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“LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE
In a recent editorial, The Seward Gateway ended with: “Let your
conscience be your guide.” All things considered, we do not wonder
that the Westward contemporary closed in such a manner. Were
The Alaskan supporting any candidate with such an affidavit as the fol
lowing on file with the Departmen of Justice at Washington, it also
would urge electors to have their “Conscience be their guides*” The
affidavit here printed was filed in Washington, along with others, at the
time Marquam, “independent” for the office for Delegate to Congress,
was lining up rofjudsliip in the Fourth Divison. Suffice to say the
powers that be in Washington refused to consider him as material for
that office,nor is it our belief that he is any better fit to represent Alas
ka now or at any other time.
“FLOCKING TO MARQUAM’S STANDARD” 7
United States of America
Territory of Alaska, ss:
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EMERY VALENTINE, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I am a resdent of Juneau, Alaska, and have been such since 1886,and
during that period have been engaged in the mercantile business, and am
now one of the principal property owners of this city. I have at all times
taken an active part in the various civic endeavors to advance the wel
fare of the city of Juneau and the Territory of Alaska, and have been
Mayor of the City for eleven terms. By reason of the above facts, I have'
at all times come in close contact with the people of this community, and
have knowrn the great majority of them personally and intimately, until
in more recent years, when the population has increased very much.
I am very well acquainted with Thomas Marquam, now of Fair
banks, Alaska. He came to Juneau some time during the gold rush, pro
bably in the latter part of 1897 or the first part of 1898. He came here
as Deputy Collector of Customs, or at least in some capacity with
the office of Collector of Customs. At that time—though the importa
tion of liquor of liquor into the Territory was prohibited by law—there
Mere some eighteen or twenty saloons operating in Juneau and about the
came number at Skaway and Dyea. These were all dealing in liquor un
lawfully imported, and it was a fact, which finally became well estab
lished, that anybody could import liquor who would pay to the customs
officers a stipulated price per gallon or per case. Thomas Marquam was
at that time one of the active deputies in the cusoms office, and he was
apparently principally engaged in discovering and seizing liquor which
bad been imported without payment of this tribute to the officers. I re
mefifter on one occasion he raided a saloon situated on Front Street
in the City f Juneau and called the “Comet, ” He secured a large quan
tity of intoxicants, of which a good share was champagne. That same
evening, the owner of “The Comet,’’ E. H. Caseboldt, discovered and
proved to my satisfaction that this same champagne taken by Marquam
from “The Comet,’’was being sold and delivered by Marquam and his as
sociates to the bawdy houses of the City of Juneau. Caseboldt inform
ed me that he had attempted to slip in the liquor without settling with
the customs officers. Marquam and his associates also brought up from
Portland a man by the name of Kendall, whom they established in the
saloon business in the interests of this customs house ring in what was
known as “The Opera House,” and there Kendall disposed at wholesale
and retail of liquor which various persons had attempted to smuggle
into the Territory without paying this tribute to the customs -house
office. I learned of these facts from J. W. Ivey, the Collector of Cus
toms, who after indictments had been returned against him and
o.hers, claimd to me that he was personally innocent of any knowledge
that such things were going on, and I, In various ways corroborated
this information. • ,
Where liquors were seized under circumstances Which made it im
possible for the officers to immediately sell and avail themselves of the
proceeds of them, they were stored in a room on the wharf at Juneau,
and taken away and sold by the connivance, usually after night.
Either in 1898 or 1899, while I was operating a large public wharf
at Skagway, a cargo of liquor arrived for one Jacob Blum, on a ship
which wras docked at my wharf. On said wharf a warehouse was main
tained especially for the purpose of storing contrabrand goods, and the
keys to this warehouse were in the possession of the custom house of
ficers, and the door locked with special locks furnished by the govern
ment. This liquor was confiscated and placed in said warehouse. I
know that Blum paid to the officers the rates above mentioned for the
privilege of removing this liquor, and I know that same was removed
I personally saw the said Blum when on the way to the wharf with his
invoices and a large roll of money with which to settle with the officers.
Afterf Marquam left the customs service he continued to stay around
Juneau for a number of years and practiced law in a desultry manner,
his companions were chiefly men and women of the underworld. He
was generally regarded as a man devoid of principal;I think I can
safely say that he was one of the most disreputable characters that we
had in Juneau during his time here. During the latter days of his stay
here he lived with a little blonde prostitute who plied her business as
such over what was then generally known as ‘“The Horse Shoe” Saloon.
