The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-20
TEu's PROPOSED Ian.
LETTER TO JUDICIARY CON-
.rxrE ~ THE SENATE.
y -.rnss Lyman y. Knapp
srs~s % he Very seris.s L'sssr
e.ssssss ss~ before csssress
- Dassssss II In DsssaA

- Dsss
...,e.rsrg sper letter 20 the judiciary
1879 ~ ne United 6sasee senate On
lI-.-.-~sS s.ossrlAw In Alaska has been
!. - tns Pas.-IitsiisgsEcer 70. psi5ssci.-
SEATTLE. Wash, Jsn- ~ isss.
~-Sss The Newspaper reports os
Fl ,sii Vhiek rstntly paAssd <ne LnIIea
- - ssrss' os representatives giving q
49, q crsnnts,a, lws TO .Alaxsa ars Some
e. 9sssre art THERE II . possibility OF
- - Il Ia scope OF ID. pTossxicf
sIll.sses tle saw which has been 10 fsrse
ls!.s q. prpaalssI.g re sa-s ef intSx.-
- DgussA ~ 70 .,.,r, l~ .,sa re
.s.s.-r tfs.4 fors az = license system
- S5ls ailcs unrestricted iuafsorfafions
nr.,sf.a stes by fLoee Shg gay the
- 80 - rsansd. But i is evident that
.sss ~ IL innovation VIII b. FAR
- 80 snd Jtnoas TO al extent not In
$50 q. me Itends OF the law.
Is44~cS a tsss writing II 20 can At
\. eerxsn conditions apparently
ss - a - b. hcsse. II Is lot strange.
q RI tSs fsnh sfsvents which has oroa1as
~. soi1siaf II may bscems necessary
ea - - some 1aatfers which a.
-. - entry familiar.
n s<--ss IL rge been assumed t1as the
~ q hi9h scsfss in restraining and
Saksins shs aie % in, NO IL shs I,,ss
9 - - a Tso,ausa- But little conslders-
80 = ave ference in conditions must
N.s x,sns fssson. The District OF Coz
s.,ssss tas I area % only sixty square
Ats.r has $4,000 square miles.
- yxssscsf Columbia has a populst son
- ~ IsiIlsapt, iaw-abiisng. s<lf-re-
A<ss. peee with large property inter-
~ ~. e, educational facilities and all
~.cses Of refinement and culture
- 1870 training. as VEL az ample
- asrss,ion. streets. railways tele-
ysshx a AL the appliances OF 2 hign
a. and rtD dependent. half
ss..ssA aeducmtei class needing espe-
- - ,vassoa OF even pa. entail care
p,S.ssser hard Alaska has none OF
-. - skofagrz AMI it, total population
-. -. .s1xeses 1900 people. OF whom
-. ~ ~ r-foarths are either IN the depths
axs.s .sssSrs,a o. only emerging tB~refrorn,
Hs,ie X ussisr nrie-fourtn has large per
sss~sasssrs1s aliens and transsenss. % that
ssssa ss h. claimed that there are more
9 49, - white citizens having anything
- 80 srysaners residence In the whole Of
80 -. a,rssrss territory-thas Is one white
.ss.jor every gaysfsty-ons square miles
J, tefsory
rAs white CItiseas.
-. ~hgk citizens are mostly congre-
I.~s.s s.ae Or FIVE mining certers which
- AZ uslaI extent insde up OF mining
-. ,aashs al gamblers. hotel and sa-
80 tsessre. merchants. mechanics and
,ss.-s.oa xeeraiiy In Ihese towns there
= rrasu&ksSIs an overwhelming sentiment
: s~as Al fse rum. ara the people viii
Nsa e.,h isiIht the t.aHetmens OF A law
"a 80 ssji aiw the rec importation OF
niaers lnfn L. Tertiary and permit the
- ~ fheY withoI other restriction
- ia parent G an annual license
- Yat, tres few rining camps are not
u ~ A;asks Between these si't!s towns.
ss4eh ars iog dissfees apart, there afe
s.fsxs village. sishng stations. trading
80 srS Hitting udges where TIE duxky
sss;srs NAV. riht 10 live in peace. II
= g eSra'sion. These native villages
ssesrng .eaS All nef ,h he ,r rnar e.
