The Alaskan., 1926-12-03

AlaSKa IS placed entirely In the fhands of the Governor, the Federal Judges and District Attorneys and the minor officials who are their assistants" Appointed by the Presi- dent. The people of Alaska are in reality suffering all the. evils of ''carpet-bag" government in it's worst form.
 Judge James Wickersham. form ec Delegate from Alaska and Hon. Dan Sutherland were commended for their courageous fight against ''those seeking to loot Alaska.
 Great corporate interests are seeking to exploit those resources without regard to their proper con- seryation and with no thought of tue welfare of the people of Alaska.
 The most rapacious of which is the Salmon Trust, whose unscru- pulous exploitation has almost ex- hausted the wonderful salmon fish, cries of Washington and Oregon and is now rapidly exhausting the even from the Congressional Record in (which the Packers were condemned most harshly for selling putrid sal mon to the War Department and knowing at the time that ptomaines In the pack would kill as many if mot more than would have German shot and shell. Cheap labor being the aim of these corporations, it was more easily secured by hiring the dregs and scum of Coast towns At tendant evils followed that were be- iyond the comprehension of decency. Between the Salmon Combine and the vice ring Judges and district at torneys are held in office who can be "depended upon to protect their in Iterests and to use the law to harras the independent fishermen and oth- CTS who are seeking to curb their enormous power" ""*At present Irresent time these powerful inter ests are seeking to retain in office Federal Judges Reed and Ritchie and District Attorney Shoup who have shown a callous indifference to the grievances of the decent people iof Alaska and have done everything within their power to protect the in Iterests of the Salmon Trust and the lvice ring" Follows charges against these officials that were proven be- Ifore the Senate Judiciary Committed
 Instead of submitting their unan- imous report recommending the re- jcction of the nominations of Judges Reed, Ritchie and District Attorney Shoup, to the Senate, the Judiciary lCommittee decideed to urge Presi- dent Coolidge to withdraw the nomi- nations because as one of the mem bers of the Committed stated, ''The Iconditions were too scandalous to be ipublicly discussed" Accordingly la subcommittee headed by the late lSenator Cummins was sent to sec the President and to urge him to withdraw the nominations so that Itheir public exposure might be pre- Ivented. The advice of this commit Itee prevailed and on June 4, 1926, lFresident Coolidge withdrew these nominations. Although five months lhave since elapsed these discredited officials are still permitted to remain in office by the President
 Tn spite of the action of the Sen- ste Committee, protests of Alaskans and others, President Coolidge has not seen fit to remove these men from office preferring to wait upon the turn of the election just past. The attempt to discredit Delegate Sutherland fell flat and his state ments and actions vindicated by the majority of the electors of Alaska.
 Nevertheless it may be safely lpredicted that if these officials are still in office when the Senate meets