Nome industrial worker., 1908-08-10
ROMANS TALK A BIG BOOST
 FOR cHlLBERG

The democratic rally which took place at the A. B. hall Sunday alter noon was an occasion for rbasting Wickersham. The speaker who led the onslaught was the inimitable and silver tongued John T. Reed. You know attorney y-at-law Reed has an Auanias club, of which he is president. secretary, treasurer and everything else. He keeps this club for men who happen to differ with him. He in- itialed Wickersham with great deal of sarcastic pomp, and when he got through with him, Wickersham was first-class liar, and will probably be appointed seargeant- at-arms in Johns Ananias club. You see, John is a pretty good authority on lying, and he knows u liar when he sees one; in fact, he can smell them long way of.
 After John T. had done his level best in tearing the mack of truth from the face of Wickcrsllaiii--aDd he said some very bad things ab ut him-he turned the aspiring Jetgate from Fairbarks over o Jos:n iionan, the democratic spell binder :,i! nominee But before Jolii, Kpl.,ln was permitted t, bury his SD ar iiiin the breast of Wickershiin,, and ctd his political existence forever, ouncl sawyer was asked to deliver |. liitr sermon. He took his text fronl the filth chapter Of the Book of Daniel, and the Colonel prophesied the downfall of the repub- limn party, and interpreted the hand writing on the wall of the palace of the modern lsalshazzar.
 After the audience had thus receiv- ed proper and much needed editica- tion, enough to last them during the remainder of the rally, John Roman, plntocrat democratic nominee from the Fairbanks district, went after Wicker sham, and he certainly handled the ex-judge without gloves. He went into his record as q judge in the Tan. ana country, and he said some things tiiat were very damaging to Wicker sham's character He showed up Wiukersham's connection with the Horseshoe saloon and the gambling drn connected with it in d very telling nauner. It is tJ be regretted that Il United States District judge should ever have SD far forgotten himself Us 10 go into such ventures as the Horse shoe saloon deal to make 8 little money on the side. This fact, con- nected with the fact that Wickersham Is ardently supported ty the gambling fraternity, is enough to condemn him in the sight of the intelligent voter, no matter what his political faith or party affiliations may be. Roman showed how Wickersham's decisions regarding the making of q discovery or gold were prompted entirely by per- sOnal interest through his relative, Captain Barnett. He also showed {, that Wickersham was intimately as- sociated with the president of the Fairbanks railroad, and had been given the use of this banker-railroad-o officials automobile to tour the creeks with in making his campaign speeches. Now, that does not look as if Wickersham had much use for the workingmel,, except as he might use them for cam paign purposes. He rode in capital- ist's auto to get the miners vote to ride into congress on. Really, it looks us If he intended to steal a ride all the way, and. the workingmen are just getting next to his little game. We might also mention that Wickershan rode into his candidacy on the back of Tom Gale, a thing which he admits. He is great fellow to get a free ride. but that habit will be pretty well broken when the workingmen turn him down hard next Tuesday and vote for the only man who stands squarely before the people as the peoples nomi- nee, Joseph Chilberg.
 But when Roman began to.try to clear himself of the charges Wicker. sham had made agalnst him as scab herder and as n member of the NIine- owners Association, he went to pieces. He was lame and forgetful of that strike which he tried to break. If John Roman bad just, left that out he would have left . better impression, for the miners who had been in the Fairbanks country during that gaeat strike had not forgotten those days of