The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-31
PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

THE CLOSE of the campaign Alaska leaves these things standing out clearly
 CD The complete collapse of the campaign of false pretenses conducted by Delegate Wceham and in his behalf
 @ The overwhelming proof submitted of the shortcom ings of the official record of Delegate Wickersham.
 (8 The miserable failure of the attacks on Charles E. Bun nell; and
 CD The subsantiaOn of every material proposition of campaign conducted in behalf of Charles E Bunneh ana the Democratic ticket.
 Delegate Wickersham and his supporters began the cam paign by pretending that he formulated the administration poi ces that he was the and adviser of the President and his Cabinet members that he was the author or the gov nment railroad idea and secured the passage of the measre that secured the passage of the coal lands leasing o he was the originator the home rule fight for AasKa tha Alaska of home rule that the other Ter tos had in their me that Alaska Democrats had approved his Territorial bill satisfactory that he had ac compshed everything that had been secured for Alaska rom Congress. - ,
 Tn roprr the nroof has been absolute that NEVER MET THE PRESIDENTS that administration formulated its poll ces absolutely without reference to or consultation "ith that the government railroad proposition accepted by the President as an administrative after thorough examination through administration channels that Delegate Wckersham of the authorities consulted or quoteu that it was passed by Congress because 1t was an measure
 If has been shown that the lands leasing bill also nassed because it was administration measure that was esurreced after it had killed and its secured D President Wilson WHILE WICKERSHAM WAS o'OOO MiLn0 FROM WASHINGTON and that the President ana Congressional committee have endorsed Bunnel
 It has been shown that Wckersham opposed to nome rule for Alaska until shortly before he became candloate TOT Delegate to Congress- that he tried to palm oil W efpovernment that he reluctant to make his bill as strong as finally passed he did that only because was hec sary to get Democratic support that letters written to hm were written to be read by personally in the light ot all the co verons and conferences that had been held during the year that those who wrote seeking to get hs Dill that they supported first step that we nave no @ noachng the same extent segovenment that other I tories had. tto,+od
 It has been shown Delegate Wckersham has atempeu h further curtai the powers of segovenment m AaSNa ~ he has opposed wagon appropriations and thereoy injured be chances of the people of Hanes and Skagway to get Fo n the interior or Juneau and Douglas to get the oroge | he acted on the Juneau capitol bill only after the " w Treasury got after him. that he wrote the unpopular Johnson assessment work b he has made conflicting promises on the railroad bs he permits personal enmtleS to influence his official action and many other things.
 On the other hand has been proved that Charles E Buh nell is the candidate of administration and that the admin istraon desires eecon that instead o being nce boy without force and former Republican, that he was never Republican and presented to the people of the Ter orv constructive program of strength and democracy such as Wickersham has dreamed and he has demonstrated bv his strong able vigorous and v campaign that ne ranks in ability second to no man in the Territory