The Alaska citizen., 1917-09-03

nun you were present. that ntn this first proposition. or either the frs, proposition Of raising the money by subscription or by giving dance and selling the tickets at five doi- lars apiece, there wasn't something said by yourself or some member of the committee present. that when this proposition was put up to the people they would come through. and if there was anyone who wouldn't come through that fact would be made known
 A. I have no recollection.
 e. Are you prepared to state that nothing was said at any of the meet ings in Mr Tozier's office. or on one of the occasions of the meet ings in MT Tozier's office wherein that idea or thought was promulgat- ed either by yourself or some mem Der 0t the cOmmttee'
 A I have no recollection of it
 c. You're not in position to deny that such a proposition was made? (After objection and argumenD Well, do you know whether or not it was made, Mr Thompson?
 A. No. do not. Statement by COurD
 e. That's satisfactory There was a policy adopted by yourself as editor of the NewsMiner at or about that time, to instil into the mind of the reading public that any person who asserted any independence of thought or action in regard to the things the Loyal League were doing at that time their names would be published in the press. isn't that true?
 A No, sir.
 e Do you deny that. Mir Thomp- son.
 A. l deny that
 Q. Do you deny that when this proposition made at about that time of the taking of the census by the Loyal League, an article appeared in your paper 10 the effect that if anybody in the Panama Valley or in 10 the census by the Loyal League their names would be reported to the attorney general, or do you deny that?
 A No, l don't deny that (After objection and argumenD
 Q, The whole course of your edi. torial comment and policy Of the News-Miner at the time was to ac- complish the purpose of creating in the public mind that that which the Loyal League and you as the mouth piece of that organization decided was the thing for people to do, any one would be-that opposed that would be marked people in this com munity, isn't that true? (After ob- jection and argumenU To meet the courts objection l will put it this way. Is it not true, MT, Thompson, during the course of your editorial policy of the News Miner, from the time of the inception of the Loyal League from which you, acting as the mouthpiece of that orga nizatiOn, if you did not seek to impress upon the public that any lack of organiza- ton or resistance to the policy map ped out by that organization includ- ing the raising of funds for this purpose of getting the building, a drill shed or buying an armory, if that wasn't the effect of your edi, torial policy in the News Miner? (Ob- lection sustained MT. Thompson, you have denied upon your direct eXami- nation that you have received any thing-I presume we ordinarily term it in the way of graft-out of this transaction I'll ask you if it isn't a fact that you have been to your face accused of having received money or graft of some kind by people that you approached to put money into this affair, and that you didn't deny it at the time it was made to you?
 A. Nobody ever accused me of it.
 Q. Nobody.
 A. No--some of my friends joked me.
 O. Oh, joked you?
 A. Yes.
 o. I'll ask you if at the time you approached Arthur Williams and So- licited and attempted to get him to put in five hundred dollars towards this enterprise, if he didn't say to you that he certainly would not put any money in d scheme of that kind.