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NOME, ALASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST, 1, 1918.
A DELICATE SITUATION’
Judge Wickersham arrives In
Alaska under conditions which are to
say the least extremely delicate. His
local manager Mr Lomen, has had
exceptional honors conferred upon
him by that section of the democrats
which makes a specialty of Mr Sulzer
as its standard bearer. They have
so to say, heaped coals of fife upon
the devoted head of Judge Wicker
sham, and how then, with due re
gard to local conditions can Judge
Wickersham turn his heavy artil
lery upon his friends the local enemy.
While considerable sympathy may
be felt for the distinguished arrival
on the Victoria, there seems to be
nothing else to do but accept the in
evitable and when taking up thej
questions before the public for dis-]
cussion, make use of the soft pedal
as a complient to those who have
honored his former manager.
The public, which is fast indeed
to place the worst construction on
such things, interpreted the appoint
ment as made not without the pur
pose of silencing the severity of at
tack that Judge Wickersham might
Otherwise indulge in and indeed it
can be easily understood that the
sensitive nature of the republican
candidate for the position of dele
gate finds it exceedingly embarrass
ing to face.
The important feature of the sit
uation however, which we have no
hopes will appeal to Wickersham in
any way, Is the fact that both sides
and all men therein, are so animat
ed with the same political purpose
that men and candidates are. inter
changeable. And indeed it has al
ready been considered a blessing
that the factionism which prevails
has resulted in Alaska having not
one but two delegates representing
its interests in the last session of
Congress, the fate of onoi or the
other being apparently yet to be
decided.
That both hive been active we
know very well. That either have
been active in the interest of the
workers of the territory we don’t
know at all. Fishing and. fish traps,
mining and mining taxes have to bo
sure secured the attention of Mr
Sulzer, while Mr Wickersham lent
his attention to the lowering of the
freight rates thruout the territory
and in vain. It might be held that
those things were intended to bene
fit the workers indirectly. And it is
the beauty of this line of bull that
it is only indirectly that it is in
tended that the workers at any time
will be benofitted.
Frankly, and without instituting
an odious comparison between the
capabilites of the two men, between
the. fine and s nsitive natures of
Mr Sulzer and Judge Wickersham.
as far an tlie majority of the people
Of the territory of Alaska is con
cerned, it makes but little difference
which in chosen. Tf Sulzer is elected,
’despite what Judge Wickersham will
tsav to the contrary, the t rritory
wilt not be swamped by a tidr.l
wave nor will some fell epidemic
decimate the population. Tf Judge
Wickersham is the people’s choice,
pant experience shows us, that we
will still manage to live, move and
have cur being, notwithstanding
th opposite opinions on this subject
which Mr Sulzer might entertain.
Doubtless Judge Wickersham feels
very confident that he alone is com
petent to represent the territory.
Upon this head there are quite a
number have very positive doubts,
and yet the hallucination which may
be his to this effect add3 to the
spirit of the political contest and
from time to time Alaskans need
considerable stimulating.
sham will contend, that Mr Sulzer ha.'
been a positive failure as a delegate,
that this man did his best but owing
to the natural limitations which are
his, he could not do well enough.
He may rest assured, that this view
is reciprocated and that Mr Sulzet
will have no hesitation in claiming
that although he has not done much
he has at least spared Alaska the
humiliation of Judge Wickersham’s
actual participation in Alaskan af
fairs during that period that Sulzei
represented the territory.
Judge Wickersham for some
strange reason has the happy faeultj
of securing supporters for his bannei
who live by faith. They do nol
pretend to reason. Political ration
alists are an abhorrence to them and
when asked by some rash and in
quisitive person why they so stronglj
support the Judge, they fall back
upon the old declaration that he's
some fighter. But the propriety ol
getting a professional fighter tc
represent us does not suggest itseli
to these as a legitimate conclusion
from the premises. Some time Mi
Sulzer if he should happen to be
returned may gather to himself suck
an array of supporters as now burr
incense before Judge Wickersham—
men who delight Instinctively tc
classify themselves as blind follow
ers of the blind. But in this re
spect at any rate the advantage is
all in favor of Wickersham.
