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AMAZING POLITICAL SPEECH
OF CANDIDATE WICKERSHAM
New Depths of Infamy Reached Where Former
Delegate Taunts Sulzer, a Spanish-Amer
erican War Veteran, with Being
German and “Slacker.”
(By Charles A. Derry)
Helen- an mullein •• I hat m any im«u
the Km pres s theater la. * night. lame:
Wicker^hani. one time idol of the sour
d< ugh Alaskans, who delighted in hi:
vi\id denum iation of everything per
mining to the “<’.uggenheims.” tin
“transportation trust.” the “lish trust
and kimlre-i made to order enemies o
the people, delivered one of his char
aetoristie speeehos. His witt > sallie
were at times well received, and .
few of his former supporters showei
their loyalty to their candidate In
liberal applause. Hut it was notice
aide that his frequent slurring thrust?
at his political toes, so glaringly un
just as well as untrue, were coldly re
eeived. and ometiice Lell Hat. as. foi
im tam e. ", hen he said of his oppo
in‘iit. ( hat h A. Siil> ei• is not a pro
Kerman. lie i- a Kerman! A tens*
sili-nee giaeti-i this remarkable out
hurst
A well .rmed -entIonian w hi
heard tin- former delegate declare!
after the meeting that Wicker, hum it
the whole course of his addn “l.a
...... wo.»t 11. . • •.
wholly inn*." And others who hear*
the speech concurred
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Probably nexer before in his lonj
e.-reer as an ofTi•■eholder and office
seeker has Wiekersham so well livei
up t-> hi reputation as a clever a;n
subtle politician as he did last night
Not in the lie direct was this so mr< !
in evid-mrc as ia rather poorly dis
guised innuendo Put he did say that
Charlo- A Pul/.er was a "slacker'' be
< ■ u: e. being 'll* years of age tine! hoiiik
of laxly, and having had a military
education, "it the expense of the peo
pie. he had not offered his service,
to his country in a military capacity
He did not mention the fact that Mr
Sulzer had never completed hi "mill
tary education." having resigned iron
the academy to take up other work.
And he kept discreetly silent as tc
the fact that Charles A. Sulzer vclun
teered his services and served wit'
the Fourth New Jersey Volunteer*
during the Span ish-A merican war
And yet he has the effrontery to cal
this man a "slacker."
Mr Sulzer was elected to emigres;
in 11*10, and Immediately Wiekersham
contested his seat. War was declared
in April. 11*17. Had Mr Sulzer re
signed at this time it would have been
perfectly satisfactory to Wiekersham
Put would it have been satisfactory tc
his constituents? How would they
have looked upon the desertion ol
their delegate* in the fact* of a fight
leaving the held in the possession ol
(lit man whom they wore enngratu
biting themselves on having sent
hack to private life and the practice
of his profession in Tacoma?
• • •
II is creditable l<> the Cordova poo
pit* who heard Wiikersham’s speech
Iasi night that the assertion that their
delegate In congress was a (lerimui
auu a HiacKcr was re e:veu m
silence Under Wickei sham’s reason
in?;, the fad that .Vr. Sulzer is of tier
man ancestry constitutes him a (Jit
man At this particular time the up
plication of such a term to a native
born American is atrocious in the ex
treme Th * many thousands of Amer
ican hoys of (ierman blood who are
offering their lives for America on the
hat t lefoMc o| Praii'c rauistiute :*
rchul.e ic s.irh nju t. ui.manly
ami unpatriotic utterances, which
should he sufficient in themselves
to relegate this character assassin to
the oblivion he merits
Wicker ham proudly told his hen
ers that bis own father was born in
Kentucky; but he modestly disclaimed
any credit for that far*. W hat vicious
train of rersoninj; does this man cm
ploy v ho. while apparently declining
to assume any honor for his own
American ancestry, can besmirch the
citizenship of a man whose immediate
forbears happened to be horn in a
country with which we are at war?
