The Alaska citizen., 1911-08-28

proof. and these ! submitted to the
attorney general and to the war de
par'mcnt. through Delegate James
Wi,kersham According to my affi-
iavi's. which were filed in April and
May 1"lo. the acts alleged therein
had been committed two years pre-
yious IN April and May, 1905 There
vas s'll time enough for the al
torn.y general to prosecute these
cases. bur he refused to do so.
Efforts Were Tnwarted
Delegate Wickersham and | then
I termined TO bring the charges be
fore the United States courts in
Alaska. and We forwarded copies of
the anidavits and the evidence at
hand TO District-Attorney John J.
BoyCe. at Juneau Dan Sutherland,
who was no, allied with the syndi-
cate. was at that time United States
marshal in the district, and the
charge would have had fair hear
ing IN an honest court.
"B fore the papers could be acted
upon ny Boyce. Governor Walter A
Clark. who owes his appointment to
Jarvis and the syndicate wired At
tornoy-Gyneral Wickersham of the
danger. and on the following day
BGytt and Sutherland were both
removed by order from Washington.
and President Taft sent down the
names of John Rustgard and II. l..
Faulkner to fill the vacancies. We
made a fight before the senate com
mittee on judiciary against these
men. but we lost and they were ap-
pointed Needless to say no action
was ever brought by Rustgard on
my charges against Jarvis and others
in the syndicate"
A brief of the objections to Rust
gard and Faulkner. prepared at the
time Vi their appointment in May,
1910, contains the following clause:
TO confirm either Faulkner or
Rust gard is to place trusted and
bitter partisan of the Alaska syndi-
cate in position TO betray the gov
eminent in the said cases and liti-
cation in the interest of their parti-
san friends and supporters. the Alas
ka syndicate and its attorneys and
lobbyists. who have worked so sue
cessfully 10 secure their appoint
ment."
As to the history Of how his affi-
davits in the coal fraud case We're
ignored till too late, Douglas con
tinued:
Judge Wickersham, the Alaskan
delegate, had correspondence with
the attorneyGeneral from time to
time. but the cases were never pros
ecuted, and on July 10 of this year
he received letter from the attor
ney-general saying that the statute
Of limitations had expired
A week later Judge Wickersham
Introduced his resolution calling for
the encouragement to furnish the
house with all the documents, affi-
davits and testimony in his posses
sion relating to my affidavit submit
ted to him more than year ago On
the following day Jarvis committed
suicide Last Friday the house COM
mittee on Judiciary decided to report
favorably Judge Understands reso-
luton ordering an inquiry, and the
next step will be the investigation
itself"
Speaking on the general situation
in Alaska with regard to the activ-
titles of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS syn
dictate Douglas declared that every
effort has been made to give the in
terests more power as against the
people. In January, 1910, when the
turned the government of the terri
tory over TO the military forces was
being argued in the senate. Douglas
went to Washington and fought it
in committee, while the syndicate
lobbyists worked night and day to
obtain its passage.
The bill failed, as the president
threw his influence against it, but
the impression was given out through
the syndicate lobbyists and their
friends that the people of Alaska
We're not fit to govern themselves
On this point Douglas said
Douglas Denied 1t.
1T is not true. this impression
that the syndicate lobbyists try to
give to Alaska. The men there are
not thieves and blacklegs. renegades
and cutthroats. They are as fit to
govern themselves as the people of
any other state or territory. | have
been all over Alaska from the Arc
tic circle to the Canadian line, and
| find them a decent. law abiding
set of people.
There is no open. legalized gam
bling in Alaska today and there are
no wild dance halls or shameless dis
tricts such as exist in most cities of the
United States. 1t is strong mans
| country trulv and tho cury;yal Of