THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April X, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879
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WILL WORK TOGETHER
There is a striking similarity be
tween the President’s message anc
the Republican legislative progra- ■
as outlined in these colums severa
days ago. The President has rec
ommended the enactment of legis
lation which the Republicans alread;,
had recognized as urgent and de
sirable. Differences will arise
of course, between the aamministra
tion and the congressional majority,
but it is reassuring to find them in
accord, at the commencement of the
session, cn questions of great mo
ment to the country.
Additional assurance of co-opera
tion is contained in a statement re
cently made by Representative Frank
TV. Mondell of Wyoming, newly
chosen leader of the majority party
in Congress. The policy of those in
control of the house, he says, will
be in full co-operation with the
Democratic executive branch of the
government in promoting legislation
for the interests of the people,
rather than agressive bickering.
“The task before us,” he ex
plained, “is not an easy one. First,
because the problems to be met
and solved are of tremendous mag
nitude, and are perplexing in their
character. Second, because our
legislative program must be carried
out under an administration which
can hardly be expected fully to ae
quiese in our views. We trust,
however, that we may be able to
co-operate with those in executive
power in a large measure in the
settlement of all the important
questions we shall have to deal
with.
“We shall have, I am confident,
an earnest and harmonious Repub
lican majority, actuated by the de
sire and the determination to work
along sound and constructive lines.
The Republican majority in Con
gress is due, to a considerable ex
tent, at least, to the fact that tin
people have confidence that the
Republicans can be trusted to mee:
in a practical and satisfactory wa>
the problems which arose out of tht
war and the great changes which ii
produced. I am confident that thf
people will not be disappointed ir
their expectations in that regard
and that the party will prove th:
wisdom of the popular deeisior
which placed legislative responsi
bility in its hands."
Besides being majority leader
Representative Mondell is chairmai
of the steering committee, the othe
members of which are Moore o:
Pennsylvania, Madden of Illinois
Dunn of New York, Longworth o'
Ohio, and Winslow of Massachu
setts. This committee will, with th(
rules committee, take over mucl
of the general powers of shaping
the course of legislation former!;
held by the speaker.
RADICAL PROPAGANDA.
Fomenters of discontent anr
preachers of anarchy come in foi
scathing denunciation in contribu
tions by workmen appearing re
cently in various shipyard papers
Revolutionary agitation has evoket
■a . veritable avalanche of letters
articles, poems and quips from me'
whom the agitators sought to in
fluence, in which the writers arraigr
imported doctrines in no urtcertair
terms and demand “100 per ceni
Americanism” of every man work
ing on ships which will fly the
United States flag.
A compendium of the variou;
articles makes a “vigorous, common
sense manifesto,” according to £
statement issued by the Shipping
Board, quoting the verdict of thf
workmen.
The American citizen is reads
at all times to render justice wher
justice is due, but if the Bolshevik
in this country cannot see thi
American point of view, they an
liable to feel it—on the way out!’
asserts Speed L'p, published at th<
Newark Bay. X. J. yard of tht
Submarine Boat Corporation.
Lincoln's opinion on the right:
of property is quoted by a write:
in the Compass, of the Chester, Pa.
Shipbuilding Company, in refuta
tion of communistic agitation. Th-.
quotation reads:
"Let not him that is homeless
pul! down the home of another, bul
let him work diligently and builc
one for himself—thus by example
he will be assured that his own will
be safe from violence."
A committee of the workmen
asked for a page in the Riverside
Review, of the McDougall-Duluth
Company, Duluth. Minn., and ran
on it a denunciation of some of
their fellows who had been scatter
ing radical propaganda.
"When we want a revolution, we
can get it with our votes,’ their
: statement said. “We are out and
out, from top to bottom, and through
against Bolshevism and the I. W. W.
When you find one, don’t wait.
! Lead him to the gate and tell him
to go. We will back you.”
From the South also came pro
: tests against agitation which might
cause the loss of important ad
! vantages gained by labor during the
war
"Labor—organized and unorgan
ized—has gained more substantia!
