The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-10-20
Late Telegraph News

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1S.-B. F.
Yoakum is one of the prominent and
well known railroad presidents who
made startling admission late on
! Saturday afternoon while testifying
before the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The Rock Island railroad
was being investigated, when Mr..
Yoakum came out emphatically in
favor of the government ownership
of railroads. He declared that one
of the greatest achievements of the
Wilson administration was the deci-
sion to construct and operate rail-
roads in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15-A bill
granting Philippine independence as
soon as a stable government is estaD-
lished was passed in the House this
afternoon.
VALDEZ, Oct Is. Delegate
Wickersham was unable to get 70
Cordova yesterday on the launch
Queen. When the party recalled
Knowles Head the storm was so bad
that it was thought best to return to
Valdez, arriving last night. After
the departure of the Delegate the
Valdez Prospector published a story
in which serious charges were made
against the Delegate. One was that
he had demanded 5000 a year
from the Guggenheims under 3-year
contract, for the defense of Hasey,
who was charged with murder in
the Keystone canyon affair seven
years ago. Other charges were
made including his authorship of the
Johnson bill to eliminate assessment
work on mineral claims in Alaska
for 1914. These various charges put
! Judge Wicnersham on the defensive
and he has been forced to call an
other meeting for Friday night to
defend himself. The affair has
caused considerable excitement and
it is expected that the banner crowd
of the campaign will turn out to
hear the Delegate on Friday night.
An enthusiastic Bunnell advocate
from Skagway sends us the follow
ing telegram, collect. with refer
ence to the meeting held by the
Democrats at Haines last night:
Skagway, Oct. Is. - Candidate
BunneH had most enthusiastic
meeting last night at Haines, and
1 IL NV ho nf 10
campaign. He emphasized the con-
structive policies of the Democratic
territorial platform, declaring in
favor of the protection to fisheries,
the construction of central power
plant in connection with the rail-
road, in favor of a uniform system
of schools, and urged the necessity
for liberal appropriations for roads
and trails. He strongly advocated
the opening of the resources of the
territory in opposition to the con-
servation policy that has heretofore
applied to Alaska.
Mr.. Bunnell devoted 10 minutes
to reply to Delegate Wickersham's
personal charges against him. He
succeeded in tearing them to shreds
and also showed the duplicity OF
Delegate Wickersham in making use
of part of a letter from President
Wilson and making it appear as an
endorsement of him by the Presi-
dent. All of Judge Wickersham'
former charges made in his speeches
in this section have fallen flat In
Haines and Skagway. Bunnell's
meetings have been so per cent
| larger than Wickersham s and fav'
orable sentiment for the Democratic
candidate is daily growing. Sen
. ator J. NJ. Tanner also spoke at the
Haines meeting and discussed the
r issues of the campaign for half AZ
: hour He spoke in favor of thu
/ Democratic legislative ticket and re
ferred to Suffers home rule speech
: made in 1903. He asked the voters