THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1919.
WICK'S WORD.
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Associated Press dispatches from
Seattle quote James Wickersham say
ing^hat he intends to file a contest
if the canvassing board of Alaska
gives the certificate of election to his
opponent, Mr. Sulzer. Of course it
lias always been understood here
that he would start such proceedings.
* As soon as it was realized that he had
again been defeated at the polls he
and his workers began to gumshoe
around making efforts to dig up any
thing upon which any old kind of a
charge might be hung.
And Wick is always prolific in
charge. It is his theory of political
warfare, and it’s good enough politics,
to be cloud every issue with enough
charges to throw out the entire elec
tion, if it were possible, and in this
way insure his tenure of office forever
and a day. It has become so that
Wick is Alaska’s Old Man of the Sea,
from which there seems to be no way
to rid ourselves.
And at times even he talks fair
enough about his intentions. To out
siders, people he meets in Washing
ton and such like, it might almost ap
pear that Wick is doing Alaskans a
great favor by remaining in congress.
Only a few weeks ago on the floor of
the national house of representatives,
he made a positive statement that he
was tired of it, the fuss and trouble
was getting too much for a man of his j
delicate sensibilities.
And it was made in connection with
the possibility of a contest being filed !
over the 1918 election. On January 4, j
last, during the proceedings of the j
house in the contest of Wickersham
against Sulzer, Mr. Harrison, of Mis-1
sissippi, speaking to Wickersham
said, (we quote this from the Con
gressional Record), "In this last cam
paign—last November—was the prop
osition discussed as to whether you
were elected or Mr. Sulzer was
elected?”
■‘Mr. Wickersham. It was discussed;
yvo.
‘Mr. Wickersham. We do not know
yet. The answer will depend upon
whom you ask. If you ask me, 1 say
that 1 am elected, and I have no doubt
that if you ask Mr. Sulzer he will say
that he is, but 1 am perfectly willing
to say that it is so close that nobody
can honestly tell you, and that neither
you nor we will know until the official
count is had.”
“Mr. Harrison, of Mississippi. And
there wilj probably be a contest over
that?”
“Mr. Wickersham. Not if I lose,
because I have had enough of it.
(Laughter).”
Sure they laughed at it. Who
wouldn’t? Does anyone think that
Wick would refuse to contest if he
had a ghost of a show to hang onto
the public treat. Remember that this
was after January V, of this year, and
Wick knew then that he was behind
in the votes received and that every
chance was against him receiving the
majority and winning the election. He
knew then that lie was defeated and
ther isn’t a doubt in the world but
what he was already going ahead with
plans for contesting the electeion. Yet
he makes an absolutely positive state
ment that should the vote go against
him, should he lose, he will not con
test. And the odds are ten to one
that some of those men sitting there
listening to his bull believed what he
said. Laugh, certatinly they did, such
a statement coming from Wick would
make a dog laugh.
If I lose, says “their Jim" I wont
contest. Not me. I have had enough,
that’s plenty. So he told the house
of representatives. Wick has lost.
He’s been to Juneau and he knows he
got the small end of the vote. Now
he is back in Seattle, and knowing
that he lost, declares he will contest
if Sulzer gets the certificate of elec
tion. Does he think to scarce the
election board into issuing him the
certificate to avoid a contest? If they
don't issue it to Sulzer, it might as
well be given to Mr. McConnally as
Wick. He was in the race also and
if also-rans are to take first money no
favoritsm should be shown.—Fair
banks Citizen.
Hungary has gone Bolshevik and
is still going hungry.
Many prefer the American league
to the National league.
France needs allies to guard
against the Teutonic birthrate.
The peace conferees are said to be
afrdid of loose talk; so they don’t let
any loose.
We are told that he ingenious Huns
are now using paper wa,ter pipes.
Made of “scraps of paper," no doubt.
It is proposed to reduce letter post
age to two cents. That would be a
stamp act that would not cause an
American revolution.
President Wilson, in his informal
talk to senators, said that Premier
Venizelos of Greece was the “greatest
man who sat around the peace table.”
It must be a great man who can sit all
around a peace table or any other
table.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS.
A little water makes a lot of differ
ence in the looks of a town. The city
of Douglas has taken on a great deal
more prosperous appearance since it
had its face washed.—Douglas News.
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Delegate Wickersham has been los
ing ground in southeastern Alaska,
since the publication of his letter
making an attack on Secretary of the
Interior Lane. Many of his former
supporters are leaving him.—Anchor
age Times.
If you don't like the corporations,
keep still about them. Remember,
they are as necessary to the develop
ment of the country as the annual
rains and the sunshine. The only dif
ference between a corporation and an
individual in business is that the cor
poration makes less for its capital in
vested.—Valdez Miner.
