An Independent Treasurer is Needed
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The general public does not
come into direct intercourse with
the Territorial Treasurer and
while the average voter may be
familiar with the name of Wal
stein G. Smith, he knows very
little about him or the methods
of the man who has held office
for the past seventeen years. He
was first appointed by Governor
Strong in 1913, and each suc
ceeding Governor has in turn
given him reappointment.
It has been easy tor Treasurer
Smith. All he has had to do to
retain favor has been to keep a
’istening ear to the demands of
the various governors. And he
has served them well, both Dem
ocrats and Republicans, with
the exception of Governor Riggs
and then he only broke away
from the New Yorker during the
last few weeks of his reign.
Treasurer Smith always fought
the making of his office elective.
I-Ie did not wish to he subject to
the judgment of the voters. In
fact he has always insisted that
he would never be a candidate
for elective office. He knew
from long experience that he
could serve one master at a
time. But he has shied from
having to be fair and consider
ate to all elements.
When it was a question of
placing Territorial funds where
his master would be pleased, the
appointment of clerks or incom
petents as bank examiners, the
naming of tax collectors who of
times didn’t care to exert them
selves in the proper collection
of taxes, the taking of funds to
pay expenditures for which
there was no appropriation, etc,.
Smith could be relied upon to do
the bidding of a master.
Those whose personal interests
have been well served, will tell
you that Treasurer Smith has
been a good official. If they were
candid, they might also admit
that the gentleman has been in
the position long enough. And
most Republicans know that
they have an efficient and well
balanced man to take over the
duties of the office, in Frank L.
Knight, of Anchorage. He has
studied and performed banking
requirements and has good ex
ecutive ability. And it is the lat
ter that really counts.
In many respects where
Treasurer Smith has had to rely
upon his own judgment, he has
been arbitrary, disobliging and
hard to deal with. But only the
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lew know that, for the many do
not '’ome in touch with him.
Serv ie to his masters but arro
gant to the public, is the way
the Treasurer might be desig
nate.!. Sherman Duggan, of
Ketchikan, and a former U. S.
Attorney for the Third Division,
has just issued a . bulletin, in
which he pays his respects to
Treasurer Smith, as follows:
“Fmith and Banks”
“When Mr. Rasmussen and his
assoeia'es desired to organise a
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