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The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
EXPEHSE DEPLORED

The report bewails the terrible ex- pense this district has been put to. It states that the Horton and McCanbridge cases cost $18,000. The figures from Crossley show but $I1. 39O.45. Perhaps the marshal's office can explain the dis crepancy of about $, 400 to you.
 Besides, if we are now to believe Hor- tons witnesses whom he is said to have turned down, Horton was guilty as hell. He has been corrnpting the Indians o f both sexes for years and the government was justified in trying to put stop to it, if " are now 0 believe Horton's own witnesses. Also, the government might have succeeded had it not been for q member of that noble body O. represen- tative citizens rho fell over hemself to get onto the witness stand and help the defense put through one of the most con- tenlptible plays ever pulled of il q court room.
 The report states that the five cases :: Nora Moore, Horton, McCambridge, Pearson and Goheen, cost the district S32, GOO. Crossley says they cost but S23, 437.45, and that most of the witnesses testified in five other cases besides the one they were called fer ill the first place Will the grand jury tellus where the other s, 500 went to if anywhere2 Ten cases from Fort Yukon, Ruby and Fair banks, cost S15, ,436. 10 in witness fees and expenses.
 The report states that the case grow ing out O the loss of two Indian dogs, cost the district S1, 300. The figures from the federal attorneys office show that but $323, 80 was paid out for witnesses and their expenses. Perhaps the mar shal's office, which was investigated and found to be running i Il golden rule or der, can explain what was done with the other $975.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30

end an investigation first. It ordered them dismissed forthwith. From what places7 From the very places in which the hooch peddling had been going on or had been uncovered.
 What charges did they bring against these commissioners Indirectly they accused these officials of interfering with the hooch pedd1ers ou the Yukon. That seems to be the offense. To interfere with hooch peddlers decreases profits. And the N. c. company has stores on the Yukon.
 Why, one member of this noble body was 0 carried away during the Horton trial with the sentiment that the N. c. lackeys had aroused against the mission aries that he went on the witness stand and swore that he had seen Mrs. Burke nod her head to an Indian while the nat  i've was giving testimony He was so an- xious to serve the \. (. forces that h C attempted to swear away the reputation of a young woman who has given sever al years of her life to nursing the white prospector and the Indian trapper of AL aska. He was so anxious to earn a pat on the back from his master that he clanored to swear he had seen her att empting to corrupt 8 witness. He was an average citizen, wasn't he9 He was a pippin. We shall have alorr. to say5in this connection before this article closes.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
THE SIGNIFICANCE
lines.

It must be plain to any one who has eyes to see, that tits political move. With Crossley and jndge Fuller out of the way, the Democrat riug, nnder tn e leadership of Irwin with J. Harmony Caskey as one of the many lieutenants, would have everything their own way.
 Why, if the N. c. mouthpieces want a more economical management of affairs, why don't they talk this Louie Schloss business house into paying that S2Q GOO of back taxes they owe or are reputed to owe, the government Crossley took up the case against them when the other attorneys, wh o were so pleased at the names drawn on the gran q jury panel, were dancing attendance on this mighty octopus. He will be obliged 70 journey down to Frisco before long to argue this same case before the Court of Appeals where this law-abiding corporation carr led it. How convenient it would be 0 have him removed about this time. But of course, there was Q politics in tn e jury's proceedings. The White Hope" says so.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
THF CHURCH

