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Pertinent Facts as to
Election for Delegate
(Edited by Chns. A. Derry)
Wickersham’s Attempt to Disfranchise the Soldiers of
Fort Gibbon—Does a Man Lose His Citizenship Be
cause He Enters Service of Uncle Sam?—Delegate Sul
zer Tries to Remedy Neglect of Former Delegate.
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Wiekersham newspapers ami parti
sans have contended persistently and
1-razenlv that Charles A. Sulzer was
not elected delegate In lb lb; that
James Wiekersham was duly elected,
and that the court decision of Judge
Jennings attempted to rob him of tin*
j office. In the recently-published re
ports of an alleged congressional com
mittee action sustaining the former
delegate's contentions, which are now
tardily admitted to have been prema
ture, it was stated that the decision
hinged upon the “soldier vote" at Fort
(ilbbon, and not upon the tJb votes in
cluded in tin* disputed precincts of
rhoggiung, Utica, Deering, Bonnifleld,
.Nitshagak and Vault And those at
all familiar with the situation wonder
! w hy Wickersham should expect a re
versal of Judge Jennings' decision
j upon the strength of the rejection of
this vote.
I Wickersham, in the role of con
j lestant for the seat of Itelegato Sul
zer, averred that the Fort (lihbon pro
einet was established for political
purposes at the instance of Delegate
Snlzer's friends, in order that the sol
diers might vote, and that 24 soldiers
nf the United States army at that post
did vote at the l'lltl election. He
claimed that these votes were illegal
and should be excluded from the
count.
The fact of the matter is, however,
that the Fort Gibbon precinct was la
existence in 1 !t 14, at which election
Delegate Sulzer was not a candidate.
| lit that year (l'Jlti 2S votes were cast
at Fort Gibbon, and 22 of those were
for Wickersham. in in It; there were
50 votes east, and 24 of them are al
leged to have been cast by soldiers, j
In opposition to Wickersham's con
tention, Delegate Sulzer argues that
the contestant has not proved that
any one of those who voted for Sulzer
was not a qualified voter. The con
testant made the allegation that all
the soldiers who voted were disquali
fied. Having made that assertion, the
burden was on him to prove it, hut
this he has utterly failed to do.
The soldiers who voted at Fort Gib
bon swore that they were qualified
voters; each swore in his vote at the
time, and stated that he had read the :
commanding officer's notice (specify
ing the riglits of soldiers as voters l, j
and that after duly deliberating he
had concluded that he was a citizen j
of the United States and entitled to
vote, and that he voted knowing that
he was precluded from claiming a
residence elsewhere. In order to
make good Ills allegations It was nec-j
cssary that the contestant (Wicker*'
sham) prove that these soldiers were
not citizens of Alaska.
Delegate Sulzer contended- and
submitted court decisions to sustain j
the contention that the soldiers were
legal voters and that their votes
should he counted. Courts have held
that residence is a matter of inteii
lion, and that a soldier "may esi.ih
lisli his domicile at such point as he
may see lit hy taking the proper a: I
appropriate steps to do so." This tie
Fort Gibbons soldiers did by swear
ing that their residence was Fort Gin
lion, and thus precluding the possi
bility of exercising the right to vote j
elsewhere.
For he It remembered that a sol
dier does not lose his citizenship by
the mere fact that he becomes one of :
Uncle Sam’s defenders, whether it
be In the bleak Interior of Alaska or ’
on the fighting front In France. The ;
men who voted at Fort Gibbon were !
only a portion of the men stationed
there, and they did so after consulting
their commanding officer and the dis
trlct attorney as to their rights It ,
would seem that any decision which
threw out the votes of these men at
tempted either to disqualify them on
the ground that they were soldiers or
that they were perjurers.
It is not in edifying spectacle that
the former delegate makes of himself
in this phase of his contest, hut it Is
on a par with the attempt to show
that while the civilized and educated
natives ol Southeastern Alaska should
he deprivetj of the vote, the miser-j
able, squalid, uncivilized and ignorant j
Eskimos of Umilaklcet and Nome
were entitled to have their votes
counted because they had been shown
how to mark a ballot for Wicker
sham.
An Instance of Wickersham's Neglect
of Alaska's Interests
Three days before the Sixty-fourth
emigres! went out of existence, in
March, j!>17, just before the term of
.lames IVIrkorsham as delegate from
Alaska eame to an end, a bill now j
known us the Smith Hughes act was!
passed, signed by the President and |
became a law, says the Juneau Em- j
plre. file law extended federal aid j
to evert state In the Union for voca- !
tional (duration; that Is, gave money
out of the treasury of the United
States to the several states for the
purpost of encouraging vocational ed
ucation It provided that not less
than $30,000 per year should he given
to every state. Hither through the
negligence of Wiekersham, or inahil
Hy. that act was not extended to
Alaska, and thereby the territory is
deprived of a continuous minimum ap
propriation of $3o.ono per year, which
would increase correspondingly witli
the population Hilaries A. Sulzer, the
present delegate from Alaska, has in
troduced a resolution in congress pro
vlding for the extension of the hem*
fit* of this act to tin territory ot
Alaska, and he lias absolute conli
delire that lie will he aide to si ( un
its adoption and gain for the terri
tory what it should have had from the
hr t enactment ot the law.
■ ___ _.-. .
In letters to several persons who!
are nuieh interested in vocational edti '
cation. Delegate Sulzer has pointed I
out his views regarding the desirabil
ity of extending vocational education ,
in Alaska. It will mean that with the
aid of the funds from the federal kov
eminent It will he possible to insti
tute courses in the public schools
\s hereby children may study at home
domestic science, the trad'- and at;
rieultlire \t the pre .nt time lim
ited funds and facilities compel the
school authorities to limit these
courses, with the result that many
parents have seen fit'* to send their
children Outside to receive what they
consider proper educational opportu
nltles. And many families have even
left the territory for that reason.
In the* states the benefits of tho
Smith Hughes mi haw |,» en enjoyed
by millions of children during tho
past year, and the* commission named
t.> administer the law report that the
I» '-'ill lia V e heel! p'rat ify ifltf.
The resolution introduced hv Dele
gate Stil/er has been re ferred to the*
committee c>n education, and tin ♦ 1 e!• • -
i ate is m hope ol rec . r. nu; a la*, or
aide report on tin nn-.i n* before flic
pr*nt < -sion e nds m I)< < «•:;i!.« r. in
v hi< h event Alaska would obtain the
benefit of tin act duririL' tin next,
fiscal year.
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