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Pertinent Facts as to
Election for Delegate
(Edited by Chas. A. Derry)
The Sulzer Home Rule Bill and What Is Attempted to Be
Accomplished by It, Compared to the Misfit Legis
lation Foisted Upon Alaskans by Former Delegate
Wickersham- Wick Intimates People Are Incapable
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Delegate (’harles A. Sulzer and hi:
friends consider that the most impor
tarn work undertaken hy the delegate
is his home rule hill, whereby In* hope:
to have extended to Alaska the sarm
rights and priveleges of home ruh
that vvor° given to all the other terri
t( lies of the fnited States. Hy thi:
hill, which is now pending before eon
gross, tin people of Alaska are givot
full power-- to legislate for them
selves.
Hy the opposition some attempt
have been made to read into the bil
provisions whic h it does not contain
and a false propaganda was started ir
which Mr Wickersham's support**!*:
tried m make* tin* people of Mask;
believe that tin* delegate was trying
to saddle upon fin* country a home
ruh* hill that would ruin it.
It is :i matter Of interest to note
that Mr. Wickersham’s home rule hill
passed when In* was delegate to con
gress. gives the territory practicallv
no powers. His friends argued at
first that that hill was hut tin* begin
ning. that In* had done well to secure
its passage, and that it would he* fed
lowed hy another more liberal hill
That these followers were either badly
fooled themselves or trying to deceive
tin* public is shown by a statement
made hy Wiekersham himself when
he* appeared before the elections com
mittee of the house of representatives.
In that statement Mr. Wickershan
said that his home rule: bill wua drawn
as it was in order that the people of
Alaska “might not destroy them
selves He showed thereby that In*
did not consider the people of Alaska
capable of handling their own affairs.
Mr Sulzer. on tin* other hand, in
trodueed a bill whereby the people <>t
the territory will be given complete
control of their own affairs. And he
thereby showed conclusively that he
does consider the people of Alaska
entirely capable of handling their own
affairs. In fact. In* suited emphatic
ally in congress that no people on
earth are more* capable of legislating
for themselves
Mr Wiekersham asserts most stren
uously that the legislature of Alaska
did not have* tin* right to pass an hon
est election law, and he did not wish
the legislators of tin* territory to have
that power.
Tin* following is taken from the
official rejM>rt of the* hearings before
the* committee* on elections No. 1.
house of representatives. Sixty-fifth
congress, Second session, in the con
tested election of James Wiekersham
1
; vs. Charles A. Sulzer, and is found on
page »; thereof:
"Mr. Wickersham: Now we
thought that covered very largely
the situation with respect to the
election laws in the territory, hut
here we were creating an elective
territorial legislature in Alaska,
and it was thought that it would
not do to give that territorial legis
lature authority to destroy itself.
* * * and to save that situa
tion and put it beyond any possi
bility of (juestion 1 prepared a sec
tion in the act of 11*11’.’*
"Mr. Idoyd What page and
section is that?"
"Mr. Wickersham: It is Sta
tion r». on page r.. .°.7 Statutes at
Large. * * * Now. that is the
organic law of Alaska; that is tin*
constitution of Alaska; that is ill
the act which created the legis
lature of Alaska. This act cre
ated that body, and fixed the elec
tion laws of the territorv. and *t
I 'cd them so that tiny could llOt
by any possibility ever alter,
amend modjfv nr rer'P'l th'>«'»
! v Th ee !i t o <;ues*i >n :•' < s*
that • * * Now. with respect
to the members of the legislature,
the legislature can not now alter,
amend, modify or repeal these
election laws so as to destroy
itself, or do anything else with
respect to that matter."
And on page 1* of the same report
the following statement of Mr. Wick
ersham appears:
"Mr Wickersham: My judg
ment is. and I prepared the laws
of 11* 1‘1 and assisted in preparing
those of mui. that there was no
doubt that the legislature of
Alaska had no authority over the
matter of its own election or the
election of the delegate."
Mr. Sulzer believes in the principle
of the people of Alaska controlling
such matters through tljeir local le.gis
lature. Mr. Wickersham has pre
tended that he is favorable to a wider
measure of self-government, even g<>
ing so far ns to pretend that he was
in favor of statehood for Alaska. Slid
pretensions have been made purely
for the purpose of catching votes at
election time, as Is clearly shown by
the above ((notations from the official
record of congress. Mr. Wickersham
; determined the people of Alaska
i shall have no power, not even to en
; able them to provide measures for
clean elections.
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TURKS MADE
TARGETS OF
FIFTY ALLIES
The Turks sent fifty French an
British civilian residents of C'onstai
tinople to the tiring line at (la 11 ipo:
as a "reprisal" for alleged allied shel
ing of unfortified villages. They plar
ned to send three thousand, but th
I American ambassador. Henry Merger
than, finally persuaded the Turkis
minister of war to send only fifty, a
ter the German ambassador had d<
(’lined to Intercede with his Mosler
| allies. Mr. Morgeuthau’s own stor
of the event, told in the World’s Wor
just published, is as follows:
"On the second of May, lfilfi, Hnve
sent his aide to the American embass
, bringing a message which he reques
ed me to transmit to the French an
British governments.
