The Ketchikan miner., 1908-02-15
WHOSE TO RLAMEY

The Juneau Record pretends to want peace, and while seeming to deprecate criticism of Gov. Hoggatt, yet con tinues to do seemingly its utmost to keep alive the dissensions that were better laid aside. and would be but for the constant waving of red flag in the faces of all those who do not fall down and worship at the shrine of it's little official god. As referring to the newspapers of Alaska, The Miner must confess that it has heard none of the "hue and cryo referred to by the Record in the subjoined extract :; | indeed, about the only reference to the postoffice row believe Delegate Gale and Governor Hoggatt, aside from the cable dispatches, it has seen has been confined to the Record itself. This, from the Record, considering the fact that the naming of postmasters out side it's own town may justly be con- sidered a matter which is none of it's business, is calculated only to foment dissenson and provoke the very criti- cisms it affects to deprecate:
 "The removal of the postmasters at Skagway and Valdez-those who had been recommended by Delegate Gale and the appointment of the men endorsed by Governor Hoggatt-has caused hue and cry to again be raised by the enemies of the gover- nor. The merits of the case are ap- parent Governor Hoggatt has stated that he acted as he did because he be- lieved the men be supported for the places were better qualified than were the others. This does not satisfy the opponents of the governor, however most of whom are active leaders in the conclave of soreheads, political Jonahs, party apostates, chronic kick CTS who imagine themselves the only honest and capable men in Alaska. These Barnaby Rudge outfits and Tooley Street tailors, assisted by a few men milliners and delittante statesmen (out of a job) are crying out the sins of the Republicans ir Alaska, as did John the Baptist in the Wilderness, saying they alone car save the territory from rottenness ano death. One loses all patience with them, but luckily, their influence amounts to as little as their owr ability
 "These men are forever warning the public that the goblins will take the whole business unless they are en- trusted with the reins of authority and given monopoly of the feeo trough. Great is humbrg and hypo crisy and vociferous are their proph cts: greater still is the gall of thi: class of reformers, but greater thar all is their appetite for political pap.
 Now, it seems to The Miner tha the people most directly interested il the question of who shall be postmast CT here there or elsewhere, are the patrons of the respective offices them selves. And without questioning tht motives or good intentions of Cover nor Hoggatt it may we'll be inquired how he has become possessed of tht right to dictate who shall be post master at Skagway or Valdez. Pre- sumably Mr. Gale in his recommenda tions but voiced the wishes of ma jority of the patrons of those offices and we have not seen it alleged any where that he was attempting to dc other than carry out the wishes of hi: constituents in those immediate local ities, others than whom are not i'm mediauely concerned in the appoint ments.
 The Miner suggests to the Record that if it really desires peace and har mony in Alaska it is taking very poor way to secure it. Wholesale be- rating of those who do not agree witt it in it's every idea of public policy or prostrate themselves before it's par ticular personal and official gods mu necessarily react to the confusion O. the purposes at the accomplishment of which it aims.