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SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1905.
THE BATTLE ROYAL OF
THE POT AND KETTLE
The pierce political battle now rag
ing between Judge Wickersham., and
Governor Brady is sure to result in
great good to the district in general.
The “good of the service” new- certain
ly demands the retirement of both po
litical parasites from office. When the
two leading federal officials of the dis
trict engage in publicly accusing, each
other of negligence and mismanage
ment, their antagonism creates. official
conditions detrimental to public inter
ests and the welfare of thedistriet.
Judge Wickersham’s letter, to Secre
tary Hitchcock, demanding that Gov.
Brady be called to account for making
charges against him, shows that the
‘ ‘grand duke’ ’ is wincing under the po
litical lash that'is being applied'to him
while on the rack. Wickersham char
acterizes the charges mads by Brady
“as misleading and false,, and reckless
ly made for partisan purposes.” Still,
he well knows the truth of some of
them. While official etiquette might
demand the same consideration among
officials as does organization;—honor
among thieves—and as it is contrary to
the .rules of the political game for an
official to publicly expose the misrule
and corruption of others in office;—at
times, however, patience ceases to be a
virtue.
Wickersham might consider it im
proper for governor to incorporate in
his annual report the irregularities and
corruption existing in the . Third judi
cial division, but so long as che law
compels him to annually report to the
president the status of the administra
tion of the civil government within the
district, Brady was certainly justified
in telling the troth. As the president
has the power,; to review and confirm
or annul any of .1 the acta, of the-gpvern-*
or, the fact of the full report being
published demonstrates that the course
pursued, and facts submitted by Brady
met the approval of the president and
relieves the gevernor of political dis
courtesy. Judge Wickersham now
takes the role of “special, investigator”
and propounds questions to Governor
Brady relative to the specific facts
upon which the accusations^re. based,
claiming, that upon receipt of the ans
wers, he will make. any explanations
necessary. . ;
Wickersham’s explanation of the ac
cusations against him would no. doubt
be on the same line- as that adopted in
the protection, of his protege and ap
pointee, Commissioner JI Bindley Green
before the grand' jury., at. Rampart in
1903. SeveraI*of the questions Wicker
sham requests Brady to answer can be
and haveJ>ean answered from Rampart.
The proofs of their truthfulness should
carry as much weight coming through
private citizens, as though presented
by'offifcials—so long as they are' indis
putable matters of record.
RAMPART*. PRECINCT HAS
SOME FACTS TO OFFER
»MMI *•
V ,V * ■
In THE majtek of Judge WIckersham
upholding1 the wrong and arbitrary do
ings of-' commissioners; his protection
of .Commissioner J. Lindley Green,, in
his corrupt and illegal manipulations
in Rampart precinct, dating since 1902,
should alone be sufficient to convince
the most skeptical of the truth of the
governor’s charges in that respect: It
is a well-known fact that he has refus
ed to personally investigate, as the ap
pointive. power, private and publics
charges as to the incompetency and
wrongful 'doings of Commissioner J.
Lindley Green..
He well' £nows that through his pres
tige and power as district judge, he:
has caused persons who were useful toi
him, and were themselves guilty of vio
lating the laws, to procure and retain;
official positions in. his division. He
knows £he magnitude of his corruption
and in what locality lies, the proof of
his guilt, and taking it for granted that
Brady was not personally cognizant of
such evidence prior to Oct: 1, 1904,. he
desires to implicate the governor in .a
political conspiracy with senators and
others to cause his dethronement. It
may be "therule in Judge Wickersham’s
court to supply the defendant in crim
inal actions, before the trial, with a
specific statement of all facts and the*
evidence td be used against him; but in
political tribunals theevidence .is some
times retained to confront the defend
ant before the court and jury;
“If not, why not?"
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE
MOTICE is hereby given, that pursuant to an or~
1 ^ der of the Probate Court, Rampart precinct.
District of Alaska, the undersigned, G. H. Wand,
administrator of the estate of Lars Svendsen, de
ceased,, will, on the 25th day of September. 1906,
at the hour of 11 o'clock a. m. on said day, at the
Court house in Rampart? sell at* public auction to
the highest and best bidder for cash, all the real
estate belonging to the said estate, described as
follows, to wit:
The lower three hundred [30C] feet of placer
mining claim No. 2 below discovery claim; the
placer mining claim No. .5 below discovery claim;
the placer mining claim No. 6 below discovery
claim. All said mining claims being situated on
Little Minook creek, Rampart Recording District
District of Alaska.. G. H. Wand,
Administrator of said estate.
Rampart, Aug. 19, 1905. First pub. Aug. 26, 1905.