The Alaska citizen., 1910-09-05

hall reception was given in honor James Wickcrsham. reelected dele gate to Congress
 After Mayor Nordalc had introduc- ed the delegate MT Wickersham rose to address Jhe gathering
 He thanked them for coming out that evening. but as the pyro'ech- nics were over. he knew that they came not merely To honor him. but to enjoy a good. old.fashioned dance Therefore, he would not detain them long
 He had been reelected as delegate to the House of Representatives of the United States by large majori- ". He had received a few votes al Juneau, d few more at Cordoya. where they had him ohliterated. more al Valdez and although he had been run out of the Panama Valley after his debate with Shackleford. and had no show" al Nome. he received good majorities in both places. Whereyer the people had free vote he receiy- ed a large majority and only where the corporations could club the vot- CTS was he beaten.
 But now the election was all over, and the fireworks were all over except in one place and he hoped that that night would be the last .,rl... l . there
 Everyone was now satisfied. both enemies and friends Now the swords could be turned into pruning hooks. and the scythes into sickles They could now all sit down-except the delegate The fight was over-ex- cept for the delegate The election was over but the fight was only be gun, and he expected everybody in the territory to give support. They could not say they had performed their duty simply by voting. The duty then had just begun. as they had a crisis to face in the territory it's development, its growth. were threatened. Unfortunately for him he had made enemies. and he wanted them to aid to stand by him. to meet the crisis.
 The territory had only begun to be developed and it's resources known. They had coal mines to he opened. quartz. copper and fisheries to be de yeloped There was a great monopoly. which desired all the resources. on the one side. and on the other side there were the people who desired and ought to have those resources for themselves.
 The fight for these resources had been begun. He had been put for ward, but did not go alone Everyone the pick and-shoyel-men, the busi- ness men and others everyone who desired to see the territory grow into state, had duty to do. He could not do il alone. Ii was up to all of them to get in now and help him He was simply the agent to go for ward and help them map out the course, and it was their duty to help. 10 forget past differences. and help in the building
 Unfortunately this could not be done. They may do so for a week. but all would soon be forgotten in the great scramble We were all selfish. that was what brought us here to get something for ourselves. He W@S selfish, they were selfish. and also the great corporations. IL was up to them to see that they got . good Alaskan administration. so that they would have an equal opportunity 10 get a share of these resources.
 They should not think that ali they had to do was to elect q dele, gate to get good government
 They would meet with the same differences as they did before, with the same grasping corporations, who will be there grabbing as much as heretofore, and every effort should be made to see that that which be loGged to the people should get to the people.
 He needed help because he was going to be maligned and his char acter blackened. He was proud of his friends, who had taken such pains to secure his election. He was proud of Guy Erwin. Driscoll. Watson and the others of the com mittee who had worked for him. He wanted to ask the people never to forget them for what they had done. They were good men. They must stand shoulder to shoulder and go through with it. These men who have stood by them had overcome unpre- cedented opposition.
 Two years before. when he first went to Congress, he was a very modest man. He was not so modest now. When he first went to Con- gress the delegate from Alaska came last, even after the delegates from Porto Rico and Hawaii. Now all this was changed, and the delegate from Alaska was most important person