Judge Wickersham has long rep
resented the Territory of Alaska
He might claim that in his careei
as such representative what he has
prevented being done has been more
Important than what he has ac
tually done. The doctor whose
patient gets well, even under natural
circumstances, will seldom fail tc
lay the recovery to the credit ol
his nostrums.
Wie insist that Sulzer or Wick
c.rsham will not make much differ
ence. As a matter of fact Sulzei
is more intimately Interested in the
corporations and the vested, interests
which control our resources than is
Judge Wickersham. But as far as
the average Alaskan worker is
concerned, that is wholly immaterial
We did not fare wonderfully bettei
under a republican administration
than We are likely to fare under a
democratic administration.
In point of fact the war makes
'some difference in Alaska; the de
creased purchasing power of gold
makes some difference in Alaska: the
diversion of capital into other fields
and the greater demand for laboi
elsewhere—all these economic facts
make a difference. But the differ
ent brands of eloquence will b<
dispensed by a Sulzer or a Wicker
sham will make not the least differ
ence in the world. It may be tho
too bad that this is so in view o
the many delightful things that ar<
open and available to both side:
for use in this campaign. But tha
it is so is a fact that helps to clarif;
the situation for the workers whi
might otherwise be looking forwari
to a Chinese fusilade of stink pot.
between the rival candidates for of
| fice, as they have become accustom
.ed to such gladiatorial combats be
I tween the ins and the outs in thi
little section of tho Territory.
While without doubt it is import
ant that the people of the territor;
have an enlarged conception of tli
power and possiblities of tho positioi
of Delegate to Congress, we knov
tliat without a vote, that power am
tlione possibilities are more imagt
nary than real. There is the op
portunity of delivering a speech o
extending certain remarks in the re
cord thru the courtesy of Congres
But as the extended remarks av
more frequently read by constituent
than by members of Congrees this i
a doubtful benefit. We have no sor
of praise for the career of Mr Sul
j'zer. Without a political microscope
vc have been unable to detect any
thing done which might b con
strued as beneficial to Alaska. Pos
sibly this is an instance of short
sightedness, but if til' people should
determin to r legate him to ob
scurity of private life, we would
watch the process with an absolute
calmness of mind.
However in this the Industrial
Worker is rigidly impartial. If in
the course of events Judge Wicker
sham should fall beneath the demo
cratic juggernaut that the Juneau
politicians have up-builded and
painted withthe name of the demo
cratic party, we might feel inclined
to attend his political obsequies, with
the enduring Indifference comes
from the performance of a rather
common duty.
A SHORT LIFE
Mr Carlton, manager of the West
ern Union, some time ago issued
a call for a convention of the em
ployes of that organization so that
they might form a union over which
the company might cvercise com
plete control.
This was to offset the Commercial
Telegraphers organization which Mr
Carlton and his company refused
to recognize.
The new union set off differently.
It was born in the brain of Carlton
and the employee who failed to ex
tend it approval fared in the came
fashion as that employee who show
ed approval for the Commercial
Telegraphers. The Tzars of industry
in America have their own concep
tions of democracy In industry.
Now however the United States
| government takes over the telegraph
| lines of the country. The question
arises what becomes of the new
'union born in the brain of Mana
ger Carlton.
In fact it seems that its ending
will be as speedy as its birth was
unexpected and a short life and a
fitful was its own.
But, and here's the interesting
tspiect of the question. The tele
graph lines come under the juris
diction of Mr Burleson whose ideas
concerning labor organizations and
their functions differ in no material
way from Newcombe Carlton.
