The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-01
DELEGATE HAS
NOT MADE GOOD
House Committee VIII Not Rec
Ommend Investigation of
Charges.
WILL ASK FOR DATA ON
THE ALLEGED FRAUDS
Proceedings Enliyened b!
Clashes Between the Two
Wickershams.

| WASHINGTON, July s1.-Followint
| general charges and denials between tht
! two Wickershams OF the government
| the attorney general and the delegate
from AIaska-the house committee or
judiciary decided late today that II bac
no power TO do anything but report the
evidence to the house
II will report early tomorrow Delegate
Wickersliam resolution calling on the
attorney general 10 furnish all the papers
and data bearing on the alleged frauds in
connection with government coal con :
tracts. The committee win not recon-
mend that the house investigate Dele
gate Wickersham's charges that Attor-
ney General WIckersham has shielded
and protected Alaskan syndicate crimi- =
nails.
Offered His Services.
In hearing enivened with frequent
and bitter clashes between the two Wick
ershams, II developed that. the delegate
from AlnSka had offered his legal serv-
in the Northwestern Commercial company
for salary OF 900 a year and the
maintenance OF office headquarters in
Seattle.
c.,,nHIs We're you ever In the employ Of the
tative Sterling OF Illinois.
1NcNcIs DtleSdlS w WlCEcrSndnl, 1,
Did they ever seek to employ you?'
YES" SAID the delegate stephen
Burch wrote to me In 1908 and asked II
you'd take position as counsel for the
northwestern Commercial company"
ling.
Was Not Employed.
Il said I would take q place as their
counsel for an annual salary OF $4,000
they to equip offices In Seattle" said Mr..
Wickersham. After I answered the let
ter nothing more was said about II and
they employed other attorneys. II they
had paid me what I asked 1 would have
been their attorney, and / think that
would have saved them lot OF trouble"
How asked Representative Littleton
away from criminal practices"
The Alaskan delegate renewed his
that the attorney general had
Shielded and , projected LAW breakers who
Alaska, Members Of the judiciary COM
mittee frequently called upon him to prove
statements he made and In some cases
the sufficiency of his proof,
Charges Not Proved.
Attorney General Wickersham declared
called for vigorous denial from the gov
ernment officials.
He has seen ht.. to make charges
3rove before s this committee IL Il he uty could
10 So" said the attorney general: land
submit to the committee that he has not
proved his statements"
The Alaskan delegate repeatedly criti-
.lsed the officials OF Alaska said the
iusgenheims Owned the government"
here and made general charges OF the Of
lclals being Influenced by them.
He sought to prove that United States
Marshal Fl, X. Love had extorted money
rom his deputy marshals by making
hem divide the graft" collected in the
,roft from boarding prisoners. The gov
.rnment allows So per day for each pris- |
'ner.
Reports Produced.
Attorney General Wickersham produced |
wo official reports to show that the |
Whole matter had been investigated and ]
hat the system Of taking profit out OF |
he prisoners per diem allowance was |
ully recognized and considered a form |
4 "legalzed graft"
ut was a bad practice and I abolished |
as soon as / found out about it, said |
he attorney general. "but 1t was not |
legal"
Delegate wickersham criticised the at
orney general because he had not |
rought prosecutions on the Guggenheim |
oal claims, and the latter retorted that
70 proof had been furnished him upon
Which he could proceed. The delegate
eclared everybody was against him In
Alaska: that the Taft administration had |
aiken away his official patronge and that
he Guggenhcim interests voted 500 rail-
DAD men illegally in Cordova In an at
empt TO defeat him,