The Alaska daily empire., 1914-10-29
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 Here is a dope story worth read ing. printed in the Juneau Dispatch as telegraphed from Valdez;
 VALDEZ, Oct. 16.-Last Thursday night was the greatest political night in the history of Valdez. Not since the mass meeting demanding justice following the Keystone riots was there such an outpouring of people as tlnt attending the second Wicker sham meeting tonight.
 Wednesday Delegate Wickersham left here in a launch for Cordova. He had scarcely left the harbor linn it when the Daily Prospector issued an edition savagely attacking the de- parting Delegate. But the elements proved false to the newspaper sup porters and the launch was forced to return a few hours later owing to bad weather, and immediately the sup porters of Wickersham, assisted by many other residents disgusted with the unwarranted attacks on Wicker sham, arranged for . hall for last night and in fighting trim the Alaska Liberator tore into Mayor Ritchie and his paper. The address of the dele gate was interrupted time and again by cheers as he consistently reviewed in no uncertain terms the political his tory of the newspaper and its support CTS. The Keystone shooting was re- hashed in it's gory details, the Alas ka Syndicate held responsible for the shooting and the newspaper editor branded as a traitor to the commun- ity.
 Several attempts were made to in- terrupt the speaker but in each in- stance the audience rose as one man demanding that the delegate continue to answer the cowardly attacks of the newspaper.
 Delegate Wickersham has received many wires from Fairbanks support CTS that his presence to insure a sweeping victory in the Panama is not essential, and it is not certain he will go inside or return to finish the cam paign in the First Division.
 Deleaate Wickersham denied em- phaticaily any connection with the Johnson mine assessment bill.
 Delegate Wickersham unmercifully scored the Alaska road Commission for attempting to defeat the railroad bill.
 Prospeetor's Comment.
 Valdez readers will readily observe that this moving word picture is fair ly accurate in the following minor particulars:
 l. The Prospector containing an account of Judge Wickersham's first speech and reprinting some of his letters and messages to Steve Birch in 1908, was printed in the first issue following the speech and before he left town.
 I ?. The Prospector is not Mayor Ritchie's paper. He has not had con trolcof it nor has been concerned in it's editorial management since Sep tember, 1910. He was in Seward dur ing all the time Judge Wickersham was in Valdez The Alaska Libera tor" did not tear into" the mayor nor mention his name, possibly for thC reason that he and the mayor art ] on good terms personally, although they split politically two years agC on the bull moose issue.
 8. The delegate did not attack tho history of the Prospector during tho years when real anti.Guggenhein fight was on, in 19OS!O921O. It would have been rather awkward to do so because in those years the Prospectoi l was pronounced supporter of Judge Wickersham, and it's support wal highly appreciated by him, as letters over his signature, and still in exis tence, but never published, abundant ly attest. Neither did that suppor ever cost Judge Wickershem a smootl quarter. nor did the editor ever asl personal favor, as Judge Wicker l