.recognition and progressed furtnet
during our year and a half of wat
than it did in several previous de
I cades ” declares the Moshico Log,
of the Mobile. Ala.. Shipbuilding
1 Company. "The permanency oi
: these forward steps will in a large
measure be determined by labor’s
attitude in the next few months to
ward the controversies that are
beund to arise. In the main, laboi
has acted very fairly thus far ir
, the readjustment period and, bar
ring the outbreaks of a few Bol
sheviki and I. W. W.’s in its *anks
has played fairly.”
V!rtually all Pacific coast .hip
yard papers denounce radical pro
i raganda, quoting experiences in th;
recent Seattle strike as support o'
their argument. The question fron
the standpoint of the men who buil
the ships necessary for victory, th:
Shipping Board statement says, I:
summed up in a paragraph printe;
in Over the Top, published for th'
employes of the G. M. Standife
, Construction Company, in Seattli
and Vancouver. The paragrap!
\ asks:
"What was the use of buildin*
ships to feed the world and savi
civilization, if we are to have :
‘ paralyzed industry, plundered an,
ruined homes, famine, pillage
rapine and a riot of lust, ii
America?”
MANAGER ELECTED FOR
FAIRBANKS BALL TEAb
Charles Beam was duly elects
manager of the Fairbanks ball tean
]yesterday. He intends to immedi
ately set about picking out a tean
from among the players taking pav
! in the recent matches, and wil
then arrange for matches with Ne
nana and other towns, on suitabh
dates during the coming season.
Jack Chovin, former Fairbank'
chief of police, who is now engager
■ in the electrical business at An
' chorage, returned North recent’}
, from a visit of several weeks ir
j the States.
Dr. E. M. Spaulding, former Fair
banks physician, wintered it Sel
dovia and planned to leave fo:
i Willow creek early this month, ae
companied by his wife.
BOYS GRAIEFUL
110 WICKERSM
Alaskans who were enabled to
; get out of the army through the
help of former Delegate Wicker*
1 sham do not intend that this assist
ance shall go unrewarded. Those
of the boys who have votes will
. give them to Wickersham in the
forthcoming election, despite the
, fact that he is not a candidate, and
i some of them at least will use
, their influence to attract other sup
i port to the former delegate. This
is indicated by the following letter
from Art Denney, former commis
sion employe, to Nick Larson, in
which Nick is reminded of the aid
‘ given by Wickersham to the Alaska
. contingent, and urged to support the '
. former delegate in the forthcoming I
i election:
"Everett. Wn., April 25.
"Sgt. Nick Larson. Nenana. Alaska. '
“Dear Sir: Have been intending'
dropping you a line or two and find <
out how everything is in the North.]
■ Things are just about the same
here as when you left. Hope you
fellows had a good trip in. I see;
some of the boys in Seattle and all '
intend to return North as soon as'
they can get passage. Every boat ]
is loaded, which makes it very hard
to get passage, unless one gets a
reservation some time ahead.
"I notice by the papers here that;
you are about to have another elec
tion in Alaska for delegate. I wish
at this time to refresh your mem
ory on the matter of our (the Alas-]
kansl discharge, and of those who
aided us, and a couple of those that
did not.
“You will remember that there j
was an order out, forbidding any
soldier in the service soliciting aid
from any delegate, senator or rep- i
resentative in the Congress of the]
U. S., in the matter of getting a1
discharge from the U. S. army.
You also remember us making ap-]
plication for discharge under War
Department order No. 77, and all
of same being turned down; that'
we Alaskans of the 87th infantry i
got together to see if there wasn’t
i some way by which we could get j
someone interested in our case and ]
be within all U. S. army regula
tions. That the same was finally;
left to Corp. Slippern and myself j
for Co. B. 87th infan-.ry. which we!
proceeded to do, first taking the I
matter up with Secretary J. L. Me-j
Pherson of the Alaska Bureau of |
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce. :
He referred our request to Sena-1
tor Jones of Washington and Dele- •
gate Wickersham of Alaska, who j
informed us that they were working 1
in our behalf, and would use every!
means possible to get us out, which j
they did. Delegate Wickersham go- ]
ing to the war department and get
j ting an order, giving us the privi-]
j lee of presenting a request and;
] reasons for same, which we did;
i we, Slippern and myself, sending
. ] duplicates of telegrams to Governor j
i Riggs, Chas. Sulzer, Senator Jones
of Washington, Senator Chamber
lain of Oregon, Congressman John
, F. Miller of Washington, and Dele
j gate Wickershafii. We received an-1
: swers from all, except Chas. Sulzer
and the honorable governor of Alas
ka. From that time on, we were
! in touch with Mr. Wickersham, he
keeping us informed relative to re
! suits obtained in our behalf for
] discharge. He obtained a special
order for the names of all Alas-]
I kans to be submitted to the war
department of Washington, D. C ,
and our discharge was ordered, all
I through the efforts of James Wick
i ersham, never hearing one word
from the mighty Tommy Riggs or
I Chas. Sulzer, with all due respect
for the dead.
