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Pertinent Facts as to
Election for Delegate
(Edited by ChJ8. A. Derry)
Desperate Attempt to Mislead Voters Through Temper
ance Organization—Clumsy Effort to Make It Ap
pear That Home Rule Measure Is an Anti-Prohibi
tion Bill—The Wickersham Statehood Bill
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Mrs Cornelia Templeton Hatcher,
who will he recalled by Alaskans as
having been more or less connected
with polities in Alaska during the
past two years. has issued an "open
letter to tlie moral forces ot Alaska."
giving her reasons for supporting
.lames Wiekersham in his efforts to
he elected delegate in ongress from
Alaska. In this letter she makes
Statements that arc questionable, to
say tic h• ■ s'. and only miss being
classified by a harsher term by rea
son of the fact that they may have
keen made in good faith, in spite <>t
the fact that they show a lamentahl •
lack of knowledge on tin* subjects
which she discusses.
Hut the rash statements made by
the lady, were they made in her own
name alone, might pass as one of tin*
minor incidents ot a political cam
paign scarcely worth mentioning Hut
they are made on stationery of tin*
Alaska Woman's Christian Tempo
am e Cnion. embellished with
the well-known motto of the organ
ization. and hearing tin* name of tin
officers of tin* Cnion. and signed by
the author as "President of tin* Alaska
\V c T. IV it must be taken for
granted, therefore, that the circular
is something in the nature ot an <>;•
ficial document of tin* organization.
The circular says in part.
"Judge Wiekersham. not professing
to he a prohibitionist, but recognizing
that the will of the people is supreme
in all matters of public policy, inline
diately following tin decisive 'dry'
vote in Ibid, introduced in congress
and secured the passage, in record
breaking time, of a prohibition law
for Alaska that is conceded to he one
of the best ever written. He stands
for the permanance of that law ami
its absolute enforcement. In direct
contrast, his opponent. Mr Sulzer.
claiming to he a prohibitionist, has,
during his incumbency of Judge Wick
ershani’a seat in congress, • • *
introduced in congress a 'home rule'
bill that provides for tin* possible re
peal of the prohibition law through
resuhmission by the legislature."
Another excerpt from this interest
ing document is as follows
"The ommittee on privileges and
elections delegated by (ongress to
pass upon tin* ineiA; of contested
election cases, has decided that the
action of the Democratic 'machine'
bosses in willfully depriving Judge
Wiekersham of the seat in congress
to which he was elected by tin* peo
ple of Alaska in ibid, was illegal and
unwarranted."
And the circular concludes with the
rather undignified quotation of a
“homely old iid.ige." es the lady poll
tirk'.n puts it, "Never send a boy on a
man's errand.'' meaning, presumably.
<" ' l.is.-.iiy W'ii kerslmm as tlie “man''
; and Sulzer as the "boy."
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V. ben tlie fair sex eoneern them
! - "Ives in polities chivalry suggests
| Hint liny 1“ given credit for the best
I of intentions. It will be difficult to
. lollovv those promptings in (his in
stance It will lie remembered that
J Mrs. Matcher came into public notice
■ first at Alaska when she s'umpcc] ilii
j territory in liclmlr of the "dry" law.
i " vc itea l.iler slie arrogated to her
■ eh the redit for the passage of that
a" i"• iiISin may have won some
| voiles tor tile prohibition law in some
S s eons: ini’ it is not too much to
ray that her methods of campaigning
j had tin* very opposite effect ill other
I communities that site visited \nd as
I to the credit for the passage of the
j levs, it may as well tie given where
j it rightfully belongs to the sour
[ doughs and roughnecks of \iaska who
had determined to put the mlnon out
of business; and they would have
done this without the assistance of
this lady politician.
Mis, llalcher next made her ap
p< trance on the scene in the n
' a supporter of Maloney as a eandi
i date for the nomination for delegate
in opposition to Mr Sulzer it was
j openly charged that she was actu
ated more by a desire to aid Wl kcr
sham than to have Maloney elected
delegate. Mrs Hatcher's interference
1 was not taken kindly, and Maloney
was overwhelmingly defeated since
then the lady has not been heard of
in public, and it was thought the re
buke handed to her for her attempt
to drag tile W. C. T. r into a politi
cal tight had been effective. Now she
comes out in the open in support of
Wlekersham. although, as she admits,
he does not profess to be a prohibi
tionist.
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One of two things is certain: Hither
Mrs. Hatcher is not sincere in in r at
titude in politics, and is being used
as an instrument bv a wily politician,
or she is woefully ignorant of the
first principles of constitutional gov
ernment. Her main quarrel ; gain, t
Delegate* Stil/.er is, as she says, that
he "introduced in congress a home
rule* hill that provides for the possi
ble repeal of the prohibition law "
The Alaska prohibition law was
passed by the I’nited States congress
because tin* Alaska enabling act does
not allow the territory to control the*
liquor traffic. When the* hill was first
discussed in congress a great protest
It may be of interest to Mrs.
