The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-29

 gate Wickersham to invalidate the mining law passed by the Legislature and pointed out that it carried q clause forbidding the Legislature to pass further legislation affecting the public domain or to amend the mining laws.
 Wlckersham a Plnchotite.
 Delegate Wickersham, MT. Helen thai said, was responsible for the stagnation of Alaska through the op- eration of the Roosevelt.Pinchot res ervation conservation policy even though it was introduced before he became Delegate to Congress. He nev- CT introduced any measure to set 1t aside to restore the reservations. The speaker picked up a bill introduced by Delegate Wickersham lats April in which more land withdrawals are pro- vided for, the alternate SO.rod strips along navigable streams where all of the good land is located, and also min eral springs that have been restored by President Wilson.
 Opposed Government Railroad.
 He declared that the Delegate was against the government railroad and cited his speeches and letters on the subject, and referred to his opposi- tion to the rider imposed on the home rule bill by Mir. Flood providing for a commission to visit Alaska for the purpose of inQuiring into the feasibil- ity of building government rairoad to- open up the country
 Mir. Hellenthal declared that the railroad bill as passed had bad fea- ture in that it provided for the leas- ing of the road to private companies and he said this would, under Pres ident so minded result in the people paying tribute to monopoly con trolled road, but with our Delegate asking for nothing better he said Al aska could expect nothing else.
 Sanders People of Alaska.
 He declared that Wickersnam mad wiley slandered the people of Alaska in his railroad speech by slandering the members of the Territorial Legis- lature. He said the Delegate had charged them with being bribed by the Guggenheims, every member of the Senate of that Legislature, except one. This placed him, MT. Hellenthal said, in the position of being unable to ask for more power for the Alaska Legislature if he was so minded. Con- gress would ask why more power should be given to men who were bribe takers.
 During the discussion of Delegate Wickersham's home rule bill the speaker referred to the letter written by Judge Jennings to Delegate Wick ersham and quoted some of the se- were criticisms of the bill made by Judge Jennings at that time and ex- posed the Delegates method of cam. paigning.
 The speaker referred to the one piece of legislation obtained by Dele gate Wickersham during his term of office the passage of the miners lien law and explained what 1t meant to the miner: Tt was and is the custom of the miners, many of whom are laymen paying a royalty to the own CT of the ground to pay their help at the spring cleanup. Sometimes there would not be enough gold in the dump to pay their wages and they asked for protection. The Delegate said he would have Congress pass a lien law and he did. This law gives the miner lien on the dump, and no claim on the property from which it came as the miners had desired.
 Mir. Hellenthal held his audience throughout and was frequently inter- rupted by applause. It was altogeth, CT one of the most successful politi, cal meetings ever held in Juneau.
 Besides the speakers and Mir. Che ney who presided, J. B. Marshall, H. lJ Turner. Charles Goldstein, James | McCloskey, c. F. Cheek, J. M. Miller, and c. E. Davidson had seats on the stage.