- 'e @e~s,lnly tliere differences ought
~ d ~ syernked I'm provisions for the
se,rrmsyt orhat territory.
nas S-,fssnn to these isolated native
&hees & affsie,' hy The provision. that
se,rssns yet be obtained Of a major
8 ~ D. Ute men living within two
- a tbesller. when the seller Is the
- ate an within a radius OF nifty
v3s1f Hofcompetition VIII be stimu-
EIN shsaw among the liquor dealers
&c. white towns TO place their
- IN very native hamlet and a.
&I4
- IA wares and making a pfpfita-
y husirs after paying their high
~ thriends OF license say; way
sssK;s irseB about the Indians DO
NJ shenefal la.s provide penalties
III one ~ the conditions requiring
1esscensisiers ton. The Alaska In
lbs NIT IN anv legal sense Indians
ssaa saws prohibiting sales Of in-
b Asa. which IS not indian country.
ia saes be made 20 apply unless made
!. g.ae.s MI races ana eoioFs OF men
sgkss limits.
Fall Pledged Citisens.
A the Aieuts. snsst % the Esauirnos
a. few OF the T'hiinkets became full
sei citizeus Of the United States by
d eaty OF purchase. in iSsT. All Of tn.
~ who had adopted the Russian faith
cst.1sns ~ Russia previous 10 that
AID by ihe treaty became citizens of
United States and entitled ia all this
asSee Of c5ttsgne. and no class itstine-
tean he made as 20 them Tn cs1nsrnven-
q HE fourteenth amendment 60 The
Hsssisn and sisa civil rights laws upcn
stzfuse books.
esser rsaxona TIRE other natives ~
20 ere equally protected IN The rights
ssse al the responsibility tf citizen
y safffnS under thR government of
tnite1 States in Ise7. they gave up
kthA' relations. or az least the tribal
A15n esssesi Ia exist ia ANY legal sense
- thst day - faAs, however much the
ss themselves have talked ahss1it
- tff s1ssws a0d tribes she govern
hss never recognized any tribal rr-
- whatever, These natives have been
As tn1svidaul&. ard nos as GggFc-
- Thsy have been held 30 Individual
sssea<htity aneicr the laws ~ ;Rs United
- - eSAfans. No treaties have been
HsA thsFa. Tribal customs have
sscsssAi them Tor violations 81 the
- Aar-sAsas soiennsrea IN confidently
- aSs isNE have sinae hssefs rssefAzsys' sesi
epsFtS TIE courts have repsa ssstiy
49, nat Alaska Is nat Indian coGn-
e khs 1k4s the aboriginal inhabitants
49, ~ considered asgesaf tas1t or dcsneS~
Aaons assa l,,.a! rsses ana the et4sfsssas
80 ssz>ssss@ cannot be allowed % pre-
"a re sasa Qua, ! Alaskan Rep. s,
United States 2 saw $40. United
49, -, Say A.os. . saw all
sss salas rae prevails Ia thH states
ns sreAl re.sEiesa isas ceased 20 ex-
tse tssSssfl ss1sgs ~ allegiance 80
! sSss F~ssasht gsiss ess1 community, ~
- 1ssssnFs isstssst "a assss4~farsssn t3sr-
lnlsgyf States VS. tsisn. n lns
NJ. sls i'asse3 Va, Weksauf~s3 tags
"a Fesls " Nahq alsa. 80 Mass
r E xss stat issZ -. ia 8ni iNse. ca,
-. Va ssesTxss. fstsF~ Els
Harlan - - E7niteA States So
eEslrs, giving re dissenting opinion
t~&E Ss@ sgssss4'N " Esstef so Frk -
~ Z, y. 81 axes tEe rosan8 shat
ssNrees Ia re paTsesss3a NnesssfsssY
g. - saIss ttissn = ~gnlsAns asst saNsSs
49, taas SeeEe - ErNtssrs sWAtsas -
A-sa S*ss saas sI&izaS ssot sax~s Are
AL esssy tlss*a. hsbstas usaai Ge.&-