The Alaska citizen., 1916-03-13
CORRESPONDENCE
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Goldstream, March 10. l9lt
 Dear Mir. Editor:
 We sent you resolution which was pa5sei by our meeting last week. at the same time we prom isHd to write to you and give de tails about the meeting, also to give our reasons why we thought that a resolution of that kind is timely.
 In order that you, our friends and fellow roughnecks. to whom we ad- dressed the last part of that resolu tion. might understand us better allow me to state here that our meeting was not entirely one sided although it appears that way in the resolution which we passed. but 1t was not Mike, as I mentioned once before. sticks up for the dis trict attorney. Pete for the clerk uf the court We all stick up for the judge; Marshal Erwin has no friend among us, and Postmaster Deal Is a doubtful quantity, but we have not much confidence in him.
 AS you know, Mr Editor Dick introduced the resolution; 1t was discussed and finally passed unani- mously I will use Dicks argument in favor of the resolution, in the let ter, if not his exact words.
 First, we will take the Hon Clerf of the Cour-he had a strong frienG in our meeting in Pete-we will not say anything about his appoint ments and actions in and about the clerk of the courts department, be- cause in Pete's argument it was brought out that the lion Clerk can, if he so chooses, shield him self behind the judge. We will not allow him that privilege this time md will take the land office, where the Hon. Clerk and his former chief, the Hon. Marshal, together are in control. And as we under, stand it. the Judge has nothing to do with it, except when cases from the land office. like any other case come before him on the regular court docket. So we will address ourselves direct to the Hon. Clerk of the Court in respect of a cer- tain appointment in the land office
 Your Honor. you appointed a man as clerk In the land office whom Dick designated as sailor. We are not personally acquainted with him. don't know his name even neither are we saying one word against him personally. But we are accusing you, the Hon Clerk of the Court, Of being guilty of vio- lating Democratic principles, going back on your prediction promises and conserving no public good what soever in that appointment.
 Do you, Hon. Clerk, remember the Democratic slogan-Alaska for Alaskans? We believe you do, you certainly were strong for 1t before your own appointment. The nation al Democratic party has lived up to it-in this division at least-to a man. Have you, Your Honor, lived up to it? Who is this gentleman you appointed to government po- sition; is he an Alaskan? Is he an American citizen?
 As we said before, we don't know the genueman's name, so we will call him Mir A.; but this Is what we found out about MT A from Ole, our neighbor, who was a fire man on one of the river boats last summer Ole said that hc heard that NIT. A was born on one of the South Sea islands and has a wife and family living there now that MT. A Is we'll educated, has followed sea-faring for living. been on several ocean liners. travele1 from place to place. like sailors do; that last summer he was the purser on the steamer Delta and this winter he has a nice berth in the land oface-wc congratulate MT. A on his luck to get such nice berth during the winter. while his boat Is laid up.
 If our information Is right. you