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The attacks on federal officeholders
were to 1 e expected, as they are but
a rehash of whit Al.ishuns have heon
accustomed to hearing from Wicker
sham for years, lint why was It not
possible for him to stick to the troth
about mutters which are so easily sus
ccptible of proof? Mentioning the
fact that Attorney General Grigsby
and District Attorney Roth wore mak
ing campaign speeches throughout the
territory. Wickersham "premimed"
that they wore using public funds for
this purpose. Of course he knew dlf
j» . 4 i, * , nut ne V amen any nami'd m ■■ i j
; la .. . !> !:» ve a lie.
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Modesty never was a virtue which
•j Wirkejsham could claim. So it was
■ only natural that lie should have cum
pared the wonderful work he himself
did in congress with that done by
I c heate Snlzer. to the disps ragemcm
: ( f the 1 ■ i' t ’1 . of course ) have not
looked Up tile matter myself, and
therefore ( a mint vouch for the State
| nu iii made to me hy a prominent
' Memo: rat. who said that in Wicker ,
J ham’s tirst term in (.digress lie se
i:*• • i t pa ear;.- of one hill, and J it. i
the act i;i question hail not. so far as
he 1*.”,ev . . \*r leer invoked in the
. units Wiekersha m admitted that
Sul/a-r had s cured the par sage of two j
hills at a time when the legislative!
depar’ment ol tin government wasj
a!.,,. r wlinlh monopolized hy war,
, mea 4111es Hut the speaker attempted !
to minimize tie importance of these !
by \ :ng til it one was !■> allnv the
• y .. ■ 1 to i : •' l i. l ! - : at* I '.it
' ’*11i.j n; {s. atei 11 • other v
to oithori/i lie* survey of the home
e,-. ’ • -I . .1 1 1 .- Ml I ■
e! any In• lit !;; to tie tei r i •.■>." |
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(!(• \ - i mu Thomas Riggs t ame in l«>r
.t large share of abuse and ridicule at
tie hands of the Republican candi
<. ,;<• i i delegate \ |e ailed him lit
’ii :„m. Riggs." which undignified
a j pel1 it (i.i for the incumbent «>t the
honor.ibl otfice of governor of Alaska
he evidently expected to he taken for 1
humor. Rut the audience could see
nothing humorous about it. lie ae
| i : ed Governor Riggs of having;
wasted tile government's money while
serving as a member of the Alaska
|--I ; :i •. ing commission. Mr iiigg«
I not being a candidate for office before j
j the people, it is difficult to find any
! excuse for this tirade, other than the
i natural propensity of Wiekersham for
j "roasting" somebody. He repeated
' the charge made at An borage, that'
Governor Riggs had made of his offi- \
*i.'l tour of the territory a campaign
:i behalf of Delegate Sulzer. totalis |
gnomic Governor Riggs' public denial
of tills yarn. In a matter of veracity j
the public will undoubtedly take Gov
ernor Riggs’ word in preference to
that of Wiekersham. especially in
view of last night's performance.
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Mr Wiekersham made a great dis
play last night of his loyalty to and
I admiration for President Wilson Two
years ago. when President Wilson was
: struggling with the great pre-war
j problems; when Ills courageous path
j was beset by intrigue and treason;
when war was imminent and loyal
I supporters of the administration were
not so numerous as they are now,
James Wiekersham declared his op
! position to President Wilson, after
; having in the previous campaign an
I noun ed himself as a "Wilson Pro
gressive." He stumped the coast sec
Hon of Alaska at that time denouncing
President Wilson and the Alaska ui
! gineering commission, thereby losing
I the support of many of his staunchest
friends, and consequently the election.
- lie even "took ti fall out of" Score
! tury of the Interior l-anc, of whom he
now speaks so highly
What is to he inferred from this
change of heart on the part of the
.perpetual candidate'.’ Nothing more
nor less than that the astute politl
! elan sees a chance to curry favor with
t!te voters by appearing to support
i the President tit a time when to do
I otherwise would he unpopular.
