when a man makes his declaration
and. says under oath that he re
nounces allegiance to Edward VII,
King of Great Britain and Ire
land “Of whom I am now a sub
ject”—to use your own language—
the law presumes that you know
that you are not a citizen, that
thereafter you cannot claim the
benefit of the special law. And
can you deny the force of your
own words?
You give your whole case away
when- you say, “Unfortunately I
have never been able to find the
record of roy father’s papers, al
though morally certain that he had
been naturalized. I have made a
search of the records in Boston
where I supposed he had taken
out his papers, but without success”
One thing is certain, you were
enough in doubt about your citizen
ship so that you made a search
for the record. Diu you continue
to “erroneously” believe yourself
a citizen when you failed to find
any record of your father’s natur
alization? and could you continue
to act in GOOD faith? and since
you could not find any such evi
dence did you then cease to be
lieve that you were indeed a
citizen?
Poor Judge Gunnison!!! Many
charges have been laid at his
door since his death, and must you
now add that he wTas also guilty
of advising you, he, the Judge of the
United States Court, on a subject
which must later on come before
him for adjudication? for you had
already taken the first step required
by law, towit, you had made your
formal declaration of intention to
renounce your allegiance to King
Edward VII of whom you were
a subject. Ur is it your general
practice to go before judges of
United States courts and secure
or procure opinions in advance on
subjects which are of special
concern to you? Let the dead rest
in peace! And let us not dishonor
Judge Gunnison or for that matter
any Judge by even suggesting that
he would give you an advance
opinion on a subject which must
later come before his court.
Now as to my citizenship. I am
in the same position as the son
of an Ambassador of the United
States* being jboiin abroad of
citizens of the United States, I am
a citizen by birth. My father was
a native-born Alaskan. Jn 1885 he
and mother were serving as lay
missionaries of the Prsbyterian
Church at Fort Tongas9, .Alaska.
When it came time for me to be
born, he took mother to the only
hospital in this region, namely,
the Hudson Bay hospital at Port
Simpson, British \ Columbia. He
brought us back within two weeks
and we never returned.
Now as to that implied challenge
of jours to compare your record
as a citizen with mine. Unknow
ingly to you perhaps, the compari
son is being made constantly by
•the public. You are making your
record every day and on every
occasion. This is a case where
“actions speak louder than words.”
If we were to debate such a topic
as our records the crowd in Juneau,
would undoubtedly give you the
verdict, for the people of Juneau
who despise your principles are not
of the noise making class, whereas
the following of the unprincipled
John W. Troy and the baser John
Peques, slanderer of decent men
and violators of the Constitution
of the United States which they
pretend to obey, would delight in
holding you up as the prototype
of citizens, a little lower than
George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln perhaps. Whereas a debate
held in the fishing camp or Indian
village would be held equally un
satisfactory to your friends
We will let the record stand
as made. You will continue to
opposed laws introduced to better
conditona of the laboring men
because you work for a fee and
your bosses wish you to oppose
such laws, a good illustration being
your opposition to any improve
ment of the Workmen’s Compen
sation Act, one of the three worsit
acts in the United States, when
Charles W. Bown, of Nome, beaten
in his major efforts to improve
the law, finally tasked that at
least the clause requiring notice
of claim be in the hands of the
employer within 120 days after
the accident, be repealed, I
showed that in one case where
you were the attorney for the
company and for the estate, the
notice of death was not sent to
the mother living in Montenegro
until 90 days after the accident,
making it physically impossible for
the mother to comply with the
120 day clause.
Let our deeds and actions carry
on the debate and the comparison,
however favorable you may think
it to be to you, will be made by
citizens generally.
Yours very truly,
William L. Paul.
JANUARY EXPORTS
Alaskan products shipped to the
States in January had a value of
$1,833,442, according to the month
ly statement of J. C. McBride, U.
S. Collector of Customs forAlaska.
The value of the p/ro ducts was
$550,137 more than that of ship
ments made for the same month
the year previous.
Animals, .. $ 8,650
Curios . 1,179
Fish, fresh and frozen,
(except shell-fish) :
Halibut . 215,484
Salmon, . 50,292
All other, . 7,830
Canned, (except shellfish:
Salmon, . 41,909
Cured or preserved, (ex
cept shell-fish):
Cod, . 552
Herring, .. 168,004
Salmon, . 2,653
Shell-fish:
Clams^ . 1,290
Crabs, .. 300
Shimps, . 7,120
Other fish products:
Meal, . 1,879
Oil, . 780
Fur and Fur skins:
Silver or black fox, . 7,600
Seal skins, . 600
All other, . 129,064
Ore, matte and regulus:
Copper, . 1,075,958
Lead, . 9,482
Reindeer meat, . 695
Trophies, specimen, etc., . 150
*A11 other articles, .40,316
Total value of products, $1,771,787
Products of U. S. returned, 58,565
Total value foreign products 3,090.
Total value of shipments
of merchandise, . $1,833,442
*Items included in “all
other articles:”
17 mfd. furs .$ 1,635
24 hairseal skins, .. 50
471 oz. palladium, . 38,631
Total, . $40,316
Man is made of dust; along
comes a girl with the hose, and
his name is mud.— Whiz Bang
Annual.
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