THE SIMON GIRTY
OF ALASKA
By Johnny Walker Troy
TJhe Ketchikan Chronicle very
aptly charcterizes Mr. Sutherland
as representative of the Indians
of Southeastern Alaska in Congress
It points out that Mr. Sutherland
is at the mercy of William L.
Paul, the Indian chief, and knows
it. Mr. Sutherland owes his political
life to Mr. Paul. He could not
be nominated for Delegate to Con
gress if Mr. Paul would say nay.
Mr. Sutherland knows that. He
would not have a ghost of a chance
in the general election without the
votes of the solid Indian bloc
The effect ol this situation is
to make Mr. Sutherland the tool
of Mr. Paul. When Paul tells Mr.
Sutherland to invite an invasion
of Alaska by the Indians of British
Columbia for governing purposes by
offering them full American citizen
ship, by offering them the oppor
tunity to come over to Alaska and
participate in governing the white
men, to help make Alaska an Indian
reservation governed by Indians,
Mr. Sutherland must introduce
the bill. He dares not offend his
Indian boss who has set out to
control Alaska by the use of Indian
ballots cast under the dictation of
the boss.
Mr. Sutherland is the Simon Girty
of Alaska. He is a renegade. The
only difference is that jhe uses the
more refined and more effective
Indian ballots instead of the crude
tomahawks and scalping knives of
a century and a half ago.—Juneau
Empire.
Circle, Alaska, June 22, 1926.
‘‘Editor, “Alaskan Fisherman,”
“Ketchikan, Alaska.
“Dear Sir:
“Last April, while residing in
Southeastern Alaska, I read an
article in a Seattle weekly paper,
which stated that Marquam would
easily carry the Fourth Division
against Sutherland in the Novem
ber elections. As I have lived in
the Fourth Division many years I
was surprised to hear that Suther
lands supporters apparently were
deserting him up here. I returned
on the first boat after the opening
of navigation and made a point of
ffeling out the general political
feeling enroute.
“After three weeks of quiet look
ing around, and taking into consid
eration Marquams stronghold, Fair
banks, I do not believe Marquam
will carry over thirty per cent of
the votes cast in the Fourth Divi
sion. Sutherland will not poll as
large a vote in the Fourth as
usually he does for the simple rea
son that both Marquam and Suther
land are Fourth Division men, Mar
quam’s popularity is confined al
most entirely to Fairbanks so far
as the Fourth Division is concerned
And the fact that Sutherland has
a host of supporters there also
should not be overlooked. In the
mining camps Sutherland will w'alk
away from Marquam without dif
ficulty.
ine same article mentioned that
undoubtedly the Second Division
would also defeat Sutherland, that
I presume was added as a joke.
Anyway the remark caused more
than one laugh.
‘‘Lest this may be construed to
be a view of a prejudiced support
er of Sutherland, let me add that
I have twice voted against Suther
land in favor of the Democratic
candidate, having never voted
anything but a straight Democratic
ticket. But I do not think Suther
land’s supporters down in South
eastern Alaska should take too
seriously some of the articles writ
ten down there and in Seattle about
how the Fourth Division is going
to forget Sutherland this fall.
Yours truly,
William N. Growdcn.
CANNERY MAN DIES
Louis Schott, one of the best
known and oldest cannery men
in Alaska, died on the 19th of
^ ~-s ■
July at Wrangell, He passed away
quitely from some heart affection
at the end of a busy and happy
day. Mrs. Schott was with him at
the time of his death and accom
panied his remains to Marysville,
California for burial. Mr. Schott
is also survived by a daughter.
For the past forty years Mr.
Schott has been in the employ of
the Alasker Packers Association,
coming first to Wrangell in the
early days of the canning indus
try, and later having charge of
A. P. A. canneries in the Bristol
Bay district. For the last few years
he has been superintendent of the
Wrangell cannery again, coming
north in the spring to active duty
and spending the winters in Marys
ville, California. Mr. Schott was
68 years old at the time of his
death.
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