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LANE REFUTES WICKERSHAM
ONANNl L ASSESSMENT LAW
Secretary of Interior Assures Delegate Sulzer that
Exemption Does Apply to Alaska
Mineral Claims
(By Charles A. Derry)
Secretary of the Interior Lane has
assured Delegate Charles A. Sulzer
that the law passed by congress a
year ago. exempting holders of min
ing claims from the performance of
annual assessment work during the
years 11*17 and 11* 1S. really docs apply
to Alaska, a fact which had not been
disputed until James Wickorshani,
seeking for a pretext to put his oppo
nent for the office of delegate in a
bad light, asserted brazenly that as a
lawyer he advised the holders of min
ing claims in Alaska to do their an
nual assessment work as usual, as
the act did not apply to \laska.
During the year the law has been in
effect there lias been no question that
the act applied to Alaska as well as
to the I'nited States proper, and firm
in this belief lie- miners and pros
peetors of the territory haw done no
such assessment work to hold them,
merely tiling their affidavits as pro
vided by law. At llii< eleventh hour,
when there is no possibility of iem
• dying the alleged defect of failing
to do as'issmeiit work in 1!*17, and
when the doing of such work in the
short time remaining of 1!*1K would
have worked untold hard hip upon the
hardy prospectors and miners of the
territory, Wiekersham sudde nly an I
neunced that the law did not apply to
Alaska!
The former delegate, who claims h
will* be awarded salary and perquis ,
ites lor the past two years as though:
he had been in fact acting as dele-1
gate, sat silently by during a whole |
year and allowed (as he aysi tie*
people of tie* territory to whom he I
claims to be "a friend." to be deluded
into the belief that the law protected
their interests. And then, un the eve
of the election he suddenly announces
that the law does not apply to Alaska
and advises them "as a lawyer" to
do their annual assessment work as
though the act had never been passed.
What must the people think of such
duplicity on the part of their "friend”,?
Do they wish to be again misrepre
sented in the hulls of congress by a
man who would be guilty of such an
act. merely to gain political advan
tage?
One of the points being made by
Wickersharn in his political speeches
is to the effect that Delegate Charles
A. Snlzer is neglecting his duties at
Washington in order to spend his
time in Alaska seeking re-election.
And he asks his auditors. "Did you
ever hear of me deserting my post
during tt session of congress in order
to make campaign speeches?"
it is quite probable that during the
eight years Wickersharn served as
delegate for Alaska congress was
never in session during the whole of
a political campaign. Congress usu
ally adjourns early in the spring in
the even-numbered years during which
congressional elections are held, and
does not again reconvene until De
cember, which gives the members an
opportunity to look after their politi
cal Interests with a view to re-elec
tion if they so desire.
Xo one doubts, in spite of the sneer- I
ing words of Mr Wickersharn, that
had the occasion ever required his I
presence in Alaska for the purpose of !
repairing his pollrtcal fences, he |
would have been on the spot, session
or no session. Hut Wickersharn has 1
always looked upon the' dcb‘gateshl:i
as his personal prerogative, and has !
been i ... of opposition. So j
much so. in I'-ict, that two years ago
he made hut a perfunctory < am ass,
and could not In- induced to suffer the
discomforts of a trip to the Interior
in the interest of his candidacy, so
sure was lie that lie would lie re
elected. Hut dm s anyone doubt for
one moment that Wickersharn would
have been at ail backward in this i
matter hud lie been in Sulzer's place?
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The fact of the matter Is that Dele
gate Sulzer. stayed at his post in
Washington until all matters affect
ing Alaska that would be dealt with
at litis session had been disposed of.
and not until It was found that his
presence was no longer needed did
he leave Washington, lie found, as
tlio country knows well, that the re
mninder of the session w ould lie de-:
voted entirely to war matters, and as i
lie has no vote, he would have been
hut a silent and Inactive spectator.
As it was, in view of the limited
steamship service, he was able to
visit only the coast section of his
constituency, leaving his splendid
record of two years’ service to he his
advocate in tin* portions of the terri
tory not visited by him.
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Delegate Sulzer and Self-Government
Delegate Sulzer says he is confi
dent that congress will pass a full
territorial form of government Dill for
Alaska, and there is no question but
that he speaks with accurate knowl
edge concerning congressio lal senti
ment. says the* Juneau Kmpire. Dur
ing his short term at Washington Mr.
