The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-09-24
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LEVI r. ANKENN,
 WM. r. FRYE,
 w. r. DILLINGHAM;,
 J. II. GALLINGER,
 JOHN II. MITCHELL,
 C. W. FULTON"
 Congress having adjourned nearly three weeks before the date Of this let- ter, most of the senators had gone home. Had there been more in Wash Iington there would have been more signatures to the above recommenda- ton.
 On March 2i, | wrote to the secretary of the interior and personally delivered the letter:
 "In connection with the recommends tions for my appointment as are pre- sentative of Alaska at the St. Louis eN- position. beg to suggest. for your con sideration the advantages of a commits sion to consist of the governor, the sev- eral mayors ot Alaska and myself as commissioners. The mayors, as cleo tive officers of the incorporated towns of Alaska. would be peculiarly repre- sentative of the people and all centerS of population Twenty years ot active and prominent connection with great international cNpositions should quail ify me to be ot special service to Alas ka at St. Louis
 I felt and urged upon the secretary Of the interior, in a personal interview, that it was vital that some one begin work quickly by reason Of the climatic and transportation conditions in Alas ka. My services were then available and it would have been perfectly agree able to me Co have had one or a dozen men associated with me. lt any sue eessiul work is accomplished at this late day the paid service of at least a dozen men will bc required.
 The sole claim for my recognition was on the ground Of experience. In lS9S the present president of the United States senate, Senator Wm. r. Frye, wrote the following letter:
 "To the President of the United States; commend to you for appointment as United States assistant commissioner general Co the Paris exposition of 1900, Mir. Arthur C. Jackson. Mir. Jackson has had extensive experience in inter- national oXpositious and from the intor- nation which have, believe him to be thoroughly qualified for the positi- on."
 Similar letters were written by Sem ator Hale, Senator Proctor, Nelson Dingley and nearly a thousand others from a dozen different states. They were written for the reason that | had been associated with the New Orleans Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centen- nial Exposition, the London, Indian and Colonial Exhibition, the Glasgow International Exhibition, the south Australia International Exhibition, the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Val ley and Central States, the Paris Cni- yersal Exposition Of lSS9, the Ediu- burrh International Exhibition, honor ary commissioner of the Worlds Co., lumbian Exposition and United States honorary commissioner of the Antwerp International Exposition.
 In connection with this matter the two following letters arc similar to many others on file in Washington:
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 New York City, July 30, lvO& Honorable r.. X. Hitchcock, Secretary Of the Interior, Washington, ID. C. Sir: As regards the qualifications of Mir. Arthur C. Jackson for making or having charge of department of the exhibition at St. Louis, or elsewhere, | would say that | spent nearly half a day in the Alaska building at the Pan American Exposition m Buhalo' ana found it one of the most interesting features Of the exposition. All mat tcrs seemed to be systematically ar ranged and an Of the articles on cNhi- tion were the best oi their class. un- ders,and that Mir Jackson had charge of and prepared this exhibition, which was certainly a most creditable under taking. Most respectfully yours,
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