Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-31


 "WHoM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY THEY FIRST
 MAKE MAD
 In his appearance before the Legislature in support of the Comptroller b Delegate Sutherland made several matters definitely clear The first is his erroneous con- cepon between what is and what not debate on the merits deneits of question. He appears to have chosen expression of his personal opinion of the people of Alaska rather than going into the details of the Comp troler bill and explaining the merits it's authors claim for it. He secuted every opportunity to categ0rca the arguments of the press and individuals opposed to the measure. Rather he dismissed 1t with waive of the hand and the statement that he had read only the title of the bill and that enough Without employing his talents as Delegate to Congress in ecidang the legal and economic features involved in the b he advised the Legislature to pass it. In fact in the nature of admonton mandatory outburst such as school teacher might have given to his grade pupils. Evidently he considers the mentality of the Legislature gauged by the latter standard It evident from the outset he desired to get the goats of the soons before became recalcitrant and disobeyed his mandate
 The speech too grotesque and filled with amusing absurdtes to be taken seriously by those who relish show His reference to the genealogical trees of those who oppose the Comptroller bill might have been secuted dence which must defend. When he says that the1 press (which is practically unit in opposition to the bill and therefore is the chief offender in this oppositon has it's genealogical tree rooted in the Latin race he displays a woefu lack of knowledge of biology we'll genealo gy. We not of any Latin connected either as owner, editor printeraye even to the printers devil with Alaskan newspaper To clear ourselves Of the classification it might be said that this newspaper owned by born American of Danish ancestry and American of Nordic (page the Attorney GeneraD blood It's mechanical staff consists of Dane, Scotch Teutonc cross Scotch-Swedsh cross, a full-booded Finn and fulblooded Swedish printers devil while it's leading newsboy is as Scotch Harry Lauder We are unable to translate the of the and publish of the Anchorage Times into anything sounding like Mussoni Daz. Going further into the Third dvision find such Thompson and NOrdae in the Fair banks News-Miner. Around Nome almost every name ends in 'uk "vitch 'sky son while there is enough Irish in the First division to compose corps of the Fe nians Barney Shanahans Popust party of Montana
 But of course, MT. Sutherland between the devil and the deep sea- were in playing to popular preu dce therefore he classified the opponents of the popular thought-the newspapers-and opponents of the super bureaucratic Comptroller plan the devi and the tives of Southeastern Alaska as the deep blue
 Very good gallery stu but not to the credit of one who claims to be expressive of the cstazed thought of Alaska.
 The more one hears of Mr. Sutherand's opinions and his pocies the better they to understand his fail to make progress in Washington. There he encount CTS nteects trained to grasp the merits and deerts of pourings of spenetic wrath. They do not accept ha rangue for logic and bobas for earnest desire to remedial legislation for Alaska.
 Summarizing MT. Sutherands speech before the Legislature it in line with the defensive the Comp trollers bill has assumed from the outset It was filled with ddactc statements but contained not scnla of analysis argument. It attack upon the home hotel dwelers who transcient while hold ing high office the gift of Alaska-and appeal for racial dissenson and cleavage in Alaska It unrut full in that it contained statements which he cannot verify