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For President—Charles Evans Hughes.
For Delegate to Congress—James Wickersham
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916.
MALICIOUS ATTACK ON DELEGATE.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer injects itself into the polit
ical affairs of Alaska by making a malicious attack on Dele
gate James Wickersham, Alaska’s able representative in con
gress. In a recent issue of the Seattle publication there ap
peared an editorial in which the utmost venom is shown and
an effort made to show that the delegate is doing his utmost
in favor of the town of Seward, as opposed to other Alaska
towns, and intimating that liis reason for favoring Seward is
the ownership of lots in that community. An effort was also
made to convince the unknowing that the delegate’s well
known opposition to the Guggenheim crowd is not a sincere
desire to act in behalf of the people of Alaska, hut rather to
cater to the laboring classes in an attempt to gain votes.
The editorial in question is wholly untrue and misleading
and is a contemptible attempt to do injury to the delegate
now that the delegate campaign is on.
In the tirst place, the Seattle publication is going outside
of its province in injecting itself into the delegate campaign.
The people of Alaska can attend to their own particular po
litical affairs, without the gratuitous aid of this consistent
organ of the lords of finance, as opposed to the rights of the
men who toil.
As a matter of tact. Delegate W lckersham owns no town
lots at Seward, and we defy the Seattle publication to prove to
the contrary. We believe that the delegate is friendly to Sew
ard. We also believe that the delegate is friendly to Anchor
age, to Valdez, to Cordova, to Juneau and to all other Alaska
towns. Why should he not be friendly to them and wish
them well.’ But to assert that the delegate is favoring Seward
as against other Alaska towns is the veriest rot. unworthy of
belief, and we hurl that accusation back at the individual who
penned it as an unjustifiable falsehood.
The allegation is made that the delegate is opposed to
the Guggenheims and other like corporate interests in Alaska.
The delegate is opposed to these corporate hogs for the reason
that the people of Alaska generally are opposed to them. Now,
we don't wish to be misunderstood in this assertion. No sensi
ble person opposes capital. Capital is the crying need of
Alaska, to develop the potential mineral wealth of the coun
try. But the Copper River and Northwestern Railway com
pany is a constant and unfailing reminder of the policy adopt
ed by some corporate interests, and to which objection is
justly raised. Here i> a railway that is owned, in large part,
by the Guggenheim crowd. What is the result? Are any pri
vate copper mine owners shipping ore over this system? No;
unless it be a few sacks of ore for smelter tests or something
of the sort. What is the reason? The extortionate freight
rates maintaining, which prohibit the individual claim owner
from developing his mine. .What is the logical result of this
extortionate freight rate? The Guggenheim crowd have the
Copper river country at flieir mercy and may pick up the cop
per claims, one by one, at pleasure and at their own price, be
cause there is a limit on the time an individual may hold a
mining claim if it is.not producing. And again, there is no in
centive to develop, because the ore cannot be treated unless
shipped to a smelter, and as we have before pointed out. ore
shipment over this system i< out of the question.
It is probably true to assert that Delegate Wiekersham is
opposed to corporations of this character. And so are the peo
ple of Alaska, unless they happen to be on the payroll of the
big corporations.
The Juneau Empire publishes with great scare heads a
story emanating from the notorious John E. Ballaine. to the
effect that Charles Evans Hughes, republican nominee for
president will, if elected, discontinue work on the government
railway project, declaring that it is an open secret that corp
orate interests will seek to stifle the big development scheme.
The source of this ‘‘information” is enough to discredit it in
toto. As a matter of fact, if Candidate Hughes is elected,
work will progress just the same as now. The Alaska railway
project is not a political issue. Both republicans and demo
crats aided in the passage of the bill calling for its construc
tion. When Candidate Hughes was in Seattle, The Times wir
ed its correspondent to get the candidate’s views. The inter
view was brief but to the point. The candidate said enough
to show his deep interest in Alaska. He said: “Alaska is a
great empire and I want to see it developed.” What more
could be asked?
Our attention is called to the theft of two long ropes em
ployed in keeping the spectators on the side lines from en
croaching on the diamond when a baseball game is in progress.
This is a ntemptible theft and the perpetrator should be
hunted do and punished to the extreme penalty of the law.
Anyone who would descend to such a petty theft is not a de
sirable person to have in the community.
The committee in charge of the Labor Day celebration has
prepared an excellent program of sports, with prizes that are
well worth going after. Let’s all turn out and make the day a
huge success.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1916.
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