“A BILL TO PROMOTE
FRA UD**
One paper to the Westward
in speaking of the White Bill
said that it should be called
“a bill to promote fraud.” that
the cure proposed by Mr. White
is worse than the alleged evil.
Altho the natives of Alaska un
derstand that the proposed test
is for application to them, they
do not object to a fair and im
partially applied 'test. Could
this test be applied on election
day, in the heat of battle?
Could it be done in Ketchikan?
When the bill first made its
appearance in our Legislature,
fair-minded persons proposed
that the test be taken before
the school boards or by the
Bureau of Education teachers.
But no, prominent Legionaries
like Mr. E. M. Polley who
was himself fleeted by Indian
votes and then sold them out
for the job which he now holds
and which pays his expenses
to legion conventions, insisted
that the test be applied by elec
tion Judges.
Have those ot you who have
read the bill really thought of
the possibilities in the “reading’’
test when applied by an election
judge, himself selected because
he was a member of a party?
THE DRIFT INN
L. A. OLSEN, Proprietor
Pool Hall—Cigars and Tobaccos
Furnished Rooms
Wrangell, — Alaska
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By Will A. Steel
Juneau, May 2.—The surprise
and chagrin evidenced by the
anti-Sutherland crowd, upon the
receipt of the primary election
returns, has been almost piti
able. The corporation attor
neys and their henchmen have
been in a daze ever since the
day after election when the re
turns began to come in.
Johnny Walker Troy and
“Me Too’’ Stroller White al
lowed their disgust to over
come what little common sense
they did possess and they have
filled their Organs with tire
some and disgusting tirades
against the “Illiterate” Indians,
because they display greater
discrimination than did scores
of voters residing in the effete
Chicken Ridge section of
Juneau.
When the returns trom only
two or three Indian precincts
were received the Democratic
Empire, following its usual
custom of misrepresentation
and deception, began whining
like a little whipped puppy,
and every night has been yap
ping that “Paul did it,” and
that he and his supporters
must be destroyed.
Then on Saturday poor Dem
ocratic “Stroller” White digres
sing from his “Bedtime Stories
for children,” after hearing his
Master’s Voice, gives his
“Weakly” wail against “one
thousand illiterate Indians but
one generation removed from
savagery,” and solemnly de
clares that the Republican
party no longer exists in Al
aska and that the fight here
after must be “White Man
versus Indian.”
This hypocritical element that
traduces Dr. Wilson, Delegate
Sutherland, Representative Paul,
or any other respectable citizen
who quotes from an Alaskan
Grand Jury report, are the
ones who really injure Alaska
with the lying statement pub
lished broadcast and wire to
Washington, that “one thou
sand illiterate Indians” are run
ning the politics of Alaska and
ruining the Territory.
ur course tnis misrepresenta
tion is almost entirely for the
purpose of discrediting Dele
gate Sutherland, by trying to
create the impression that it
is only thru the Indian vote
that he retains his official posi
tion. The figures belie that
statement and the newispaper
editors and politicians generally
know that they do. But the
commercial bodies, Chambers of
Commerce and Town Councils
and other imposed on organiza
tions have not the courage to
take a stand for the truth.
Ever since Dan Sutherland
was first elected in 1920 by a
large majority the fight has
been on against him. What are
the FACTS? In the primary
of April 1922 Jim Galen, of
Cordova, was brought out as
the Invincible Warrior and af
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The BON MARCHE
LOUIS HANSON, Proprietor
This Store is offering the greatest values in Men s and
Boy s Glothing ever offered in Ketchikan.
Moreover it is cheapest for First Glass Goods.
Seeing is believing, take a look.
KETCHIKAN,
ALASKA