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THE NOMETRI-WEEKLY NUGGET, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 15, 1919
THE WHY OF THE BICKERING.
In n recent contribution to tho Ketchikan Chronicle in which he
strongly deplores the obvious lack of knowledge concerning Alaska dis
played by our lawmakers Kick in Washington, tjovernor Riggs intimates the 1
\ iow that the constant inclination of Alaskans to i|uarrel among themselves is
one of the reasons why congress anil the various executive departments fre
ouently fail to incline a sympathetic ear to the legislative needs of the territory.
"To a certain extent,” he says, ”1 am afraid we have disgusted Wash
ington. We can never get a sympathetic ear until we cease burdening congress
and the executive departments with all our personal squabbles. It is too
much to expect that we shall cease. squabbling among ourselves, but for
Heaven’s sake let us keep Jour fights in Alaska instead of complaining to
teacher every time Jimmy sticks his tongue out at Johnny. A high official
onoe told me: *f never pay attention any more t« complaints fn*m Alaska
against official* Were I so to do I would not have time for other business.' "
The honorable governor might have added with truth that tho tendency
to political bickcding and fighting to which he refers is primarily attributable
to the presence and efforts of a deplorable and utterly coneionccle.ss ring of
political scoundrels who seek to dominate the political offices of th' territory
and nine tenths of the “squabbling” to tlieit* attempts to oust tK.se who are
not in accord with their views and intentions.
I'ntil the coming o* party irolitics and the rv.;i. mt development of
the Democratic machine rin r the only Alaskans “sq • that disturbed
Washington was due to popular opposition to the so called "carpet baggers”_
the foreign appointed and alien officials sent by the federal government to
administrate Alaskan affairs, without sympathy with or understanding of either
the territory or its people. The demand in that distant day was for the
appointment of Alaskan’s to look after the conduct of Alaskan affairs—in
other words, to be governed by their own people instead of foreigners. They
objected with Justice to being governed by political rag-tag* and bob-tails whose
only interest in the territory was confined to drawing a fat salary for doing
very little. There were men aplenty in Alaska far more capable and well
qualified than the average specimen of political rifrnff the government sen:
and tho people of the territory could hardly he blamed for feeling that they
and not outsiders should he delegated to administrate Alaskan affairs ff
this opposition disgusted Washington, then Washington had no one but itself
to blame.
In the present day, however, the quarreling proclivities are confined
almost entirely to the politicians and particularly the Democrats. There Is
still some slight display of opposition to the outside federal appointees on tho
part of the general public but it may be Rtfely said that ninety percent of
the political squabbling which reaches Washington is due solely to the
machinations of the Democratic machine clement incident to their efforts to
control the offices and provide jobs for their henchmen.
The efforts and alms of the gangsters in this direction have disgusted
the people of the territory no less than the Washington officials. In their
attempts to discredit and oust office holders who are not in sympathy, the
machine element has descended to the uttermost depths of infamy and degrada
tion. Any office holder who fails to get In line with the gang is made the
object of malicious and reprehensible attacks back in Washington. Tho
uapital officials are deluged with tales of alleged detections of those whose
political scalp and office is desired by the ringster’s. In many Instances the
charges contained arc too disgusting to bo related in print and are lying and
deliberately misrepresentative in ninety nine cases out of every hundred
S*me of the communications sent to Washington with the Intent of discredit
*ng anti-machine officials are so infamously vile as to bring a blush Of shame
to the cheek of the reader. Several such documents which we have personal
ly seen contain allegations so disgustingly low as to seem the figments of a
diseased imagination rather than recitals of a sane mind.
Having been compelled to listen to such tilings for years, the general
uin of Washington officials are dohbtlosu right well disgusted with Alaskans.
seeing a few samples of the work of the iniquitous element in our body
l*)Itic we cannot blame them for conceiving the view expressed by one well
known Washington official that if ho did not j>ersonally know that many
Alaskans are us fine men as may be found anywhere in the world, he would
be inclined to think that the territory was populated principally by horsethieves.
But. as remarked before, responslblity for these deplorable manifesta
tions rests at the doors of the political •mashbueklors who have disgraced
the country with their presence since party politics were established. The
Uilk of the Alaska population is not in sympathy with such methods and
shares in no degree in the malodorous quarrels which have nauseated Wash
ington officialdom. A majority of Alaskans Would 1>e right glad to get rid,
of the whole nauseating bunch of political squabbler’s If they could. Like
tbo Washington officials, they too have become thoroughly disgusted with the
Weltering and backbiting, the lying and rascality, of the politicians and would
also bo glad to be relieved of the stigma of countenancing their despicable
practices.
The governor is probably right in his deduction that the shameless
squabbling works to the detriment of Alaska in legislative matters. Judging
Alaskans largely by the deplorable quarreling and slandering propensities
of the politicians, they could hardly be blamed for letting their disgust over
came any desire they might possess toward attending to our legislative needs.
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