Also, let thu good church people and missionaries of Alaska, put few facts away in their memories for future use. Let them make note of the fact that this paper was silent when the cap. .a1ist prass of the town:were echoing the hooch ped- ding element which cried out for their scalps. --Letssthem, who have been taught that Socialism would destroy their hope of heaven, sremember tn at the papers which tried to cast aspersion upon them about a month ago, were capitalist papers doing it for pie at that. Let them put it away that it was not Socialists who pull7 ed off that unDrincipled stunt in tue Horton trial. Wben we do anything, we do it for the principle involved, and not because the pie-man tells us to, Let the missionaries, who are establishing hos- pitals and caring for the sick Il Alaska understand that the capitalist system and the press which upholds it Is their enemy, and not Socialism, Let them re- member that t was Democrat papers that tried to make it appear that as good a woman as ever came to Alaska corrup- ed witness. Let them remember these things when Father Donnel1y or some other father comes in here again to lect, re against Sociali sm.
 Yes, this noble body did lot of ex. posing. But did you read of any invest igation which reflected upon any one but Cross1ey- Did you read of them in~ vestigating the $500 worth of work John Wood dreamed he had done on the Vault road, as told dy Dan Mc Cade Il the December 5th issue of the Alaska Socialist? Is i t not little strange that they could Bind nothing to investigate but Crossleys office And y.st you know
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The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
PEI PIE! PEI

'Hurrah! for the pie counter, bows, , is the revived slogan of some Democrats in Fairbanks.
 Down with Judge Fuller! Down with Jim Cross1ey! They are standing between us and the pie that VI fought and bled and would have died for in the last pres edential election when we fused with most any one who promised us pie"
 Pie! pie! pie! Whats the good of be- ing Democrat if one cannot eat pie Socialists? Why they're traitors to the flag of our great and glorious eauatry! Pass the pie! We want pie!''
 That, fellow citizens, is the whole es- sence of those parts of the grand jury's final report which have caused 50 much comment of late. The editorials n the NewsMiner and the Alaska Citizen, which followed so closely the heels of this court drama, were but pie-hunter cries taken up by the Democrat press.
 And now, before we proceed further, let us say that this political melee is not Socialist fight Its only value to the working class is in the object lesson that it furnishes. For if old party politicians will resort tozulterior methods n their quarrels with each other over the spells, what will they not do against IS who seek to end the spells system altogether? Their qnarrel is only a question of div ision. And about the only thing they are interested in stopping, is a Socialist commonwealth which would cut all 0 f them off from their pie.
 No, it is uot our quarrel, but we can use it for propaganda. We know the old parties too we'll to take sides with either We know to our sorrow that they would unite tomorrow i it were necessary to check the ''menace" of Socialism. This grand jury business $ question of pie not principle
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30

es the face of things some, doesn't if ? Did the respectable" papers of this town stop to make any inquiries before they rushed away with t he grand jury's s report 70 put 1t in print and scatter it out over the country7 Did they go to Jim Crossley and get his side of the story? Did they make any attempt to be fair and square with Judge Fuller T d the district attorneys office?
 They did not. They apparently did not want but one side of the story. They treated Cross1ey, who has consistently maintained standard of decency i II his office, like a lousy Indian. Yet there was no political scheme about it. We have the word of the Alaska Citizen for this the paper that Thompson dubbed "the White Hope of democracy" No politics, the Citizen says. Over and over it says thls until it s very denials testify that there was. In its zeal to serve the pie-man the Citizen overdoes itself and the glar1ng truth stands out between the lines
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
JIM CROSSLH

But against Crossley, the man, we have no fight. His politics are the polit- ics of the exploiting class, he votes to uphold a system of production 3sswhich rapes the producers and is the prime cause of about all the Ills that afflict, society, but he $ more honest than the most of them even at that.
 We respect Crossley's integrity. but we do not respect his politics. The pie hunters respect his politics, but they do not respect his integrity. That is just the difference between us, and the diff eaence is mighty. We attack his politics but the pie-hunters attack his character. We would like to make a Socialist of him. The pie-hunters would like to make fool of him. We want his vote. The pie hunters want his office.
 In passing we would say for the ben eft of those who are beginuiths to gloat, that it might be just as well not to reach for the key 10 the district attorney's off, ice today nor tomorrow nor the day after that. Cross1ey is gladiator. He is a rose growing out ot the manure heap of pol itics. He has more real friends than any oficesholder i'll the district. He will die sword ill hand, and he will go down un- der the canister from political pie-hunt CTS with his colors nailed to the mast.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
THE DIFFERENCE
says so.

