Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-04-12
A BIG GROwL.

HOW Alaska IL Governed Com.
plants Against the Territorial
officers Appointed by President
Arthur.
Following is a Fort Wrangef dispatch Of
March IL: Much dissatisfaction and dis
appointment exists here and throughout
Southeastern Alaska with the conduct Of
many OF the officers appointed by Presi'
dent Arthur to administer the government
which was extended over the Territory by
Congress last year. The need of a civil
government which should establish and
keep order, punish crime, adjudioate titles
to mining and other properties, enforce
the payment Of debts, etc., had been fell
for several years. When Congress passed
a bill providing for the appointment of q
Governor, the organization OF q court
with a Judge, Marshal, District Attorney
and Clerk, with police magistrates and
Deputy Marshsls for the principal settle.
ments, there was a general feeling of salts
faction among our citizens. The only ex.
ception was found among the Illicit liquor
dealers and fraudulent traders who were
in debt to the merchants of Portland and
San Francisco.
The hopes that the establishment and
successful working of the new Government
would give new life to the waning prosper.
itJ of this section of Alaska have been dis.
PEELED by the extraordinary course pursued
; by Mr.. Arthur's appointees. Having nc
interests in Alaska, and have taken no par
in procuring the legislation which created
their Offices. knowing but little Of the Ter.
ritory, and apparently caring less, these
gentlemen have acted as If the offices from
which they are drawing liberal pay were
created solely for their individual use and
benefit. They have been leading pleasant
and idle lives in Washington and San
Francisco, making excursions to Alaska in
the Summer months and returning to more
congenial chimes in the Winter.
John A. Kinkead, a Nevada politician,
was appointed Governor in June, 1884.
He came up here on the September
mail steamer, proceeded to Sitka, the
capital. passed q few days there, started
ON an excursion in the United States
gunbost Pinto to Juneau, from there
returning to Fort Wrsngel. He took the
October steamer to Portland, and the last
news we had of his movements located him
at WASHINGTON, q convenient point for
drawing his pay. He has now been doing
this for more than eight months, only
four weeks of which he has passed in
| Alaska.
The new Judge Is q very young man
named Macalister from San Francisco.
His chief qualification for the responsible
office which he is supposed to fill appears
to lie In his being a protege Of Attorney
General Brewster. The Judge came up in
October, made a journey over the route OF
the mail steamer, stayed in Sitka a month,
and returned to the enjoyments of club
life in San Francisco. He is expected to
return to the Territory some time during
the Summer to open court.
The magistrate appointed to the place is
Gen. Ilrie. He came up in September
and took his leave after a short stay, not
long enough TO become acquainted with
his duties. He is supposed to be some
where in the States.
The absence OF these officers from their
posts of duty has. Of course, neutralized
all the expected good results that were to
follow upon the establishment of q civil
Government. Unless President Cleve-
lands Administration shall either dismiss
them from Office, stop their pay, or insist
upon their earning the same by remaining
at tnelr several posts OF duty, the enforce
ment of civil law in Alaska will continue
to be a dead letter.
SO far as the enforcement Of law and
order is concerned Southeastern Alaska Is
now in q more d~isorgsnized condition than
it was before the appointment Of these
direlict guardians Of the peace. A civil.
lied and educated Indian, q prominent
member Of the Presbyterian Mission
Church and special protege of its pastor and
his wife, bsrbarously murdered bis klootch-
man (mistress) at JUNEAU several months
ago. Although Judge Macaliste- has since
visited Sitka and Juneau, he took no steps
to organize a court or place the murderer
on trial. The latter is now at large and in
safety, as there is no legal tribunal before
which he can be tried, and his victim has
no family or friends TO avenge her death
A notorious purveyor of whisky to the In
dians, known here by the alias of Dutch
Charley, who was arrested by the late Dep
uty Collector OF Customs, and jumped the
Territory to escape trial and imprison'
ment in Oregon, where criminals were for
merely sent for trial, has returned here
and resumed his traffic.