The United States HarshahAlbert
White=of Idaho
He rates himself as a “clever p *'•
itician.”
Let us see!
When he was on his way to Ala -
ka carrying his carpet-hay, and f< ■•!
oral commission, he arrived in Sea -
tie. There he called upon (lie lead
»"• of the Democrats, John W. Troy,
of Juneau, ami asked him what Ids.
wishes were regarding appointment
of deputies in Alaska, particular!;,
in Juneau. *
White says he is a “Republican
He has for his strong man, “Rill
(Burster, for many years a “Demo
mat for revenue only” and now un
doubtedly a Republican for the sam
reason.”
IIis deputy at Petersburg is a < •■!•.
pi n C. V. Brown, ex-policeman or’
Los Angeles. If there is a tougher
or more inconsiderate or unfair offic
er in the employ of the government
of the United States, we don’t know
where he is.
When Brown arrested David, an
Indian, for violating the game laws.
Drown would not give the fella •
time to secure his logs or donkey
TV* result was that David lost IPs
donkey, 5 0,000 feet of timber—thr
st impage which he had to pay was
$8-")., and the value of the loss $50 1
Brown told the writer that if D •
vid had not engaged a lawyer, they
would have let him off “easy.” This
lends color to the oft repeated
charge that U. S. Commissioner 0
Clausen of Petersburg gets his in
structions fro m “broken-arch”
B rown.
Brown is not only inconsiderate,
hut he has the foulest mouth of an\
man of our acquaintance—and wo
haTe known many in this northland.
He cares not that his stentorian
voice—so long as he wears his badge
- can he heard by ladies and gentle
men.
Not long ago Brown was invit<id
I i lake off his badge—following
abusive language by the “flatfoot ’
ml “we will find out if you are
re illy as brave as you sound.” But
I!rnwn was afraid to take off his
badge, whereupon the party told
him “! always thought you had a
sh eik of YELLOW down your hack
because you talk so brave and loud.
I’ul now I know you are YELLOW
a. 1 d ALL YELLOW.”
All those things would not be per
tinent nor important—though uu
d'.'MrcaMe— if it were not for the
end that United States Marshal
White lias made Flat-foot Brown his
I LIME MINISTER in the Peters
b ii'g district. “The king can do no
v. long you know—the Prime Min
idi-r did it and so I’ll lire him.”
.'■nother thing about this bad con
dition is this. Unite States Connms
s'orer, largely through the influ
ence of officer Brown, has heroins
a sort of prosecuting attorney in
sfead of judge of the court. When
\ (‘r a crime is alleged to have been
committed, “Judge” Clausen he
con es IIAWKESHAW Clausen, and
• loathes around until he gets
• nnugh evidence to convict. On
one occasion, he and Brown made
the person charged with crime fu:
nmh evidence by simulating the
walk of another person and answer
questions of all sorts without warn
ing him, all before the case could
• cme before the “Judge” Clausen
arid while he was still acting a«
“81< nth” Clausen.
Vot long ago, one of White’s de
puties had the federal school teach
er at Douglas arrested for report
ing to the deputy certain facts
v. hicli had caused her to believe
that one of that deputy’s friends
was bootlegging. This circumstance
was reported 1o Mr. White, but lie
ignored (lie improper action of li!s
deputy and hence must have ap
proved it.
And now in the Ketchikan dis
irict, White tries to dodge his re
sponsibilities as he “washes his
.hands’’ and says, “Caswell has full
charge of the Ketchikan office. lie
makes the appointments. I have
full confidence in Mr. Caswell.”
Hut White CANNOT dodge Ins
responsibilities, and the first time
that a suit against Caswell has to
he brought, Mr. White will he join
‘ d as a party to it by which circum
stance' he will know that he is tin.-.
C. S. Marshal and not Caswell.
My a system of transfers, White
got rid of his two deputies in Ketch
lean. The real reason for his dis
satisfaction was this—Caswell told
White that the Ketchikan deputies,
bed not worked hard enough for
Ids—Caswell’s election. So Caswell
is riven the Ketchikan office and his
first appointments were—one man
who was so drunk during an entire
week last April that he could not
understand important messages
that were told him—the other was
tl o appointment of a man whose
place of “business” near Seattle
bad recently been raided by the pro
hibition department. And when this
ii formation was given to Mr. AVhite
1'.' answered, “I have full confidence
in Mr. Caswell.”
Ketchikan is still a wide open
town. Raids are being made upon
manufacturers of “home brew” per
haps on the theory that it will in
terfere with the sale of “import
ed stuff.”
Put A1 White has a pull—he pulls
queer stuff When he decided to go
to Idaho and help elect the late
Senator Gooding, he “assessed” his
deputies TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS
EACH for liis “expenses,” and sent