Jim Crossley represents the people as near a bourgeois minded man II his position eau under a cut-throat system of society. The ring that is after his scalp represents the young Guggenheim outfit of Alaska. That is just the differ ence. And the members of the working class who are taking sides against him and the Judge are probably looking for some more bedrock" decisions, or the importation of scab labor to cut the wages.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS PLAY
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aska Socialist some weeks ago, but 7 names out ot g were drawn from the outlying sections. All Q f these did not qualify, so there were about out of 20 which were from the creeks. Eighteen from Fairbanks and 2 from the creeks. And these were the average citizens, picked from the community q large, 7 who spoke the sentiments of the dis trict they represented. '
 Pine and Menzie did Il ot sign the re- port. Fisher signed, then scratched his name. Now the only mention the papers gave of these three, was to say that Pine had been appointed al foreman t the request of Crossley, and they sought to make il appear that he felt bound to stand by Crosslev. Yet the bunch howl their heads off when some one reverses the argument and says that the most 0 the jury were there by the grace of the pieman, and they felt bound to carry out their pledges.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30

50 unhesitahngly criticize the court. Why if the Socialists in Fairbanks were to do what they are doing, we would be called all the bad names here are by the patriotic gentlemen, The way they would spread ink to publish our infamy and anarchistic utterances to the world wouldn't be slow.
 And right now is a good time for Judge Fuller to make few mental cal~ culations. Now is a good time for him to salt down the knowledge thatsit was not the working class and Socialists who tried to tutnFa dirty trick that would un- seat man because he enforced too much law. Let him and Crossley understand that it is nots sthea Socialist party that has opposed the enforcement of the law a. gainst hooch peddlers. It is not the Soc- ialist party which says that the N. C, should not pay their taxes. Let them both learn from this experience, that whatever the faults of Socialists De, they fight in the open md above board Let them keep this in mlnd when labor trou- bles arise, and the patriotic press are poisoning the news.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
TIE ALASKA CITIZEN

The Citizen, which has evidently heard the voice of his master since it took the pie away from the News Miner, forgets the laudatory editorial it had on Crossley a month ago and proceeds to bay feebly on the lions track.
 At one time 1t looked as though some thing might be expected from the Alas ka Citizen, but t has gone the way o f the way of the pie-hunter now, and it's clarion voice which was once heard pro claiming political purity will clarion o more. It is now ''safe and sane,' with N. c. pie crums reaching from ear to ear.
 The Citizens editorial II the grand jury report, is joke. It says that they represented the sentiments of the com- niunity. What part of the community ]? Fairbanks, of course. This town is all there is worth while i'll this district.
 But did this jury represent the major ity of sentiment in Fairbanks? What authority have a handful of politicians to say, or try to make it appear, that the whole people are against Jim Crossley ? That the newspapers (except The Alas ka Socia1ist) are against him does not prove anything, Capitalist newspapers have their columns for sale have they not?
 But the best joke in the editorial is the one about Bernard Friss. He was acting on the grand jury as a citizen and not as Socialist. His signature does not show that Socialists oppose Crossley's admin istration by any means. He was there under no orders from his party, which is probably more than can be said for all in the body
 
 The Citizen says that it had not the jury's personnel at hand If it had not it was because it did ot want to have They are nearly all from Fairbanks. And this fact, together with the report they brought in, makes it look as though the hidden hand of he political henchmen of Louie Schloss had been making pie signs. For the N. C. company were well represented on the jury, better perhaps than the people were. It was an N. c. report that they brought i'll. and close betweent the-line reading will show it.
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
TIE REPORT

This honorable body of Fairbanks cit izens requested Judge Fuller to remove three commissioners. It did not reconl-
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
TREASON

Another interesting phase of this late unpleasantness, <" is the way the Dems
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
WONDERFUL GRAND JURY

