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Publishing Company, at Petersl urg, Alaska.. Entered in the Post
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The Alaskan, per year, $4.00 Louis F. Paul, Editor-Manager.
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In a telegram to “A Voting Ci
tizen” of Petersburg, Commis
sioner of Education Leo W. Breu
er says: “For your information
probable reason not having Paul
support is because I refused to
place in my office one of their
leaders now later another of
their coice stop I believe the edu
cation system should be free
from such and office run for the
betterment of the schools.” This
spring, before political align
ments and campaigns took de
finite shape, Mr. Breuer with a
local citizen stepped into our of
fice for a definite purpose—and
after taking an hour of our
time in inane nothings, left. The
first objection we found to the
man at that time is definitely
stated in the above telegram:
“PROBABLE REASON.” A ne
gative personality with nothing
positive in his thought or action
is no fit material for the office he
now holds and which he wishes
to continue to hold. In a letter
to friends in Juneau supporting
this would be educator, we said:
“It is very apparent from obser
vcations made here and from re
ports relative to his administra
tion of his office, that he needs a
‘wet nurse.’ Our school system is
too important an institution to
You Need Bosses
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In their recent declarations,
Mr. Gardner said: “I am a boss
in the Sawyer-Reynolds Logging
Company. Mr. Scott said, “ I am
a boss in the Alaska-Juneau
Mining Company’s mill.” Mr.
Rustgard said, “I favor such
good cannery bosses and will
support O’Malley.”
In plain English these men de
clare that what Alaska and Alas
kans need is bosses and more
bosses.
Land Claims, From the
Native Angle
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The idea of suing the United
States government, by the Haida
and Thlinget people of Alaska,
for compensation for disposses
sion of lands, originated in the
minds of thinking men in the
Alaska Native Brotherhood at a
time when Judge James Wicker
rham was refusing to be pulled
into politics. It originated in
the minds of these people before
William L. Paul had anything to
do with this organization. The
Indian has never recognized that
he was treated fairly by the U. S.
Government in the deal whereby
it secured Alaska, because they
never recognized the sover
eignty of the Czar of Russia. The
Russians being in Alaska by suf
erance and a defeated nation.
Transfer of this territory by Rus
sia was always recognized by the
Indians as an admission of their
inability to hold the territory
against the wishes of its inhab
itants. Through all this time
this matter has been held in
abeyance with the hope that the
Government would be fair in its
administration of its affairs, of
its people and resources. When
it finally dawned upon these
people that they could not se
cure decent livlihood, they de
cided to present their claims in
such a way as would permit of
compensation for dispossession
ut their lands and publicity for
i be under direction of a person
whose negative qualities perforce
govern his every action. For it
is the negative characters that
unwittingly become the pliant
tools of nefarious political
spokesmen and their treasury
plundering machine.
Administrative errors alone
would lead this would be execu
tive into serious difficulties were
it not for Paul’s friends.
In conclusion we agree that
the “office should be run for the
betterment of the schools’ and
this can only be done by the elec
tion of such a well qualified man
as Prof. W. K. Keller.
ONLY CAMPAIGN PLEDGES
Messers Gardner, Gildea, Scott
and Noland aspire to Republic
an nomination for the Legisla
ture. From their statement of
principles it is evident that all
are new men, or they would not
so confidently “pledge ourselves
if nominated and elected to
write the above declarations in
to the laws of Alaska.” A pretty
big job for four out of twenty
four members to pledge to write.
Possibly they don’t know that it
requires a majority of the mem
bers of each house, and the Gov
ernor.. to write laws.
the wrongful administration of
resources in such a way as would
demand full and searching in
quiry. Then it was they asked
Judge Wickersham to meet with
I them to explain their legal
rights, which he did last Novem
ber. Immediately a contract
was drawn up between attorneys
and the organization
KNIGHT STRONG IN ALL THE
DIVISIONS
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Reports from the Third and
Fourth Divisions indicate a land
slide in spite of the Bank poliic
al machine wh:'ch is opposing
him because of the plunder sys
tem of deposits maintained by
Mr. Smith. That is the only reas
on the banks fight Knight.
John Cries ‘Wolf’ But He
Fools Only Himself
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John Rustgard's speeches on
his present campaigning tour,
the time which he devotes to
them being paid for by the Ter
ritory, is a most remarkable ex
position of hypocrisy. And not
only that, but he also demon
strates that he can be the most
sublime in grate in the politica*l
life of Alaska. By inuendo he
| denounces Delegate Sutherland,
! Judge Wickersham and Wm. L.
Paul, as demagogues who have
held back the development of
Alaska.
And these are the men who
have made possible the nomina
tion and election, for three
terms, of John Rustgard as At
torney General. And these are
the men whom he has supported
and eulogized upon every possi
ble occasion—until he became
i a candidate for Delegate and
1 reversed all his previously ex
i pressed severe views against
the Bureaus. But now that
he has placed himself under the
wing of Managing Editor Pe
gues of the Juneau Daily Em
pire, Candidate John Rustgard
seems bereft of honesty and
even common sense.
I But we predicted in a previous
j issue that all that was required ]
jto forever bury John Rustgard
in political oblivion was for him
to get out among the voters and
I make speeches. This he is now
' doing. The people who can hear
and read can also think. Enough
said.