“You will notice, from the dis- i
charge you now hold, that same was
under order dated November 16,
1918, and not acted upon until
sometime in the latter part of Janu
, ary, 1919, and getting discharged
February 15, 1919, at Camp Lewis.
“I know and you know who were
handling all Co. B business and who
'were the non-commissioned officers'
of that company, and who took the
lead in all company affairs. None
other than Alaskans. The same is
also true of all companies in the
87th infantry, as well as the 14th
infantry, Camp Grant. That they
were desirable soldiers and were
being held in the service for the
reason that they made good, and
also that it was a very easy matter
for one to get a discharge if he
hadn’t made good, and we were
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SOCIAL DANCE
Sat. May 24
UNION MALL
Mrs. Belle Campbell - Director
held in the service because we hac
made good and were made to pas;
in review for the benefit of some
colonels and majors, and caused one
colonel to make the remark tha:
the Alaskans were the best bunch
of soldiers he ever saw; but through
the constant efforts of James Wick
ersham. he, the colonel, being com
pelled to «submit various reports
why we were not being discharged
caused him to make the remark
that he hoped he would never see
an Alaskan again.
"1 dont believe it necessary fot
me to remaind you of these things
or where our duty lies in reference
to Mr. Wickersham; but I do fee!
that it is my duty and yours and
all the boys that were in the ser
vice, that they give Mr. Wicker
sham their undivided support, and
have a perfect right to ask all theii
friends to do so. He has proved tc
me, beyond a reasonable doubt, tha;
he has the interest of Alaska anc
its citizens at heart, and is a rep
resentative man of Alaska, and i:
regarded as such in Washington
city and is the choice of the ma
jority of Alaskans, but has been
deprived of the privilege of repre
senting same, through a clique o)
crooked politicians at Juneau.
“They may say that he did a!
these things for the boys for po
litical purposes, but if he did I wan'
you here to ask yourself and an
swer same. What kind of politic;
were the other fellows playing, wher
they refused to recognize or take
any action in our behalf? It doe
seem to me that a man like Jame;
Wickersham, who has proven to al
of us that he is interested in Alas
kans, and go to the trouble he die
in our behalf, that he is a repre
sentative man and is to be trustee
in handling all the economic ques
tions that may arise at Washing
ton, D. C.. and best serve all the
people of Alaska. Want you tc
remember, when his opponent L
named for the coming election, tha
he will be named by Tommy Rigg:
and his bunch and owned by them
body and soul.
“I want you to know that nc
one has suggested or hinted oi
asked me to write this letter, bu
am doing it simply as I see a duty
or trying in some way to show m;
appreciation, and in any way poss!
ble to try to repay a favor Jame
Wickersham did for me. When on
allows himself to get in a positioi
that he can’t realize a favor o:
friendly act has been done him
and the time comes and an oppor
tunity presents itself, and he does
n’t make some effort to repay it
then he is not in a position to as!
one of anyone else. James Wick
ersham did us a great favor and <
good one. What I will now sugges
to you is, if he is a candidate foi
delegate, to get all those servic
men who are there together and g
out and get him a great big com
plimentary vote and majority, whicl
he is entitled to. and no doubt wil
expect.
”As far as Governor Riggs, Sul
zer and associates are concerned, i
amounts to nothing more or les;
than that they simply passed us uj
like a ‘white check.’
‘‘Let me hear from you and tel
me all about what is doing up there
Hoping this note finds you and a!
those near and dear to you as wel
as I am,
”“I am, yours sincerely,
“J. A. DENNEY,
“Sgt. Co. B, 87th Inf.
Camp Dodge..”
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Tickets can be purchased from
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Regular trains leave the foot of
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At 8 P. M.
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Secretary Dictator.
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