The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-12

Ne sducaa1cn q the cAll0ren u Z psopse
Na0 ~ day ca&ch the esmine aad By
0egnt cAoee Other sefuin.' II 10 b given
~ pfueeeouco 0ysf thoue oE the inselit-
Oenf wfeee peopse who form the e1vAnee
9uAsa u H. MAsch ~ c4stlian4toa into
Does Nst visss sAe ooaooss.
II y notesssus sact that fhe Scsosls n
AlaesEA Dfuv16ed fer b. eoaorsss1ona1 an
DropFtst5eno. are nov. and have been ~
eevarai yaneo practically without ssspeg-
VISION. Thjs - particularly true OF South
eeNssn A1aekA, where the larger past Of
ehe whefe popraafion FeatAea, ard this. toe.
netw3e1etAnd3nG the rules psumul9Ated by
the hcaoeAbje secretary of the interior for
lhs cuaducs Al schools ana education Ia
Alaska requires That the general agent
shall rive his personal attention and su-
Derysstou to the school work In the terri
eoFy IL or knowledge. shfa general
Aoeut has not visited = single erAool n
ooufheastsrn Alaska for At least three
years past How many he may have visit
d 70 the westward while In pursuit al the
1liusiye reindeer. which scheme could have
eeen evolves from no other brain than that
~ person icokinx for other appropriations
y eGpenA - sxpenAfve Jpnketinxs 10 re-
motto points. and equally expensive psSt.i-
cations 81 no nshex earthly value other
enan TO teec hts own name prominently
6efors The pubic, ne do not knos.
But ~ The reAeon thxt l; believes that
= IarHs Amount Of money has been use-
3essly expended and. The truth not bsang
made 4anifea1, viii continue to be expend-
- uo4eF the direction 1t THE general agent
~ ALASKA, wAl1e yet the neglect OF cur ed
ycnf1oaAl inaereaas " prolonged. the grand
jury woaId hesitate to refer even casu-
Ai1y - h3o e1traOrd.nAry scheme fer reyo-
lnt3oainne the mode Of travel and trans
poeeatton g mails and supplies IN Alaska
~ the Introduction Of domsss3caGed rein
1esr from Siberia But we submit that his
utter negiect Of the duttes for the perfsfm-
Ance Of which be IL pad . salary. and the
consequent dcmos1iised condition of our
educauona! system. demands and justifiss
6ven Z hafeAer criticism than that which
Nenlaaaty Charged.
we charge that this man II untruth-
al, and thak he has persiatentiy embodied
n his Official reports statements concern
ING educational matters In Ala1kA which
~ knew to be absolutaly false. He has
oDsAfge6 titna and time again. In his OIL
ctal reporta. that the clergy Of the Graeco-
Russian church oppose the teaching OF En-
o1i1n y their schools. and threaten parents
thai Y they allow their children to learn
Gnglish their boys viii be taken away and
gut into the American army ~ soon 40
they are old enough to do duty - Sol
dtefs. Whereas. tho truth Ii. that English
4As always been taught In the principal
0saec0-Ruesiau schools. We have proof
u this fact In the person OF an official Of
ms court who u ~ least fairly well sdu-
eate6 h Engiish. but who never attended
any other than . Russian school. n no has
6sen guilty OF deliberate fAisehood in his
eRlcial reports on schools and education
n Alfalfa, what reliance - to be paced on
these he makes concerning the use Of rein
der In Alaska?
The palm. simple truth 10 that each and
every attempt at the use Of reindeer for
Transportation In Alaska has been q fall
nfo We DO not need to point 10 the cruel
starving 70 death Of large number Of
these animals 1t Haines Nlssion last year
a partial pfoo< a. thia asstetion: Il In con-
vinctnuay ephstaAsiased ~ Df. Jackson's
oWn rapsrt Of the journey made In the
Y1utef 81 loo6-5. BY Nr. William A. Kjelt-
Aann. II which Il \ shown that ave Of his
teeA1e1e actually stASvsd - death. and
iAaG ~ lives & tie balance we're only
6ave1 Ny cutting down trees 10 obtain
6oCD. - VAieh means their lives were
o4Agoa until they could ~ driven. with
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