The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-18
MT. Price Is Too Light, Says
 Dr. McCue.
BRADY IS VERY BEEFY
But still in tho Doctors Opinion, He Carries No Weight in Washing ton - Interesting Gossip About Alaska Appointments.

Our esteemed fellow citizen Dr. MeCue, the old-tme Yuba Bill and celebrated horse trainer, and the modem time packer and stage driver and hotel proprietor and SD, eulator of DYea and Skagwav and Ben> nett. a true citizen of the world who, ever since Skagway was, has been notable figure here. and a rattling good story teller, this winter carried his jolly frame down to Washington and delighted a num- Der of hts Sequananees in congress with his charm as a raeounter, was interviewed In the newspapers and posed as the first sample of an Alaskan patriot.
 The doctor m kes believe that he went to Washington just for the fun Of !t, but there Is a suspicion that he Is doing a little lobbying. whether from patriotic motives, or those which most generally move the horse dealer, Is not known. One great principle that he seems to be preaching is that railroads in Alaska ought to be al- lowed to charge higher rate than those of anywhere else. He thinks the Skag- way railroad should be permitted to charge special rate of five cents mile for pass engerS and 20 cents per ton for freight. and Is trying to induce the powers that be to think so.
 The following gossipy letter dated at Washington, D. C., March sth, which was received In the last mail, will be read with interest by all who know the cheery old doctors.
 Editor DAILY ALASKAN:
 "You can tell you readers that the caps ital of Alaska will be at Juno; that there will be a district judge whose name will be Waymire. who will be appointed judge of that district.
 "l do rot know who will be appointed district attorney, but the marshal will be an Ohio man, the collector of customs will have his headquarters at Juneau as we'll as the collector of internal revenue. There wlllalsobe ajudge, United States attorney and marshal appointed for the St. Mich aels district, whose headquarters will be at St. MichaelS, also the same at Circle City, which will be known as the third district. All the offices in the territory will be va cant and new appointments made after the bill goes into effect, which will be on the first Of July.
 lthink that Marshal Shoup will be ap~ pointed governor. Gov Brady Is on the ground and although he Is very beefy he don't have much weight with the powers at the capitol, and if Price was a little more beefv he would surely have gotten his seat and drawn his salary and mileage There are men here from Alaska that would have had no trouble, if they had had Prices documents in their pockets to have been seated delegate in congress.
 "Our people do not need 70 worry about our future government and if you want | Marshal Shoup to be the neN governor, and you people will get up d petition, there Is no question but that he VIII gel the ap- polntment. have assurances from the leading members of the committee that the capital will be at Juneau and that they will do all they can to give Us a repTesen' tative in congress
 Governor Brady will probably have charge of the Indian Reservation of Sltka. There are good men here doing all they can to have the Indian reservation made more extensive al Sltka and let Brady have ch arge of them. He can run his sawmill and educate the Indians in quiet way without any interference from the balance of he people of Alaska, and without hav- ing to go one hundred miles to a place to find the governor. Respectfully,
 J.S. MeCue.