Despite the fact that Chairman
fades, of the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, has fully advised work
ingmen on the outside that there will
be no chance for employment in the
Anchorage division until an appropria
tion for continuation of the work is
granted by the congress, Alaska-bound
steamers are tilled to capacity. The
Times naturally wishes to see the
people come, hut we cannot con
scientiously advise those seeking
work to come here, for they will he
disappointed. This condition is
brought about by. the filibuster in the
recent session of congress.—Anchor
age Times.
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While we regret to see any business
venture fail to prove the anticipated
success its originators hope for it, we
believe the merger of the Cordova
Daily Herald from a daily to a weekly
paper is one of the best moves the
manager of the Herald has yet made.
With but one or two possible excep
tions there are few towns in the ter
ritory where a live daily can be made
to pay, and any other kind is an
amomination in the sight of a disciple
of the art preservative. Alaskan
towns along the' coast are all under
5,000 population, and press dispatches,
wages and overhead expenses eat up
any subscriptions that can he ob
tained. A good weekly is better than
a poor daily, and is much better for
a town in the long run, as it takes
less than half the support to make it
a financial sucess, and its editor can
get a chance to eat a meal with his
family once in a while. We welcome
Bro. Ward in the weekly field and be
lieve that once tried, he can never he
persauded to go hack to the weary
grind and expense of a daily paper.—
Valdez Miner.
CORDOVA SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO VICTORY LOAN BONDS
Previous subscriptions .$ 8/150
Today’s subscriptions . 2,45(1
Total subscriptions .$10,900
Cordova has sold one-ninth of its
quota of Victory loan bonds thus far,
with many of the committees still to
hear from. This amount should be
doubled by the end of the week. The
subscribers today were:
W. W. Council, Matilda Council,
Nancy Council, Mrs. W. W. Council,
Mary Lee Council, Ben Luke, P. R.
Townsend, George L. Smith, Mrs.
Fred Shrenger, E. Goodreau, Fred
Shrenger. Philip Lydick, John V.
Lydick, jr., Charles Kemp, George L.
Buchanan, W. R. Hillery.
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SHORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
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Bob Mahar, a former employe of
the Alaskan Engineering commission,
and now in the army, writing to a
friend in Nenana, says that he wishes
he were back in the north again, and
that he will hit Alaska as soon as he
is discharged.
A silver dollar was lost by some
one in Wrangell a few days ago and!
the one who lost it advertised in the:
paper for it. Can it be possible that
dollars are so scarce in Wrangell thatj
every dollar in town can be identi
fied.—Douglas Island News.
Franklin, Alaska, is where nature
provides lavishly for the wants of
man. A herd of caribou estimated at
100,000 invaded that district recently
with the result that the residents of
that section laid aside all of the juicy
ribs and steaks they will need for the
coming year. There are many good
ranches in the neigborliooil which
give all the vegetables needed. There j
is no doctor in the neighborhood and j
90 per cent of the white population
are over 50 years of age, several being
70 and a few over 80, all able to work
and no sickness or accidents.
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Representative James Patterson of |
Valdez introduced two bills in the'
house last week, one providing for j
competenecy of witnesses against
gambling and declaring games a nui- j
sance; the other providing for the re
imbursement of Dr. Jos. A. Silverman
lor service's rendered during the Kat
tnai earthquake.
William Clark, who was convicted
of theft at Esther City some time ago
and sentenced to McNeil's island, has
been released from custody.
W. M. Cook, chief electrician at the
naval radio station at. Sitka was se
fSSBfifiBnini«S
riously burned last week by elec
tricity. Sub chaser 309 left to take Mr.
Cook to the gunboat Vicksburg for
hospital treatment. The accident oc
curred when Mr. Cook who was oper
ating at the time caught his foot in
the ground wire. He was severely
burned on the face, arms, chest and
body by molten copper.
House Gill No. 35, by Representa
tive Daly, recently introduced, creates
a labor commissioner to inspect the
canneries.
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Anvik on the Yukon river, 40 miles
above Holy Cross, has a population
of 150 persons of whom but half a
dozen are whites. Of the whites live
are men and three of them are traders
and two Episcopal missionaries. The
locality is said to be admirably
adapted for cattle there being unlim
ited grass for pasturage and hay. At
Shakelnk, 30 miles east, a large herd
of reindeer is located, giving an
abundance of fresh meat.
The Booth Fisheries, which has
branches in Alaska, made a net earn
ing in 1918 of $2,217,677.02.
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The Nanuna Labor Union is being
sued by firms of that town for sup
plies furnished and work done.
SPOKANE POLITICIAN
WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR
SPOKANE, April 24 (by Associated
Press).- State Senator Harvey Phipps
has announced himself as a candidate
for • the Republican nomination for
governor, in a statement in which he
condemns what he' terms the “closed
door legislation” of the last legisla
ture.
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