Everyone will recollect Mr Burle
son’s somewhat racy comment upon
the efforts to organize postal employ
ees. And the question will now be
before the employees of the tele
graph department as to whether Mr
Burleson experiences a change of
heart or will endorse the new union
ism which knows not Gompers nor
any labor affiliation.
1
MACKENZBN
( John L. Sullivan used to say that
often and often the very mention
of his Identity in a bar room scrap
imade many a man who might other
wise give him a tough battle fade
away in fear and dismay. The high
brows explain this by the psychology
of fear.
The Germans who control the des
tinies of their fellows have endeav
ored to take advantage of this pe
culiar fact to the undoing of their
foes.
Thus when they had prepared for
their great drive, they placed the
man Hindenberg in command, Hln
denberg who was supposed to be
the invincible terror of German
victorious prowess. But the Hin
denberg drive has been stopped and
the virtue that might have been in
his name is there no longer, Hence
he. is sick or dead or dying and his
place is taken by Ludendorff with
another terror in the field.
This is Mackenzen. It is heralded
that he will be Quartermaster-Gen
eral . Mackenzen has never been
defeated. He won at Donajec and
drove the Russians from Galicia;
he worried the Roumanians to com
plete defeat in record time; he com
I manded the Germans in the extra
ordinary debacle at the Isonzo.
So he is taken from the lumbei
room of terrors in the Germar
psychology castle and swung to tin
west front to do wonders.
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But the war is reaching beyond
the stages when the naffi of any
one wtill strike terror, the fact of
the field and the facts of prepared- j
n-ss and numbers, not the nam of
any great one however victorious is
to accomplish results. Superstitions
of that sort exert their influence
no longer.
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NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE
Public notice is hereby given that
under and by virtue of a Writ of
Execution issued out of the District
Court for the District of Alaska,
Second Division, upon a certain
judgment rendered on the 6th day
of September 1917, and entered in
favor of S. L. Lewis, plaintiff, and
against W. L. Springsteen and
Ernest Hester, defendants for the
sum of thirty four hundred twenly
seven si.il 70-100 dollars, ($3427.70)
together witli costs taxed at ninety
eight and 75-100 dollars, ($98.75),
with interest at the rate of eight
per cent (8%) per annum, amount
ing in all to a total of $3757.55 to
date, I will on the 5th day of
August 1918, at twelve o’clock noon
of said day, at the front door of
the United States Court House at
Nome Alaska, as commanded in
said writ, offer for sale at public
auction, and sell to the highest
and best bidder for cash, all of the
right, title and interest of the de
fendants at the nresont time or at
any time since the aate of attach
ment, Sept. 18, 1915, In and to
certain real property situate in the
Cape Nome Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, Second Division,
known and designated as placer
mining claims No. 2 above Dis
covery on the East Fork of Bourboa
Creek, No 3 above Discovery on the
East Fork of Bourbon Creek, and
the Ralph S. Fraction, on the right
limit of Bourbon Creek, adjoining
said above named creek claims.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, July 3,
1918.
E. R. JORDAN
United States Marshal, Second
Division, Territory of Alaska.
July 4, 11. 18. 25. August 1.
NOTICB OF FORFEITURE
To John Ellis, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that the undersigned has
expended in labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars
during each of the years of 1914,
1915, and 1916, upon the following
described placer mining claim, sit
uate, lying and being in the Cape
Name Recording Precinct, Alaska,
to-wit:—
The “Allie” claim on Snake river,
as described in location notice there
of filed for record in the office of
the Recorder of said Recording
district on the 4th day of January,
1994, and recorded therein in vol
ume 133, at'page 344. ,
You are further notified that if
within ninety (90) days after the
publication of this notice you fail
or neglect to contribute your pro
portion of such expenditure, your
interest in said mining claim if any,
j will become the property of the un
dersigned, your co-owner, under
section 232 4 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
EVERETT SUTHERLAND
Co-owner.
Date of first publication June 13,
i 1918.
I Date of last publication Sept. 12
! 1918
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