Arizona republican., 1911-08-01
DENIED JOB AS LAWYER
The House Committee on Judiciary Decides to Do Nothing but Report His Evidence Back to the House.

Washington, D. c, July S1-Fol- lowing the general charges and de- nials between the two Wickershams of the government-the attorney gen eral and the delegate from Alaska the house committee on judiciary de- cided late today that it had no power to do anything but report the evil dence to the house
 It will report early tomorrow Del egate Wickersham's resolution calling on the attorney general to furnish all papers and data bearing on alleged frauds in connection with the govern ment coal contracts The committee will not recommend that the house investigate Delegate Wickersham's charges that Attorney General Wick ersham has shielded and protected an Alaska syndicate of criminals
 In the hearing, enlivened with ire quenJ and bitter clashes between the two Wickershams, it. developed that the delegate from Alaska had offered his legal services in 1908 to the Gug- genheim interests in the Northwest ern Commercial company for a salary of $15,000 a year and the main- tenance of office headquarters in c.att5. -sF---
 After I answered a letter nothing more was said about it and they en- ployed other attorneys. If they had paid me what I asked I would have been their attorney and I think that would have saved a lot of trouble" said the delegate.
 How" asked Representative Lit tleton of New York
 Through my advice to keep away -from criminal practices"
 The Alaskan delegate renewed his statements that the attorney general had shielded and protected lawbreak- CTS who represented the Guggenheim interests in Alaska.
 Members of the judiciary commit tee frequently called upon him to prove statements he. made and in some cases challenged the sufficinecy of his proof Attorney General Wick ersham declared that the charges of the Alaskan delegate called for viz orous denial from the government of ficials.
 He has seen fit to make charges against me which it was his duty to prove before this committee if he could do sO.'' the attorney general said. and I submit to the committee that he has not proved his state ments"
 The Alaskan delegate repeatedly criticised the officials of Alaska and said the Guggenheims owned the government" there, and he made gen. eral charges of the officials being in fluenced by them. He sought to prove that United States Marshal H. K. Love had eXtorted money from his deputy marshals by making them divide that graft" contained in the profit from boarding prisoners. The government allows 8 per day for each prisoner.
 Attorney General Wickersham pro duced two official reports to show that the whole matter had been .in- vestigated. and that the system of taking profit out of the prisoners per diem allowances was fully recognized and considered a form of '1egaIized graft
 Tt was a bad practice, and abol- ished it as soon as I found out about it." said the attorney general but it was not illegal"
 Delegate Wickersham criticised the attorney general because he had not brought prosecutions on the Gun ningham coal claims and the latter retorted that no proof had been fur nished him upon which he could pro- ceed. The delegate declared that everybody was against him in Alaska that the Taft administration had taken away his official patronage and that the Guggenheim interests voted 500 railroad men illegally in Cordova in an attempt to defeat him.