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ATTITUDE OF DELEGATE SULZER
ON FISH AND ROAD QUESTIONS
His Bill Would Secure for Territory Control of
Fisheries Vexatious Squabbles Over
Roads Will Be Eliminated.
Tu .1 ami \ la ska ns m» subji '
is ill more i‘iiportaarc Ilian lllc int 1
llgcni regulation in til'' great lishing
indust rv lit ti:e territnry. vltiumgh
in liis Itoine till* 11i11 Itelegate Slllzet
priix iiieil .hat tlm territnry should
have tin- right to legislate for ami
regulate its I he. u - . he also ilitre
iiii, . a n hill in rutigr. ss providing
tlm nln terri'.irj -hottld have com
plete control m the lishcries. This
action was taken in order to in' doubly
sure that tin- territory would in- given
the authority to regulate it- great*--t
industry. And the delegate consid
ered it certain that it he houhl fail
in gelling one nma-aire tltrottgh lie
would succeed in securing I'avoratile
consideration of tile other. In fact
In- ieels irtain Unit both hills will
lie enacted into law. hut wants the
double ass uaiu e tha! the desired re
. all: ,\ ill lie obtained.
The committee having Ibis matter
in , liarge lias taken lei :iniotiy in tlm
premises and Mr Sulzer hopes 'bat
favorable action will In- taken on it
soon
in the fisheries bilk as in other mas
lets, attempts have been made : > b ad
people of \!uka to believe that tin
delegate was attempting to put this
measure through in the interests of
tile 'dish trust
Such charges are manifestly false
and. in fact, preposterous, as the hill
provides specifically ilml the legisla
lure of the territory of Alaska shall
have the right to amend or abrogate
tile net
There can he no question that the
fishing law that now exist:! is not
equitable, ilmt the fisheries are not
protected, and that the industry will
he wiped out unless stringent steps
are taken to prevent such catas
trophe. For more than fifty years tin
der national control proper measures
n i.r-i tw-en taken to nroteet the
fisheries, so that t li * * delegate wants
the power placed in the hai.ua of
Alaskans who are familiar with con
ditions surrounding the industry. And
if a fisheries law Is paused by the
legislature and found faulty it "ill
be an easy matter to change it at the
next session, while it would be an ex
iremely difficult matter to secure con
gressional action, should any law that,
might he passed be found not to tile
best interests of all the people*.
Delegate Sul/.er's fisheries bill pro
vides for adequate protection and
policing of the salmon streams, > *gu
latlott of traps and taxing thereof, tend
many other provisions urgently
needed at this time, but the bill was
prepared and introduced in order t"
bring the subject before congress and
the people of Alaska, and Mr. Sulzer
stands ready to make any changes
that the Alaska people agree should
be made, and has Invited criticism
from all sources with a view of oy,
taining a law that will bring results
and protect the fisheries.
The Alexander fisheries bill, which
was opposed so generally throughout
Alaska, has not been passed by eon
gross, principally because of the ob
jection of Mr. Sulzer. And it was not
by "fighting" that the measure was
held up It was because of fo-cefcl
arguments put forth by the delegate
to Congressman Alexander, the author
of the bill, who is very friendly to
Alaska, and who, in framing that bill,
conscientiously believed be was giv
ing Maskans what they wanted.
Anti in bis opposition to this meas
ure Mr Silizer not i nly see ired On
desired results, but also cement'd ro
Alaska the friendship of Judge Ue.x
under.
• * *
During his first year in < ongross
Delegate Sulzer secured for Alaska an
appropriation of $f.oo,ooo fo** road
building, which funds wore to ho us*'d
during a period of two yearn. This
year $100,000 was appropriated. The
secretary of war would not ask for
a lt« ater appropriation, as he had no
irity. and never has had. to ask
lor any funds except sufficient to
i t; n tin- existing roads and trails
;• i territory
1;. i r> time he asked for funds tlie
ileni was subject to a point of order
ip tin* house, and several times that
point of order was raised, and tho
items stricken. Such was tho case
hist year He also gave notice that
hi did not intend to ask for any more
hinds for new road building
I'. wars these items were subject
hi a point ot order, yet while* .lames
Wirke'-rdiam was delegate he never
attempted to remedy the condition.
This year Mr. Sul/.er introduced an
amendment to the a:m> aupropr.ati. u
lull providing that, the seereta.rv of
!,<• ;< uthorl/.ed to in;: !■ e -on ll e-f i
mat's as he deemed advisable for
road-building in Maska. Notwith
standing the fact that there was op
position to this amendment from the
military affairs eommRt.e*-. Delegate
Sulzer secured it adopt ion.
Ii is interesting to note that < < n
gress debated thsi appropriation bill.
• . ;o ■ .*•; it | ' .. • ;. ft :
t ■( n b lli m doll irs. for o ily a l
houis. A substantial portion of that
; M .t .* I t . Mr. S i!/.«- ? )
*»•* |" h ■ her' b> h • v.on v"
:Ji* opponents of the amendment.
(Jer.'-ral Richardson, forme'D heal
of the Maska road commission, has
said that the adoption of this amend
ment was one of the greatest pieces
<ii legislation ever put through for
Ala -ka. and he predicted that it would
do a vast amount of good in the de
velopment of the territory
And now. as the secretary of war
is authorized to ask for such funds
as In* may deem advisable. Delegate
Sul/.er believes that he will he* able
to lay the matter before the depart
ment in ru< ii a manner that It will
lend him its support in securing sub
stantial sums iu the future.
• • *
before the house committee on cle -
1 tions at Washington James Wicker
| sham made use of the following lan
guage;
“This act created that body (the
legislature of Alaska) and fixed the
election laws of the territory, and
it fixed them so that they could not
by any possibility ever alter, amend,
modify or repeal those laws. There
is no question about 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 re
spect to that matter.”
Mr Wickershim was speaking of
tho organic act. which he admits hav
ing drawn up himself Now just what
did he mean?
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in Construction
Italian Nursery
WASHINGTON. Oct S. How the
American Ked ('mss in Italy is capi
talizing an earthquake by using part
of the wreckage of the l!llf> disaster
at Avezzano and Sora to construct n
badly needed day nursery at the lat
ter place, is told in a cable to National
hea 'quarters in Washington. No new
bull ling material being available, the
Ked Cross collected enough brirks.
timbers and metals from the ruins
at sflrn. for a building to care for ton
babies while their mothers are at
tending to harvest duties.
The earthquake of 10lf> practically
wiped out Avezzano and Sora. The
people have been trying to live in
the debris of their homes and many
of them are destitute.
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HON. JAS. WICKERSHAM
Candidate for Delegate
to Congress, wii! be the
speaker.
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