THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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To most of the resident of Alaska
the qualifications for office of the
candidate for the delegateship are
of much more importance than h;s
politics. This because, if they use
their heads at all. they realize that
the delegate is the only medium
through whom betterment in condi
tions may be obtained, and they
naturally wish to see that the man
sent to Washington is the one best
fitted for the job.
But this is a long way from being
the case with some of those seeking
office under the auspices of one or
other of the political parties, for to
them the only essential of the can
didate is his willingness to hand
them, in case of his election, the
particular plums they seek.
So with Mr. O. P. Gaustad. who.
although he is neither Republican,
nor Democrat, nor Socialist, having
consistently voted the Wickersham
ticket, is willing to go to any length
in his villificatipn of the present del
egate because Sutherland has prom
ised that, if elected, he will make
Gaustad marshal of the Fourth di
vision.
Mr. Gaustad’s article in Thurs
day’s News is so permeated through
out with viciousness that its denial
or criticism in detail would entaii the
use of space to which it is not en
titled. This reference is made to
it for the sake of those voters who
do not know Mr. Gaustad nor the
lengths to which he. Rustgard and
others are prepared to go.
Consideration of the first two
statements made by Gaustad, of a
piece with the rest of the article,
should be sufficiently enlightening as
to the merit of the whole.
The first of these reads as follows:
"Grigsby's claims in both Nenana
and Fairbanks that he was not aware
of the low standard of wages paid
by the Alaskan Engineering Com
mission. are too manifestly' untrue to
need any comment ’’
Now the people of Nenana and
many of those at various points on
the railway heard Mr. Grigsby speak,
and it can very confidently be as
serted that no one of them ever
heard him make any such statement.
And Gaustad, when he maliciously
makes this assertion, knows that
Grigsby never said anything of the
kind.
The second statement, of much
more consequence, is as follows:
"Another glaring falsehood is
Grigsby’s claim set forth in his lit
erature that h^ collected several
hundred thousand dollars in back
taxes from the fish corporations
while he was attorney-general. I
was a member of the territorial sen
ate in 1915 and 1917, and served
during the latter term as chairman
of the finance commtitee, having
special jurisdiction over financial
legislation, and have first-hand
knowledge of the actual facts con
cerning the collection of these back
taxes. * * * Governor Strong ap
pointeii (as legal counsel for the
enforcement of the payment of all
delinquent taxes) John Cobb, who
started suits and got judgments in
the circuit court of California in
the- summer of 1016. and the taxes,
amounting to some $300,OOP. were
paid into the territorial treasury m
accordance with the findings of said
court, which settled for all time the
right of the Territory to levy taxes.
George Grigsby did not take his
oath of office until in January. 1917.
and performed no legal work for
the Territory, except givng advice
to the officials and rendering spe
cial opinions to the canvassing board
that counted Wiekersham out of the
191(5 election.
N'ow Gaustad makes this state
ment deliberately, asserting without
hesitation that he is possessed of
first-hand knowledge. Under the cir
cumstances it can only be inferred
fhat he uttered a deliberate false
hood (f the following statement is
one of fact;
Pursuant to a resolution of the
legislature, Mr. J. H. Cobb was ap
pointed territorial counsel by rhe
governor and acted as such from
July 1. 1915, to November 30, 1916.
Mr. Grigsby was appointed to suc
ceed h-m as territorial counsel from
December 1, 1916. to March 1, 1917,
on which date Mr. Grigsby was
sworn in as attorney-general.
Mr. Cobb’s special duty was the
enforcement of the License Tax
Acts of the legislatures of 1913 and
191->. As some of the canner.es
desired to test the validity of the
license laws, Cobb entered with them
in an agreement that no action or
proceedings would be taken by *he
Territory of Alaska to enforce the
collection of the taxes until certain
test cases should have been brought
and finally determined by a court of
last resort.
Pursuant to this agreement, a
number of test cases were started,
and all were decided by the district
court of the First division in favor
of the Territory and affirmed by the
circuit court of appeals. In all ex
cept the Hoonah Packing company
case petitions for writs of certiorari
were filed in the supreme court of
the United States and resisted by
Grigsby, as territorial counsel, and
denied. The cases against the Alas
ka Pacific Fisheries company were
argued in the supreme court of the
United States in December, 191S.
and the Alaska Salmon company case
on January 20, 1919. It was not
until March 3, 1919, that the su
preme court granted the motion of
the attorney-general to dismiss the
cases.
Shortly after he was appointed
territorial counsel, Mr. Grigsby took
the stand that the agreement en
tered into by Cobb with the can
neries was not binding, and he made
demand on all the delinquents for
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VOTE FOR
GEORGE B. GRIGSBY
Democratic Candidate for
Delegate to Congress
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j the payment of their taxes. Writ
' ing to Messrs. Kerr & McCord, of
I Seattle, counsel for some of the de
fendants. he said, under date of
; March 5, 1917:
j "It seems unnecessary to argue to
i you. as attorneys, that neither the
j governor nor Mr. Cobb had any right
l to bind the Territory by any such
| agreement. * * * As the case stands
i the law makes it my duty to cnm
i mence suits for the payment of all
j licenses in case of the refusal of the
i licensees to pay voluntarily. I can
'■ not see how any agreement of Mr.
Cobbs can relieve me of my duty to
so proceed. • It is my duty to en
' force the law with regard to
! licenses, and collect the revenue
: due the Territory, and the only way
I can remove the impression pre
vailing throughout the Territory
that these licenses need not oe paid
at present is to proceed to enforce
their payment by commencing suits.
This will have to be considered as
my attitude in the matter."
And. to quote from the Biennial
Report of the Attorney-General’s Of
fice for the period March 1. 1917, to
March 1, 1919, submitted to the
legislature through Governor Riggs:
“As a result of the action of this
(Attorney-General Grigsby’s) office
in repudiating the agreement above
referred to. in March, 1917, the can
nery companies which had thereto
fore deferred payment of taxes im
• rosed under the License Tax Laws
. of 1913 and 1915, paid all back
taxes, with interest, under protest,
• amounting to approximately the sum
' of $400,000, covering the taxes due
for the .years 1913, 1914, 1915 and
1916. Since then, taxes for the
i years 1917 and 1918, amounting to
; approximately the sum of $500,000,
have also been paid by the fisheries,
likewise under protest. All the large
i mining companies have also com
i plied with the demands of the Ter
; ritory.”
Now. Voters of the Nenana dis
: trict, you are the jury in this ease.
; Is Gaustad’s assertion that George
Grigsby “performed no legal work
for the Territory” the truth or is
; it a die? If you think it is a lie,
; it will be well for you to reflect
• whether you want such a man as
. Mr. Gaustad for marshal of this di
: vision, remembering that he has been
I promised the job by Dan Suther
; land.
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Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
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