by the Health Officer we went ashore, and I
was never happier to set foot on land - I
am still sea sick tonight.
I have been very kindly received by the people here
and if I am not mistaken I have an opportunity
to make a high and honorable record for myself
as judge - if I am permitted to clean up the
very bad condition which exists here.
I adjourned the Unalaska term to meet here on
Monday. I will go at once to hearing cases
without jury. My decision in the Mongollon Case
at Unalaska, and the speedy dispatch of the bus
-iness of that court has produced a good impress
=ion, and I feel sure that I start with a good
feeling toward me. Whether Judge Noyes is
to blame or not for the unfortunate condition
here, the fact exists that the Nome court tangle
has been used even in National politics to show
the troubles likely to result to the country from
the McKinley policy of expansion - it ha[s]
