The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-27
FEELS NE HhS DONE RIGHT.
MAJ. WALSH LEAVES DAWSON
WITH A SEnExE coNSClExCE.
Ackaowleaa<s That yenalaty Exssts
Among Sem~ Of the Governments
Clerks. Hat to small Exteat--
Thi~ks Cold Royalty . just rAz.


sTAGway. Aux. is-lNat ]. NJ. waash.
.ha famous Yukon commissioner. is IN
tas city. having arrives. last evening. and
he will remain until his ssscesser. Mr..
oS!lvie. arrives Maj. Walsh expects 10
leave fer the Scasa On the next trap OF tho
Resale A, the issnnsek hotel he -
registered fios. MAJ ]. ~ Walsh.
Rockville. Ont" He says he Is anxiotas "a
get fSAsk 70 ass ost home.
Il sssn aiA&l that my tenure ef aiasa -
"a near ending" said Maj, Wash this
morning at sss hotel. Il ,iss not want the
posat:an IN the farst place, and am very
g,ad that HE ,isae Is about up; but can
say Iris. that l leave my duties eu the
Yukon with "a ssseue know ledge taAS j
have dome the Des: sAa. could. and fuss
t1ermore ! believe that m most instaneeot
anyway. I have been right. I have not
cared what the government Thought OF
mo aud have not inquired OF baen cen
eesned ss 10 waa; the people thought.
weighed the conditions ~ foaud uscFns
and administered the laws as Thought
right and proper. l WAS given great lssi-
tude under the Laws snd was empowered
20 amend taem as saw at. and IN sonsc
Instances I DID change their operation
somewhat"
''fs is said. MAI walsh. TIA; the eaforee-
mens ~ the collection Of royalty hA-s eeen
optional with year
Yes" said he major. that = trss.
And | saw fif 10 colecf the royalty.
venture 10 say that every dollar ! have
collected in royalties cane from men who
could afgcrj 20 pay the royalty many tf'res
over and never feel IL materially. Tho
royalty only affected the rich claims. any-
way. the mdals~eiaSs claims were rot
affected ny the operation OF tho law on
thai point
Now. have heard good deal OF con-
pialns about our xoli commissioners at
Dawson. bat think he il all risat. He ~
overworked. however. and sometimes hseAs
his temper, bat ne is an honest man and
is good man for the position. With
thousands OF people coming In there ard
all desiring immediate attention. hsrnnEif
and his ten or twenty clerks have sseu
compelled TO work from early m uninx
until late nj night. and after leaving his
office he would Ire hnttouinoiea by half =
dozen men who would fire questions into
him. II h no wonder that he would sons-
times give curt answers and sometimes
make enemies. hui be h all right.
~ can say for myself that every time I
have talked about that country J have t5id
the truth. l have been veiy cautious Of
my cendact ZIP there. aud no man can
trufhfuify say that am or hsve peen In
att Wsiy fuNeFseu Win aHy INNING Lg9p-
critics. or have taken UP any claims: no
man can sruthfaly say that asu pefscn-
ally. through 4 company or other slss. IN
ferestcd in foot nf mining property IN
that whole country. The only nuggets ]
have brought out with me are the nuzgats
! bought from miners
There was sonic complaint for a time
NJ there 10 the effect that different men
would employ policeman and clerks to
help the,a either ass their mail or get in-
formation out OF the commissioners Of
acs- These reports are true IN some eases
withesi; doubt When the mail arrives
at Dawson the peopTe cofne fockEng and
are impatient Mt delay. no matter bow
necessary. Sometimes clerk - paid .
help get some fellows mali cut astsns OF
another fellow. Sometimes In the esnsntis-
s!oner's office clerk accepts money TO
get information for snsne man who wants
70 get inside information amend OF the rest
OF the fellows / have tried 10 s.np shs
practice. and have stsccsested In hraakjHg
mp The system To great extent. hu. wf1era
nTsre IL temptation there IL bound 10 bA
irregularities along the line ] am talking
Sssosit. These Irregularities have narar
been serious. tast to the extent I nave en-
nisHerateti. and the chances ~ clerks work-
ing overtime for outside parties has been.
arsd IL now. very slim"
Probably no man in The Wess has evef
hsssn clothed WITH greater arbitrary puwers
than Mai Walsh. lie IL a wealthy man.
and he had hEs wealth before he accepted
his Dawson appointment. He gees hssne
feeling that he haa done his duty to him
self. 10 his government and 10 the people
he has rusrd far tbs last thirteen mon.ha