* • *
One oi tlie most cunning of Wi It
! .sham's fabrications was his relation
I of a ne w version of the Strong inci
I den: He made it appear that the
| former governor's downfall was
brought about hv his refusal to issue
llic tor'iKrato of election to Suite
that he was blackmailed. In fact.
Wickersli uni's great admiration fur
Strong dates from the time when the
latter, in utter disregard of the law
and the advice of the duly-constituted
'ogal adviser of the executive, issued
the certificate to Wiokershum. To i
hear Wlckershutn tel! it, the man who
for years had illegally held the posi j
tion of chief executive of the terri
tory was a much-abused man instead j
of a malefactor. The candidate made j
it appear that Strong was deposed be
cause of bis Canadian birth, and num
bers of his audience must have gone j
away with that impression.
The word "liar" was frequently used j
PAY LITTLE HEED
TO WAR CLOTHES
Women Disregard Call for Uni
formity as a Conservation
Measure.
ORGANDIE AND CALICO FROCKS
Frills and Fichus, Picture Hats and
Other Feminine Fluffiness Bor
rowed From Another Age,
Now in the Limelight.
New York.—The radicals are nt It
again. They are agitating for the
standardization of women's dress as a
war measure of equal importance with
the conservation of food. Humors of
frocks all alike, cut by the millions
and placed on the market for tin* col
onel's lady and Judy o'tirady, so that
they may become sisters in their attire
as well as under their skins, com
ments a fashion authority, reach us
from time to time through the sec
tions of tin* daily press devoted to
women's affairs.
Sometimes the arguments are quite
learned. The French revolution is
freely quoted as being the event final
ly responsible for the standardization
of men's dress. To he sure, one of
the first tilings that Napoleon did,
when In* reached the position of being
able to set the fashion, was to make
men’s clothes as gorgeous and as com
plex as they had been before the abo
lition of the Bourbons. But the effect
did not last long. "Sans eulnttism"
had taken too firm a hold on men's af
fections. They soon went hack to
that dignified hilt ugly garment, the
long trousers, and they have remained
faithful to them ever since.
Students of tho history of costume
cite tills as mi example, and tell us—
some hopefully, some regretfully—that
the present Armageddon will do the
same for women. lint then come oth
ers—students, too, hut students of tho
human nature hack of the clothes,
rather than of the clothes themselves
-and they give an emphatic No! to
the whole proposition.
“The standardization of women’s
dress has gone as far now as it ever
will,' is their contention.
Easy to Get Into.
Very busy women—and what other
kind Is there at present—may make
insistent demands for clothes that are
easy to get Into. “Easily adjusted,
madam,’ will sell more gowns this
season than the catch phrase, “This
is what they’re wearing.’’ Coats and
suits and one-piece dresses will main
tain their popularity; “shirtwaists’’
that launder like a man’s shirt will
refuse to he ousted. Hut there will
always he more variety in women’s
dress than there is in men’s, and wom
en as a whole will continue to he more
,,reoc<upied with the question of
wherewithal they shall lie clothed.
one reason fur tin* continuance of
variety in feminine attire, In spite of
wars and rumors of wars, is the fact
that women as a whole are rested hy
a change of occupation. So the busi
ness woman, on her return from her
office, is quite willing to sit down to
hy the speaker, it is said that con
firmed liars frequently fell an untruth
when the truth would serve as well
It would have been Just as easy for
Wiekersham to have told his auditors
that Strong was removed, among other
reasons, because in* was not and never
had been an American citizen.
Is not the time past in Alaska when
Km h a speech ns that made by Wick
ershain last night, whose distinguish
ing features were abuse, "astonishing
distortion of the truth," and bold and
brazen self-glorification, will have any
weight with tlic thinking men and
women of the territory .'
♦—
Not So Loud.
"Sleep is one of the greatest of
luxuries.”
"For heaven’s sake, don’t say that
ar they'll tax it." Baltimore American
—♦
The Difference.
"It is remarkable that so many
women should lie working.”
