The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-08
Senate Subcommittee to Urge
Thorough Airing of Ad-
miniStrative Conditions.
HOLDERS OF OFFICE
UNDER SUSPICION
Sentiment Growing In Congress
That housekeeping Is Needed.
Syndicate Is Blamed

A sweeping investi cation Of Alaskan
affairs viii be strongly urged in Con
Z gress before the session ends. The
movement for il viii come from the
/ Senate subcommittee which IS en-
gagged in invest. eating the charges
which have been made in connection
with the Oustins OF Daniel A. SUther-
l land as marshal Of the Juneau district
and John J. Boyce as district attorney
/ for the same district and the appoint
ment 10 their places Of Herbert L
I Faulkner as marshal and John Rust
gard as district attorney
The charges made in connection wi.h
/ the Investigation whether Rustgard
/ and Faulkner should be confirmed
/ constitute such an attack on che ad-
miuistration Of Alaskan affairs as 70
/ be astounding They have impressed
/ the subcommittee TO the extent that
/ il is now looked on as quite certain
| that its members or some Of them
wiz insist that the administration OF
/ the Territory ought 70 be prObed into
. II the question is forced into the Sen
I ate, it viii not be easy for the lead
\ ers TO avoid ordering the inquiry.
Quite apart from the specific Ques-
I ton whether Messrs- Faulkner and
/ RUstgard are fitted for the Offices 10
! which they have been appointed.
/ enough charges as 10 maladminis1ratiou
J IN Alaska have been set before the
, subcommittee 10 cause q stir in that
body.
VIII Probe
! MOrgan-Guggenheim Syndicate
I II there Is an investigation, It VIII
/ be directed 70 the broad proposition OF
/ whether the BIOrgan-GUggenheim in
/ terests and other great corporate in
I terests are in reality trying 20 gO5b-e
/ Up Alaska aI@. not content with grab
bling up its great mineral resources, are
I trying 10 control the Government By
\ getting their creatures named 20 the
\ Federal Offices. SO much has been
said on this subject that many Senators
! have come 10 the conclusion the facts
\ ought TO be sifted impartialIy in order
/ that the train may be known one
I way OF another. Things have arrived
I al such a pass that a man who accepts
I an appointment 20 a Federal job IN
/ Alaska can hardly escape being charg-
I ed with the dOiug OF things OF cor
n r71ot character o. Of the display OF
\ Ieaninss in favor OF this or that inter
\ est
/ one Senator said recently that the
I only situation that compared with the
/ Alaska situation ia modern times that
I he knew anything OF was the situation
I in India under the famous East India
1 Company, as brought out IN that famous
/ story of Warren Hastings. as told by
! Macaulay- While il seems incredible
\ that there should exist in an American
\ Territory any such regime OF eNDiO-ta-
/. ton. this remark illustrates the fact
\ that there is strong feeling on the
n -a-askan subject n Congress
Change improbable
Until After Investigation.
Until Congress IS pretty wen satisfied
as 10 what is actually going on in
Alaska IL IS not probable that any
N change in the government can be ef-
fected. President Taft insisted al the
\ outset OF the session strongly on a com
\ pIete change in the form OF government
. That IS, he wanted a legislative council
and governor. all OF them appOintive, TO
administer the country This body was
/ 10 be given large authority IN IheJmaJ-
N ter Of concessions and the Ike
\ From the outset IL was impossible TO
/ get thorough consideration Of this propo-
Sitiou for the simple reason that about
the Senate and the House there was
4 rife an atmosphere Of suspicion that
/ without diScrediJ TO the President, biz
1 interests were hoping they could get
their friends named on the council
This illustrates the fact that II is diff
Il fcult > move IN Alaskan matters IN
any direction wireOUt enCOunlerinE me
everything relating 10 the government
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