“INDIANS MUST NOT
DOMINATE ALASKA”
I have talked to many people about
the above subject and not a single
person has yet said to me privately
that there is any danger of Indian
domination whatever that term im
plies.
Every person has informed me that
the so-called Indian question is not
the real issue. The real issue is that
the Native Americans are throwing
their political strength on the side
of progressive government, and the
“better element” who have controlled
and profited by Alaska politics are
losing control. These politicians
have absolutely no issue with which
to oppose the leaders who are direct
ing the Native Americans and there
fore the cry is raised of “Indian dom
ination. ”
It is said that I vote the “Indians
in mass.” I will admit that they
largely follow my advice, but that
is so only because these people have
known me since my childhood; they
have watched almost every hour of
my life; they have tested me to the
utmost; and they know that I have
never betrayed them; but that I have
a sincere desire to lift them to bet
ter things. Many a young boy and
girl has received the impulse to go
on with their education because of
my example.
But not a single person can say
I have ever tried to help Indians at
the expense of anybody else. I
have tried to help them by helping
all. In the matter of fisheries, I
would make it possible for all fisher
men to make a decent and honest
living by abolishing the traps. In
the matter of schools, I hold that
the State is responsible for the edu
cation of all its children, and that
the State must make provision for
all children. I would not sacrifice
any race or any class in order that
a certain race or class might profit
by getting more than its share of the
tax money.
The phrase “One for all and all
for one” has quite a different mean
ing to me than the use which cer
tain men put it to during the last
campaign. It means to me that my
children have no right whatever to
climb to competence by treading on
more unfortunate children. It means
to me that if my children go to the
public school and I accept the bene
fits of the public’s money, that I
have no right to say who shall sit
next to my children.
We have tackled the labor prob
lem. Everybody knows that when
a man is hurt, he or his heirs have
very little chance to got a square
deal from the big mines or canner
ies because these big mines and can
neries do their adjusting through
hired lawyers. These lawyers take
pride in settling the most difficult
cases for “very little,” and if they
can get out of paying anything at
all, they do it.
The present workmen’s compensa
tion act was drawn by the attorneys
of the Alaska Juneau and the Gug
genheim companies. It is the rot
tenest piece of legislation ever put
on the lawbooks of any state or ter
ritory. It is not a compensation act.
It is a law whereby the companies
are guaranteed that they will never
have to pay more than certain small
sums of money for injuries or death
to their workmen. The leaders of
the Native Americans with other pro
gressives are struggling to change
this and have been trying to pass a
law like the compensation act of the
United States, which has been ap
proved by the American Federation
of Labor Legislation. The opposi
tion has come again from the big
mines and canneries acting through
their attorneys H. L. Faulkner and
R. E. Robertson of Juneau, with oth
ers.
The last primaries will show you
that Indians and white fishermen
voted for the same candidates, men
pledged to work for their interests
as resident Alaskans. Who will be
hurt if the Native Americans were
not in Politics? The laboring man of
course. This is the wish of the smali
minority who have been in control.
SNAPSHOTS
H. R. Shepard led his party to de
f eat.
* * * *
The “sheep-minds” of Juneau fol
lowed their Shepard.
* * * *
The public saw through the “smoke
screen.”
* * * *
Doheny and Sinclair could pass lit
eracy tests and according to certain
editors, if enough of them could get
together they should be allowed to
run Alaska.
* * * *
William Britt, ex-Senator, resident
of Juneau, voted several times in
Skagway before he took out his na
turalization papers. His crime cer
tainly was not illiteracy.
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