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OlKDOVA, ALASKA, TCKSDAV FA'KXIXC. MAY Hi, 1916.
MOFFIT'S UNJUST CRITICISM.
Chairman .1. A. Moffit, of the government boat'd of arbitra
tion and conciliation, sent from Washington to settle the labor
troubles on the government railroad at Anchorage, took occa
sion to vent his spleen on Judge Brown in an interview with
a Seward Host representative. He said that Judge Brown ex
pressed' himself in favor of the “fifty cents an hour schedule,”
and also commented upon the fact that there “was a terri
torial law providing for mediation in labor troubles, and that
the appointment of a board of conciliation was an encroach
ment on the rights of Alaska to handle her own affairs.”
WVdo not doubt that Judge Brown favored the “fifty
cents an hour schedule.” Every man in Alaska, probably, fav
ored it, bui wo feel confident we are ex pressing the entire truth
when we state that Judge Brown did not at any time express
the sentiment that the board was in any manner encroaching
upon tin1 rights oi Alaskans, or make any statement that could
lie so construed by any fair minded man.
< >n his return from Anchorage Judge Brown gave the
members of tin* board full credit for the settlement ol the
strike, notwithstanding the fact that several people who have
arrived here from the westward have openly stated that had it
not been forJudge Brown tin* strike would not have been set
tled so quickly, and disorder would have reigned. By his wise
and friendly advice lie gained the confidence of the strikers,
prevented any outbreak, and today the work is going on along
the road'. And that this is true is in a large measure due to his
presence in Anchorage at h time when the outlook was not at
all reassuring.
11 is easy to see which one is rigm. o|iiimMi on m p"u\
jealousv, (lie cliainmrii of the board attacks a man his superior
in every wav, One bestows credit where it was not actually
earned, the other would seek to filch the credit due and ques
tion the motives which actuated a good work.
Those thoroughly familiar with conditions at Anchorage
state that the strike could have been averted by the hoard had
they dealt fairly with the men. Twenty-four hours before the
strike tliev could not tell a committee of the workmen when
Iti wage scale would he ready, hut within twenty-four hours
;:fb*r the strike they had it all prepared. Before the strike they
were representatives of the baited States, clothed with small
authority, and anxious to show it. After the strike their tiny
souls shriveled with fear at what the results of their dilatory
tactics might lead to, and the scale which might have been an
nounced long before, was finally produced.
“If the matter had’ not been so serious, we would have
withdrawn and let him do a little mediating on the fifty cent
basis,” says the doughty chairman after the strike was settled.
Nothing better displays the type of man to whom the govern
ment entrusted a serious mission, and nothing better displays
* bis unfitness for the work. To this type of man is due most of
the strife that lias been engendered in Alaska. jMifen without
the breadth of knowledge or outlook to perceive coHflltions here
and work with the people, but forever antagonizing.
Mr. Moffit is said to have been an officer of the American
F« d. ration of Labor at one time. If such is the case there was
one time when he was far more interested in securing living
wages for labor than lie appears to have been while at Anchor
age, else he would never have risen to office in that organiza
tion.
Attacks from such a person as Moffit will never injure a
man of Judge Brown’s character and standing, and will only
react against himself.—Valdez Miner.
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PUBLIC SENTIMENT AT WORK.
Public sentiment is a mighty weapon. Its power is incalcu
lable in the hands of the people. It will transform everything,
it will even change the desire of Republican bosses to nominatei
a “pet” for an office; which is going some. Public sentiment|
has been at work ft'centlv to force the “old boys” to nominatej
Roosevelt for president at the coming campaign. The “old
boys” have fought the notion bitterly, but apparently to no
avail. Roosevelt is gaining ground every day. Among the
“old boys” the broader minded ones have already given up
hope of defeating public sentiment in that respect; and concede
that Teddy is the only man. Which is right.—Ketchikan
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William Lorimer goes acquit and announces that he will
}•<>_(.nter polities as soon as he can repay those who were bun
koed in his bank. In a year, he thinks, he will have financial
affairs cleared up, after which lie will have built a barn door
about the dimensions of a 20-acre lot, on which to nail the hides
of the enemies lie expects to skin. Billy is likely to have a good
deal of fun yet.
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Wonder if history will show that England has blundered’
in the swiftness and the extent of her retribution in Ireland !
Her drastic disposal of fifteen able men who were mistaken in
the hour, is likely to be a new leaven for Irish hatred.
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It isn’t reported that Count Boni de Castellane is singing
“Blest Be the Tie That Binds.”
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