The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-30
Ne DEFENDS DR.. JACKSON.
Second Statement From Commits
sioner Harris.
BELIEVES CHARGES A HOAX.
Tells AIaskans Some Thin9s Aboot
fhe TERRITORY. - GIeaaeA From
Jaekson's Reports, which They
HAD Not hAown DefeFe-CO0Don-
tcstion Severely CFtticfsea-Per-
sonnet Of the GRan0 Jafys

sonnet Of the Grasa Jary.
A further defense Of Rev. sheldon Jack
ron in tbs matter of the charges preferred
against him ~ commissioner OF educAkion
for Alaska By the grand jury OF Alaska.
In attempted In a communication received
by the Post-inteIgcncer from tinted
States Commissioner of Education w. j.
Harris The defense is based on premises
which long time Alaskans. nov residents
Of this city. Characterize as not only In
correct, but ridicuiouz and EXHIBITS, they
declare. lamentAble ignorance OF conditions
prevailing In the schools OF the north and
4 reprehenaible Dissemination on the part
of the commissioner to investigate the al
legged sncompetsncy Of Rev. SHELDON jack
son.
Commissioner Harris letter takes the
stand Tn opening that the grand jury report
- a hoax and by inference questions the
credlbiisy Of individual members OF the
fury. II then goes on 10 state what the
commissioner knows Of Afaska's schools.
as gathered from DR.. Jac0on's reports and
ciesea with a divert!ng statement OF Dr.
JackEons reindeer experiment.
The communication In fun foliows:
washington. d. G.. June "a, 1852,
ITO the Editor a copy OF the Post intel
your editorial OF June Is. 1883. concerning
Or Jackson and the alleged report OF a
grand jury sitting In Juneau.
s.From the tei~grsphic summary !
fnSerrea that the alleged report Of
the grand juFy wes . hoax, becasse
a Aia net deal with specific charges
and with . statement Of detailed
facts after the prescribed form for
9rand lary reports. Besides no
names Of grand Jurors were mem
sioned, and IL II always Of the nrst
Importance To know the persOnnel
~ the grand jsry Aaking such .
report.
.Innsmuch as am In receipt Of monthly
reports OF attendance from all NJ the
schools OF Southeast Alaska l cannot M
derstand thai any p srs.on resident 'n ss,
portion Of ALASKA are insufficient for tho
population. There are i've schools for white
children supported by this bureau. one 81
61tka, one at Juneau. two al Douglass. and
one at Skagway tthe last named partly sup
ported The average daily Attendance In
the white achoa! AT Stfka beginning with
September. lSgs. and ending April. 1889 has
been only twenty-oae pupils lor the sishtt
months TIE average daily attendance or
pupils ut the school In Juneau Tor n.ae
months. from September 10 May. inf.us.e.
i. i'm Douglass for eight months. has teen
forty-seven. and a daily ATTENDANCE. OF tai.-
teen 10 reported In school No :. ding the
six months from September to February.
with the exception of Douglas No. I,
and the nsw school at Skagway the
attendance on the white schools in South
east Alaska Is scarcely up to the average
Of attendance al a good country school
anywhere In the United States. And very
many rural schools IN each state Of the
fsffS hstp N. ava 70 a
large portion OF tho year OF nifty pupils
each and more.
THE average attendance In the eight
months reported OF school No I. in Doug
Las. for the school year Of lSs1ris9e. was
oniy twenty-etght pupils The great In
crease for the present year from
twen,y-esgh. pupils 30 forsy-seven, has
been made tn send an additional
teacher and open another room the com
Ing scholastic year.
local school committee. and there is a
superintendent Mr.. w. A. Kelly. who.
with the committees. keeps this bureau
informed as 20 the condition and needs
Of the schools ~ that section.
stn this rosnection I would say
that thr ave white sghesIs OF
Southeast Alaska. mentioned above,
I'd by the United states government,
established ny that government for
the Indians I'm the several tcrrito-
vles and for sosar Of the states. the
annsai appropriation for the same
b~inE some thtnx between two and
three mtlIions Of dollars II - nm
Aerstood ny congress that settle-
ments af white people do not need,
~ = general thtns. appropriations
from the Federal treasury for the
suppcrt of their schools. hut arc
prompt Ga establish their own
schools and maiatatn them. Hut
snvaxes aud hnit-civitised people
need help In sht. matter. Their
schools are established and subsi-
dis~d with q view to xi~tuS them
= use of the English language and
acme useful trades. ~ possible. I'm
order that they may make thcm-
selves helpful so white insmtxrs nts,
and thereby help themselves.
aside from this eviden. tack OF knowl-
edge as 20 the condition at government
schools In Southeast Alaska, and 10 the
policy 81 the government. ! did not sup
pose that "a grand Jury could be- found
in any state. territory or district. which
would go cut 81 It's way 20 ers,te.se an
Sxpefi men. which Il could not by any
POSSIBILITY Rave RaN tssfSeHsf experience
ssf IN the Way ot Inspection or otherwise.
The reindeer esnsr meus. which ia pfovid-
cd for fram year Ia wear hey the general
government. IS carried AZ distance
&c frefn ? l@s 20 2 7s9 mites hy sea frem
Stska. and the ssperl nssnt instead 81 be-
ing failure. as steied ia the alleged
grand Jury report. il suevess tn all the
main particulars ASeu, Zoo deer have
hsen imported from siberia and these
have increased Ga something over s.s
sfsSsr and are row located 3a eight herds,
and quite a number ~ hskiuao Srprea>
tices have acquired remarkable skill in
herring and caring for and raising these
animals. sssi asse IA training them for
harness As these deer are larger anS
stronger than tGe deer raised In f.apiaua
ana Finland. 4 has hssan sssnv-tAtned that
thsv ara better adapted Ser carrying
fsviEat than the reindeer which serve 80
well the people az Northern Eur0ps
- yaet hinE s}ke n4as-tsnshs II ths tr--
Tstcrx ~ Alaska u covered with ;Ae uiJxs
thai supports the T~Ensseer. Tsss czas$t re-
az ta.s Atasg Il