| Show n SENSATIONAL SENSA TESTIMONY GIVEN GWEN SENATE SEt A COMMITTEE Alaska Contingent on Hand With Grave rave Charges and Counter CounterCharges CounterCharges CounterCharges Charges WASHINGTON ASHINGTON May 26 Sensational testimony in connection with the theW W Alaskan political situation was again given before the subcommittee of the Senate committee on judiciary today which is investigating protests against the appointments of John to succeed John J Boyce as United States district attorney and Herbert T Faulkner to succeed Daniel Suther Sutherland Sutherland land Jand as United States marshal both in division No 1 Alaska Delegate completed his statement charging that the new ap appointees appointees appointees were subservient to the Gug Guggenheim Guggenheim Guggenheim genheim interests Boyce and Suther Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland land protested that they were removed at the Instigation of a political clique represented by Louis Shackleford Re Republican Republican publican national committeeman committe for fora a Alaska former Governor W Y B Hog Hoggatt Hoggatt Hoggatt gatt and Governor Walter Waiter E Clark The dismissed officers offic rs asserted that their the removal was based upon prose prosecutions prosecutions by them of people associated with the Guggenheim faction and that the men appointed to succeed them were taken from that clique They said the man who defended Ed Hazey on the charge of shooting men who were trying to take from the Guggenheim people their hold on Keystone pass later was appointed United muted States judge They The declared he had been in inthe inthe Inthe the law firm of Louis Shackleford and that was a member of the same firm These statements were made In support of a claim that this faction was endeavoring to gain ab absolute absolute absolute solute control of o the courts and nd prose prosecuting prosecuting prosecuting attorneys Mr lIr rd In n def de ns s and Faulkner were men of ot high character He charged that Continued on Page Three SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY GIVEN SENATE COMMITTEE Continued From Pale Page One erland the deposed marshal was a member of the Western Federation of Miners The Intention appeared to be beto beto beto to Influence Sena Sen r Borah Borab who was once attacked in Idaho I aho by the federa federation federation federation tion Senator Borah asked Shackleford for proof but It was not given Juneau Alaska May 26 The Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic territorial convention adjourned this afternoon after a two days ses session session session sion without naming a candidate for territorial delegate The convention re refused refused refused fused to endorse Delegate James Wickersham Wick Wickersham elected two years ago on the Independent Republican ticket and the delegates were unable to agree upon a candidate to represent the party at atthe atthe atthe the election in the fall It was final finally fInally finally ly decided to postpone the selection of ot a Democratic nominee After fter the Republican convention a commit committee tee consisting of John Ronan H H Harris Falcon Joslyn John Ostrander strander and H W Jennings will choose a man manto manto manto to bear the Democratic standard |