"Women have always worked." re
plied Miss Cayenne "The principal
difference just now is that they are
working away from home and getting
paid for it." Washington Star.
stocking darning, so that she may con
tinue to wear the thread-hare hose In
which her heart delights; she sits up
lute to run ribhons in tier lingerie;
she will wash out and Iron her own
neckwear in order that she may make
her serge suit or frock more becoming
by softening It with frills at the throat.
Did anyone ever hear of the man who
washed his own collars? He will pol
ish his own shoes—tradition says that
hi- will perform this operation more
willingly and oflener than any woman;
he will brush his clothes—hut there
his sartorial measures of preparedness
end. So he Is naturally restricted to
a form of garment widch Is easily
kept in order.
Man's Insensibility to Temperature.
Another reason Is the average man’s
absolute Insensibility to elmnges In
temperature—at least from the wom
an's point of view. He declares that
there Is it vast difference in warmth
between his winter-weight blue serge
and bis summer weight, hut no wom
an cun see it. To her he Is a mys
tery as lie goes to his office on a
boiling August morning, eiud complete
ly lu wool, with u high-starched collar
round Ids neck and thick leather shoes
on bis feet. Just ns great a mystery
is she to him in winter, with her
georgette sleeves, tlilii stockings and
paper-soled pumps. Probably It Is six
of one and half a dozen of the other.
Hut there is an army of women who
go clothed In cotton and linen from
May to October; who will pay extrav
agant laundry bills If they live In the
j city; who will travel with an electric
| iron in their trunks when they visit
! the country; who will pay almost any
| price in time, money mid convenience
for the privilege of wearing thlu
| clothes throughout the dog days.
There is n great army of them who
still, in spite of wn- work, make their
own summer frocks, by the uld of a
i tissue paper pattern. There is anoth
er even larger group who solve six
months' dressmaking problems by buy
ing ginghams and muslins mid hiring
the services of a dressmaker "by the
day."
Are all these women going to bo
course not.
Summer Fabrics Fascinating.
Resides the feminine failing of inly
ing a thing, not because one needs it,
hut because it is cheap, to which the
makerk of summer fabrics have al
ways catered, there is the eternal fas
«Ination of the materials themselves—
’heir sympathetic surfaces, their
freshness, their delicious color.
This year we are more discreet.
Rrlllinnt tones are still to be seen, hut
the general feeling is one of moder
ation In all tilings, even In color.
Fabrics, too, are discreet. Very
popular are net, foulard and organdie.
One may he gay In foulard, it Is true,
but one is more apt to lie navy blue
or black or gray in it. Organdie is
! subtle in its color range, not striking,
and the clothes that we construct of
it have an atmosphere of “old-tlmey
ness" far removed from anything so
smashing, dashing, as tin- Russian bal
let color combinations. In loss <>xpon
! slve faltrics, which are among the few
things that remain within t! ■ reach
«»f tin* woman of modest budget, there
are tin* printed voiles, the ever-popu
far ginghams, and tin* season's revival,
calico, or percale, to give it tin* name
under which It is sold In most places.
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Sec. 21, Election I«uws. 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, in this event, certify to the facts which prevented tin
use of the official ballots, which certificate must accompany and !>••
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 AIM-EAR ON THE BAUDOT, INSERT WITH PENCIL IN
BLANK SPACES.
For Delegate to CongresH (Vote for one.)
0 JAMES WICKERSHAM
For Territorial Senator (Vote for one.)
0 J. W. WARD
.......
Kor Territorial Representative (Vote for four.)
0 HENRY SLATER
0 JOSEPH H. MURRAY
0 JOSEPH L. REED
0 J. LINDLEY GREEN
Kor Road Commissioner (Vote for one.)
0 JAMES L. GALEN
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WHEN YOU VOTE FOR THE ABOVE CANDIDATES YOU
WILL BE VOTING FOR THE BEST INTERESTS
OF ALASKA
ELECTION NOVEMBER 5th, 1918
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