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Pertinent Facts as to
Election for Delegate
(Edited by Cha». A. Derry)
Another Wickersham Statement Disproved—Record of
Votes on War Measures Show That Republicans Do
Not Support War Measures as Loyally as Democrats
—Congress Should Be Behind President
James Wickersham, in his meetings
at C'hitina and other places in the ter
ritory, has endeavored to impress
upon his hearers that there is no party
politics in this year'B campaign, and
has stated that the Republican mem
bers of congress were supporting the
President as loyally as the Democrats. ,
This, like many other things Mr
Wickersham sayB, is not borne out
by the facts.
An examination of the records of {
congress will show quite the contrary |
by the recorded vote on various war
measures in congress. On the ship- |
ping bill 160 Republican represents- j
fives and one Democratic representa
tive voted against It.
On the espionage act 97 Republican j
representatives and 9 Democratic
representatives voted In the negative, j
On tin- war revenue bill for the fls-1
cal year 1916, 142 Republican repre ]
sentatives and no Democratic repre-1
sentatives voted against it.
On the war revenue hill for the (is-'
eal year 1917. 192 Republican repre- i
sentatives and 4 Democratic repre-{
sentatives voted against it.
On the war revenue bill for the fis
cal year 1918, 76 Republican repre
sentatives and no Democratic repre
sentatives voted against it.
Furthermore. the ex-delegate's
statements are not borne out by the
activities of the Republican national
committee, which is making strenuous !
efforts to return a Republican major- j
ity to congress, w hich would mean, if j
it mean anything, that the adminls- j
tration's conduct of the war would be
continually embarrassed by an unsym-l
pathetic majority.
—
A Wickersham organ states that
"James Wickersham. on his arrival in
Fairbanks this year, received the
greatest reception ever accorded to
any man." This "reception" which
the former delegate "received" is
thus described by the Fairbanks Citi
zen of September 15:
"Fairbanks is entertaining a modern
Kip Van Winkle in the person of J.
Wickersham, a former old-timer of
tiie camp, who has felt the call of the
North and returned after many moons
to the scenes of his earlier life. Mr.
Wickersham first came here in 1903
or 1904, as an employe of the depart
ment of justice, but the place looked
good to him and he proceeded to ac
quire property interests, and became
one of the founders of the camp and
stuck around for a number of years.
He was at one time interested in min
ing ground on Ester creek, and in the
old wide-open days he was the owner
of the building in which was con
ducted the famous Horseshoe saloon
and gambling house, from which
property he received a considerable
revenue. In later years, however, he
ij said to have turned on his former
nssociaten and eventually was instru
mental in closing all the saloons in
the territory. There are still a few
Dt the oldest Inhabitants who remem
ber him. and he is indulging in the
pleasure of an occasional reunion us
he strolls around and observes the
changes that time has made in his
one-time home tow'n His desire to
come back’ is a natural one, hut also
seems to be a lonesome one. Mr, and
Mrs. Wickersham are residing tempo
rarily In the dwelling on upper First
'.venue once occupied by Arthur Will
iams. Just how long a visit they will
make has not been announced. Mr.
Wickersham is a brother of Ed Wick
Brsham, formerly a fisherman em
ployed by the Carlisle Packing Com
pany at Androafsky.”
Wick Hedges on Game Bill
Reports from several places in
Alaska, and particularly from Yukon
river points, show that James Wick
ersham is making a strenuous attempt
to clear his skirts of having fought
the big-game bill which was intro
duced in congress last winter by
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer. The
facts in the case, however, says the
Juneau Empire, are so condemning
that the friends of Mr. Sulzer believe
that Mr. Wlckerstiam "111 never he
able to acquit himself.
Conceived in Fairbanks, fostered by
the Fairbanks Commercial Club and
the Fairbanks branch of the Council
of National Defense, the big-game bill
was introduced in congress by Mr.
Sulzer. The views set forth by the
Fairbanks commercial organization
and Council of Defense were also
! backed up by the Tanana Valley Ag
! rlcultural Association and others.
| There appeared no doubt, and there
j was no doubt, that the people of In
! tcrior Alaska were solidly behind the
j delegate In the measure
Wlckersham’a Opposition
Following the introduction of the
; hill, it was referred to the committee
on territories, and in due course hear
1 ings were held. Mr. Wickersham did
I not personally appear before that
! committee. He knew, the friends of
Mr. Sulzer say, that the bill was right,
that it was a measure started directly
by the people themselves, and he did
not dare oppose it. But he was in
the office of the chairman of the com
mittee, the room adjoining the com
mittee room, and several times he
sent in suggestions to members who
were apparently in opposition.
At one stage of the hearing he sent l
for one of the congressmen and Im
mediately after his conference with
Mr. Wickersham that member started
nr antagonistic examination of some
of the people who appeared in favor
of the bill.
And Dr Hornaday, who appeared
and made the strongest fight against
the measure, stated emphatically that
Mr. Wickersham told him that there
were not more than 5,000 caribou in
Alaska, which statement is known to
be false by everyone who has ever
lived In Interior Alaska.
And a “Dr.” Elliott, known in Wash
ington to be a protege of Mr. Wlcker
Bhani. also appeared to make some
statements against the bill, but It was
so evident that he did not know any
thing about the maiter under consid
eration that the committee wasted
little time with him.
Meritorious Bill
The people of Fairbanks asked the
delegate to introduce the bill as a
conservation measure, in their loyalty
and patriotism. They thought of no
politics and were anxious only to
serve the best interests of the nation, j
They did not w ish to slaughter all j
tin game in the country, as was stated j
bv I)r. Hornaday, nor did they w ant j
p< mission to kill any more game j
than formerly. They wished only to j
be allowed to kill the same amount
o! game us formerly, but also to store
it away for use throughout the year,
i'revision was made in the bill to
protect the game against slaughter,
as all animals would have to la?
tagged by ofilciala of the law before
the open season ended And anyone
found with game not properly tagged
during the closed season would be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
More than a year ago, In the mid
dle of the summer, a man in Interior !
Alaska was arrested for having moose
meat in his possession, tie claimed
the game had been killed in the open
season many months before, and as
there was no means of proving other
wise he was acquitted. Had the Sul
zer game bill been in effect it would
have been an easy matter to deter
mine how long the game had been
killed, for the stamp of the officials j
would show it plainly.
The bill is still before the com- j
mittee. and notwithstanding the oppo
sition to It, Mr Sulzer hopes to get i
a report on it before the end of the j
present congress, and to have It en-1
r.cted into law.
Tom Hubbert has just received the j
Detmer samples, and has a large se- j
lection at $45 and $50. Look them
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