Sulzer has won tin* confidence of son
a’ers and representative.', in congress
in a remarkable degree, and he has
impressed upon the national law
makers tin* necessity of giving Alaska
a free hand in the management of
Maskan affairs So completely is this
the ease that it might be said with
entire confidence that another term
of Delegate Sulzer in emigre/; means
the government of Alaska in Alaska
by Maskans.
And that, after all. i. the only solu
tion of Alaska's problems. The ques
tions that eoneern the development of
this territory, its resources and gov
ernment. can not he settled by people
shouting "crook." “scalawag." 4' 11 tin.
'■corporation," "trust." Nothing < in
la* gained by sweeping through the
territory abusing everybody. Nothing
Oil! ! * e solved by dividing the people
into quarreling factions or the devel-'
opnient of clannish or personal feuds
No good things for the territory < an 1
he ;-!<!*‘d by the surreptitious circula
tion of calumnious reports tending to
itijutc tin* standing of individual:.
1 here is no help to progress in trying
t«» undermine and destroy the useful
ness of those who are charged with
tin* duty of public service.
These practices simply muddy De
waters and make advancement diffi
cult.
Nor can we settle the local ques
tions that are the foundations of Alas-,
kan prosperity and industrial and in -I
stitutlonal development by making I
partisanship and the personnel of the j
public service paramount Issues. WV !
can not determine anything impor
tant by permitting those who want of
0 fin I place and public salaries to oc
eupy the public attention while they
make wry faces, call names and do
all within their power to discredit and
embarrass the administration, in or
der to create a grouch vote and in
ilr.enee it to support their personal
ambitions, or while they attempt to
strong-arm those of a political faith
Into doing the same thins.
The problems of Alaska will never
be settled in such a way that will
allow the best progress and best de
velopment until the. people of Alaska >
are permitted to take over the gov
ernment of the territory. The respon
sibilities of government must be
placed on the people here who under
stand local conditions. Then the peo
elp who are interested in settling
questions, rather than in keeping
everything in a condition of chaos,
will have the power within their hands
to protect and govern themselves.
Then will the intermingling of fed
eral and local issues and problems of
government cease. Then will tin* peo
j pie be abb* to regulate their own af
! fairs in a manner that will be satis
factory to the majority.
This is a time when the people of
Alaska those who are In*re to stay,
those who are raising families here
and building for a future for them
i selves and their children, and those
| who will come after them, those who
desire to make Alaska a good place
for a permanent home should take
charge of things and relegate the per
^nnal political gang, which is striv
ing to destroy that it might profit, to
t h * • background.
\o man has ever been called to pub
lic service in Alaska who more nearly
represents tin* real workers, those
who are laboring to make Alaska
something better than a field of bat
th‘ f'>r spoilsmen and office-seekers
ami personal political quarrelers, than
I >elegate Sulzer Let us elect Mr.
Sulzer, get self-government and per
mit the people, the nun and women
are tr\I;ig to make Alaska a good
in which to live and work and
do business, run the territory.
Self-government is the big issue in
\ la ska.
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COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
HAS ARMY TRAINED "SHOCK"
SQUAD FOR GRIDIRON MEETS
GOLDEN'. Colli.. Oct. ]:,. Five "let
ter men, back from the Presidio,
Sttn !• raneisco. where they underwent i
seven- military training for several
months, make-up the "shock" squad .
of the School of Mines' football team j
for Pt]S. Thi* five are Chester Pittser,
Ronald Coulter. Rem- Mechin. Donald
Rally and G Miller
Thi- miners have a likely squad of
freshmen some of whom have shown
football In practice that virtually in
sures them of billets on the first team.
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Sec. 21. Election 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 the
use of the official ballots, which certificate must accompany ami 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 IE
NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR WHOM YOU DESIRE TO VOTE
DO NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, INSERT WITH PENCIL IN
BLANK SPACES.
Fur Delegate to CongresH (Vote for one.)
0 JAMES WICKERSHAM
-j . .
For Territorial Senator (Vole for one )
0 1 J. W. WARD
_ _
1* or I territorial H«*prt.**t-ntativr (Vote* for four.)
0 HENRY SLATER
0 JOSEPH H. MURRAY
0 JOSEPH L. REED
0 J. LINDLEY GREEN
For Hoad (.'ouiiuUsiotior (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