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JOSEPH CHILBERG
For Delegate from Alaska
WICKERSHAM AND HOME RULE.
After tho remarks of John W. Cor
son, the republican candidate for dele
gate to congress, last Tuesday night,
we were anxious to know what ex
planation Mr. Wicket-sham would make
Upon tile subject of local self-govern
ment for Alaska, and why he, while
judge of the district court of Alaska,
made the statements In the letter writ
ten to Governor I-Iogg&tt.
On Friday evening Judge Wicker
sham again addressed the people. He
made no denial of the statements made
by him in that letter. The letter was
written in February. 1907, a little more
Ilian a year ago, when Judge Wicker
sham, by reason of the office he held,
was in a position to do great harm to
the efforts of Gale. Waskey and oth
ers to obtain local self-government for
Alaska. In fact, It would appear that
this letter was written to Governor
Hoggatt for the very purpose of being
used at Washington to nullify all ef
forts to obtain home rule for Alaska.
According to Mr. Wickersham's
statements in that letter no one expect
ed to remain permanently in Alaska.
Our mines, in a few years, would be
exhausted. The resolutions passed in
all sections of Alaska by a great ma
jority of the people were clap-trap and
Fourth of July buncomb. passed and
endorsed only by those people in Alas
ka who had nothing else to do.
The statement made in his speech
on Friday evening that Governor Hog
gatt had no right to make this letter
public, was no answer that he was then
opposed to home rule. Accordingly thc
rharge must bo taken as true, and if
JuJge WIckersham was then so bitter
ly opposed to home rule in Alaska, it Is
foolish to suppose that he is warmly in
favor of it at the present time. In
fact, anyone who heard his speech on
this subject on Friday evening cannot
help but feel that Mr. WIckersham is
not in favor of local self-government
for Alaska. This being the case, wo
believe that it Is the duty of every voter
who is sincerely in favor of home rule
should use every effort to defeat Judg>
WIckersham. A man Who stonds upon
a public platform and says that a let
ter written by him for the purpose of
defeating that which is dearest to the
hearts of the people of Alaska — local
self-government — shows an utter lack
of moral responsibility.
He was willing to betray Alaska by
aiding and abetting its enemies. He
was trying to defeat local self-gov
ernment by the employment of secret
methods and at the same time was pos
ing in Alaska as the special friend and
champion of its interests. We repeat,
WIckersham is impossible under all
circumstances.
WICKERSHAM, “POOR MAN.'
Mr. Wickersham made the statement
nt his meeting on Friday evening that
he was a poor man and had no money
to subsidize newspapers or carry on his
campaign. It may be quite true that
so far as Mr. Wickersham is personally
concerned, the campaign is not cost
ing him a cent.. But when sums of
money varying from $100 to $1,000 are
given to individuals who are sent out
on the creeks and to the outlying dis
tricts to boost for Wickersham, It Is
Important to know where the money is
coming from if Mr. Wickersham him
self is not supplying it. Mr. Wicker
sham denies that he is backed by any
corporation, but that denial and a few
evasive remarks regarding his connec
tion with the Alaska Central Railway
are the only proof he has offered to
the contrary. We see from the tele
gram that appears In this Issue that
he is regarded in Fairbanks as the
creature of tne X. C. Company. In
southeastern Alaska, while acting in an
official capacity, he gave decisions fa
vorable to the Havemeyers. His funny
work at Washington in connection
with the home rule legislation, proves
that he was then endeavoring to pro
tect the interests of the corporations.
Xeed we ask where the money for his
campaign of corruption is coming
from? Mr. Wickersham is indeed a
candidate upon whom the corporations
can rely. They can afford to finance
his campaign regardless of cost, for
with the malign influence he undoubt
edly has at Washington, he can repay
them a hundredfold. If the corpora
tions can insure Mr. Wickersham’s
election, they can congratulate them
selves for years to come.
If what the two "regular republican"
candidates and their supporters are
saying of each other are true, it would
appear to all self-respecting and de
cent people that neither of them are fit
:o represent Alaska, or any part of the
.'nited States, in congress. Accord
ing to each, the other Is a violator of
all the laws of the land. If they keep
on at the rate they are going they will
i.oth soon be skipping the country to
get beyond the reach of the grand
lury. It Is a strange spectacle to see
such notorious characters roaming over
i he territory, asking the suffrage of
i he intelligent voters of Alaska. The
labor candidate is the only upright,
honest, law-abiding candidate in the
field. He is pledged to represent the
Interests of the workers and the com
mon people, and Is being vigorously
opposed by the corporation hirelings
and their subsidized press. It Is for
the voters to decide whether they will
choose an honest man or one of the
two scalawags who each accuses thr
other of violating the laws of the land.
It will be well for Judge Wlckersham
to remember that many who had been
personal friends of "Teddy" were aft
erwards turned down by the wielder of
the “big stick" when he found out that
they had been trying to play double
with him. E. H. Harriman is an in
stance on record. At the rate the
Judge's record has been traveling of
late, it has probably reached Wash
ington before this, and instead of “My
dear Wlckersham," we may soon ex
pect to hear the terms, "unmitigated
liar,” “political fakir,” and a great
many other terms much more strenu
ous than “undesirable citizen."
If Jack Honan and Judge Wicker
sham had remained in the Tanana and
tad spent the same energy asslstinp
the miners in that community to col
lecting the $350,000 due them in worth
ess, outstanding time checks, that
-hey are spending to square their own
records with the voters, they would be
ridding Alaska of a disgrace that is in
juring her more than anything else. It
s impossible for them to whiten theii
records, and by these records the peo
ple of Alaska will pass judgment upor
them.
