Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-01-09
veRMoNTERs IN ALASKA.

I the SuDlect OF the aiiSSou <hi
RACES, which we give below;
The wholesale charges of outrages ana
immoral conduct made against iit
agents of the Alaska Commercial oohi-
pany have excited a widespread lLterest
( in the subject, and the attention OF an
is now directed to the investigation pc
ing made by the congressional house
committee on merchant marine ana nsl-
cries.
The narive inhabitants of the fur-seal
islands in Berhing sea are said TO De
'sbody and soul at the mercy OF the agents
I of the Alaska Commercial Company
many of whom are said to be drunken
and unprincipled."
The Globe, learning that majority OF
the agents employed by the Alaska Com
mercial Company we're natives OF Kan
d0lph. sent here a representative 20
/ learn what the people of Randolph hau
| to say of the men that had gone from
I this town to Alaska and the seal Islands.
I A more indignant community cannot
/ be found and it condemns in strong terms
! those who have maligned the men WHO
have gone from Vermont and are now
cut off from all communication with the
world and cannot be heard in their own
defence. DR.. III. III. Mcintyre, one Of
the most reputable citizens Of the state,
gave the reporter Il cordial welcome.
The doctor denied in the strongest
possible language that the New YORK
Suns interviews with the discharged eln-
ployes of the government from Indiana
contained even shadow OF the truth,
but stated that out of respect for the
committee of merchant marine and flsh-
cries, which is now investigating the
matter, he did not care To make pubic
any detailed statement until after the
next sitting of the committee, before
whom he and his associates Will appear
with the fullest proofs of the falsity OF
the charges and prepared TO show the
animus of the late special agents who
have made them.
The man Webster. he says, against
whom Gavitt testified, has been 81 years
continuously employed on the seal
islands by tile Alaska Commercial Com
pany. He il a white haired old man 90
years old, and apparently with but short
lease of life, and is incapable of such acts
as are charged against him.
The Vermont boys at the islands GER
tainly need no defender here where they
are known. DR.. Noyes, the oldest OF
them, has been for eight years cOntinu-
ously in the company's service as physi-
clan at st. George. He had when he
left here TO go out there the largest prac-
tice and as good reputation as any ply
stefan in Randolph. The others &C pres
ent are Chas. Mead. son OF the late Col.
J. b. Mead, late superinte ndent of agri-
culture; W. G. Allis, son of the late
Rev. Obed Allis Of Randolph; Harry n.
Clark, son of Noah Clark of Randolph,
one of our best farmers; Martin l..
Mashburn of Randolph, general agent
of the company AT Kodiak, Alaska, who
took the place of b. @. Mcintyre of the
same town, who was assassinated an no
dial in 1886 by renegade Russian to
whom be had refused credit.
Asto the charges that the agents got
drunk aud furnished liquors TO the ma
tives, the doctor said: sOnly small a
mount of liquor has at any time been car
red to Alaska by the company or its
enough to keep an intemper-
ate man full more than one week
Hon. VIM. BuDois. state treasurer, /
wished to be quotedas saving rs strong |
" as possible, chat the charges must be
false .'The high character Of DR.. Me
lntyre and Of the men employed by him
make il impossible for fair minded man !
10 believe the charges true"
Hon. VIM. II. Nichols, Judge of pro-
bate, said ''fhat the charges are false
cannot be questioned 10y one who knows
Dr. Mcintyre, DR.. Noyes and the other
men employed by the fur company as
.heir representatives or agents.
Hou. \. l.. Boyden, state senator. and
Q. II Tracy, prominent farmer. said,
here are no men more upright and viz
uous than the agents of the fur COM
pany. 1t would be impossible for an
man to remain in the en-
hoy of the company whilst DIR. Mcln-
yre remained its superintendent.
l.. T.. Thayer, editor of the Herald
made similar statement.
j. w. Atwood, who has been station
gent of the Central Vermont railroad
i Randolph for the last rs years, spent
he summer OF 1883 at the seal islands for
lis health, and says that the charges
gainst the Alaska Commercial Com
,any's employees are absolutely false, as
lie knows from acquaintance with the
'arties and personal obsel walton on the
stands.
Y
stated his conviction that
he charges made against the company
nd its agents were false. The high
of Dr. Mcintyre and of the
ther Randolph men precluded belief
n the truth of the statement charging
hem with wrong doing. "Iou cannot
sc TOO emphatic language in quoting me
said. You cannot use soft words if
on attempt to properly portray the
ceiling upon this subject in this commu-
ity."
Hon Edward Cohant, formerly state
superintendent Of education and now
of the Randolph NormalSchool,
writes;
Normal School, Randolph, Vt.
DEAR SIR Allow me TO say that
nave known personally nearly or quite
III the Randolph meu who have been in
he employ of the Alaska Commercial
ompany, and that their general con
iuct previous to their going To Alaska
md duriug their visits here since their
irst going, have been such as TO render