The daily Alaskan., 1911-08-31
THAT REVOLUTION"

statement printed in the Seattle Times, purporting to give the views Of congressman William Sulzer, Of New York. chairman of the House Com mittee on Military Affairs. on Alas ka. and making him say he feared the outbreak of a revolution in this ter ritory. The Times statement, tele- graphed to Seattle by the cOrrespoR- dent of that paper at Ketchikan, AL aska, was:
 Congressman William sulzer, of New York, who arrived here on the Admiral Sampson with Secretary of the Interior Walter Fisher predicts that unless immediate action be talk en by the executive department of the government, the ominous rumbIings and talk of revolution that are be ing heard will result in the necessity Of the government troops being sent to Alaska. He declares that their knowledge of certain defeat by over whelmiug force is the only thing that prevents the Alaskans from taking immdiate action. Congressman Sul- ger says that the gun and rifle clubs formed at Fairbanks and many other towns have a sinister purpose"
 In the first place the people of Al aska have not formed gun and rifle clubs. In the next place they have no remote thought of engaging in revo- luton.
 In Ketchikan, wrangel, Juneau, Sit ka. Excursion Inlet and Funter Bay. absolutely no such action has been taken. is being taken. will be taken. It is the universal opinion that some one mus. have misquoted Mir. sulzer, who has mining interests near Ket- chikan. and who knows conditions bet ter than to hint at such wild asser- tjons.
 There are three places in which the error might have been made-by the correspondent at Ketchikau, by the desk man" at the Times office. or by Mir. Sulzer. Eliminating Mir. sul- ger. because his personal knowledge on Alaskan affairs would prevent him from making such statements, one is unable to go farther with the pro cess of determining who is respOns- ible.
 When Alaskans read such asser- tons, they cannot find words to ex- press their views. Such statements do two thiugs-they misstate the facts: they injure Alaskan interests.
 After studying the situation along the range of towns in Southeastern Alaska. one cannot avoid the conclu- sion that there are a lot of men who profess to be friends of this ter ritory who would better-tOr the good of the people here-refrain from their attempts to cure the ills that have afflicted Alaska for so long. There is no more law-abiding conec- ton of communities to be found in the states. If the truth were assort- ed from the enormous mass of error, there would remain the plain state that there is less crime up here than in almost any other locality that owns the stars and Stripes as it's flag.
 For instance, the resident of Alaska never locks his house when he goes away from it; unless it is for stay of several days, which might be for the purpose of preventing the child ren from entering and disarranging matters in their play. There is prae- tieaIly no theft, and in no country on the North American continent does a mans unsupported word go farther in a business transaction than up here,
 Honesty in business matters is marvellous. At this town hundreds of miners get their outfits to go into the interior of Alaska for a seasons digging. Almost any man can get his "grubstake" on credit, and de
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