OUR PLATFORM IN RHYME.
Toe Chilberg to congress we will send
To the affairs of Alaska he’ll attend.
His advice, aid and assistance he wil
lend,
Honesty of purpose into every law he’l
blend.
All illegal moose ranch staking he will
end,
Alaska's special privilege code he'll
amend.
l-'or eight hours every effort he will
bend,
The rights of the workers he’ll defend
BUSINESS MAN ON
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Nome, Aug. S, 1908.
Editor Industrial Worker.
Sir: — There are but two political
parties in this or any other countr.>
One party assumes the right to male
laws for the others to obey. They dr
lot want these laws to apply to them
.'elves, for they consider themsetve:
ibovc the law. The adherents of thi
party are anarchists, which means, a;
cording t< the definition in the diction
ary, “absence of government."
The party consists of the predatorj
rich, who buy legislators. Judges, jur
ors, lawyers and other hirelings In or
der to enable them to evade the Ians
One who belongs to this class Is jusi
as much an anarchist as one who ex
pects to destroy laws by throwing
bombs.
The other party Intends to make laws
with the consent of the majority
which will uproot the present dollai
grasping profit system with Its attend
ant train of evils and put In the plnci
of it a system that will Insure justice
to all.
I was in Tonopah, Nevada, during
the miners’ strike when the mine own
ers and business men combined to de
feat the efforts of the miners to gain
better wages. They induced a cheap
class of foreign labor to come to take
the place of the high-priced shilled la
bor, which had a very disastrous sffeot
on business in Tonopah; for this
cheaper class of labor did not receive
the same standard of wages and sent
to their homes in foreign countries all
the cash they could spare, as the in
crease in postal money orders proved.
Then the chamber of commerce of Ton
opah sent L. C. Branson, editor of the
Tonopah Sun, to the oast, with in
structions to induce a different class
of labor to come to Nevada, so that
Dame Prosperity might again dwell in
the ruins of once busy Tonopah.
It i3 useless to say that he was not
successful, for the mine owners, who
were apparently aiding them, knew a
good thing when they saw it, and were
not willing to part with the cheap la
borer. Now the business men. after
pulling the chestnuts out of the (lit for
the mine owners, are crying for the
union men to return, considering them
the best of two evils.
The wages of the workers make pros
perity in any community. If the labor
er receives J2.25 per day, as the Gug
genheims are paying in Dawson this
summer, he cannot spend any more
than that. But when he receives $5.09
per day the business man can do cor
respondingly that much more business.
Business men and wage w'orkers ought
to go hand In hand and look upon the
predatory corporations with their hire
lings ns a danger to their own exist
ence.
If the business man who is working
himself wants the Guggenheims or
Havemeyers to own this town, he ought
to vote for Corson or Wiekersham. for
they will try their best to serve their
masters and bring back the Noyes and
McKenzie regime. If he wants pros
perity brought about by the high wages
received by the workingmen, his vote
should be for Chilberg.
BUSINESS MAN.
AN INCIDENT OF THE
GOLDFIELD STRIKE.
(By an old Minor.)
(What's In a Xame? For “Bill" read
“John” and guess Who It fits.)
fie was once a man—a miner bold—
Till he sold himself for a grain of gold;
For to one thing he did aspire—
i’o boss a mine was his desire.
So, one fine day. it came to pass,
Dame Fortune smiled on Bill at last;
RIs great desire had been fulfilled;
le was put in charge of mine and mill.
Ro now, with expert pick in hand,
Rill struts out to lead the band;
\nd his men — they work with might
and main
To boost Bill up to greater fame.
Rut this craven wretch^the parasite!
Re turned against then) in their fight;
^or, when one day a strike came on,
">ld Bill was found behind the gun.
To help destroy this gallant band.
The bravest men on God’s fair land,
For when the men marched out li(je
warriors bold,
hid Bill, he ducked into the hole!
\nd by his act, in shame be it said.
Re robs poor children of their bread;
h'or when the scab.1, arrived in town,
First in their ranks Old Bill was found!
—ED. A. HUGHES..
Don’t miss the Chilberg Rally. The
ast meeting of the campaign, Eagle
Rail. Miners and citizens will speak.
The workingmen of the Seward Pen
nsula will think more than twice be
fore they will cast their votes for the
tentleman (?) who said he would make
the miners of the Tanana eat their
blankets before he got through with
them.
John Ronan, of Fairbanks, is in fav
rr of a "closed shop.” That Is, in
Tohn’s idea, a shop where no union
man Is admitted.
Don’t fail to hear the Wickersham
Corson frame-up exposed Monday ev
ening at Eagle Hall.
WESTERN FEDERATION
OF MINERS
Headquarters 605 Railroad Building.
Denver. Col.
President—Chas. Moyer.
Sec.-Treas.—Ernest Mills.
LOCAL 240 W. F. M.
President—Chas. Neuhaus.
Sec.-Treas.—Philip Corrigan.
The regular meeting of the Nome
Mine Workers’ Union, Local No. 240.
of the W. F. of M., is held every Sat
urday evening at 8 p. m. at Miners'
Hall. Secretary’s olflec hours: 7 a. ra.
to 12 m.; 1 p. m. to 6 p. m.; 7 p m.
to 10 p. m. Phone Main 99. Post
office box No. 60.
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Honrs:
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Office un<l residence
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Office: Nome Hank and Trust Bldg,
norns: phone:
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7 to V) p. in. House, Red 3
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Seattle Barber Shop
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For Fresh Bread and Pastry.
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Proprietor
The Workingman
Can get more for bis money here
than anywhere else.
The Epicure
Can get the choicest and most
palatable dishes the market affords.
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