■ t was generally understood that he lived from the earnings of this
irostitute. They left Juneau together for the interior of the Territory,
md it was generally understood that she took him with her. While
darquam lived in Juneau he was generally rejgarded as an all around
rook and pimp. ,
Since about the year 1899, J. C. McBride, National Committeeman
or Alaska, has resided in or near Juneau, and "when he recently placed
Iarquam at the head of the Republican organization in the Fourth
udicial Divison of Alaska by appointing him Divisional Committeeman
e must have known of the reputation of Marquam, which is notorious
mong all of the older residents of this section of the Territory, as well
3 elsewhere.
(Signed) EMERY VALENTINE.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of January 1921.
5eal> (Signed) JOHN B. MARSHALL
Notary Public for Alaska
My commission expires October 14, 1921
Jnited States of America
OBSERVATIONS
By WILL A. STEEL
In travelling about it was rather
surprising to see so little drinking,
or the evidence of it, even among
the delegates attending big conven
tion and without restraint of home
influences. I di dnot have the ex
perience of some of Alaska’s promi
nent citizens who toured the states
and everywhere they went saw li
quor and drunkenness. Of course,
there is still plenty of booze if one
is looking for it. It might even be
had in Juneau or Ketchikan. But
as to quality, that is another mat
«er. Having the touch of grip while
in Colorado Springs, I was easily
persuaded, at a friends home, to
partake of two or three “doses” of
a concoction that left no headache
in the morning and almost cured the
cold, proving that there is still some
mighty good old stuff.
SLUSH FUND HARD TO GET
The frantic efforts of subsidized
t ditons and corporation lawyers of
Alaska to extract a “slush fund”
from the Cannerymen and other big
lntei ests, has been the subject of
much friendly joshing in Seattle,
i'.'ca is made that the money is ne
cessary to defeat Delegate Suther
land and the Republican Legisla
tive nominees in the First Division.
The different suppliants arrive,
make their strong talk, but fail to
convince the powers-that-be that
they can possibly get their money’s
worth in making an active fight.
They have been hit too often, as
the usual promised victory only
lasts until election day, when the
actual result spells defeat in capi
tal letters.
The only effect their contribu
tions have is to maintain the local
prestige of their Alaska agents, who
distribute some of the coin advanced
b:r the corporation suckers. Many
of them say, “not again,” but a few
are always caught by the Alaska
bait. They are referred to a recent
statement of young Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, who rightly said: “Great
suras of money must be spent to
control an election. It makes Ut
ile difference whether they be rais
ed from big corporations or levied
as the price of protection in illegal
derations.”
Attorney General John G. Sargent
may have had in mind some of the
Alaska marauders when, in a recent
address he said: “With those who
undertake to set aside the rules of
lUe which we ourselves have made,
and satisfy their cravings of lust,
of appetite, of revenge, of malice,
by reprisals on individuals, on the
community, we are very much con
cered.”
WOULD FOLLOW MUSSOLINI
Mussolini is doing in Italy what
a few selfish politicians would de
light to do to Alaska. The latest
is that he will appoint rulers in each
Italian city or town, also a Fascist
decree forbidding elections, puting
an end to woman suffrage and es
tablishing ONE-MAN government
that man Mussolini. And this
prompts Arthur Brisbane to re
mark: “In America we cling to the
theory that men can govern them
selves, with national congress, state
legislatures, city councils, etc., and
the people voting.” True enough,
but in Alaska all these methods
would be superflous if the Marquam
“Independents” were allowed to
give us a proxy-convention system.
“INDEPENDENTS” AND
PRIMARY
The expose of the immense sums
of money expended in the Illinois i
a;»d Pensylvania primaries has i
given cause for much discussion j
thruout the country. And it will
undoubtedly encourage the Mar
quam “Independents” in Alaska to
come from cover and openly declare
for the old and corrupt proxy-con
vention system, that once was so
popular and dominating with the
p liticians in Alaska.
Stroller White, now one of the
Master “Independents” of the First
Division, gave the snap away in his
weekly on April 14, 1926, when j
ho declared^ “If Alaska succeeds'
v’eekkly on April 14, 1926, when
in electing a representative Legis
lature this Fall, the PRIMARY to
be held next Tuesday will be the
i LAST, as the LAW providing for
such travesties will be repealed.
Of course everybody knows what
it would mean to revive the old con
vention system in Alaska, where dis
tances are so great and attendance
would be almost entirely by proxy,
c-ften forged at that. The corrup
tionists would control both the par
ties. But the Republican nominees,
who are not “representative” in the
opinion of Stroller, will certainly
be elected, and their influence will
thwart the expected attack on the ,
Primary Law.
The editor of the Seattle Post-In
telligencer recently wrote: "The '
direct primary eliminated the old
t*ine political boss who controlled
elections by manipulating his mach
ine from a vantage point behind the
scenes. There are still certain in
dividuals who believe the boss sys
tem superior to the present sys
tem."
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