The daily Alaskan., 1914-10-02
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 llsss judgement on the bill, the speaker declared, and approved of 1t. This was followed by extracts from several letters from John W. Troy congratulating him on the pas sage of the legislative bill and ap- proving all that he had done The Troy letters were written, he said, from the Arctic club in Seattle. Let ters purporting to be from Charles E. Bunnell were read in which the statement was made by MT. Bunnell. that he (the delegate) was the right man in the right place. Ex- tracts were read in which MT. Bun nell had declared that he had al- ways supported him (the delegate) One letter was read in which MT. Bunnell stated that he was sup porting Judge R. W. Jennings for congress. He was just turning said the delegate. into demo- crat."
 The delegate stoutly maintained that he was entitled to the credit for passing the house bill creating an elective legislature and charged that the democrats tried to steal it away from him but that Mir. Flood was too sincere and honest to face the members of congress and in- sifted on giving the credit where it was due. He also stoutly reiterat- ell that his was the brain that con ceiyed the idea Of constructing government railroad in Alaska and that the democrats were simply car rying into effect the plan as started by President Taft after the latter had been brought to the point of endorsing the delegates idea. No, indeed, the Wilson administration was no- entitled to the credit. He ssid that the Wilson administration, and especially Franklin K. Lane, whom he had known for 25 years, had helped him to get the railroad bill through congress.
 He declared that Bunnell had been a republican, and read excerpts from a petition of Valdez republi- cans asking for the removal of Gov 'ernor Hoggatt. The second name on the list he declared, was that of Charles E. Bunnell.
 He referred to the forest reserves, and the criticism of the democratic platform because of the fastening of the Pinchot policies on Alaska, and declared that these reserves were under the direct control of Presi- dent Wilson and Secretary of the Interior Lane; that these reservez. were made. long before he went to congress and that he had absolutely nothing. to do with 1t. He said that if the people wanted the reserves abolished they should take the mat ter up with President Wilson and the Secretary of the Interior.
 "our democratic friends need not swell up their chests over what they have done. l wrote the Alaska railroad bill and I made the fight fer 1t, Brother Cheney, may think he is some pumpkins but he does not amount to very much at Wash ingten.s
 Mir. wickersham referred to, the public building act and saidsthat he had sacrificed the public building in i Fairbanks that Juneau might have an additional appropriation for the building there, and Fairbanks get her railroad. We need fishery leg islation, said he, land we need 1t very badly. Our fisheries are now at a point" he said, where they will be destroyed five do not get 8 good fisheries law"
 In closing, he said he was candidate for reelection and that he had been true to the interests of Alaska and had stood for everything that had been necessary to the up lsa lding of the territory.
 MT. and Mrs. wickersham left on the Peterson this afternoon for Flames, at which place ths former will address the voters tonight