most interesting did he elucidate
upon the subject.
Independent two vears ago when
ho said Marquam was a lietter man
than Sutherland, Supported Bartley
and tried to down 'he regular Re
publicans in the primary; supports
the Democratic ticket in the final
election. That brand of Republican
are no credit to any party. Tin v
are mere polite..1 opportunists and
as such bring discredit upon the of
fices which they control and their
party.
there are democrats
Tn Alaska as elsewhere who are
a credit to any community. They do
rot call themselves “republicans”
ami in elections stay on their own
side of the fence. They are think
ing men and vote not a straight
party ticket. Which fact shows
+ hem to be thinking citizens. But
in principle they stand for the de
centralized -government and are con
sistent in their politics. The Troy
Jacky brand of politics stinks to
Veil heaven for it is an abortion of
both major parties for “We.”
I'AFL-SI THKRLAM) W ICIvER
SHAM FACTION'
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When eoitain political “independ
ents at one election, Republicans at
the following primaries and Demo
crats at the final election wish to
slur the Republicans of Alaska they
call them “Sutherlnnd-Wickershiim
P«ul faction” of the Republican
party.
Political chameleons try to dis
credit Republicans by calling them
a faction. Let us see what they are
themselves.
Says one shyster, “I am a Re
publican and I am proud ot it” Two
years ago he voted for and boosted
the” “independent” ticket;, at the
April priihary he supported Poor
Howard Bartley and at the late elec
tion he was right bower (bower is
correct) for the Democratic ticket.
Right after he declared himself a
Republican and proud of it, he
wired the Juneau Empire “our tick- ^
et is going fifty per cent better than
two vears ago.” Some fellows just
can’t help lying when the truth
can be avoided.
WICKERSHAM
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.1 imes \\ ickersham 1ms always
Ixh n lined up against the preda
tory interests, llis breaking up of
ilu infamous Judge Noyes gang at
Nome alone was a service that Alas
kans should never forget. He was
the father of the Alaska Railroad
mt at the opening exercises of that
road, he was not even invited be-'
cause he was not in the “gang.” He
secured the perpetual appropriation
*'or me Alaska College but has nev
er been honored by being made a
ieg< nt of the college. No, rather
would the gang have a pimp and
regular habitue of the “red light”
iistrict so honored. He fought alone
m Congress and defeated the Alex-j
under bill and defeated it without
having a vote. This bill, proposed
by the same interests which defeat
ed Paul for the legislature, would
have given perpetual title to holders
of trap sites. Wickersham talked
he oill to death and by proposing
amendments until “Territorial time”
lad expired.
This man was rewarded for liis
-ervices by having his oilice stolen
from him and given to George
Grigsby; by defeating him for the
position of gove nor and now hv op
posmg his candidacy for jud- . . t
SUTHERLAND
Sutherland, like Wickersham, is
a man who does what lie believes to
be right regardless of political con
sequences He opposed the Alas
aa Packer’s Association proposed
i eservation system whereby the ter
ritory would have been parcelled out
to lie salmon packers who would
■ issue “fishing licenses” only to their
mv[erred tools. He secured the
igiit of fishery guaranteed to all
aeu—in spite of the political in
erests represented by Shattuck and
'icgler. His effort to secure appro
priations for the Narrows are now
self-evident. All steamers stop in
Petersburg where ft hey sometimes
j only blew their whistles. He made
possible the “open port” of Prince
Rupert thereby making Petersburg
and Ketch’kan.
PA l b
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Pined up with Wickersliam and
Sutherland was William L. Paul.
Because of his influence with his
peonle he has been damned from
one end of the Territory to the oth
‘■r. He has been accused of great
political ambitions. But in spite
of the accusations he has never used
his energy or influence to secure anv
appointive position. Rather did he
prefer to work for the people and
through their election.
When llrst he appeared before
the legislature not one consideration
was given his proposal for a gradu
ated tax on salmon caught in traps:
no consideration was given any
phase of the trap question. Nor
j did the people of the territory give
j the question much thought. Now
j men of anv thinking capacity who
their good judgement, admit lie
is correct The effort of Delegate
Sutherland and William Paul is
making the canning interests turn
about and view tlieir own business
in a different light. They are be
admitting the correctness of the the
ory advanced by Paul and Suther
land. Some even go so far as to say
the whole industry is skating on
thin ice.
PERSECUTION
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Because of his effort, Ketchikan I
Masot s “suspended” Paul indefinite
ly. They were upheld by the Wash
ington P. and A. M. But the Ore
gon A. F. and A. M. refused to
abi^e by that decision so instructed
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Paul to “get his dues paid up and
fret In standing with the Oregon
jurisdiction. The effort to kick him
orf of the lodge failed.
When lie first attended the legis
lative at Juneau the “old gang” at
tempted to pull the “badger game’’
on Inm. A young woman overheard
th plan which was being schemed by
“reputable business and gentle
men. ” She told friends who went
to the hotel where Paul was stay
ing and wa'rned Paul to leave im
mediately All the characters were
in the lobby, the stage was set to
de^ame the good name of a man the
“gang” wished to be rid of. They
tailed that time. But they played
their hand more shrewdly at this
diction. They defeated him for of
fice but already the reaction has
set in. They are rolling up a big
majority for him if be runs another
election.
