The Alaska daily empire., 1918-04-13

In The Empire today will be found the proof that the Democratic organization and other citizens of the Territory of Alaska knew what they about when they inauguraed the fight which prevented the reap pointment of Gov Strong office in this Territory The bare statement of tine facts the strongest ment that Gov Strong is not the proper person to be at the head of the government in this great Ter rtory and that he is not the to be the head of one of the great political parties.
 The Empire asks it's readers peruse with care the testimony of the witnesses who told of the career of Gov. Strong To those who do the story will be plain and convincing it to those who already have done It will be noted for instance that the New Brunswick witnesses point with certitude to the fact that the Salmon Creek boy the Fredericton normal school student, New Bruns wick school teacher, the Wickham merchant was edi tor of the Whatcom County Independent at Fairtaven and New Whatcom. Wash, in the early '90s The testimony of Whatcom County citizens unerringly point back to New Brunswick the birth place and scenes of the early of their journalist of that day. The Victoria declaration in which the future Governor declared that he was British subject is corroborative of both the New Brunswick and the Whatcom County testimony.
 Hundreds of people in Alaska and elsewhere know that John A. Strong, who reporter the Victoria Standard and editor of the Whatcom County Independent, whom New Brunswick people know was former fellow citizen and native of their Province, is the present Governor of Alaska. Among those known in Alaska who knew Gov. Strong when Puget Sound newspaperman of Farhaven and who know that he is Governor of Alaska may be mentioned Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane Senator James Hamilton Lewis. William w. Casey, Judge Rob. er w. Jennings. the Editor of the Empire and many others of this section who sat in the Democratic venton with him at Olympia in 1892 Judge John R. Vim, who Judge of the Whatcom County Superior Court, and many others
 The testimony secured in the main from 
 thing aabout the others what they had said.
 While Gov Strong, in addition to not being an American citizen been all things all men, as an official, it has been known for nearly two years that personal loyalty to him has been the sole standard by which he has measured officials and citizens it has been known that he has been industriously de- veloping personal machine; it has been known that frequent threats have eminated from the Governors mansion that Gov Strong will get" all those who "are not oyal him and who refuse to recognize him the head of things it has been known for more than year that when he learned that there opposition to his reappointment in the Demo- cratic party that he forth the threat that if the opposition persisted in he would destroy the Democratic party" in Alaska; T will show them that tear down much of the Democratic house anybody" he said. Refusing to lead to a constructive policy, he threatened to ruin his party if his leadership were not recognized
 And Gov. Strong has been attempting make his threats good. First of all he started out by writing letters to people in the Territory and Washington which designed undermine the standing and to discredit the United States He followed this up by systematic action to deliver the Terri tory into the hands of wickersham, release the Territory from whom the Democratic party had been struggling for more than four years. He named Wickersham to office. and. for the first time in his official career he showed that he could fight when fighting for himsef-and, notwithstanding that
 
 to coerce those receiving favors from him. He forced them to oppose the progressive efforts of the Demo crsts of the Territory to serve the people and he