Hatcher to know that Wickersham.
1 when delegate, introduced a state
hood bill for Alaska It is not probable
| that it was introduced in good faith,
as it was not exported to pass. Hut
had it passed, the state of Alaska, like
[every other state in the t’nion. would
: determine its own course on the liquor
| question, just as it would on the suf
frage question, the tax question, its
< riminal code and its civil code. It
1 would have required the same pro
cedure to overturn the dry law under
the Wickersham bin as under the Sui
za *r bill.
There are duties and responsibili
ties which self government imposes
[that ran not be shirked, just tin there
I are rights and privileges that are to
| be enjoyed When Alaska undertakes
complete self-government it will as
sume these responsibilities, and not
rely on a paternal government cen
tered thousands of miles away. Dele
g. e Sulzer’s home rule bill is a meri
torious one. And he or any other
man. in the drawing up of legislation
for Alaska, would be assuming too
much were he to relinquish any of
these rights or any of these obliga
tions in behalf of the territory
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The fact that Mrs. Hatcher's letter
is printed under the natno of the
Alaska Woman's Christian Temper
ance t'nlon suggests the natural query
as to whether the funds of that or
ganization are being used for spread
ing political propaganda, and if so,
do its members approve of it? if not.
whose money pays for the printing
and circulating of this literature? If
James Wickershnm or his backers are
circulating this letter, have they the
right to use the name of the organ
ization which stands as a monument
I >
! to some of the noblent women of the
country?
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This incident indicates the desper
| ale tactics being resorted to by Wick
ersham in his campaign of misrepre
sentation. He and his supporters are
well aware of the falsity «»i the con
clusions arrived at in tin* circular,
just as they are on other questions
helorc the voters It is a case of "any
port in a storm" with tin* "Uepub
lican" candidate this year.
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Notice to Creditors
in Cnited States Commissioner's
Court in and for Cordova I’reeinet,
Territory of Alaska (In Probate i
In the matter of the Kstate «,: Or.izio
Salvini. deceased.
Notice is hereby given hv tin1 un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of Orazio Salvini. deceased, to th<‘
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
present the same, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months from the
; date of the first public ation of this
notice, to the administrator at his
place of business in Cordova, terri
tory of Alaska, the same being tne
place for the transaction of said
estate. CHARI,KS MCLUNKR.
Administ rator
Date of tit st publication. August .*51,
1018 w -it
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
. In 1'tilled Stales Commissioner's
Court in and for Cordova Precinct.
Territory of Alaska (In ITobate).
Ill (he matter of the Estate of An
drew Nelson, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned administrator of the estate
of Andrew Nelson, deceased, to the
creditors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased, to
present the same, with the necessary
vouchers, within six months from the
date of the first publication of this
noth ■*, to the administrator at his
place of business in Cordova, terri !
tory of Alaska, the same being the
place for the transaction of saltl
estate K E HOI.DEN,
Administrator.
Hate of first publication. Aug 31, i
1918 w-4t
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See. 21. Election Laws. That in any precinct where the election
has been legally called and no official ballots have been received the
voters are permitted to write or print their ballots, but the judges of
election shall, ill this event, certify to the facts which prevented the
use of the official ballots, which certificate must accompany and be
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.
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 Hoad Commissioner (Vote for one.)
0 JAMES L. GALEN
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ELECTION NOVEMBER 5th, 1918
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went up from residents of Alaska
against the enactment of the law with
out giving them a chance to approve
I or reject it If memory serves cor
rectly. James Wickersham, who was
then delegate, secured the postpone
ment of tin* vote on the measure until
ilie people of Alaska could puss upon
, it by referendum vote. This was
done at the instance of his constitu
ents, and was perfectly proper. The
bill might eventually have been passed
by congress even without the consent
of the people of Aiaska
Now the home rub* bill of Delegate
Sul/.er pmvides for the enlargement
of the power of the territory in many
tilings. The right to control the
1 liquor traflie is one which is exercised
by ever v state in the Cnion. and was
exercised by the territories prior to
statehood. It is an obligation that
fan not lie shirked or left to the* fed
eral government until such time as
the nation takes up that duty by con
stitutional amendment It is quite un
likely that Alaska ever will he "wet”
again, but it should not he forgotten
that this question is one which per
tains to the people of Alaska alone.
\o power at Washington has a moral
right to force objectionable legisla
tion upon a self-governing people, no
matter how meritorious it may he.
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