thirds of the cost of that church
will be surprised and displeas
ed to learn this fact.
“He denounced the govern
ment of the United States as
a thief for robbing the natives
of their trapping grounds etc.”
There is no foundation for
such a statement. I have never
regarded the lands of Alaska
as having been taken away
from the Natives. Of all the
lawyers in Alaska, I am the
only one who has held that
the Natives of Alaska have
never been wards.
What I did say was that
“The Indians are either wards
or they are citizens. If wards,
then they have always been un
der a disability as any ward
and hence there has never been
a legal sale of lands and ac
cordingly, they are still the
legal owners of their hunting
and fishing grounds, which must
be restored unless we concede
that they are citizens. If they
are not wards and entitled to
this protection from the fed
eral government, then they are
citizens and entitled to the
same rights as any other citizen
which includes the right to go
to the public schools for which
they are taxed.”
i asK every tair minded per
son to take exception if they
can do this position.
At this point, I attacked Mrs.
George Peterson for opposing
the admission of Henry Sing,
the grandson of Peter Simpson
who graduated from the Sitka
Training School about 1892, an
expert boat builder and former
manager of the Sitka sawmill;
Henry Sing, whose father and
mother were themselves pro
ducts of the Sitka Public
School from which Mrs. Peter
son would now exclude the
young child.
I referred to George Peter
son as the forest ranger who
travels around at government
expense buying furs. This is
true.
The reference to my speech
and the I. W. W. trouble in
Centralia was obviously made
to incite anger, the very thing
of which I am now accused.
I do nothing secretly or “Sur
reptitiously” nor do I preach
sabbotage, nor am I a com
munist or even a socialist.
I do not advocate “close as
sociation” or “close association
of their (white) children, with
people of unclean and filthy
personal habits” or “mixing
healthy children with diseased
children.”
My Challenge
The last portion of the ar
ticle is so much special plead
ing that I cannot answer it.
But I am willing to do this,
I will meet your Eiler Hanson
in public debate at Sitka on the
question of patriotism, the
Literacy question, and its re
lation to the Declaration of
Independence, at any time suit
able to Mr. Hanson. I am wil
ling to be judged by the
public.
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