The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-17

IaWyC, who had been thrust into of tirt r.. Guggenhoim influence. was uSjug his position tJ aid one of tht hig q muanieS to crush out riva mlujU" concern. The attorney genera sen Mo special agents to Juneat 'o investigate the charges. and, aftel being .u Juneau and vicinity for two months the special agents reported rha' District Attorney RuStgarC should lc removed. but the interests would Uut consent to his being re rircd Governor Clark hurried t. Waah.ngron and handled the case fol Rustgard. and thc result was h, was retained. over the protests ot the men who had investigated hin and found him officially unfit
 T. v4- Guggenheim money that se cured Con rol of the federal patron age fol he men who n1w dsle fl out ill the .srIitory. and these men took GolerHu, Clark ont of correspondent : juu iL Washington and made him guy,Iu.r of Alaska, af'er G Dyernr I II ggar had grown tired and quit Accordingly. on the Su! face it would apps"". Governor Clark had q senst of loya'y and stands with those who stood With him. vel To the man wh, gces tu Alaska. where there is sC much Iu bc had by honest endeayor bu. WuD iS deprived from being al lowed a chance to profit by the eX c1iuI n. his efforts through the bar ricr aust greed. against which h, can take issue only in vain. il seems unjust that all matters Alas kan are referred to Governor Clark from Washington t.r final adjudica ton and settlement
 h4-ap people do rot oppose tht coming of capital tO open up Inc res ul, ,c, of their country. but lhcI do stand out and fight against q ruthless reign which lavagcs theil rights and ruins the region in whicl they have CaSl their lot.
 But Alaska is q territory and has delegate in congress who is moi now in touch with the Gugsenhein interests. ii will be said That i, true. However. the mind of Inc president has been poisoned against Delegate WiCkeiSham. and entrance t3 h" White House has been denied him. Delegate Wickersham. after be ing refused employment by the Gug geuhcIms as an attorney at $1I.OO' q year. ran Tor delegate and was elected. and immediately began al attempt lO Wreak vengeance agains them. His position was discovered by rhc lobby uf the Guggenheims al WaShiugIOn. he was placed ill d false light with the president. and ill {; huff one day broke with PreSiden ralt and has for two years been al logge heads with the executive Thus il come, to pass that Alaskans are "whipsaWed' in their fight - Dele gate Wickersham is prevented iron accomplishing anything looking to ward relief getting. because he i> persona non grata. and Governor Clark will not assist because he is inclined the other way. possibly hon esIly, hut in any event inclined tho way he is.
 ln Alaska. the Workingman bio necr and miner-is arrayed agains those who hold office or train witt the office h. lders. This comes abou { Fr r once wrote letter to Secretary O the Interior Ballinger in which ht sta cu the "better element" in the territory was with the administra tiOn. aI.i that the ''ryu&hneCks were the OuIt one making an OuICry. Thi! letter, in an investigation which fol lowed a short time afterWard. wa! made public, and when it's content! 1 became knOWE il sO inCenSed tho i common people of the territory i the Oughnecks s"-that they defeat | ed the Guggcnheim-Cl Clark candidat, i t-r dci gate to congress by two tt ! one vote. The breach widens da, 1 by day and until Alaska is given home rule i.rm of government ther, will be no peace, for the real frie nd of the district will not be satisfie, until they have placed the riches o ] the district beyond the goal of tn, greed of graft.
 Now. really. was there graft uset 1 iii connection with the filings on th, i katalla and Boring river coal lant i claims? Just as certain as that som will live to witness the settling C 1 tomorrow sun there was It ShOul, not be understood that officials hold ! ing office in Alaska benefited b, i underhanded work ill connection wi!l 1 the locations. however, for, with tn, i possible exception of one man Wh, was removed, nothing has been dis covered to show that conspiracy l involving land office officials, existed But that dummy locations were mad apltEtA, there is no getting ava from Agents of different sets o rich men "jack-potted' expenses all, when the filings had been completed "chipped ill and made up the sun that had been expended in getting
 men tC go upon the land and lC cate and then sign agreements where by, when patent was obtained, the | were to sell or release them to tn 'jackpotters."
 The men who made the actual l.
 cations in most instances were wal
 derers. here today and gone tomol
 TOW, roamers who had but scan
 means, yet, in face of their cond
 tiOnS, they are supposed to have pl
 up the $323,OOO in fees, which i
 former times was rendered to tn
 land offices.
 Prefer Delay to Exploitation.
 The real Alaskans know they ar
 being Wronged and that an unnaturt
 condition is prevailing in the north
 land. but they are making cOmpar;
 lively little noise. The bulk of a
 the colOred news comes out Of Sea
 tie out of clubs where Alaskan
 who are In the Knew" with the co . 1 ppr1tippS fnmapt the SnlIit of m