to hurt him. This lead Rust
gard to make a serious polit
ical mistake later on when he
appeared on the floor of the
House and fought the bill to
tax non-resident fishermen in
troduced by Paul. At least
that was the motive with which
people charged ' Mr. Rustgard
was moved. Up to that time,
it was supposed that Mr. Rust
gard was a supporter of that
kind of an act. J .R. Heckman,
who was also fighting the non
resident fishermen’s tax bill,
was seen in frequent conference
with Rustgard after this. This
fight against the non-resident
fishermen’s tax bill which Rust
gard made however will unfor
tunately rise up to haunt him
for Mr. Rustgard has long been
favorably known as a friend of
the poor resident fisherman.
i nese tishermen will always
wonder why Rustgard fought
a bill which ought to protect
them by keeping out non-res
ident fishermen on the same
principle that the states of
Washington and Oregon do.
We have wondered what Mr.
Rustgard’s real reason was, but
without entire satisfaction.
Perhaps he will tell some day.
House Bill No. 26
This was a deficiency appro
priation bill for schools, pro
posed by the Ways and Means
Committee. It passed unan
imously.
House Bill No. 27
This act introduced by J. J.
Elliott of Nome was for an act
to punish larceny of fixtures
or parts of realty. While it
passed the House, it was lost
in the Senate by a tie vote.
, House Bill No. 28
The Territorial Publicity Board
This bill was introduced by
Ben Grier and was in every
sense of the word a political
junket bill. Its real purpose
was in section three, “that no
employee of the board shall
receive a salary in EXCESS
of the sum of FIVE THOU
SAND dollars.” In the vote
in the committee which con
sidered the bill, ,Harry Watson
and Ben Grier were the only
two men who favored the bill.
The other members were too
familiar with the last “pub
licity board” passed by the
legislature when Stroller White
was the publicity agent at
$5,000 per. Upon the second
reading of the bill, Ben Grier
had no troble. in getting unan
imous consent to withdraw the
bill.
House Bill No. 32
This bill, fathered by Ben
Grier, should properly be nam
ed, “An act for the relief of
United States Commissioners”
for it provided that every per
son who handled a fox skin
should first pay the Commis
sioner a fee of from one to
five dollars. It was a bad act
in every respect, so much so
that its father asked for and
obtained UNANIMOUS con
sent to withdraw it upon its
next appearance on the floor of
the House at its second read
ing.
ELECTION ST A TISTICS
NOVEMBER . 1924,
FIRST DIVISION
ALASKA
The total vote cast was 4931.
Of that number about 900
were cast by Indians.
The scrutiny of the Canvas
sing Board showed that of the
total vote cast in the First
Division but 93 signed the
registration book “by mark;’’
indicating that the voters did
not write.
The Board made the exami
nation at the request of Geo. B.
Grigsby and S. Hellenthal,
counsel for J J. Conners and
other candidates.
These ‘'illiterate votes were
cast in nine out of 50 pre
cincts in the First Division,
and five of these precincts are
not recognized as Indian pre-,
cincts, viz: Wrangell, Skagway,
Haines, Revilla and Craig.
Three were: Klawock, Chilkat,
Hydaburg, designated as Ind
ian, with Killisnoo having about
equal number of whites and
Indians.
Six precincts that are regar
ded as practically “Indian,”
v/ith the votes polled in Nov
ember, 1924, and in which
EVERY VOTER signed the
registery list in his own name,
recorded the following vote:
Hoonah 107; Kake 108; Metlak
atla 57; Yakutat 50; Kasaan
46; Angoon 39. Not one “by
mark.”
The 93 “by mark” votes were
cast in the following precincts,
wttn the full vote recorded:
Klawock 38—126; Wrangell
11—312; Hydaburg 9—68;
Haines 9—90; Chilkat 8—36;
Skagway 7—193; Killisnoo 6— -
29; Revilla 3—45; Craig 2—70.
The total votes in these pre
cincts were the number cast
for Delegate.
Votes cast in the
First Division . 4,931
Second Division . 787
Third Division . 3,035
Fourth Division . 2,038
Total 10,791
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