The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-06
TgE PASSING THR0NG.

= far Alaaka in President HArri-
s;sNi.s ,,Ir;st-atioa. would rave liked the
80 s...x.t ,hos.gh Dis chief ees5re il TO
49, -e~eutaslou IN congress fof Abs
ssss a. lived in Alaska Ten yedrs ana
y q .,4,fea II Juneau. ME. Johnson was
Ess "a the Republican convention
es'1s- Is and as q member 81 The COM
- ssa.forrn succeeded n getting
sss.nk ADOPTED % give Alaska repre-
80 lr congress TIE bill 20 give
- congressional representation IL
A.,ssng and Nj johnson Is In Wash
- in us interest. IN q recent inter
The capital Mr Johnson said. our
80 want I've th!ngs-norne RUE ana
ss-r,.ssrtatlou IN congress
r.riaent of Alaska wno is familiar
.. .rs,rs 10 there said yesterday at the
" - bot.l. s.'The statement that the
s.asssssy,.s selection Of John q. brady ior
80 Il a victory for the missionary
ssmeut as against the business men =
,.--s.sry H. rot p fair gtatement. 81
TIE missionary work goes, | am an
-, But am ready TO say that the
ss...sorz,ies In sltks have been long suf-
-. and patient under extremely try
ss,~ums;afcea They are doing gpiend-
.~.ss among the. natives b. their schools
~ s.aux,riri depa r. neuts where vari-
- ,,sees are taught and training given
- ssf.supoort Nobody away from there
s-oyx however, what the missionaries
=. ssd TO contend against because OF
=. aaaor brought into the territory in
-. n the law prohibiting the sale OF
1,aar except for medicinal purposes. and
- ar a high license. Liquor ia Snug
~ INTO S.tka and every other port III
s.a,ssastsrn Alaska on the regular
ss.refs which arrive once fortnight
- nstfve Alaskan takes kindly 10 civ
.,.tsu and behaves beautifully as long
!. hs drinks water. But when he gets
,si,gy he is much like the white man
yAss the same Influence. Though the
ssxsn and the native village al 5ltka are
II nI,e apart, there Il necessarily more or
20 communication betw them. II ie
~ amply the natives getting drunk. bat
4 :, are tine when the company Of ma
res gas stationed there some Of them
sssA res drunk. too and 80 into the ma
sye village Then Things were about Is
"a A. they could be. The governor Was
"a Presbyterian and a strictly tenn
"a an. but absolutely without back
ase lie could hardly walk stones
a,ps from bis own house without pass
g. mcrs thar one saloon with it's wide
u
,sssd himself posserless 20 correct the
! Ell. And 10 "a certain extent. he wag.
/ IA. on the other hand. the judge Of the
4 eghsst court In Alaska WAS "a strictly IN
zuoera,e man. and with the officer IN
I snaaad o. the magiucs. who seldom
I sex q sober breath. the two were oft
1 i ne Silly night engaged In noisy dem
4 sasFatioDs which made sleep impossible
tT quiet. respectable people III Sitka. The
Missionaries complained and protests
I SER sent again and again 20 Washington.
Il sas long time however. before any
1 tasaE vas done 20 put n stop 30 such dis
1 rsrefai things but finally President Iiar-
rsoa removed the fudge. Tie captain OF
l iss marine soi frightened and eased up
e,l,s though he was allowed 10 serve
ST his detail There was absolutely no
se feF TIE marines at Sitka anyhow. as
u natives we're never troublesome. ex-
M among ,hemseives When these dis
aFaAnees happened the little, wheeZy Old
gT5oai plnta, which has been in Sitka
ssihcr for III. last twenty years would
xtss around among the Islands. ard with
~ two hitie cannons warn the Alasians
S to do 20 again. No powder IS ever
sas;ed on these warlike cruises. for the
ssh' Of the gunboa' the cannon and the
sss''ly sTe-inspiring - settle MI quar-
rs whether Q, "a domestic or pubilc char
tTe OF coafas. there II law enough I'm
Aasss IN regard 20 the liquor question,
80 u he new governor has the stam-
IRA 70 enforce IT. not only the mission
~ people. hut the business people. viii
s*glad OF IT.
President David Starr Jordan. or STAN
"a university, who lectures here tomor-
~ night under the auspices Of the Young
shaFalists Society. arrived in the city
1sFnay afternoon from gan Francisco
saa iesi n the evening on the Kingston
IN Victoria where certain matters con
sT'ed with bis projected trip North viii
Nf1w bis attention today.
Tetnest Jordan says that he has with
20 ieg Illustrating his lecture some re-
s1Nfly anc slides made from the best
l..'sFa2hs OF sssl subjects ever taken.
tfa'Tday morning the section Of the ax-
e-'s0h 'hai IS IN this city VIII go TO Sltka
me lieen, where tho party and its ef-
80 WI M transferred 20 the Tnitrd
800 ,sn commission steamer Aihatross.
-AEh sas been ordered % convey the
aMisSoner ara his assistants 70 tho~s
eaa| OF Interest contemplated hy the
'asfsrs The Aihatrosa win so first "a
i mred'ng grounds ~ the sea otter.
I 'ss'f Professor Jordan VIII pursue 4au,e
igaiiors commenced on a previous
/ N'fta. and then So "a the seal rock
- On The Prlbilof islands.
1 S~ many features of iutens., IN
! -, .uaHected wifh Pro- Io-dan's ;rto
1 .ssa sn's year. ths most Important II
| va ne putting 'uto actual opera
1 s,nene of determining the per.