The Alaska citizen., 1910-09-05

Iditarod- Major Richardson had said if Wickersham were reelected there would be no appropriation for roads. He reached Gibhon after the cleo ton about o'clock. and when he heard the result he shed tears
 Every pubic officer at Nome had 10 pay 1o per cent. of his salary to help defeat him, and yet he received 15 more votes in Nome than both of his opponents put together.
 He did not relate these facts sim ply 10 go back to the ugly features of the campaign. but everyone from President Taft down to the officials were lined up 10 defeat him. Op- position from every official from the Governor down. supported by the Alaska syndicate with campaign fund of over $50.uo0 Every bank. ev- cry corporate and big interest was lined up against him. and yet the people of Alaska won a victory. He didn't do il. It was won. not by the rich and mighty, but by the quiet little ballot The poorest man cast a vote as good as Mir. Guggenheim' It had more power than the mighty of iCials who shamcd themselves on the night of the election by getting drunk
 He had been the target for all kinds of attack. The Treadwell paper al Juneau. the Cordova paper. the two papers here. the Times-Bulletin and The Ncws-Mner, and an equally dirty sheet al Nome did the work there
 They resorted to blackgHarding and lying. and nowhere did they do better than they did here. Al Jul neau he received over 25O votes against his opponents 7G In Cordo- va they only beat him by II and in this city. where they had that hy- phcnated program, and al Nome he got big majoritics That showed the power of blackguard newspapers He would rather have that kind of cat tie against him than for him.
 Thompson of the News-Miner. told Barney Goss that he had $l5,0o0 of Guggcnheim money, and that he was going back to Fairbanks to beat him He was faring in good style in the | l.. lI S1 Ipt he did not believe il, because Thomp- son said so. But he knew that when Thompson came back he paid off his debt of $5.ooo 10 MacFarline.
 Now these papers were furnished information by his friends who be Drayed him Men who had been fed from his hand turned him down John L. McGiun turned him down as he turned Barnette down. Barnette gave McGinn money to start a bank, but by the time he gets through he will have the experience but no money
 McGinn had said that he betrayed Cook. Cook had come to him and said, Judge. | am being robbed and jobbed by my attorney, John Me Giun.' Cook turned over the papers 10 him. He protected him wherever he thought he was going to be rob bed. After q while he saw that they were getting togther again, so he l ,l. him to go back to McGinn. which he did. He was never employed in any other capacity by Cook except that. But McGinn had gone around and said that he had betrayed his client
 He begged their pardon for going into this incident, but he had plenty of proofs, and only did so because McGinn had cast reflections upon his actions as a judge. He had made the explanation at the request of his friends and was done with it. It was too small a matter to be further talk. ed about. It made him sick to have to mention it
 The delegate then dwelt upon the enormous value of Alaska to the United States. He said that the an nual trade was $54,000,00O, or $40,- 000,O0O more than that with China. IL was S25,O00,0O0 more than that with the Philippines. Alaska is the best cash customer of the United States II exported S12,O00,O00 of fish, $2o ooO0,o00 of gold, and had bought from the United States $21 ,O0O. 900 of tools and hardware
 We had now to agreed upon d form of government and great things to talk about, We had to look to the upbuilding of the country and not little personal matters, but they will come up. He would be met at Wash ington with the same lobby as before.
 Dealing with the Guggenheims he said that they owned the two gate ways to the country. and controlled 90 per cent. of the carrying trade. They and the N c. Co. controlled practically all of it.
 Why did the N. c. Co. fight him ? Nobody knows. He had always been friendly to them, and yet they had put up Orr, whose nomination was