of all these millions of Alaska
fish? Nothing!—just what you
gave the Indian and white resi
dent fishermen of Alaska who
were making your fight before
you awoke.
“Shrewd and better business
men from below who gave much
time to the consideration of
Alaska politics have outwitted
and over-reached you. They
have captured all this business
—not even leaving you the small
wages of resident Indian and
white fishermen.
“Can anything be done to save
ns? Certainly! Well, what?
The answer is a practical one,
but it requires you to attend to
your duties as a citizen. (1)
Give your active support to the
efforts of your Indian and white
resident fishermen to secure
their fair share of work in the
fisheries in Southeastern Alas
ka at reasonable wages. (2)
Do your American duty as citi
zens of the United States and
enter into the political life of
your Alaska customers; go to
the polls and vote for men who
know what you need and have
the courage and the ability to
fight in the legislature until
they secure it against foreign
exploiters who now have your
former business in their hands.
(3) Elect William L. Paul, the
courageous and competent lead
er of the resident fishermen of
Southeastern Alaska, to the leg
islature, with those men who
are associated with him where
they shall unitedly work to se
cure legislation for the recovery
of your business leadership. (4)
By enacting the same law as in
in Washington, Oregon and
California, that no man who has
not been in Alaska for at least
one year shall fish in the waters
of this Territory. (5) By the
passage of such further laws as
will certainly protect the Alaska
fishermen and the Alaska busi
ness man from unfair labor and
trade conditions originating out
side of Alaska.”
possible publicity, which he is
now doing.
“Piggy” went outside and re
turned with some valuable am
munition (?) which he induced
John Rustgard to incorporate in
his brilliant platform, that is a
decided reversal of all the re
cent declarations and opinions
of the Attorney General. But
more of that anon. We now wish
to refer to an article that ap
peared in the Daily Empire on
September >' J, when John
Rustgard was first a candidate
for Attorney General. It follows:
“That is nothing new, nor is it
unique. It is only a manifesta
tion of the fawning instinct
which is a perfectly normal ex
pression of what is known as
the herding instinct in the an
imal kingdom and as molecular
adhesion in the mineral king
dom.
“The Leg'slature has author
ity, and it is its duty, to estab
lish an independent executive
machinery for the Territory.
But it has not done so. It has
authorized the Federal officials
to also act as Territorial offi
cials, and every dollar of reven
ue raised in the Territory has
been placed by the Legislature
in the lap of Federal officials
to disburse through agencies as
they may elect.
“One of the most shameless
but instructive exhibitions of
the fawning impulse was made
during the session of 1925.
Several resolutions were then
introduced complimenting the
President of the United States
upon the wisdom he had dis
played in selecting the pre
sent governor for the office of
Chief Executive of the Terri
tory. The Legislature divided
approximately fifty-fifty on the
subject. The exhibition of the
proponents of those resolutions
at that time of abject servility
for avowedly unholy ends was
nauseating. They insisted upon
just smearing themselves over
the Governor, and the only fault
I find with the latter in con
nection with matter is that he
did not then and there boot the
slimy things.”
John Rustgard’s “brochure,”
published after his great speech
at Anchorage, is even more
“thoroughly illuminative of the
field it is designed to cover,”
than was his public address.
And for a time it was believed
by the general public that John
at least was honest and sincere
:n his expressions that great
night in September, 1927.
But reading John’s present
views one is inclined to think
that his talk of more than two
years ago, but since frequently
repeated, was mere froth of a
bombastic politician who has no
real convictions. Those wno get
to know John do no take him
seriously, and possib'y before
April 29, 1930, the voters of the
Territory will realize ’hat he
lias been putting things over o 1
a good many of us for ’he pasc
ten years.
A SLACKER
Mrs. Hoyle..: “If all men were
like my husband, there wouldn’t
be any labor trouble.”
Mrs. Doyle: “What’s the mat
ter—doesn’t he work”?
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