Valdez daily prospector., 1914-10-26
SEE THIS LETTER
 FROM W|CKERSHAM
The Judge Wrote This to Hog0att Upholding Governors Fight
 On Home Rule.

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 Fairbanks, Alaska, Jan. g. 1907. Hon. Milford B. Hoggatt. Governor
 of Alaska, Washington, D. c.
 My Dear Governor: The Fairbanks Daily Times is owned by one l.. 5. who has made a little out of a mine near town and seeks to enjoy 1t that way. I send you herewith copy dated January 5. an account of a public meeting which MT. Anderson called for the purposes of roasting you and damaging the territory in congress as much as he could. You will mo- tice carefully from the numerous speeches that MT. Anderson made be- fore that little meeting that he is an old rebel soldier from Alabama.
 Describes Anderson's Hatred.
 "He is DO white trash from Ala bama, and I informed that he got his title as captain from commanding crew of men on railroad in Texas. He is a Democrat of the virulent type and is the backbone of the Dome creek mining cases that have given me so much trouble. He established his newspaper for the purpose or try ing the mining cases. He recently gave the president a great roast TOT supporting you on the territorial question and has damned every ohi- cial in Alaska that he is acquainted with. His hatred for the flag of his country and all of it's officials is pro- nounced, from MT. Roosevelt down to myself, and has given all kinds Of assistance to the fight against me es- pecially. I send you this paper and his admission of his Confederate rec ord with the additional information that he is a vicious old Democrat just to show the character of the fight that is being urged against me. I do not suppose that it will annoy either you or the president very much, but being so close to home it is sometimes very annoying to me.
 Hoyt's Report Discussed.
 q have received notices in the past few days that MT. Hoyt's report was against me. I was somewhat disap- pointed, though not surprised, at his report. His actions here were certain ly the most remarkable that l have ever seen from lawyer who repre- sented the president of the United States. My friends are gathering evil dence which shows beyond any doubt that his action was the result of .preconcerted determination to do just what he did; suppose he really ex' pected to be able to do more when he came here, but found there was no basis for it, so he swelled up with his own importance and found that ought not to be reappointed on general principles. I still have con- fidence that the president of the Un- ited States is a man of such discern ment that neither McCumber nor Hoyt, nor combination between them, could mislead him.
 Regrets Waskey Course.
 regret very much that Waskey and Gale have started of on the mistak. en idea of putting territorial govern ment ahead of all other things for Alaska. It certainly is a great mis- take, and one which will cost the territory dear. You are right in op- posing it and you ought not to hesi- tate. The population is too sparse and the taxable wealth is too small to sustain local self-government. The population Is unsettled, and probably out of the 5000 or 5000 men in this mining camp not a hundred of them will admit that they intend to remain in the territory the rest of their lives; nor would one-tenth of them remain if the placer mines were work ed out as they are in Dawson, and will be here inside of a few years The real difficulty in considering this matter is that so many do not note the difference between the theory of local self.government and the brutal fact.
 Aeainst ssIf-1overnment.
 When an argument Is started a ma. jority argue strongly in favor of the theory, and the theory is undoubtedly correct, but when they are pinned down to the fact as to whether or not the time has arrived for the es. tablishing of a local self-government most of them hesitate. It Is my judg' ment that a large majority of the people of this district are opposed to local self-government, although there is no difficulty in soaring up resolu- tions in Fourth of July language in favor of 1t. You should pay no at- tention to such resolutions except to try to explain to congress and the president that they come from small number of people with noth. ing else to do, and are simply good