INDIAN PUPILS IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS
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I'T-< ni an address before The Ameri
can Society of Indians, Cedar Rap
id , Iowa, Superivisor If. B. I’eairs
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Just one thing more I want to
t ail to your attention at this time;
< 11)16) six and a half years ago
when l was asked to take charge,
i general supervision, of the Indian
I school, one of the fist things which
r did was to try and find out how
many Indian boys and girls were in
public schools. The best informa
tion I could get was to the effect
that there were 4,500 in the public
schools at that time I do not think
Tune figures are very accurate. I
I Tieve there were more at that
rime, but that number gives you
some idea. Since I began this work
i have never ceased for one day in
the attempt to increase the enroll
ment of Indian boys and girls in the
public school—until today—mark
his—until TODAY THERE ARE
MORE INDIAN BOYS AND GIRLS
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAN
THERE ARE IN GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS, APPROXIMATELY AO,
'00 ARE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND 29.000 IN GOVERNMENT
Schools. We have 84,000 Indian
[ Tiildren in this country; of those
I there ar« quite a number who an
I abysmally ineligible to be in school
i \
ut we still have in this country 12,
TOO or 15,000 children of school
! gc who are not in school. THERE
\ RE HUNDREDS OF INDIAN
| BOYS AND GIRLS IN INDIAN
CHOOLS WHO OUGHT NOT TO
HE THERE: WHOSE HOMES ARE
WIililN EASY REACH OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WHO
TIGHT JUST AS WELL ATTEND
fi HE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THUS
MAKE ROOM FOR MORE OF
THOSE WHO LIVE AWAY FROM
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. There is a dif
ficulty here, however, which would
have to ’ be overcome by legislation
even though we could eliminate
some of those who belong to public
schools. That difficulty is that un
der the law we are not allowed to
send Indian children from the reser
vaion to a non-reservation school or
fro*i one State to another State ex- 1
r< pt when we have the parent’s!
consent. Generally speaking, I
think that is a good law but in some
places the parents, who are natural
ly suspicious and are without edu
cation of any kind (there are such
cases as the Appaclies of Arizona),
a i reat many of them stand in the
« i' of th° children’s education and
there is no possibility under the pre
sent conditions of getting them into
school except as ..the Government
may build schools for them. The
Government has spent $100,000.00
in a year now in building new
schools but it will take years to get
children in school that way. We
ought to get Indian children who
are physically able to be in school,
in school within the next fews years
because, as I said in the beginning,
THE HOPE OF THE RACE LIES IN
TTIEIR EDUCATION AND IN THE
1 RAINING OF THE YOUNG PEO
PLE. . We ought to get them all in
to school just as soon as possible,
EITHER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
OR IN THE INDIAN SCHOOL. And
those who live where there are no
public school facilities should be
provided with school privileges. It
believe this Society might be the
.nein* of enrolling hundreds of In
dian boys and girls in public schools
who are not in now, and 1 wish your
influence might be used at every pos
nib'o opportunity to get Indian boys
and girls, whose homes are within
reach of Indian schools, whose!
nomes are cf such character as to
j justify the enrollment of the chil
[ cli on in the public schools. There
are a great many homes within
•’'••it'll, the character of which is j
j such it would be advisable to under- ;
I take to use tlie schools because 1
1
there would be irregularity of at-!
j tendance and there would be a great
iiunev things in the way of unsatis
factory work being done,- but where
! their homes are of the right charact- j
j oi, I say I believe the Indian chil- j
jdrtn ought to go to the public
j schools and thus help to make room
! ft •• ihose who are now out. I wish
! this Society might take as a slogan
i
for the next five years, “Every In
dian child in some school within the
next live years.” I believe it could
be accomplished; it would certainly
something worth w-hile.”
Editor’s Note: Mr. Peairs for
many years was superintendent of
the Haskell Indian School, Lawrence
Kansas; he was promoted to the
position of supervisor with jurisdic
tion over reservation and non reser
vation schools and direction of the
several reservation affairs. He was
a student of Indian life and his di
rect contact 'made possible observa
tions now generally conceded as be
i"g the correct solution of Indian
ed 1 cation.
“DEMOCRATS HAVK FORHOTTFA
TRADITION'S”—A.P. DISPATCH
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“Apparently the teachings of Jef
ferson, Jackson and Wilson have
been forgotten by the southern peo
ple. The resuli of the election is
ver" disappointing to one who un
derstands the fundamental princip
les of his party and knows why liO
is a Democrat.
Religious freedom, Stpte rights,
honesty of public office, hate been
treated a? inconsequential issues
and ignored.
“Religious bigotry and hate fre
quently hiding in a cowardly way
behind the Volstead Act, seem to
have controlled.”
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rjo:;ti, f .Her-Genera! Albeft. S.
Bulr*eson under President Wilson is
|above quoted. Evidently lie must
have studied the Juneau Empire
brand of party politics which he so
hr notedly condemns.
That goes for “me too” Stroller,
also.
l>r. W IT. Chase senior member
of the Alaska Game Commission
was elected at the meeting of the
Commission at Juneau. He succeeds
C. T. Gardner, resigned.
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