The Alaska daily empire., 1915-03-08

IATF F0RN5 GENERAL PLANS MAY PAIL
 lcontmued from Page D lthe payment of his salary office ex- penae including rent office up.koep stenoerapher travelling expenses etcs laud ihc possible payment Of a dep- lnty or assistant now and again to perform services in some distant sec lion of Che Territory
 'Furthermore. continued Che op- ponent it Is the idea Of the secre- tary Of the Interior that one Of the rembers of the development board (Which he believes willbeproYt tlsd tor by the next Congress, win be made attorney.generar of the Territory Of
 Alasim and chat Inc win serve on thc
 board Nith the Governor on3 Sur veyorGeneraE making majority of the board officers in the Territorial administration. For the Legislature to pass a bill creating the office now thus foresauing his plans, would be direct slap at the Secretary of the Interior
 oPposes Wickeraham's Plane
 lt has also been suggested that tho creation of an attorueygenerdoi by tho Alaska legislature would be in dieect opposition to the pl0ns of Delegate Wickersham whose deyel- opment board bill that died with the last Congress provided an attorney gneral for Alaska and made him Q member of the administrative board, D the title selected by the Delegate for. Secretary of the Interior Lanes pro posed development board.
 Candidates for the job
 In the meantime. however while there are many diverse plans for the selection of an attorney-general the supporters of the proposition are pro- ceeding on the theory that one orI the other of the suggested plans will be carried out
 Four persons have been mentioned in connection with tho office Of at- torney-general They are J. H. Cobb and John Rustsard, of Juneau; James Nj. Shoup, of Sitlla, and George 3. ! Grlgsby, of Nome. More or less ac- tive campaigns are being conducted for each Of them
 J. E. Cobb and John Rustgard are well known members of the Juneau bar. Mr. Cobb has been practioing law here for about 20 years. for many ! years being % member of the law firm of Alalony and Cobb. He is generally rated as one of lhe eblestI lawyers or Southeastern Alaska. He has never held important office. He IS native Of Texas is Democrat and a personal friend of Delegate James Wickersham.
 John Rustgard only recently retired I as United States District attorney for the First Division, and opened 8 law office here Before coming to Ju. neau he pracuced law several years at Nome, and served as city attorney and mayor of that city It is admit ted. even by his enemies. that he Is on able lawyer Formerly he was re. garded as am organization Republican, but he Is said to have shown inde- pendent tendencies of late. ihougn none of them have been toward Dom ocracy He is native of Norway but has lived since boyhood in Che Unit ed States.
 James M. Shoup is pioneer Alas kan. He was appointed United States marshal for an of Alaska by Presi- dent William Mckinley in 1897, and reappomted for the Fir9t Judicial Di. vision after the division of the Ter ritory into several districts. Alter serving for dozen years he was succeeded by Daniel A. Sutherland, f now president Of the Senate. He spent | several years in oregon and Idaho af- ter quitting office, and came back to tAiaoha lMp 9Nt-Ao GOV Ne --'.t1 -'' ' defense of Joseph Mcdonald. He IS D brother Of the late Senator George ir E.. Shoup. of Idaho. and has hosts of friends ail up and down the Pacif- c coast He is Republican, and was born in Pennsylvania. but has lived n Idaho and Alaska most of his life.
 George B. Grigsby is present mayor ,f Nome He was formerly United states district attorney for the Sec ,nd division He Is rated as an able ll awyer. and Is very popular In his l lome section. He is a Democrat and as a leader in the organi. ation of the party His home was| n South Dakota before coming to Alaska. He is a son of Col. Melville irigsby formerly attorney.general of South Dakota colonel of the second | of Spanish War roughriders' md later United States district att orney for Nome
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