The daily Alaskan., 1907-08-09
COLONEL" SUTgERLaGDS DEFENSE

'sTbe editors who are favorable to the organization of territorial govern ment for Alaska have a habit Of making 8 personal fight ou any man who does not think as they do. They seem to for get that abuse is not argument, and that the more they do of this sort of thing, the weaker their cause becomes.
 "A case in point we shall mention which will illustrate: When Colonel Sutherland left here the 18th Of June, he chsnced to pass through St. Paul and the Pioneer Press Of that city, one of the great daiIIes of the northwest interviewed him regarding Alaska. His talk was along the lines of development and he spoke hopefully of the future snd said the very thing nsededto esta5- Lsh confidence in our undeyeloped re- sources and to induce men of means to. seek investment In this country. but he ohancsd to give 1t as his opinion that he did not think it wise to change the present form ot government at this. time. Now. every fair-minded man mus. admit that Colonel Sutherland had right to express an opinicu, and yet the Skagwsy Alaskan prints the in tervtew and then devotes paragraph after paragraph to abuse of the man who has done and is now doing much for Juneau and it's vicinity. He has brought here for investment more than 8 million dollars: be has taken proper ties that were idle, and has had and still has 8 large number of workmeu employed.
 This man hasn't asked anybody lu Masks for any money to do these things, and he has committed no oGense that will justify them in hurliag btll- ingsga.e a. him. This the editor of the Skagwsy Alaskan, we are sorry to say, has ssea i. to do, and for this grave ot- isnse he owes an apology not only to Colonel Sutherland, but to every man woman and child in Juneau. Douglas and Treadwsu. Let this editor strive to do something that will help build up Alaska and not tear it to pieces. At the most all there is fn territorial gov ernmenJ is an office for some friends Of his. Don't sacrifice the best interests of tbls territory to bring about suco selfish ends"
 Ihs above is 8 portion Of an article which recently appeared iu The Record-Miner of Juneau. The odense which The Daily Alaskan committed was in publishing, word for word, an iu- ter7.ew which "Colonep' Sutherland who has large mining interests in Al assa, gave 10 the Sg. Paul Pioneer Press and then commenting ou tt end proving from official records, that the article was as devoid of truth ss the Record-Miuer'~ columns are full of par tisan vtrdcat5ons of those newspapers that are lighting for relief from the corporation 5uggernaut that i> throt- tling Alaska.
 The Eecord-Miner says: "Hjs talk was along the lines of development, and he spoke hopefully of the future and saidt very thing necessary to esta0- fish confidence in our undegeIoped re- sources" Wasn't that nice of "Colonel" Sutherland, who "has large mining in. teres.s in AIaska"?. "Colouer" Suth. erlaud looz 50 much interest in the wei fare of Alaska that he only said: "The district should be policed by United States troops" 'The Governor should Use the troops oquelI Indian Iuprjsings and put down mob rule" Alaska can have only two industries, mining and 6shing.o Gardening Is out of the question" "Horses cannot live on the grass that grows there" "Work in the courts is two years behind time, 'The unions will attempt to put she Treadweu mine out of business. " "The population of Alaska is made up Of miners and fishermen" Local gov erumgnt will become mora unstable