THE ALASKA FISHERMAN
Published the 15th of each month at Ketchikan, Alaska
WILLIAM L. PAUL, ATTORNEY FOR THE
ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD
Entered as second - class matter at the Post Office at
KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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OUR PLATFORM:
ALASKA FOR ALASKANS.
FULL TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
ABOLISHMENT OF ALL TRAPS.
COMPETENT CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
“ALAKSA—A WHITE MAN’S
COUNTRY”
Thus begins an editorial of the Fair
banks Daily News-Miner during the reign
of Henry Morton as its editor. It is the
usual type of editorials seeking to en
gender race hatred.
It is well to know at this point who
Harry Morton is. His real name' is not
Harry Morton, but was changed by him
self because he was and is still ashamed
of his Jewish ancestry which his real
name betrays—betrays, ves, betrays.
Marry fcsneenev, or whatever his real
name is, savs that Indian voting began
at Sitka. Tie sneaks with authority on
this because at the time. 1020, he was the
superintendent of the Pioneers Home at
Sitka. He left this home under a cloud
and escaped charges thru the aid of Gov
ernor Thomas Biggs who acted to save
the reputation of a man honored by the
Democratic partv. Put Harry Gohan did
not get out quite so clean as all that: he
parted with beautiful watch which was
given to him by the Canadian Pacific
Pail road Comnanv as a reward for Harrv
Copin ski’s Cif that is his secret but real
name') work in the investigation of the
wreck of the Princess Sophia. A man
named Smith, pawnbroker and money
lender of Sitka, got the watch.
We are glad to see the said Harrv Sh
or morton as he prefers to be called. use
so manv phrases from the Holv Bible
“One man sold his birthright for a mes
of pottage, etc.” and “sav what von will
in the words of Mr, Marquam, this is ;
white man’s country now, and the white
people should and must run it.”
The burden of this editorial seems to
be that the natives of Sitka are electing
their own candidates to municipal office
and are taking an unfair advantage by
reason of their greater vote.
Let Us Be Reasonable
Reasonable and sensible persons, now
unmoved by the desire of political victory,
can see that the appeal to the race issue
is wrong.
The fisherman and laboring man now
realize that the Natives of Alaska are
also merely fishermen and laborers and
that their interests are one and the same.
Whether Alaska can be governed best
by those white men who have been in
power or by others of any other race is
questionable. The population under' their
government has steadily dwindled. The
white people in large numbers are con
stantly going back to the States. The
only portion of the people who remain
is th eNative stock. The resourses of Al
aska are declining. It is getting harder
for men to make a decent living. All of
this under the government of carpet bag
gers and the Harry Cohan type of “wdrite
menT
I ho situation is critical. It seems to
ns that anybody on earth can govern Al
aska with better results, even Indians.
Tf the good people of Alaska cannot pro
duce intelligent and patriotic white men
to save Alaska from being Hooverized for
the people of Seattle and San Francisco,
then men must be drafted from any rank
and given a chance.
Sitka did just that thing, and today
Sitka enjoys the best government she has
ever had. The city is clean,; tax rate low,
roads improved, cement sidwalks built, a
new school house just completed, mer
chants prosperous, and business going
ahead. Sitka today has a better record
than Juneau or Ketchikan where the ex
perts (self-styled) of government live.
Sitka As Viewed From Fairbanks
“ Today Sitka has a city council con
trolled by the Indians. It has a half
breed Mayor, an Indian Chief of Police,