The Alaska citizen., 1910-07-23

Wickersham had been circulatine | reports that he. Shackleford. was connected with the Guggenheims | It was not awful to be connected with the Guggenheims, the judge and he were in the same fix Next he read Wickersham' statement at Cor dova to the effect that anything con nected with the Guggenheims involv ed moral turpitude in the eyes of the people of Alaska.
 Opposed to Carpetbageing. The legislation We need said MT Shackleford, could easily be accom- plished if we sent someone to Wash ington who would allow it to be accomplished He was opposed to carpet-bagging. Wickersham was brilliant example. He had come to Alaska as a public official, seek, ing an official career It was sur. prising to MT. Shackleford that so bright a man as Wickersham should have left his own state. There must be something wrong somewhere. The Delegates Charges. Eegardmg the wholesale charges which the delegate had made agains. so many people the speaker said that if he continued to make charges he should be taken into a corner and asked to show proofs. He had nothing to prove his statements. Bu. he said, We all know It." Yes, as people used to say that they knew the earth was fiat. But they were becoming more intelligent
 Taft's Campaign Letter.
 MT. Shackleford next read Presi. dent Taft's letter denouncing Wick ersham, and congratuating the ter ritory upon the improvement i'll the character of the officials now receiv- ing appointements. MT. Shackleford said that if the haggling at Wash ington continued there would no doubt be return to the carpet baggery, in spite of the president S evident desire to appoint residents of Alaska to the vacant positions.
 Maj. Richardson and the Delegate.
 MT. Shackleford next touched upon the relations between Major Rich ardson and the delegate. He bitter ly attacked the delegate, accusing him of being responsible for the ap- propriations for Alaska's roads. He said that if delegate held himself with dignity, and was not so fond of the spotlight, he might be able to do some good. Judge Wick ersham had started an Ananias club, including Joslin, Love, Lyons, Rich ardson, Hoggatt, Clark and others who had stood by him in the past. He had also antagonized Ballinger, the attorney-general, Gen. Edwards, Senator Knute Nelson and others. The Republican Platform. In a speech made at Ester the previous evening the delegate had tried to prove that Nelson was a sneak. If Wickersham were sent back Alaska would lose one of the best props she had. Regarding the ho 1afn cfa ta6 that if Wickersham had stayed by | his request for fourth division there would have been judge there and the trouble would never have occurred.
 He was driven to make these statements. Wickersham had yilll fled him and his friends of whom he
 was proud. There should be a law i that a man should not be any smart
 CT than he was kind and good. | Referring to the platform of the
 Republican party, the speaker said
 that there was clause therein fav
 bring the grant of territorial govern
 ment as soon as the same was at
 tainable. They had waited for that
 while other and more important
 things had been passed by. Before his election the delegate had beer
 opposed to territorial government | Ed. S. Orr.
 Even in his last campaign the dele
 gate had advocated an appointivt
 upper house.
 With regard to the Republican
 candidate, Ed s. Orr needed no in
 troduction. He had been here since
 1897, when Wickersham was in thu
 Legislature of the state of Washing
 ton. He had done more good with
 out effort and without advertising