Published Weekly In The Interest Of The Working-Class.
No. 16
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, Oct. 3,
Vol.l
District* Attorney
nto Performances Of Corporation Candidate..
The operations of Thbs. A.
McGowan, corporation law
yer. Democratic politician
and candidate for the terri
torial senate is the subject of
inquiry on the part of the
Department of Justice at
Washington.
It has lorlg bean rumored
that McGowan has been in*
VolvUd to a greater or lesser
extent in certain' alleged sha
dy transactions that have
been pulled off in this com
munity, and these rumors
having a't length reached
Washington, It lias become
known in official and political
circles, that the district at
torney’s office here received
instructions some time ago
frond the Department to
make a thorough investiga
tion into these transactions,’
so as to determine whether
or not criminal proceedings
against McGowan would be
justified. Jt is also under
stood that some of his pals
afe involved. Particulars are
not obtainable, but it is said
jthat a detfl in connectiori
with some mining ground on'
upper Golstream or lower Pe
dro was particularly a dage'
under investigation.
The result of the"district a"!
torney’s investigations has
not been made public, bu’t
there is reasori to believe
that they contained no white
wash or exoneration for Mc
Gowan.
This may account for the
opposition to calling a grand
jury this Fall among' the
| clique of politicians and office’
; holders who are trying to
run things here,; dnd it prob
ably explains why during the
last few months they havd
been so anxioifs to get corf
trol of the district attorney’s
office, and put forth such su
perhuman effor ts to that end.
To an outsider it looked as
though it was because the
Democrats felt themselves
entitled to all the good things
the adnlin'istration had to
give, but it now appears the
real reason wa:s much deeper
and of more importance than
that. It also explains the
\Vhirlmg dervish stunts of Me
Gowan and his pals around
town every time a report
came in that Cross!ey had
been supplanted in the dis
trict attorney’s office.
That the district attorney
folidwed his instructions and
did liis duty in a, thorough
going manner was well
krlown to the gortg, and that
if he remained irf office, he
would act relentlessly on’any
'instructions he might receive
from’ Washington; was e^ual
ly well-known. It wasi a cer
tainty that he would n6* more
hesitate to put stripes on; a
crooked politician than upon
a wrong-doer in’ a less prom
inent and influential station
in life: Hence the anxiety of
McGoWan and his crowd; It
was evidently figured that if
a district attorney of their'
ctwn could be secured' there
might be a' chance to pigeon
hole and hush the matter
up. They succeeded in' hav
ing Crossley replaced; but
whether they got a man who
will do their bidding remains
t6 be seen.' It' is reported
that Mr. Roth made the
statement in’ a recent speech
on the creeks that under
his regime business would
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have more liberty; It Is hard
to say just what kind of bug*
iness he referred to, for no
j one has ever heard that le
gitimate business has ever
been interfered with by the!
district attorney’s office. Arty
way if the remark was made,
it is significant; and it would
be too bad f) send a schem
ing politician to’ McNeil’s'
Island instead ol to Juneau.
S^co'nd Hand Goods
Fcr Fal<^
i , ...
For Sale or Exchange CHEAP!
Three joo lots royal regalia,
rovv n#, scepters/eagles, etc.', some
j;what damaged. Also two divine
rights and one “by the grace of
' god and act of parliament. ’ ’
Must be soid immediately.' Re
tiring from business. Apply Ho
henzollerri, Guelph & Hapsburg,
fondon. Berlin and Vienna.
t
orrespb’ndeTU Urges Producers Td Vo fe With Party Of Their C!aS
Workers of Alaska, within
a few weeks you will again
have the privilege of easting
a ballot. "]iVhat are ybu going
to do with it? Already the
siren song of the political job
ber is in, your eai;s. The
same.old gang you have vot
ed for times (before Have
their emissaries busy through
out the territory, repairing
the old machine that has
been so faithful to capitalist
ic interests in the past,', put
ting over on the public the
same old gags with a few
new ones added to fool the
workers yet a little longer.
But have you not gained
any wisdom from past expe
rience1? You have wiiif ycfur
votes three titties 3ent James.
Wicltersham to congress:
What ha#e you gained? He,
the game as all the other old
party politicians promises!
much. Perhaps he ma$ have
tried'to fulfil some of tfiose
pfofriises/ but if the $drkers
of Alaska have gained b$ it/
I fill to see it.
t t mV i. *-• • -v-u*
I Will ask you, is your con
dition financially afiy better
than when yoU first sen|
Wickersham to Washington?
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Have you (on the average)
any "considerable . . more
money/ dny better jobs/ aliy
better homes? Are you any
the less under the rule 6f th<}
master feiass? Have ^ou any
•thittg Fdttef fit Sight f&t tfli
ffuture on account of the
franchise you have been us
ing? No! Then perhaps the
men, you have been voting
for have not had time to im
prove your condition in Alas
ka. fright, let us look be
yond the confines (if Alaska,
baejc to the states where you
and.your brothers Have been
voting for corruption for rfia
ny years and see in yvHat
ways the condition of the
workers has been improved.
You know.what has taken
r i 4 * '?
jDlacc out thejre the past ye^r
or so, you know what, the
privileged classes (mpde so
by your votes) have done to
workers there, striking for
' C£ntiniiei on last ffagc.
, We \4’'sh to caution all those in
this Division who intend to vote
the Socialist ticket at tW corning
election to be on th’S lookout for
tricks that crooked politicians
attempt to #erpetra£e on the un
suspecting voter at the polls
T#ey have done i‘t” before and
may try i‘t again
( The commonest trick is to print
ballots, an alleged Socialist ballot1
for instance, Ieavihg out one or
more oi Che regular taffies tin
that ticket and inserting othe/3
that do ndt belong' tiiere, hoping I
that sdeh' spurious Sfdlots wilf bC
t'oted instead of the genuine.
jty% V *• .■
This trick is pafticiilarly adapted
to iiidependont candidates;’
though It cduld be resorted to by
those on any regular ticket. Two
years figo, Henry Roden and Dan
Sutherla ndwefe th-j regular nom
inees for the senate on the non
'partisan ticket butfem McGowan
running for the same office, it is
re'rfortep had printed at Idita
rod',' Roden’s home, alleged non
partisan tic^etj, substituting Lis'
own name for that of Sutherland,
v/hile at Ruby, Sutherland’s
home, he did the same thing, ex-"
cepting t.iat his own name ap
Roared .n the ticket instead of
Roden’s. Lookout for this trick
as well as any new ones that
•11 m ■ , ... •>’ ,
may be sprung. Plenty of genu-'
ine Socialist ballots have been*
sent to every precinct in tile Di
vision. Sl?e that the following
names are on the ballots you vote'
and ho others:
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For Delegate, John M. Br ooks.'
For Senator, H. Ringdahl.
“A'i 'r-\ / t v 1
For Representatives,
1 Dan McJabe,
(■ .>
l A. A. Nelson.
: Charles Rogers.
I ,, . . .. . W. E. Waugh.
, Socialist Campaign Committee.