manent population, with a
greater degree of prosperity.
Again reverting to the pri
mary returns. Does it not seem
a little presumptuous on the
part of Editor Troy to attempt
to advise the Indians how! they
cannot become “competent Chris
tian citizens,” while at the
same time he falsifies the
FACTS with reference to the
early returns. He would give
his readers to believe that the
“tremendous” vote received by
Judge LeFevre and Mrs. Gray
in Juneau and the Channel
precincts were only overcome
when the Indian precincts re
ported. As a matter of fact
from the returns first publish
ed on Wednesday night Steel
for Senator and Paul for Rep
resentative were both in the
lead, without counting any
[ndian precinct, and have so
continued. The same is true,
of Delegate Sutherland, to an
even greater extent. And yet
every night the wail has gone
up that the Indian voters legally
exercising their rights of cit
izenship, are thwarting the will
of the intelligent^?) Troy
dupes.
Here is a list or the white
precincts so far reporting their
votes: Juneau, Douglas, Tread
well, Thane, Salmon Creek,
Mendenhall, Jualpa, Skagway,
Haines, Petersburg, Wrangell,
Craig, Ketchikan, Charcoal
Point and Reville, and they
had practically all reported by
Wednesday. And to the candi
dates whom the Organs here
are so much concerned about
these white votes were distri
buted as follows: Aldrich 431;
McCain 156; Sutherland 918;
LeFevre 660; Steel 675; Mrs.
Gray 698, Paul 805. There
may have been a few Indian
votes cast in some of these
precincts. Judge LeFevre re
ceived 14 in the third Juneau
precinct.
From these Figures is there
any justification for the rav
ings of Troy that Paul “with
his thousand votes nominated
h i s personally hand-picked
ticket,” and that he “nominat
ed it alone and single-handed.’
And because a majority of the
white voters prefer Sutherland,
Steel, Paul, Ferguson, Worth
and Benjamin as their candi
dates, does that warrant the
untruthful Troy in publishing
that “The white people of the
First division must unite. The
welfare of the Territory, its
homes and schools and its
civilization are the stakes.’’
And then Stroller prattles on
and declares that Judge Le
Fevre and Mrs. Gray were
“sacrificed on the altar of auto
cratic dictation, crucified on the
cross of Indian illiteracy.”
Think of the hypocrisy of
these editors who are fooling
the people of Juneau. They
themselves aforementioned ed
itors, w'ere pledged to vote for
Marquam for Delegate and the
full Independent Legislative
ticket. Had Mrs. Gray and
Judge LeFevre been nominated
in the primary then which can
didates would Troy and White
crucify in November? It is
unthinkable that hundreds of
intelligent, and most of them
fair-minded, citizens of Juneau,
can allow themselves to be mis
lead by the tools of corpora
tions who only seek their own
financial aggrandizement, to the
detriment of the whole com
munity. Their followers seem
to like to allow themselves to
be lead like sheep to the
slaughter. But their good, com
mon sense will come to their
rescue some day.
In ot only does tne local
Organ deliberately deceive the
voters of Juneau in many ways
but its pernicious deception is
carried to every section of the
Territory. As the representa
tive here of the Associated Press
the Empire wires important news
The day after the primary these
papers, under a Juneau date
line of April 28 stated: “Pro
bably representing 60 per cent
of the total for 51 precincts,
show the vote for Delegate as
follows: Aldrich 401; McGain
171; Sutherland 785. For Sen
ator, LeFevre 582; Steel 486.
On that same date the Empire
gave the returns from 21 pre
cincts as follows: Aldrich 443;
McCain 198; Sutherland 1,276.
For Senator, LeFevre 675; Steel
898. So we find a marked pre
judice against Sutherland and
Steel in the untruthful reports
sent out from “30” precincts,
when returns had only been
received from 21 precincts. Of
course figures don’t lie—with
honest people. Is it any wond
er that the editors of the Em
pire are in disrepute with the
people who knows of their
tricks.
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