The daily Alaskan., 1904-11-21
BRADY FINDS A CHAMPION

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 way divine IS displeased with the action of resDonsibIe business and profession al men of this city and so rufiled Is ms temper that he has rushed, hot fOot'l print, also for the second time. be- cause the people Of Skagway almost unanimously oppose the administration Of Gov. Brady and because they have the temerisy to request the president not to inAict him upon Alaska for third term, the Alaskan superintendent of one of the greatest of the religious denominations in the United States has seen it to compare the members ot Skagway's city government, the Skag
 way Chamber of Commerce, the RooSt- welt Republican Club and many of the leading business houses Of SSagway to the brazen clawed, serpent haired Cor gon Medusa, and to stamp them as ma Ugpers of character. Very well, it this unburdening has caused the divine to feel relieved the people of Skagway can stand it. One thing Is certain' tt will not cause them to abate in the least their efforts 10 relieve civilization in the north from the Brady mill stone.
 But inst why this outburSt in the de- fsuse of Gov. Brady is not clear, unless it is explained in the "Tnree cheers for the missionary governor which Is used with so much gusto. lt so the latest champion of His Incompetency lost his temper in vain The people ot Alaska are not objecting to Gov. Brady because he was a missionary but be- cause he has proven himself incapabale of understanding that missions and mis- siouaries should be means Go au end and not an end in themselves MiSsionar- fes have been important factors ID the development of all new countries, but those who have been the most success ful iu that work have been they who were first to recognize the pOtentIa.l- ties of a country as a habita,ioa for CIV ilization. They are those who have welcomed the incoming of the white race with its self-sustainiuE churches and schools They have reJoiced when they could say 10 the missionary board of their church: "The churches anj schools in this community no longer need assistance, you can save your money for application in new field that it might be prepared for civiiiza- tIon as this has been prepared They have been glad when they could cease to be missionaries and become pastors for prosperous congregations, or when they could be spared 70 SOW the seeds of the gospel in new fields among those less favored.
 Brady was not that kind of mission sry. He was one Of those missionaries who looked upon his occupation as the sole object and end of his endeayOr. He liked his business aS missionary 80 we'll that he objected to any changes in the conditions which would make his labors unnecessary or change their scope. He. officially, referred to the enterprising men and women who came to Sksgway and erected more churches in this one town iu less than half dozen years than he had seen erected m a score years in all of Southeastern Alaska as a lot of adventurers. lt prob ably grates upon his nerves that some Of Skagway's $ churches are selt-SuStatntng.
 Brady has been called the friend Of the Indians He is their enemy, be- cause he has opposed progress for them as he has for the white race. When salmon packers came to Alaska and gave employment at good wages to h. dians, rather than attempting 70 teach the natives to adopt the methods of em- p'oymeut provided by civilization and to impress upon them the necessity tprac- ticing domestic economy and of uoJriSh- ing their resources, he begged the gov ernment tO limlt the number Of cdnner- ies that should be established in this district. He complained that the pack CTS would make it difficult for the h. dians to secure a sufficient supply of sal mon to smoke for their winters food. He has proven himself absolutely incapa- ble of preparing the Indians for civil izstion, therefore he would not have civilization come iu contact with them.
 These objections to Gov. Brady are agreed in by all who know him best. If . the matter of his reappOintment were left to bis fellow clergymen of the Pres ] byterian church in Alaska he would !. fail; if it were referred to his fellow of 6cisls there would be DO delay in tfe appointment of his successor; if the de- ! eision could be made by his fellow re- publicans iu the district he would give way in short order to a more suitable man, and if his fellow citizens irrespec- | tive of party had the selection of the governor of the district, there would be An immediate change in the office.
 Had Judge W. A. Day made anything like as careful inquiry into the admin istration of Gov. Brady as he did into the administrations of the judicial officers of the three divisions there is no Iikli- FF Q ks. F.,..