Show slighted alighted ainali Sr ADAKo SPOCIA 1 F Chron choonku kli 61 berroc Ice I 1 chicago sapt 0 5 sir mr H 11 kohlsaat who hu his baen been visiting alaska returned today to day enthusiastic oer over the prospects ecta of that country ono no thing however which I 1 learned was most important said mr Koh losat finally and it illustrates how ery very little attention is 13 paid to this monster dependency ot of oura ours in conversation with governor knapp at sitka I 1 learned that when the president ot of the united states invited the gover governor nori of all th the elates and territories to appoint two citizens one a democrat and the other a re ro licau f for tho the office of national commissioner of the worlds colombian columbian exposition an invitation to the governor of alaska wai was included la in to this invitation governor knapp to washington the names of edward gagoff of sitka and judge williams of juneau Junea ii alaska as candidates andi dates for the place up to the dote of angust august the day on which I 1 loot governor knapp no ac had been receive d from the state department at washington of tho the receipt of the names submit submitted tod the names of the corn com missioners ners from the states and other territories were promulgated the commissioners commissi onera convention was held here in jane june and no apparent notice W was as taken of tha the absence of the dele gation from alaska the two wo gentlemen named by governor e I 1 knapp have been pre prepared pared to a start tart for chicago for many weeks and are aly anly awaiting the arrival of the ir federal commire lons from the A 1 ate state deportment tha the fact that alaska bae has no representation at it and the difficulty of corn com with alaska the nearest telegraph tele station being miles from sitka account tor for tho the fact that governor knapps communication has bad no attention luton tion perhaps it never reached Wase washington ington or it inay may have been pigeonholed pigeon holed and overlooked the chicago directors hive have asked tha state department about this matter |