The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-11-03
ALASKAN PRESS
IS ATTACKED BY
DEL. SUTHERLAND
Calls Them Organs Of the
Interests Local Citi-
zens Are Assailed.

Dan Sutherland, Delegatt 10 Con-
giess, and candidate for reelection
appeared ai tie Palace theatre last
Saturday night before an audience
which occupied nearly every seat, in
tackled the press OF Alaska as work
ing for the interests" and against
the people: attacked Attorney r.
e. Robertson as having no politics
except those OF his clients, who was
once a Republican but was now con-
lucting the Democratic campaign;
made vie.ous attack on the Editor
of The Empire and other newspaper
men, inferring they were criminals
and SHOULD not be moulders of pub
lie opinion, took the credit for road
building in Alaska and the securing
of the funds; opposing the literacy
test and taking s-fuil credit for the
guarantee clause" in the White Bill
through Which anybody could fish in
any water until reserved
Reason For Speech
Mr.. Sutherland received a slight
applause when he appeared or the
stage and said he had waved the
formality of having chairman be-
cause he was well known and stated
the reason he was appearing was
because he had no newspaper ito es-
pouse his policies.
Mr.. Sutherland mentioned the
names of the candidates for the Ter
ritorial Legislature on the same tick
ct with him, paid his respects to-
them as being Alaskans. well edn-
Gated, capable and then gave nara
tive of his work as Delegate to Con-
gress He mentioned securing road
appropriations in Alaska. read few
statistics, explained his fishing right
policies and said that when he reach
ed Washington he found everyone
opposed to him on these with the
exception "of one person: the Presi-
dent of the United States. Calvin
Coolidge, who gave me a conference
and discussed the matter with me.
as a lawyer. and he is good one.'
Attacks Editor of Empire
Mr.. Sutherland stated the reason
for his explanation was that he had
no newspapers to assist him as they
were the "!nterests papers and then
declared that many editors of papers
in Alaska should not be moulders
of public opinion as they were against
the people, were not competent as
they had records. He stated he would
tell of the editor "of your local
newspaper, Mr.. Troy" Mr.. Suther-
land. declared that Mr. Trey was the
central figure in a scandal in Clal-
lam County, Wash. He stated that
while County Auditor OF Clallam
County, years ago, he had been In
dicted for embezzlement of funds.
He was freed however, but his ia
ther went bankrupt" intimating that
the elder Mr.. Troy made good an
alleged shortage or became bahk-
rupt in defense. "His father. Suth-
erland said then. found out how
sharper than a serpents tooth is
the ingratitude Of an unduitarie
SON." Mr.. Sutherland stated Mr..
Troy later came north and was rec
ognized In Skagway as "Clallam
JOn0. LdteT MT. IIOy WcHl W DC
attle where he was making "pre.
carious living" until his old friend.
Gov. Strong. brought him north and
finally gave him his newspaper.
"The newspaper Is now an organ
of the interests" Mr.. Sutherland said,
for money will do everything. and
against the people. He would al
ways remember in 1918 the suppress
sions OF the facts, for the sake OF
the interests. at the time OF the
Sophia disaster.
Mr.. Sutherland read an editorial
from the Empire which took to task
Prohibition Enforcement Director Ha.
zeltine, who was in Alaska several
months ago. The editorial comment
ed on the statement of Ha2eltine
that the sooner those violating the
Eighteenth Amendment were bLr:ed