The daily Alaskan., 1909-06-19
AS OTHERS SEE US.

appointment or new SONeEuOT Ol that terriotry. They may not know Walter E. Clark, newspaper man who has been appointed to the posi-. ton, but they will be satisfied that they are to have change from Governor Milford B. Hoggatt, who. who is said to have resigned"
 From a reading of Alaska papers it appears that Hoggatt has given the very poorest satisfaction as gov ernor of the territory. However, he pleased Roosevelt, and so he was kert in the place long beyond the time when he ceased to be useful to the territory. if, indeed, such was ever the case. In Alaska, as in every territory and in many states, there are factions, and it appears tha Hoggatt has been the representative of faction that possessed all the elements of ring rule to the very ut termoSt This would not have been so bad if the ring had been a home product; but it has been charged that the HoggatJ ring was mainly made up of politicians in Washington and the east. and that Alaska had been de- uied home rule in almost everything, Governor Hoggatt has spent most of his time in Washington, D. C., and last month Secretary Ballinger or dered him to return to his home ter ritory and give some attention to local conditions. He had been in Washington something like year and had conducted the government of the territory by proxy. Delega- tions from Alaska had visited Wash ington and laid the situation before the Department of the Interior, but with little success, until finally the whole matter was referred to PreSi- dent Taft. There were several inter views between the president and the representative of the government, who ought to have been in the territory over which he was supposed to be the executive head, and efforts were made on the part of politicians to prevent the summary order for the governor to return and give attention to the section that was being so very poorly represented. However, few weeks ago. it came with a positive ness that could not be mistaken. The resignation" has followed, and there is small doubt that there will be gen eral rejoicing throughout Alaska over the change that has been made.
 That Hoggatts ring has been in dispute is proven by the election of last fall. All Hoggatt's efforts and the efforts of those in the combination with him were exerted to elect the man who could be depended upon to do the bidding of the ring. But the Alaska people elected an indepen- dent representative, and throughout the winter there has been friction between the governor and the repre- sentative Hoggatt was given a cer- tain number of days in which to leave Washington and return to Al aska. He complied and reached Jul neau on May :. Evidently the sit uation had been studied by the ad- ministratiOn. however, and the ap- pOintment or NIT. Clark followed. IL is said that the new governor has been a close student of Alaskan af- fairs. for in addition to being con uected with the New York Sun bu- reau in Washington for some years he has been the special representa- tive of the Seattle PostI-ntelligencer, and has given study to matters con nected with the Pacific coast and the northwest.
 In addition to it's product of gold and other minerals, Alaska has many natural advantages, a number of growing and pushing cities and rap idly increasing population. It is en.