The daily Alaskan., 1905-10-18
SEATTLE, ALASKA AND THE
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attained by the convention which has been called to meet at Seattle, Novem- Der b, that would not result from a similar convention if held in Alaska. IL said it might teach certain pre- tended representatives of Alaska resid- ing at Seattle that they have, as a mat ter of fact, been misrepresenting this district and that Alaskans resent their prsteusions. Commenting upon this the Seattle Post-IntelIigencer says:
 wThe Skagway Alaskan takes the oc- casiou of a convention of Alaska people bsinr called to meet in Seattle to vent some of the spite which it seems to hold against this city It bitterly op- uosed the holding of such a convention in the first place; tut since the mater has been decided by the people of Alas ka in opposition to it's views, it gives the proposal a reluctant approval, be- cause. as it says, it will teach the peo- pie of Seattle Q lesson.
 Sitting down iu one little corner Of Scutheastaru Alaska, concerned with nothing save it's petty local interests and having less real knowledge of the great district of Alaska than has been ar0rfred through actual residence in various parts Of the district by thouS- ands ot Seattle residents, this petty sheet undertakes to speak for all Alas ka. and gibes at the people of Seattle because they have interested them selves profoundly, in season and ont of season. to advance the interests of all parts of Alaska IJ casts gratujtous slurs at the Washington delegation, be- cause that delegation has felt in duty bound to support any legislation de- manded by the people of Alaska as s,renuously and as whole-heaCtedly as though that legislation were asked on behalf of the state of Washington.
 Possibly it Is the Skagway Alaskan which may have something to learn when the convention is held. It will learn that the people of Alaska resent its peculiar attitude and it's attempt to represent them as snarliugIy contempt uous of all assistance rendered toward procuring for them the legislation which they may ask, or toward adyanc- ing their interests otherwise.
 sIf the editor of the Alaskan has in- telligeuce enough to read and honesty enough to tell the truth, he must admit that the Post-Intelligelcer has cham pionsd the cause of selt-government for Alaska for years before the editor of the Alaskan ever set foot ju the district; that it has for years demanded that a full territorial government be created for the district, and that by it's articles ou this subject it has enlisted iu support of that proposal some of the strongest newspapers in the United States as well as some of the most intlu- enual members of congress.
 "What the particular grievance Of this little newspaper may be does not appear. It possibly has something to. do with a failure to procure some petty federal office. Its snarls and wines will not have any effect toward weakening in the slightest degree the friendship which Seattle feels toward Alaska, nor toward checking the warmth with which the people of Seattle will cham pion every .uterest of the great north eru district"
 The slurring ref, renee to what it pleases the Post-Iuteligencer to desig- nate as the insignifcance of Skagway in particular and southeastern Alaska generally, the inference that the editor of the Daily Alaskan is too ignorant to read anI not sufficiently honest to ar. rive at and admit an honest conclusion and that he has a grievance because Of. some imaginary political slight is un- worthy of consideration save as a redi- culous exhibition of unseemly anger, the occasional display of which in some newspapers has given a sort of color to the buToOnery certain comic writers have indulged in at the expense of the newspaper making profession.
 The statement that the POst-Intelli- gencer champiOned the cause of self government for Alaska before the editor of the Daily Alaskan ever set foot in the district is interesting only as showing a reckless disregard for fact. The Daily Alaskan begun the fight for self-gOvernment for Alaska when the present editor was given the direction of the papers policy, in October, 1899. The