BE HONEST ABOUT CHARGES
AN OPEN LETTER TO
EDITOR E. S. JESSEN
OF SEWARD GATEWAY
Dear Sir;
I am forced to notice your
editorial of August 13th be
cause of the personal attack
which you have made upon me.
I dm of course the butt of
similar attacks by Troy and
Morrissey, but since I know
these men personally and know
that in their private lives they
continually violate the Con
stitution of the United States
and use their entire influence
to support the lawless for pol
itical reasons, I can understand
the malice that actuates them.
But in your case, it is quite
different.
You and I are unacquainted.
We have never met ore xchang
ed a single word. You know
nothing of what I am trying
to do except from personal and
political enemies. You do not
know anything about the condi
tions which I have tried to
correct. You know absolutely
nothing about the ALASKA
NATIVE BROTHERHOOD,
the organization which you
malign. And for you to take
a public position about me or
that organization, all in the
interest of truth, as you pro
claim, is amazing.
I am not quarrelling with
you about supporting Tom
Marquam. “Every man for his
own country” according to the
old saying. What I would like
to learn however is the facts
on which you proclaim editori
ally that I, or any other officer
of the Alaska Native Brother
hood, am unscrupulous, or that
l would destroy any industry
in Alaska, or that I have herd
ed Indian votes, or that we
have taken over the city of
Sitka and are threatening to
take over other towns
I believe that you have been
badly misled, and beg to ask
your candid answer to a num
ber of questions.
In presenting your views of
“issues,” you have a duty to
be candid, honest and straight
forward.
First Issue by the Gateway
“Shall Alaska be represented
in Congress, by a man who
PURPOSELY retards the ter
ritory’s development.”
I have read your several pol
itical editorials, and NO
WHERE do you state a single
fact or reason on which the
above statement has been sus
tained. You understand that
your mere statement is not
proof, and unless you can pre
sent facts on which the fore
going statement can be justi
fied, you must withdraw the
statement.
The situation as to your first
issue is simply this, EITHER
PRESENT FACTS AND REA
SONS which will show that
Sutherland has PURPOSELY
retarded the territory’s develop
ment, or you convict yourself
of slender and insincerity.
Gateway's Second Issue
Sutherland “has aligned him
self with the forces of destruc
tion in the territory.”
In a court of justice, we
would move for a “bill of
particulars.” You would then
be compelled to show and name
the “forces of destruction” and
of what the “destruction” con
sisted.
Will you decline or evade
the issue? Name the “forces
of destruction” and tell your
readers of what the “destruc
tion consists,” or confess that
your statements are not sup
ported by facts.
Gateway’s Third Issue
Sutherland “believes in gang
voting by illiterates, herded by
Indian bosses.”
On this issue, you must show
that illiterates are voting and
must explain the official can
vass of the last canvassing
board wherein the said board
states that out of almost 5,000
votes in the First Division,
only 93 voted by marked or
with the assistance of the elec
tion judges.
You must show that illiter
ates are “herded by Indian
bosses.” The fact that Indians
vote one way, does not explain
or sustain your charge. For
example, the town of Myers
Chuck is a strictly white com
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