The Nenana daily news., 1920-10-21


 Allen, providing for an increase in the salary of the attorney-general from $5,00O per annum to $7,O0O. When the bill arrived in the senate, after having passed the house, the senate finance committee amended the same so as to take effect in 1920, after the first term of Attor- ney-General Grigsby had expired When this amendment reached the house. Griesby asked his Democratic friends to vote against it, which they did, and, the senate finance committee standing pat, the measure was finally defeated, and the salary remained at $5,0OO His next re- quest for funds was a bill providing that the Territory purchase law library for s2,500, which his politi- cal ally-Holzheimer, who is now judge of the Second division-had left with him and offered for sale for S9OO. Having failed in his eff forts to squander money up to the close of the session, in the final estimates for expenditures of terri torial officials, Grigsby's request was $4.100 more than that of the trea- surer (who does ten times as much work). almost s9,OOO higher than that of the secretary, s5,O0O higher than the mining inspectors. In fact, had Grigsby's requests been granted, he would have cost the Territory nearly as much as all the other of ticials in Juneau combined. And this after Joh1 Cobb had performed all the work pertaining to the attorney generals office for approximately S250 per month, without extra clerk hire or office expenses. As chairman of the finance committee of the senate, my experience with Grigsby during his first three months as attorney-general convinced me thar his lust for public funds is insatia- ble, and his recklessness in the ex- penditure of same borders on pro- fligacy. These traits have undoubt- edly been developed during his long oftice-holding career since his ar- rival in Alaska, he having held of flee as Republican or Democrat al- most continually during his entire residence here "As you remember, when Senator . Sutherland was here he never as much as mentioned Grigsby's name or said anything of a personal na- ture. and had our present fuke delegate and his political sponsors Riggs and Troy-abstained from per sonalities, no criticism of Grigsby's official career would have been made by us. And this was not because we did not have the goods, but we considered it better politics to let the voters size up the candidates from their own personal observa- tion.
 "In my humble opinion, contrary to the extravagant claims of won- derful achievements, Alaska has ney- CT had delegate at Washington who has so feebly represented the Territory, or so completely aban- doned it's citizens and industries to their natural enemies, the shipping and fish trusts. He claims he has started several important measures, and begs to be given an opportunity to finish them. All real Alaskans and friends of Alaska pray to God that such a calamity does not befall us. Are we not having hard enough time of it as it is?
 ''I believe that our intelligent vot- CTS have made up their minds that it is safer to have man in Con- gress to represent who DOES know all about the wages and general con- ditions surrounding the average cit izen of Alaska, and whom we can trust to do his utmost, without urg- ing, to improve these conditions.