munity of fishermen- The total
vote was 44 in the last pri
mary election. Of this number
Sutherland got 43. How would
you explain this fact except on
this premise, that FISHER
MEN ARE VOTING FOR
THE SAME MAN. If the
Indian vote solidly, that you
say is illiteracy. But please
explain the Myers Chuck vote?
Or take the vote of Scow
Bay. Of the 24 voters there,
not one was an Indian, and
EVERYONE voted for Suth
erland and Paul. Or perhaps
you can show why the fisher
men of Scow Bay and Myers
Chuck are of the “destroyers”
of Alaska while those of Fan
shaw with their solid 5 anti
Sutherland voters are “develop
“Shall Alaska have for its
Delegate to Congress a man of
ability, * * *, anxious to main
tain its good name, to develop
its resources, etc.”
Will you dare print the real
story of Tom Marquam? or
compare his private life with
Sutherland’s, and then ask the
decent mothers of Alaska to
vote for your candidate?
Facts of Past Elections
The vote for delegate in 1922
was as follows;
PHmary election Galen, 2,158;
Sutherland 5,354;
General election White 1,733;
Sutherland 6,125.
Vote for delegate in 1924 was
as follows;
Primary election Sutherland,
only person who filed, and got
4,717 votes.
Democrat Boyle nominated by
democrats with 813 votes.
General election, Boyle 3,556;
Sutherland 6,769. Our enemies
say that there are “one thou
sand Indians who vote as Mr.
Paul dictates” The fact is
that the Indian vote is only
800. But we will say, just to
make your argument stronger,
that there are 1000. Let us
presume that they had all vot
ed for Sutherland. Then in
1922 if these had not voted
Galen’s vote would have been
2,158 as against Sutherland’s
4,354. Or if all the Indians
had voted for Galen, Galen’s
vote would have been 3,158 and
Sutherland’s 4,354.
In the general election of
1922 without any Indian votes,
the votes would have been
White 1,733; Sutherland 5,125;
or if they had all voted for
White, the vote would have
been, White 2,733; Sutherland
5,125.
In 1924, the comparative vote
after deducting 1000 from Suth
eiland, the vote would have
been Boyle 3,556; Sutherland
5,769. Or after adding 1000 to
Boyle, the comparison is Boyle
4,556; Sutherland 5,769.
These figures are all on the
presumption that all Indian
voters are illiterate and all
voted for Sutherland. As to
the matter of illiteracy, the
federal census shows that there
are over 2,500 Indians in the
First Division who can read
and write. The Superintend
ent of the Chemawa Indian
School, Oregon has stated that
over 2,000 Native Alaskans have
passed thru that school. The
Sheldon Jackson school at Sitka
has passed hundreds more.
The Bureau of Education main
tains 17 schools in this Divi
sion. Many Natives have at
tended the public schools
If you really are as candid
or honest as you would lead
your readers to suppose, you
will have to explain these facts
that I am presenting.
As for mass voting. I will
say that at least 90'; of the
Natives of Alaska are voting
for Sutherland, because he rep
resents their idea about fishery
legislation. The Natives of
Alaska are opposed to fish
traps and are standing with
Sutherland because of that is
sue exactly as the people of
Myers Chuck, Scow Bay, Craig
and Wrangell (white commun
ities) are doing and for the
same reason.
Our Challenge
Our challege to the friends
of Marquam, to Marquam him
self, is simply this;—state in
plain language what you will
do with certain laws now un
der discussion, to-wit;
Would you repeal the Pri
mary Election Laws of Alaska?
Would you repeal our pro
hibition laws directly as Mar
quam advocated last year?
Would you amend the work
men’s compensation laws, and
if so, what do you advocate?
Would you support a bill to
exclude foreign fishermen from
Alaskan waters as effectively
as our fishermen are excluded
from the waters of Oregon,
Washington and California and
by those states?
Would you abolish hsh traps?
Would you support another
large appropriation for fish
hatcheries in view of the fail
ure of the federal hatcheries
at Afognak and Yes Bay and
the private hatchery at Loring,
and the absolute failure of ter
ritorial hatcheries to bring
back commercial fish, altho the
management of hatcheries has
been in the hands of its friends
for seven years?
Would you decrease the tax
on salmon and thus increase
the tax on our resident mer
chants and business men?
If you were the Mayor of
Ketchikan and had control of
its police, would you tolerate
th 20 or more houses of pros
titution on the creek right in
the middle of town, each house
containing from three to five
women, all carrying on a bus
iness in plain violation of Law?
Let us have some plain an
swers to these plain questions.
I am presuming that you are
yourself a patriotic citizen,
supporting the Constitution of
the United States, that you be
lieve that all laws should be
enforced, and that you have no
motive for defending the viola
tion of law.
WILLIAM L. PAUL.
Expert on Repairing
PHONOGRAPHS
OUTSIDE TRADE SOLICIT
ED. LA FONTAINE
Ketchikan, - - Alaska
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