The daily Alaskan., 1908-08-03
THAT DEAR OLD SCANDAL TRICK

The Hoggat newspapers are to be expected to resort to any old thing to elect their man, COrson The temper o the tory that does not trust the people to be trail ing through the whole campaign With the same efront cry that they declare the district to be not ripe that the governor openly declares it is for him to say who shall build railroads and who shall not in this country they put forth stuff through their newspapers that lacks all but the color of truth and expect the innocent unpe people to be pleased and satisfied.
 Mr. Corson bought the Fairbanks and in it's first issue under its new management covered the entire first page with eegrams dated at Skagway Valdez Nome and all other points where people live in Alaska in which it was represented that they each and all were about solid for their man. These representations of teegams were all written in the News oce The silly expedent represents the breadth and depth of their understanding of politics. To elect their man is the whole thing ''Ihe people, - they are joke-THEY to be expoited-that is what they are or-they not ripe Having been fooled with
 platform made to please them with false statements of every character about their and the people led by these false representations to cast their votes for their man and elect hm-what might be expected then That the people would be laughed and fooled But of course nothing of the kind could result from such methods in this country It is Governor Hoggat and Mr. Corson who are being fooed-foong themselves They are un, aware that the people can thnkthat they themselves do not constitute the of the intelligence of the district And it will take them long time to earn-bu there will be first lesson August II.
 As part of this sort of campaign it was be expected that this constituencies press would undertake to use the old scandal which was made for similar purpose early in Judge Wckershams life and which has been employed in each and every encounter since by his political enemies Here will failed in the original instance and has failed in every instance since-athough the joy of using it seems never to abate with the scandal mongers As it is being repeated now only the color of the truth is en- poyed that which is told sobery fact being the badest of lies It true that went into court years ago and secured the conviction of Judge Wickersham a charge of seduction. Aterward that woman made affidavit that her story false and the dismissed The prosecuting attorney in that has, his own signature testified his belief that the story of the as first told was false and that of malignant politics This old story twisted out of shape then was used in the attempt to unseat Judge Wckersham and President Roosevelt went all through the evidence and then stood behind Judge Wickesham year after year against all his enemies.
 The same press also tells the people that Judge Wick ersham confirmation was denied in the senate because of his dishonesty on the bench-we knowing, they must that the charge of dishonesty raised by his bit terest enemy during the whole campaign against him. He tried cases continually for many years in this district wherein fortunes stake day by day and that he perfectly honest throughout is proven by his poverty to- daypovery which is admitted by this Hoggatt press and which does not hesitate to taunt him with it. Neither the old scandal any other trick will avail against the known worth energy ability and integrity of Judge Wick ersham in this controversy, for the people CAN think and ARE ripe to take care of their own affairs.