The Seward gateway., 1921-09-03

Times charges that he promised to keep his hands off the appointment of Territorial officers has the following to say.
 To the Editor of the Cordova Times
 Cordova, Alaska.
 My Dear Sir: A copy of the Alask2 Dispatch is at hand containing an edi toNaI extract from your paper of pre- vious date wherein it is stated that bt fore fifteen representative citizens of Cordova Dan Sutherland made the fol lowing statement in substances: If am elected delegate I shall consider it my duty as such delegate to lool after the affairs of my constituents in Washington. As to political appoint ments, these are matters which are not my concern and I shall leave them to the ational committeeman and other officers of the republican organization The foregoing was reiterated in 2 written statement published by the newspapers of Southeastern Alaska over NIr. Sutherland's signature.
 in rTly 1 desire to state that nc such statement was published over m, signature in any paper in Alas!;a to my hnowlt dge and f such statem,n did ap pear it was without my cc., set
 To the members of the Republican club at Cordova made the same state ment i1 effect that had made e"nry- where 1 went prior to and after ti:p primaries-that l wanted to have tho patronage handled by the organiza- tion and that l desired to avoid the cnotests inritnt tr the distiibut.on of patronage. I or this reason 1 declined to make any indorsemets of the can didacies of any aspirants for office, but did not at any time relinquish my right as a citizen and as delegate to congress to pass rpon the qualified tions of candidates.
 To you personally, to Mr. Hazelet, to Mr. Galen, to one hundred or more citizens of CordQy a, I stated that my one ambition was to see good cap7bia officials in Alaska. that the people Of the Territory Wfre looking for the change for the better and would de- mand the appo;nment of good men to office Upon republicans all ovc' the Territory urged the importance of organization along democratic lines, and the prevention of the degeneracy of the organization into an autocratic machine.
 Prior to election 1 reiterated to Mr. Mcbride the statement that the or ganizatlon should handle the patron age, but on the condition that only good men should be appointed to of flee ard that the two factions of the party should be recognized when ap- pHin'mcnts were to be made.
 Then came a meeting of the nation al committeeman and his appointed div isional committeeman 'one by proxy) at Seward, where by exclamation they unanimously appointed themselves for the high offices of the Territory. This unanimity was immediately recogniz- ed by people of Alaska as machine work of the old Shackleford vintage, and protests arose from all sides.
 He activities of the organization were transferred to Washington in March and while the announcement was made by MT. Mcbride that no en- dorsements would be made until the governorship was settled, I learned from members of congress that en- dorsements were being made. These endorsements were made in barter for governorship inducements, ard fur thernlore q learned that federal offic- "s in Alaska were being hawked off to the cannery interests Of Puget Sound and Alaska at reasonably low prices which were paid in the hard won .oln of the cannery pope.
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