The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-12-17
MIR. DRAYTON AGAIN

Seward. Alaska. December 8 1921 Editor strouors Weekly
 Your editorial ou ,ae "ro-ondo- auce of Testimony" n Che figern- mcnt railroad dispute. which ] have just seen. has no other purpose ,yi- denuy hau Co clcar r clouJed mat- tcr That being truc. lct me add Ono further testimony tbat no living man can teu Che physical condition ot a railroad from a distance nor by soc- ling q, from car window or piat- form. know. for , have tried it ! then footed I. cycry stop from An- choraec Co TaEcema talked with au Che railroad worsmcn and sta- uou-aur contractors could talk with ] ucyor found % single ind.- y.lml on Che whole job. from petty official to vatc--hucs who felt safe Co speak or who expressed any opinion at a.L but laughed outright at Che "Nastcr Builder" fakc sup- posed CO have been Invented and put a1mt by Che sVIyel-cboir railroad builders mp iu ttc.r Anchorage ot- 0ec building. or who did not be- ueye and say that Che only pieces of fairly good track were. Che oc- cas.ouaI patches horo and thcrc which had been built by some old tmc railroad raIddy from Ono S. p. or other road who had refused io skmp his work and soldier with a view to strIreue it out indefinitely And moreover. tHcsc mon who know. an say thc road e not half come nre.ed and that even under a com- potent management il win require m immense sum to complete it
 Its true hat since Harl.uea eicc- iou thc railroad anss.ers have maIe am awful .nurt and really ac- .omnIshcJ moro work chan in any previous hro. yoau period This
 nrr. was intended to curry favor uh Mr. FM obscure past deiin- 1ueree and fV themselves firmly for another long r.f beside Che eol- deu brook UoVIns from Che public treasury
 Years aeo ] became convinced Che Alaskan Eneueerur Comm siou was u-ed stick and would have to be handled aue.rIy to avoid
 oune One fingers Whom t ciau- dosuuc,y abandoned the plan pub IshoI by Woodrow Wilson and adopted Che three segment plan ot construction. ! know as soon as discovered |, what to expect Right chen ! began Co can for a new deck. ! am suu calling for it on Che pru- -.n.e that mon who win bunk Che government under a Wilson or Tait win bunk !, just as quickly under a Harding u given a chance This railroad money was voted by Cone gross to help Alaska and Alassaus and have Ic.tcr. from men who ad- yo.a.ed it ou Che floors ot Congress telling m. .o. and chat thcy would mol, have done so had they supposed It would aH be grabbed by a hoe-it- an gang of oarpctbasecrs aud thc.r Imported cranios and satellites Can you or anybody else uut your finger or any Of those millions remaining in Alaskan They don't even bank horc temporarily rho coin goes Go Che various "baok homo' banks uu- W they can .lucerc thc lemon no longer and chen thcy follow by lhe next bo.l ! can name at Io1st two mcu right hero in Seward who know moro abou. railroad construction. de,clonmert operation and ma.u- tcnau.e chan th'a whole carpctbag rnu. combined. Had they been in ou ,hs Iob it would hayc been 6n- Ishcd ye1rs ago. and for millions and millions less cost. and Che salary and ware money would have largely remained I'm Alaska. And we would now have railroad Instead o. Q pre.euse
 Nou one umr detail An tbis criticism ol myself for exposing th.s railroad scandal comes from my ou- cm.es. and thce rr.loIsc mo for do- ing it because they had uo chance . io c-tIc.s. me for not doing it f you win look into Che matter you win discover chat thco coots who sock to dIHueu.sh themselves by referring to myself as ther enemy arc au of One boob class Iu thcIr heads and ol Che Tory cloa In thclr hearts. so hc.r objection to my conduct naturally goes double. They hayc neither Che intelligence to rec oruiac am enemy with his hand in our pocket nor Ono loyalty .o AI1a' .ta Go stand up for her rights in an hour of peril
 ! And Che moment thcy are bowling thar heads oll an over Che Terri.
 tory that my ions-boasted careful
 ness as Co ac.s Is 9 protonsc. and In proof orc pointing to my casual on, purely Incidental statement that th'