The Wrangell sentinel., 1952-02-15
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
Ernest Gone, Is Usual

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 Ernest Gone. As Usual
 After a sojourn down in the .un- usual7 weather country of Puget Sound and western Oregon. We get back to Alaska to find the sun shining as usual and the political pot bubbling as usual The left wingers are pushing their socialis- tie program to have the govern ment run everything and the Gov ernOr is out of the Territory also as usual See where he walked ont of a statehood. session in Washing ton; lots of people in Alaska would probably be happy to have him keep on walking in some other dir ection than back to Alaska. If Ern- est keeps at it, he'll defeat state hood virtually single-handed
 Both Sides of the Street
 Going through the Alaska papers for the first time in quite a spell, see where Sid Charles down at the Daily News in Ketchikan looks on the filing of Anita Garnick of Jun eau for Auditor, on the Republican ticket, as a stalking horse9 man euver for the Gruening machine in an attempt to defeat Auditor Neil Moore Sid probably has something there, but he overlooked. the ob- vious, that the Governor plays both sides of the street. Who do you suppose got R. E. Bob" Sheldon, retired Director of the Employment Security Commission. to file for the same office on the Democratic ticket to try and head Neil off in the primary?
 One "Amazed' Delegate
 Delegate Bartlett, We note, is amazed, no less, that Auditor Moore wants an audit of the ac- counts in conn .etion with the mon ey giFln EoO for statehood pur- poses. Why any public official handling public money should balk at an audit Is a little beyond tuis Periscoper, particularly in a cam paign year when every candidate is vulnerable. But it is likely that the Delegate has to do what he's told since i've can't afford to break with Gluening," and Ernest is out to purge Neil Moore. Thus, Bartlett with some me tooism"; or, per haps as he labeled Mark Jensen not my kind of a Democrat"
 At any rate, the controversv seems to center around a 5000 expense voucher for Bartlett which Auditor Moore disallowed on grounds that no audit of the state hood funds given the Delegate has been made, and, Moore contends 2 quoting chapter and verse, that il is his duty to see that an audit is made He cites the following. chap ter 101 of the 1949 Session Laws:
 ''The Auditor shall audit or cause to be audited. .. the books, accounts and records of every de- partment, officer, board, institution and individual engaged in hand ling funds of the Territory
 Bartlett, meanwhile, says there is "no requirement. in law or else- where" that he should make an ac- counting to Moore. The argument HllSHl WlHu up III lHe COuIIS.
 That Tax Report
 A great deal is being made by the Governor and others of Tax Commissioner M. P Mullaneys re- port that he collected $13,426, 731.41 during the calendar year of 1851, indicating that there would be more than enough money during the biennium to meet the more than 19 million dollars in apprc. priations. What they very careful .ly overlook is the fact that almost one-half of the 13 million plus col lected was in back taxes. Break down of the $13,436,731.41 collect ed shows the following making up the total figure:
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