THE STROLLER
“Sutherland resented the fact
that numerous Federal officials
of Alaska, notably Judges Reed
and Ritchie, United States At
torney Shoup and others were
loyal to the Coolidge admin
istration and declined to join
with him, Sutherland, in op
posing it.”—Strollers Weekly.
The Senate Judiciary Com
mittee went over these matters
very thoroly and adopted Suth
erland’s view because based on
absolute facts some furnished
by the officials themselves.
Judge Kitchie was turned
down because of his attitude
toward the /Constitution of the
United States wherein he said
that he did not regard it as a
crime for anyone to violate the
18th amendment. The second
reason was his appointment of
Frank Foster to be district at
torney. On examination he ad
mitted that Foster had been
guilty of acts that totally un
fitted him for that office, not
ably the incident of the Val
dez Hotel this with a woman
of Ritchie’s own official family.
If the committee were looking
for additional reasons, they
would find it in Ritchie’s re
cent appointment of former
Senator Chamberlain to the
post of U. S. Commissioner at
McCarthy. Chamberlain is, on
account of his personal habits,
for his violation of the 18th
amendment to the Constitu
tion, totally unfit to hold any
public office.
As tor Judge Keed and Dis
trict Attorney Arthur Shoup,
they went down on their own
records, first because they had
conspired to set aside a law
of Alaska when they joined in
trying to make George Sexton
the Republican National Com
mitteeman in place of the one
duly and regularly elected.
The committee simply said
that law enforcement officers
could not aid in setting aside
laws. Their attempt to place
the blame on Governor Scott
C. Bone did not succeed with
the committee. The second
charge that they could not
avoid was their part in the ap
pointment of Edward G. Mor
rissey to be United States
Commissioner at Ketchikan.
The third charge which was
proven and for which these of
ficers had to take the blame
was the open violation of law
in the town of Ketchikan.
There is still a lot of noise
about what a clean town Ket
chikan is. The fact is how
ever that there has been no
change and the Hearst article
only told a part of the truth.
1 he marshal s omce is no long
er a party to those protecting
the criminals for these officers
are either blocked directly or
by a refusal to cooperate. The
chief of police of Ketchikan
and every one ,of his officers,
also the mayor of the town,
the leading defender of the
name of Ketchikan, Ed. Mor
rissey, know what the facts
are. Their hope today is that
nothing will or can be done
by the new marshals until after
election because that will mean
about 200 votes for Marquam
and his bunch of “independ
ents.” To this crowd who are
appealing for the votes of the
decent women of the Territory,
it is utterly wrong for Indians
to be organized and to protect
themselve with their votes, but
this crowd do not hesitate to
organize the unfortunate wo
men and their hangers on and
to get their votes all cast by
one man. The people of Ket
chikan know who that one
man is.
10 PAYS THE BILLS
Press reports from the north
indicate that the salmon pack
at this time is from 20 to 40
percent over that of the same
time last year.
The pack this year is a trap
pack. Fishermen in this divi
sion so far have not made
wages. So long as present reg
ulations are in force they will
not make wages. We have
personally canvassed the situa
tion from Admiralty Island to
Ketchikan and we have yet to
find the seiner who has made
wages or who has any pros
pect of making it in the next
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