New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-01
ALASKA DELEGATE
QUALITIES CHARGES
Faced by Attorney General, Fails
to Give Specific Facts to
Committee.
LITTLETON is INDIGNANT
New York Representative Says
General Accusations Against
the Administration Are
Not Proved.
lrrnm tn, Tribune bureau.


Washington. July 3l.-James NicAer-
.han,. Delegate from Alaska, whose hapl'
Of proffering wholesale charges against
everybody who has anything 10 do "itH
Alaska has long been the JOY or the fucA-
rakers and the annoyance of the adfhliis-
tration. brought down on himself the oen-
sure OF Representative Nttleton or Ne"
York. to-day, when he had ended his Ell
fort 20 prove his charges that the At'or-
ney General had wlfully shielded law
breaking members Of the Alaska syndicate
do YOU think you have proved your
charge that the Attorney General shieloco
the Alaska syndicate criminals? inquired
the Der. ocratic member from New YORK
IT do" replied the DELEGATE.
'.WeI. I do not" said Mr.. Littleton' with
evident irritation.
Time and time again the Delegate was
interrupted by members Of the committee
and admonishod that his charges were 100
general: that his mare statement did not
constitute evidence that would stand IN
court or warrant the Attorney General IN
prosecuting the dozen or more crimes al
legged by the Alaska Delegate. who mas
been an enemy Of tho so-called Guggeh-
helm interests practically ever since the
end of the negotiations which eontem-
plated his becoming the general counsel OF
THE Guggenheims I'm Alaska.
Made to Qualify Statements.
The Alaska Delegate confronted by the
Attorney General himself. who compelled
him 10 qualify many of his statements, az
,empted TO show that the Attorney General
had Permitted the statute Of limitations TO
r,ll IN favor of syndicate agents alleged
70 have conspired against the government
I'm coal contracts As the committee was
patient however. Mir. WickerSham rang
in nine other charges, embracing every
lhase Of the administration of Alaska.
when he had finished the Attorney Cen
eral said:
L think the administration Of Alaska
has greatly improved in recent years. The
Improvement will be greater II the Dele
gate from Alaska quits calling everybody
names and II he will devote his time 70
ypbuilding Alaska, instead OF attacking
everybody who has anything TO do with
its development. He has even attacked
Governor w. Z. Clark, whom he terms d
G. Sc friend Of the Guggenhems' / have
confidence in Governor Clark So has tile
President ] will always act on the Gov
ernors statements rather than those Of
tie Delegate"
The Judiciary Committee ignored tho
rhine added charges OF the Delegate AMI
agreed to report a resolution calling on
the Attorney General only for information
IL the coal fraud case, which is based on
ile allegation that the government lost
5000 through fake bids by Captain u. "
Jarvis. Of the syndicate, and John Bullock.
OF the Sesnor Coal Company. The Dele
gate said he had placed the evidence in
..-,1
than e. year ag'. ana it was after ne had
again chided the Attorney General for
failure 10 prosecute that Representative
littieton observed that the Delegate \
charges would not stand scrutiny
The Attorney General once more ex-
planned that those cases were still under
investigation. that the statute Of limitation
had not run. but that no evidence had been
found that could result I'm conviction. The
Delegate said that when Assistant Attor-
ney General Mcnamara was sent TO Seattle
10 investigate he, the Delegate, was not
questioned
You know that's untrue" shouted At
torney General Wickersham
"Oh, Mcnamara saw me. but he only
saw me once, Then no went off with Jar
. Wis, and he didn't hunt me up again quail
n fled the Delegate.
NJ so YOU held back on the first inter
" view, did YOU asked The Attorney Gen
III
mara wanted tho truth about Alaska he
would seek some one else besides your
self James Wickersnam made no reply.
Many lndscriminate Charges.
Among the other indiscriminate charges
made by the Delegate. by grace Of the
committee. were those alleging that the
syndicate controlled all patronage in Alas
ia. that hc had been offered the distrbu-
lion Of this patronage by the syndicate If
he would cease his fight on the Guggen-
helms. that United States attorneys and
marshals who opposed the Guggenheims
were displaced. that witnesses and jurors
had been bribed in the Haze murder trial
and that Ii. X. Love. a United States mar
sinai had attempted to extort graft" from
lis subordinates
The resolution adopted by the Judiciary
Committee merely asks the Attorney Cen
cral 10 transmit 10 the House proper the
same evidence ne has 80 cheerfully laid
before the Judiciary Committee. Members
Of that committee admitted tonight that
20 action is likely when the fun record is
laid before the House. Members Of the
committee. including Chairman Clayton,
hinted TO Delegate WickerSham that ~ he
could sustain his charges he ought TO move
Impeachment against the Attorney General,
but the D4egate did not seem inclined TO
take the hint. contenting himself with a
reltcration Of blanket charges, many Of
which have been thrashed out. shown
by the Attorney General, by the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary.