The Alaska citizen., 1910-07-23


 Why not let him go back? Because that was all Ed Orr would do.
 Regarding the miners lien law it did go through the house unan- imously. Well, he did have the fight of his life, because Shackleford was there and he is as cunning as a fox, He went around the Hobbies. but kept out of the Record. Hoggatt, Fink and other covered pages
 Got Him Bottled"
 Gov Clark said We've got him bottled so that he cant get any leg. islation through" Think of it. The governor sitting around "bottling" the delegate That is done frequent ly by getting a senator to do it. lie called attention to a case where Senator Guggenheim had done it.
 Shackleford a Paid Lobbyist.
 The mines inspection law went to committee, and Shackleford appeared before the committee and did every thing he could to oppose the bill He asked Mir. Shackleford whom he represented, and Shackledford said that he represented the Treadwell interests. If ever there was a paid lobbyist on Christ's green earth it was Shackleford (Cheers)
 The Detention Houses.
 Wickersham sought every means to get it passed. It was submitted to committee, and it was suggest ed that the best way to get it passed was to get it inserted in the appro- priation bill. Others-not he-went to the committee. The mine in spection was carried in the appro- priation bill substantially as he want ed it. Shackleford was there to pre- vent il.
 He also got the bill passed pro vidius for the erection O., two de- tention houses for the insane, one at Nome and one at Fairbanks. Those were three of the things that he had none. He also had intro duced the bill for a public building at Juneau to cost $25O,OOO. He had copied the bill from others of a like nature. Senator Warren had recommended that the appropriation be made, but Clark had arrived to bottle the delegate, and asked for $40, 900 for a residence for himself, and the appropriation was cut accord. ingly.
 The Postmaster.
 Regarding the appointment of Boyer to the pOstmastership, the delegate that Shackleford had nom- mated him, but claimed that he did not oppose it. He received let ter asking if he had any objections, but he asked that the appointment be confirmed
 Defeated the Beverdee Bill.
 There were other things which he got through, but he was prouder of those which he had prevented from passing. He defeated the Bev- eridge bill Senator Beveridge and he had had an argument on the bill and some of his ideas were incorpor ated in the bill. He had prepared for Senators Borah and Frazier. Borah had made strong American fight and defeated the bill There were also others.
 Guggs Try to Evade Taxation.
 There was the bill which aimed to relieve the Copper River railroad from taxation for 10 years. The bill had already passed the senate con- mittee AS hours when he got word of it. He went to see. He was met by two prominent Washington lawyers, who asked him to withdraw his op- position. He refused He said he would kill the bill. He saw some of the senators and they did not dare to introduce the bill. These same people had introduced a bill glVlnS all the WaterIrOnt or CoTuo'd to the Copper River railroad. No man could then have carried on bus mess in Cordova without paying tribute. They asked him for assist ance. He told them that he would not help them as they were trying to steal Jack Dalton's property. He
 1i1 to prevent its passage. That bill would have been worth $500,000 to the Guggenheims, and if they defeated him this time they could get it passed. They were spending money very lavishly to do so.
 Judge Lyons.
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