"In it he told me he had decided t
collect all the British and Frene
citizens who were then living in (’or
stantinople. take them down to th
'Gallipoli peninsula and scatter ther
in Moslem villages and towns.
"I was advised by one of my derma
friends to seek Wangenhoim’s assis
; ant e I must admit that I did this a
la forlorn hope, but at least I though
it only fair to Wangenheim to giv
him a chance to help.
"I called upon him in the evenin
at ten o’clock and stayed with hii
'until eleven. 1 spent the larger par
of this hour in a fruitless attempt t
| interest him in the plight of thus
non-combatants. Wangenheim sal
■ point blank that he would not assis
me.
j "Mv talk with Wangenheim pro
(luced no results, sa far as enlistim
his support was concerned, but it stil
I fened my determination to defeat thi
, enterprise. Meanwhile. Hedri, th
| prefect of police was busy arrestini
all the doomed English and French
The deportation was arranged to tak>
place Thursday morning On Wednes
day the excitement reached the hys
terlcal stage It seemed as if th'
; whole foreign population of Constat:
tinople had gathered at the Americai
embassy.
"Whenever I left my office am
passed Into the hall I was almos
mobbed by scores of terror-strickei
I
and dishevelled mothers and wives
The nervous tension was frightful
1 seized the telephone, called up En
i ver. and demanded an interview.
"He replied that he would be hupp;
to receive me on Thursday. By thh
| time, however, the prisoners wouli
already have been on their way t(
Gallipoli.
i " 'No.' I replied. 'I must see yot
this afternoon.'
“After a long discussion he final!)
| agreed to see me at the Sublinn
Forte at 11:30.
“
"The meeting which followed be
tween Enver and myself wns the
most momentous I hud had up to that
time. We discussed the fate of the
foreigners for nearly an hour. 1 found
Enver In one of his most polite hut
most unyielding moods He told me
I before 1 began that it was useless to I
. talk that the matter was a closed
) issue.
"i asked him if I had ever given
him any advice that had led him Into
' trouble. He graciously replied that
they had never yet made a mistake
^ by following my suggestions.
‘Very well, take my advice in this
case, too,' 1 replied. You will find
later that you have made no mistake
by doing so.'
1 '' ‘But i have given orders; I cannot
countermand them. But if you can
show me some way in which litis order
1 can be carried out and your proteges
f still saved. I shall lie glad to listen
< to you.'
'All right.' I said. 'I think I can.
r 1 should think you could still carry
V out your orders without sending till
the French and English residents
I down. If you would send only a few.
you would still win your point.'
d " 'How many will you let me send?’
t he asked quickly. The moment he
- put this question I knew that I had i
s carried my point.
) “ ‘I would suggest that you take
twenty English and twenty French.
t forty in all.'
" 'Let me have fifty.' hi' said
i " 'All right we won't haggle over
t ten,' 1 answered. 'But you must make
• another concession. Let me pick out
tin fifty who are to go.'
; 1 ‘No, .Mr. Ambassador,’ he replied,
j 'you have prevented me from making
t a mistake this afternoon; now let me
, prevent you from making one. If you
; select the fifty men who arc to go. j *
] you will simply make fifty enemies. I ”
t I think too much of you to let you do j ’
that. I will prove to you that I am j"
your real friend. Can't you make some
, other suggestion?'
'Why not take the youngest? They
, can stand the fatigue best.'
, " ‘ That is fair.’ answered Enver I
, He said that Bedrl, who was in the !
building at that moment, would select j
the 'Nictlms.'
"BcItI, on learning of this arrange !
ntent was not satisfied but Enver
stuck to his agreement and gave or
ders that only (he youngest were to
( be taken.”
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Sec. 21, Election I*aws That in any precinct where the election
has been legally called and no official ballots have been received tin
voters are permitted to write or print their ballots, but the judges of
election shall, in this event, certify to tin* facts which prevented tin*
use of the official ballots, which certificate* must accompany and 1>«
made a part of the election returns.
SAMPLE BALLOT
THIRD JUDICIAL DIVISION
MARK "X" IN THE SQUARE AT THE LEFT OF THE NAME
OF THE CANDIDATE FOR WHOM YOU DESIRE TO VOTE IF
NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR WHOM YOU DESIRE TO VOTE
DO NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, INSERT WITH PENCIL IN
BLANK SPACES.
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For Delegate to Congress (Vote for one.)
0 JAMES WICKERSHAM
For Territorial Senator (Vote for one )
0 J. W. WARD
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For Territorial Representative (Vote for four.)
0 HENRY SLATER
0 JOSEPH H. MURRAY
0 JOSEPH L. REED
0 J. LINDLEY GREEN
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For Road Commissioner (Vote for one.)
0 JAMES L. GALEN
WHEN YOU VOTE FOR THE ABOVE CANDIDATES YOU
WILL BE VOTING FOR THE BEST INTERESTS
OF ALASKA
ELECTION NOVEMBER 5th, 1918