It was Fairbanks crowd. As was pointed out by Dan Mccabe in The AL
The Alaska socialist., 1914-01-30
TIE )EE-SIDED PRESS

So little honest investigation chang
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06
LIIIIEiHIIINIEWl

IN. G. PACHEC0-I am glad to
learn that Harry Holt and Dave Sher-
wood quit their jobs. They are to be
congratulated; they are the first Re
publtcans who ever did quit job.
4 ID. L. CONKLING from New
York; My friends certainly stood by
me in the race for the treasureship
nomination and if an. elected in No
.vember I shall make good ] shall
be back in Honolulu about October 20.
JAMES D. LEVENSON: All plans
and schemes for hc,1ing up the stage
and robbing the Ad Club treasury on
the Maui Civic Convention pilgrimage
by day and night were ain absolute
failure. The shanghied AID Club mas
cot. Ezra Crane, has faithfully assisted
me in holding on to the precious box
till the last. Non-systematized conspir-
aey was the cause, and wherever there
is no system there is no success. We
have brought back to town just one
half million bucks in Ad Club curren-
cy and our dear old AID Club smile.
Three cheers for mascot Crane, the
treasury, and the smile!
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

President Wilson s part is facing serious
situation in this fall can't aign, but The presii.
dent is putting first his duty to his office and
second his political aspirations and Democratic
political advantage. In brief, Wilson is stay
ing on the job and in view of recent local
discussion as to whether orgnot Hawaii rep
resenfative should be ION the job in Wash
ington, the presidents statement is Of some
interests
In view of the nnlooked-for international
situation, our duty has taken on an unexpected
aspect. Every patriotic man ought now to
stay on his job until the crisis is passed. and
ought to stay where his job can best be done.
ssThe president cannot, especially In times
like these, turn away from his official work
even for little while Too much-depends upon
his keeping all the threads of what is occurring
in his hands.
Ct have, therefore, reached the conclusion
that cannot in any ordinary sense take an
active part in the approaching campaign; that
must remain here to attend to tie serious
work sure to fill the months Immediately be
fore us months that will carry with them obi
cations, no doubt, of the most tremendous sort.
/ know that you will feel similarly about your
own obligations; that members of congress, too,
without distinction as to party affiliations, will
feel that they must remain to do the work of
necessary and pressing service and bring it to
!, successful conclusion. "
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06
EDITOR
SUCCESSFUL.

The third annual Civic Convention will stand
out in many material aspects as the most sue,
cessful of these annual gatherings that Hawaii
has seen. Perfect weather, hosts oyerfowing
with real hospitality, program exceptionally
well arranged and carried out with the pre-
eision of clockwork, splendid spirit of har-
many and genuine appetite for work-these
factors combined to make the Wailuku con-
vention one of the big events of the year.
The papers that were delivered were thought
full and full of Hmeat, = and the reports of the
holdover committees in particular were based
on study and accurate observation of territor-
ial needs The recommendations for new
territorial road system, for promotion encour-
agement and for progress in health matters
show that the members of the convention were
alive to real issues and determined to get real
solutions to the various problems inseparably
connected with the growth and development
of Hawaii
Maui did its work of preparation and enter
tainment to perfection-th the convention did its
share. 1t was convention that assures the
permanence of this plan for territorial CO.
operation.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06
GOVERNOR PIllkflAM'S MESSAGE
TO THE CIVIC CONVENTION

form of some impracticable agreement
with the government II is not a
square deal with the, street-using pub.
He. ~~......
The territorial government has lost
control Of the streets, sewers, water
pipes. etc, etc, but at its last gasp
tried to set an example in the Nc.
Inerny tract. -. T. - -
The Auwa;eliinu district had its
utilities all laid in the center of its
numerous streets before the present
administration came into power, so the
streets are to be maeadamiZed pre-
sumably to be later disturbed by con-
nections. ~
TT is hoped this civic convention.
the Chamber OF, Commerce and other
bodies of interest can put an end to
the inane installation of public utilities
and get them where they belong; that
is. where one utility will not destroy
another, and streets are utilities
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06
cENTRAL1z1NG HEALTH AUTHORITY.

