THE ALASKA FISHERMAN
Published the 15th of each month at Ketchikan, Alaska
WILLIAM L. PAUL, ATTORNEY FOR THE
ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD
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KETCHIKAN, ALASKA
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FULL TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT.
ABOLISHMENT OF ALL TRAPS.
COMPETENT CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
THE COWARD
In the issue of the Sitka Progress of Novem
ber 26th last, there appeared a most personal at
tack on William L. Paul.
The article was unsigned.
The author of the article was Eiler Hanson,
an employee of the Department of Agriculture,
who being admitted to the bar of Alaska, prac
tices law by proxy and by ear, but always acts
thru others. In this way he hides his identity
like an ostrich. The disgraceful fact of such
practice is that he is the former head of the
American Legion, an organization famous for
“fighting it out in the open.”
Eiler Hanson is a great comfort to bootleg
gers and those who violate the game laws of
the United States. He advises them concern
ing their “legal rights” and thus we find this
employee of the Department of Agriculture ad
vising bootleggers and game law violators how
to protect their “rights.”
During the recent campaign his campaign
cry was “We have got to beat Paul; nevermind
Sutherland, beat Paul.” And yet this employee
of the federal government who writes brave
articles attacking somebody and then persuad
ing somebody else to adopt the article wonders
why the decent white people and the natives
of Sitka have no use for him.
The Coward!!!
CONTEMPT
It has seemed to us that the action of cer
tain lawyers of Juneau is contempt of court.
Y, A. Paine, former U. S. Commissioner, was
indicted by the grand jury at Juneau for subor
nation of perjury for inducing Ernest Kirberger
to swear falsely to the challenge oath in the last
election.
Those Juneau lawyers met, appointed a com
mittee to draw up a resolution, and adjourned.
The committee then declared that the “Bar As
sociation was fully conversant with the facts”
and held that the said facts “justified the said
Paine in giving the advice complained of,” and
asked that the District Judge withhold action.
One form of contempt of court is the publica
tion of statements for the purpose of influenc
ing the court in an action pending before it.
“The rule is now firmly settled that it is con
tempt to issue publications which are calculat
ed to prejudice or prevent fair and impartial
action in a cause of judicial investigation then
pending.”
The people are wondering what Judge Reed
will do.
THE ALASKA NATIVE BROTHERHOOD..
It is time for us to praise this organization.
It was organized to enable the natives of Al
aska to study citizenship, to abolish the racial
discrimination which had been written into the
laws of Alaska, and to carry on the fight for
righteousness in politics.
It has a local camp in every town in South
eastern Alaska with the exception of Skagway
and Metlakatla. There are very few natives
in Skag-wav. and the natives of Metlakatla ow
ing to their isolation do not yet understand
that thev are a part of Alaska and hence con
cerned with the work of the BROTHERHOOD.
This organization claims the credit for do
inp- some verv good things;
Thev forced the extension of the workmen’s
comoensation laws to cover all industries as
well as mines:
i upv proarjened roe act providing tor des
titute motberR and orphans so that all mothers
or orphans regardless of rate mav now receive
heln from the public treasury of Alaska.
Tbe^r amended the old ap-e pension act so
that whenever the appropriation is exhausted,
warrants mav be issued and thus the aged un
fortunates need not be left without help.
- The men supported bv them in the last leg
islature prevented the repeal of the orimarv
Jaws.
I Their candidates also prevented the repeal of
*he Alaska 'Bone Drv act to the disgust of
‘‘leading lawyers and deacons ”