The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-09-22
HURTING THEIR CAUSE

sweeping over this distric, from ketch- ikan Co Nome, thcy win suppress some ot the silly newspapers which a few lgnoramuses are trying to conduct in their interest. They are really doing more Co make the torie, appear absurd than any other one agency at the present time. Their desire Co "bcnd the preg- uant hinges oi thc knee that thrift may follow iawniug" |, so paIpab,y appar- cut as Co bring coutcmp, upon the cause they attempt Co serve. Probably the worst offender iu thi, line among the papers of the di,tric, ], che Juneua Rec ord-Nucr. which, iu trying Co prove beyond question it, abiect scryility, has uot only ceased Co support territorial government, bu, ha, attacked the newspaper profession as being iusiuccrc and uureprcsenta,iye oi the people and their bcs, interests. For instance, the following.
 "Whcn it was reported some time ago that ,bc Ala,kadclccatiou tothc Sc attlc cougrc,, had voted l7 Co iu favor ottcrri,orial government, we wagcrcd either a hali million OF a million and a halt dolar,, NC forget jus, which, that when ,bc personnel ot tbc delegation was a,ccr,aucd |. would bc newspaper men. government clerk, and men who bad uo hope Of on appointment under ,hi, administration"
 The Eccorj-N.ucr ha, discovered ,ha, three ot ,bc lI delegates othc Tran,-Mi,,i,,ippj conerc,, were news paper men. so it pretend, Co take it for granted that the people oi Alaska were betrayed
 There are two quotations that apply here, both of which were d.,rcgaricd by ,he tryiue-,o-bc-,ory editor oi the Juneau sheets "r, sa dirty bird tha' beioul, it, own u.,t." and "Judgc no, other, log ,by,.r;" b.t fr,, word or two a, to che justice ot the charge.
 Even che Egcou,-lIiucr. with it, per ,.,,cut d.,re.ar1 for fact, and for truth. dare not cbare, ,ba, thc newspaper men and che o,bcr Il delegates Co the Tran,-Ni,,is,.ppi congress mi,repre- ,yuted ,beirc5u,,i,ue1cie, udarenoi state cha, Che delegates from Skagway did no, ac, as thereop.c O, Chi, city would have them. |, dare uo, state that Kc.chiaJu wi-h i., varied rc- sources was mi,repcscuteJ by the grand old ex-governor ot thi, district 10 dare no, state tba, Nome, the grcat- c,t gold producing di>,ric, iu propor- tou Go les population .u Che United S,atc,. wa, mi,rcpco,ou,cd by Major LEA. Strong. a veteran newspaper man who take, m honest pride iu his profession: by George Murphy i,, rich- c,t mcrchau, and one who made his fortune in ,bc district, and one whom thc miner, of Nome though, enough Of Co twice send Co Washington City Co represent thom before cougrc,, and the departments: by J. C. Green. one of the wcalthic,t miner, iu all Alaska: by A.. W. Elastic. Che attorney. long one of Che most houorcd mcmber, oi che Sc- at,lc bar, and che other delegates. 10 dare uo, say cha, V. T.Hoggatt misrep- resented Valdez, OF tha, John Stanley misrepre,eutcd Rampant.
 Why:
 Because Che Skagasy city council and the Skagvay chamber of com mercc have repeatedly asked congress for territorial government Because mass meeting, of tac citizen, oi the city have on two occasions, in the pres enco of members Of the United States senate, asked it. Because the cham ber> of commerce at Nome and at val- dez have also asked for territorial gov ernmeut, BOTH BY UNANIMOUS VOTES, and because the Juneau Rec ord-NIiner knows that Che people Of these sections want it.
 However, wha, can be expected Of a paper who attempt, to throw mud on Che profession oi journalism: Yet, it is not strange that tbc Eccorl-Miner should do this, because it has time without uumbcr shown itself Co be