The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-14
CORRESPONDENCE
Goldstream. Feb. 10. 1916.

you in the hope that you will set us right
 ere are four of us living in c3A T togcther All of us claim 2 tr Democrats and voted tho Democratic t.'ket at the last cleo. tion. We take your paper and find it interesting. We like some of the articles you publish, although We have some great discussions over them--something like postmortem eXamnattons. Lots of disagree ments, too, but we have agreed on ore thing, ard that is that you are publishing very good paper in the ! interests of the party and of Alaska
 But to come to the point. MT Editor. We simply cant agree at all among ourselves about the editorial you published In your last issue. You accused, in a general way, the federal officials of being dlsloval to the party. stating that in the ap- | PoA4ltLIlSHl Ol til'l utputltS lltN went outside the party and select. ed men who are not Democrats. There is just where our disagree ment about your editorial article comes in
 Mike thinks that the Honorable District Attorney Is on the square Pete hOots at the idea but main tains that the Honorable Clerk of Court is all right in the selection of his assistants. Dick, who is 6 disgruntled fellow anyway, just shorts at both Of their statements and I am on the fence.
 About the Honorable Marshal We are agreed, in the words of John L. Sullivan, that it smells to heayen.' But for some reason the smell did not reach Washington D. c.
 Now Mike claims that he attend ed the last Democratic rally held by the Honorable District Attor- ney, and that he heard the Honor able District Attorney say "I'n fight Wickersham to the last ditch I'll fight for my central power plant to the last minute nomi mated MT Bunnell al the Skagway convention and if it comes to the time that I must quit fighting Tll~--"
 Just then Pete chips in and says Yes, but after he got his appoint ment he took two of the Wicker sham chickens under his wings. flew over Democracy, landed on r and is roosting there yet" Mike got mad and came back at Pet and the Honorable Clerk of Court Mike said that after the Honorable District Attorneys rally he heard the Honorable Clerk of Court say that some of Wickersham follow CTS tried to disturb the Honorable District Attorneys rally and men toned some names, one among them being that of the man whom the Honorable Clerk of Court ap- pointed as his assistant That's the way it's been going on ever since last Monday after getting your pa per.
 Now, MT. Editor, is there any truth about what Mike and Pete say? l myself think that they are a little bit off and l am sure that In some things they are unreason- able
 Just for instance: Dick was in Fairbanks last week He had some business In the land office and in casual way he mentioned that there was sailor working in the land office
 Sailor in the land oftice," ex- claimed both Mike and Pete. Holy Mother! Who appointed him? Might as well put a landlubber at sea to command dreadnaught. D (You see, M" Editor, they are both old sailors).
 Dick waited until they cooled down a bit "The Honorable Clerk of Court appointed him." he replied,
 That took the wind out of Pete's sail for while, but he soon back again by saying that he thought that was good Democratic doctrine. We tried to recall his exact words. they were something about privi- leges-but We couldn't. Dick said that in this case it might be knowledge.
 Now MT. Editor-Do you see any thing wrong with that appointment? I don't. I think 1t is all right, but the other fellows seem so unrea sonable at times.
 We understood that article about the postoffice all right, but thel ast one has almost caused a split among us So, MT. Editor, if you would be so kind as to write your arti- cles more definite and certain" as lawyer fellows say, we would be very much obliged to you.
 Yours Truly,
 ROUGHNECK.