The Alaska citizen., 1914-11-02

come almost hobby with President Wilson. and he needed Alaska's delegate 10 aid him in getting the coal leasing bill passed Represen- tatives of other states remained al their posts of duty at the request of President Wilson. and it must have disgusted him that Alaska's s delegate failed 10 do the same
 WHETHER the public library is to be opened will depend much upon the council al tonight's meeting The city is asked to provide but a small part of the fund necessary. and as the library is public institution of much importance. the council should find some way of coming to its re- lief
 AT the election to be held to- morrow in Oregon. it will be deter mined if George F.. Chamberlain will be reelected United States senator. If he is appreciated by the people of Oregon as much as by the residents of Alaska. for whom he did so much work in congress, he will certainly be reelected.
 THE morning Times criticises The Citizen for not having sent to Wash ington an endorsement of MT Roth when the other papers sent telegrams supporting his appointment The Times editor very well knew that al that time the owner of The Citizen was out of town, and no one here had the authority to send endorse ments for anyone.
 WHEN paper receives an item of news that does not seem true it usually places the responsibility of the truth on somebody. Thus We find that even the Spasm refuses to vouch for the statement that Valdez will go for Wickersham, and signs the name of the Valdez Com moner to the telegraphic announce ment to that effect.
 THAT Fairbanks got square Deal in the appointment of a post master is no longer a literary joke it is a fact Mr Deal is centering his efforts in getting for Fairbanks a complete winter mail service and a postal savings bank. And all the time he is trying to find out what other things he can do for the good of the community.
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 In his seech Saturday night Del
 In his speech Saturday night Del Times for fighting him This brings to mind the fact that in his campaign four years ago MT. Wick ersham announced ublicly that anything stated by Editor Thomp- son of the News Miner was lie Mr Wickersham? That is some thing everybody would be interest ed to know.
 THE Alaska Socialist is said to have new editor in the form of Bion Dodge. formerly assistant dis trict attorney under Mir Crossley. The front page of that paper is covered with filthy political attacks. the worst of which is directed against Thomas McGowan, R. F. Roth and the three Fairbanks news papers. Mir. Dodge was seen in the office of the Alaska Socialist previous to it's last publication and as the sentiments expressed by that paper are those credited to him when he found he would lose his federal position, it is assumed that he is the author of the political attacks, which convey his style of writing.
 ALASKA rabbits change their ap- pearance twice a year, but there is one Alaska newspaper that changes it's political appearance more ire quently than twice year, and that is the Spasm. Less than two weeks ago. the Spasm wept tears over the trick played on MT Roth and a few days later it tried to tell it's readers that it did not make any difference whether Mir. Roth or Mir Crossley held the office A few months ago the Spasm was defend ing F. G. Moves, the receiver of the Washington-Alaska bank, but when MT. Moves turned the Spasm down on some job work. it changed it's attitude immediately. There was a time, too. it will be remembered, when the Spasm could see nothing good in MT. Wickersham, but it has changed in that regard too.