The Nome daily nugget., 1910-08-31
SECRET INVESTIGATION
 ALASKAN AFFAIRS.


 Under Ai- s#rat-u tae S-a Izln. cisco call sf recent iata inst .r= t,r.ar b tbc advent af Atora#s e.a- ,ru Wtykershgm and Sys~ttt Na-s iute Alaska published u H- editorial columns the follaViuE
 Attorney General N5gaershan and Secretary @sgrI Br. an tHe8 a4t sa Aia~kaenuu~t-a by Hs President with the duty vf Investigating tHa grave changes made bU Daniel k Sutherland formerly United sta,es Marshal at Juneau. Under ordluar circumstances Secretary E4HneH would he rhr rrorer officer te ,>HH ar these charges bur Mr Taft evidently believes that n, pubic has U-t sru# 1dence III Ralaneef ta such aH extent that any findings he might H4te would be disereditrd
 Sutherland was removed r1m office in summary nae la~t Winter as the result of q political intrigue He went on ta Washington and aada disclosures ta the Senate iua5ajlrF committee. which have been k,pt -a= cret It Is believed thaf if Jbezg ,harges Were made public they uauld arouse the whole country N Is4~. + Is d significant fact that che President has deemed fl necessary to send tua Cabinet ministers all thr H8e fa Alaska to examine them.
 Whether the people of America viii be satisfied with the results af a sez cret investigation conducted hv Wick ersham and Nagel Is quite doubtful. They know that Alaska holds tHe greatest prizes as yel uuarfropriatga in the national domain and they know that the Guggeuheimz have been auI.r active in manipulating the politics and appointments of the Terrftory They know that the Gugeenhefm~ maintain permanent lobby in Wa~hingtan to look out for Alaskan affairs. and alto gether they are suspicious uf hala. and corner intestigatieHS ef the ~an that Wickershem conducted in tbo Ha1fn- ger matter"
 The fact is. and any other news Iaper aside from the s7pient Cal might have known lt. that the visit IT Attorney General Wickersham fl, Alaska was an after-thought. and tina. he came merely as the guest. as fr were, of Secretary Nagel The Seer. tary has among multitude of other matters under his particular iurizdia- ton the lighthouse affairs of the Government and the pelaeic sealing Industry. and his original intention was to make tour for the inspection Of these only. He invited the Attor- hey General 10 accompany him. which he did.
 Now. the Nugget i~ not stupid enough to think the Attorney General came on this tour without the knowl- edge and sanction of the President as Cabinet officers do not as a rule. get beyond the Immediate call of the President without his permission. But that Mr Wickersham came to AIaslfa. for the purpose of Investigating any such charges as referred to is so iankly absurd that one can hatdIv. read of them without a feeling of dis gust or perhaps, pity In everything pertaining 10 the political affairs of Alaska this old. attenuated Cal moves along in just the narrow groove that this article indicates. It absorbg its information or belief if you want to l credit il with a belief. from sources that are discredlted. and delights tal give publicity to such childish state ments.
 Now primarily, the Interior Depart ment' over which Mir Ballinger pre- sides. has nothing whatever to do with | Mir Sutherland or his charges. They