There is much to commend in the proposal
made at the Civic Convention in Wailuku that
all of the health and sanitation matters of the
territory be conferred under the control of the
territorial board of health. There is also
much to question in it. Even those most
in favor of strengthening county and municipal
county and municipal government cannot
close their eyes to the unsatisfactory results
due to the divided system of health supervision
in Honolulu. An instance of this, enough to
make the angels weep were it not for its ridic-
ulous aspects, is the long standing dispute as
to inspection of the fsh-Inarkets. Fer four
years at least this dispute has gone on Some
scheme will be matched to bridge over tenn
porary splits between the city and territorial
health authorities, for few days or few
weeks all appears to be harmony, the subject
sinks from public notice-a suddenly up
hobs the old row again, accompanied by aeser-
tions and denials from both sides and usually
by the declaration of theste1ritorial authorities
that conditions at the. fisllInarket are a dis
grace and a menace. There win be another
4 crisis, another temporary truce, again the
matter viii be forgotten, and again it will flare
up into burning issue. So on ad infnitum
and ad nauseam.
If the city health authorities cannot organ
ize their department, carry it on effectively,
cooperate with the territorial board of health
and make progress the watchword, something
viii be done by the long-suffering public.
It may be by emphatic action at the polls inl
summarily ousting the old and voting in the
new. 1t may be through action of the legisla-
ture. That something is suggested in the
proposal from the Civic Convention that in thel
future all health matters be placed exclusively
under the jurisdiction of the territory.
Now .itsis plain that if county and municipal
government is to develop at all, it should de
1elop so that it can shoulder and carry out In
creased responsibilities. That is the theory Of
local self government and if local government
can measure up to its opportunities, the coun-
ties and the city and county of Honolulu will
be given even more powers and rights than
they now possess.
If the legislature should restore to the ter
ritorial board of health exclusive jurisdictionl
in health matters, the blame for this loss of an
item of self government will rest with the
county officials who failed to make good on
their opportunities.
And that will be one of the costly results of
inefficiency.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

Announcement is sent out from London that
rsngland is going to 'tput the lid on war news
from now on Most people were under the i'm
,,rsssion. that Lord Kitchener had already
sss ,n on the aforesaid lid and was sitting
upon il inplacably,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

Delegate Kuhio has been nominated thor
oughly already and the fling of a new nomina-
ton to protect himself in. case the primary law
is declared illegal is merely matter of form.
If Republican convention we're held, it would
be virtually bound to nominate the successful
candidates at the primaries.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

Russian war reports appear to be partieu-
larry unreliable If the reports of the past
month are Jumped together and the number Of
prisoners taken in each alleged successful en-
gagement added up, something more than
100000 Austrians would now have been cap
tured and several hundred thousand more
killed ana wounded.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

Among the Rapid Transit transfer schemes
that the public would appreciate is one to al
low an all-day ride for five cents with a transfer
good for seat in the grandstand during all
baseball games.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

Lucky that President Wilson doesn't de
mand neutrality in this worlds championship
baseball series. You can't make fan neutral
unless he's dead
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06
OUTDOOR CIRCLE SECTION.

Members of the Outdoor Circle will edit a
special feature section in next Saturday s Star
Bulletin. This organization, devoted to the
Improvement and Identification of the city, has
prepared an extremely interesting and timely
set of articles, which will be published with
appropriate illustrations. The aim and ideals
of the Circle are set forth in articles by several
of the women of the city who have won 3 lead
ership in public movements of the kind. The
Outdoor Circle contributions will be found of
general interest.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-06

Russia talks as calmly of putting another
million men in the field as if they were cattle
which is not entirely inapt as figure of
speech justified by events at the front.