The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-12

probably will be eventually. but with unnecessary delay. A decision of the appellate court would undoubtedly also have determined that the boys in the uniform of Uncle Sam at Fort Gibbon and Eagle, having sworn that their residence was at those places. were bona fide residents there. and entitled to vote as other citizens were.
 Wickcrsham has had good deal to say about the Democratic ring ".a' was responsible for s" much wickcdncss This ring" however, NcYor attempted to pull or any which Wickcrsham benefited in the ,oting at AfoGl?k. C"''~..'- Nom". Unalaklcct. and St Michael At these places ignorant Eskimos ahd natives were schoolcd in the art Of voting by Wickersham henchmen. And here is some of the testimony t"F"H in the election contest hear inEs;
 | Dr votes of s"vclt,'a Eshim'' ;. .n@ at Unalaklcet were received L.: tho election iEdgaa HrrIo- &ocrc"", a >,h,'c man who has lived tn .Uf'hI a l.IIubrr of years. and who k l%mii.a.. with the habits and intelligence of tn" Eskimo, stated that h" did not know of any Eskimo living at Una lakl"et who possessed sufficient knowl, edge to intclli2cntly exercise the sui. fr2ge.
 Fred Martin who knew all the Es- kimos at Unalakleet and was known by all of them. said he did not know d single full-blooded native who was civilized enough to vote intelligently.
 Similar testimony was given by reputable citizens of Nome as to the 25O natives in and about Nome.
 GregOri Yakanak. chief Of the Aleu- tian tribe of Indian natives, testified through an interpreter. and among the questions and answers were the following:
 Did you vote at the election held at Afognak on the Eth day of Novem- Der, 1916, at which there was dele gate to congress voted for?'
 "A Yes. sir"
 70. Can you read or write the English language?"
 "A No"
 70, Can you read or write the Rus sian language?"
 "A No"
 Can you speak the Russian Ian guage?"
 "A. No"
 "Can you speak the English Ian. guage?"
 "A No"
 @. Who did you vote for at the vember, 1916. at which delegate to congress was elected?"
 "A don't know; have fcrg3:. ten"
 At Seldovia q number of native In dians voted, and many of these were so ignorant that they could neither read nor write.
 Nj. J. Doyle, q white man acquainted with the people of that locality. testi- fled that Mike DolChok, q native, was employed by one Shorty" Stoffer to round up the natives SO that they would vote on election day"
 Anton Dolchok. a brother Of Mike DolChok, native. testified that he was at the November, 1916, election, aHd voted, and in answer to other questions stated that he went to Shorty Stofler'a cabin before he voted t.:at the fellows" had told him to go there and he would be shown how to vUtc for WicKCrshlm; that ke was so shown, and that he was given coffee and cnkc. "nd hat he went back after voting and was given more coffee and cgke.
 $ r""'an Jak?loT. Gregory Foxy, $ m McrcurOff. Johr Tn'"Nnk. Greg. O.: Kalungi and Nick SakalofI tcati- fled to similar effect. All stated that tkCy were shown low to mark ,hg!r ballots so as to vote fer W'cFc.aham, and that they so voted. None of them could read or write.
 With a slnctimonious air this man WickCrsham tells of the alleged mis- dC.ngs of his opponents. But surely in all the annals of Alaska there is nothing quite so revolt.lg to the citi- zen interested In good government and the purity of elections (without which latter Wickersham himself ad- mits there would be anarchy) than these instances of the illegal voting of ignorant natives to perpctuate in office a man who had outlived his usefulness to his constituents.