Lawyer for Both Sides
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Whatever support John Rust
gard has in various Indian vil
lages is due to the fact that he is
or has acted as their lawyer ‘for
nothing.”
But has he?
And when he has so acted,
who really got the benefit?
Klawock
He succesfully incorporated
Klawock. Their original peti
tion included the great Libby,
McNeil and Libby company can
nery. With the consent of Rust
gard, acting as the attorney for
the people of Klawock, Judge
Justin W. Harding granted the
petition WITHOUT including the
great cannery.
The Libby’s were very much
pleased with the splendid work
of Attorney General Rustgard
who thus began his campaign of
“cooperating” with the canner
ies.
Hoonah
.. The petition of the people of
Hoonah was handled by Mr.
Rustgard. These people are just
as much entitled to their incor
porating as Wrangell, Klawock
or Sitka.
The people of Hoonah believe
Rustgard is really working for
them. AFTER election is over,
and after Rustgard has procured
some votes by his deception, they
will find out that “they are not
yet ready for the burdens of in
corporating.”
Kake
I Here also Rustgard is giving
! his services. The petition in
cluded the big cannery, but
when the order is issued, the
people will find out that Rust
jgard has “consented” them out
|of court just as effectively as
the Klawock people were.
Kasaan
There is no Indian community
that is better prepared to be
come incorporated than Kasaan.
This town has the highest per
centage of high school, grammar
school, and Carlisle School grad
uates of all the Indian commun
ities. The big cannery that came
to Kasaan to get the benefits of
this community contested the
incorporation just as Libby’s
contested at Klawock This can
nery offered to withdraw their
contest if attorney William L.
Paul would agree to leave the
cannery OUTSIDE the proposed
city limits. Mr. Paul might have
“consented” as Mr. Rustgard did
at Klawock. But Mr. Paul was
fighting for his clients and ex
pected to get his pay from only
one side*and so he refused the
“offer.” Judge Justin W. Hard
ing, who of course was not in
the least influenced by the fact
that the cannery had employed
H. L. Faulkner, the attorney for
nearly all the canneries in Alas
ka, and a supporter of Mr. Rust
gard’s, and influential in Mr.
Harding;’s fight for his judgeship,
decided that the people of Ka
saan were “not yet ready for the
burdens of city government.”
That is the principal differ
ence between Paul and Rustgard
Paul fights for his clients. Rust
gard wins his case by “consent
ing” his clients out of court and
thus hits two birds with one
stone—somet of he people of
Klawock like him and his free
service, and the Libby’s think
Rustgard is simply wonderful
and “so diplomatic.”
Gratuitous Advice
Last week, Attorney General
Rustgard, under salary by the
Territory, devoted his time to
“advising” with the residents of
the Native villages. For pure
unadulterated bunk, John has
every previous political candi
date backed off tl^ boards.
Among other things, at Hyda
burg, he is alleged to have de
clared:
“You own and publish two
newspapers. Both are being us
ed to villify the government at
{Washington and the officers of
the Territory. All the officers of
the Territory and all the bureaus
are being blackguarded by you
through your two newspapers
and through the president of
your organization.”
This alleged speech was deliv
ered at Hydaburg, 300 miles from
Juneau, on a Tuesday evening.
On the following Thursday the
full text of the speech was print
ed in the Juneau Vampire. The
question that this publication
asks is: How was copy of that
, speech delivered in Juneau in 48
hours from Hydaburg? Then
who is writing those speeches
and is there not a definite work
ing plan between the Empire
and Rustgard. And finally has
the Empire ever worked for the
interest of the fishermen or la
boring classes of Alaska?
We have challenged the ethics
of Editor Pegues and again we
charge him with publishing a
deliberate prevarication. He
wrote that speech and the audi
ence at Hydaburg did not hear
it.
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ported speech of Mr. Rustgard’s
at Ketchikan gave full discussion
to the Indian Land Suit Case.
Report from Ketchikan is to the
effect that Rustgard made abso
lutely no mention of the suit at
all. If he sent in the “speech”
and claimed it as delivered at
Ketchikan, then he told what he
knew to be an untruth. If tne
Empire printed it. political
propaganda, it stepped beyond
the pale of decency and brands
itself as unworthy of being a re
presentative of the Associated
Press which mantle Pegues used
recently to clothe his paper with
a decency.
Fortunately the two papers
Rustgard is alleged to have al
luded to have a clientel of read
ers who can easily judge who is
doing the real blackguarding.
John is prancing over the Divi
sion thinking that his disregard
for proper presentation of cam
paign issues will not be found
out until after the primary elec
tion. But the real Rustgard is
rapidly being located and he can
no longer pull the wool over the
eyes of the voter.
EVERY VOTER SHOULD WANT
COLE
For the first time since Alaska
,has had legislative powers, the
Territory has an Auditor—and
he is a real Auditor who fully
realizes the duties of an Auditor.
Although he has been in the of
(flce less than a year, Cash Cole
has already demonstrated the
wisdom of his selection by un
, animous vote of both branches
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of the last Legislature. And
with the experience already
achieved and the desire to rend- *
er real service to the Territory
—for which there is ample need
—the election by the people of
the present incumbent should
just naturally and gratefully
follow. So far as he has gone,
Cash Cole has made good. Give
him a reelection and strengthen
some of the laws and the saving
to the Territorial Treasury will
be surprising.
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