The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-08
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 The Shoup memorial, asking for en larged legislative powers, which pass. ed the House by vote of n to s and was substituted in Che Senate by the Willard memorial, was taken ur by Che Delegate and ridiculed, section by section, bit by bit
 The Delegate likened The Empires stand that unrestricted powers be con. ferred by Congress. on the Legislature to the earlyday cry of Washington State. for code simplllication lie said the cry was raised carried along shouted from housetops, and tinally C. D. Claypool was sent to Olympia to secure 1t. "Claypool got to Olym pia. and after he had sobered up. in troduced bill providing for the sim plification of the Washington code" Delegate Wickersham said. He de. clared the incident was being repeated in Alaska.
 He attacked the Shoup indictment as he branded the memorial. on the ground that it's charges "are as ut terly without foundation as it is with in the power Co write in the English language"
 He said the Governor could pardon offenders of the Territorial laws. that the Legislature could cut the Terri tory into counties if it wanted to- adding. however that mo person would want a lot of counties in Alaska which would give you sheriffs. clerks officials etc., and make a burden Of taxation that would eat your hearts out" He said the Legislators could pass an act dividing the Territory into counties, and that Congress would ratify 1t, # Alaska asked for ratifica tion of the act.
 Quoting from Sections 1856 and 1857 Of the revised statutes of the United States. the Delegate pointed out that Alaska had full power to provide pro bate judges. justices of the peace. re corders. constables, coroners, etc, but modified it by stating that only the Territorial side of the question could be agreed upon and that the Federal side was Q matter for Congress.
 He further said that the Shoup me moriars statement that the Legisla ture could not provide a Territorial supreme acourt was not true "There is no limit on the Legislature in that respect. he said
 On the attorneygeneral question the Delegate said the Legislature had all the power necessary to provide that office "If the Legislature hasn't done it, why hasn't it? You ought to have had the assistance and advice Of Mir Cobb Mr. Rustgard Mr. Cheney or MT Winn, or some other good lawyer to help you.' he said directing hi, remarks to the members Of the Leg islature
 He said that part of the Shoup me morial which said that power was withheld from Che Legislature Co gov ern fish. fur and game of Alaska was correct He said the editor of The Empire had been shouting that the Legislature had no power to govern Alaska's fisheries and then charged the publisher of The Empire with be ing in league with the fisheries in terests.
 Put the burden of your taxes on the fisheries and then make them pay it., he exclaimed. and was vigorous ly applouded. His argument on the lack of power to leglslate on the fish cries was confined lo the question of taxation He grilled the cannerymen and the system Of importing men on contracts. and again repeated "that Mir. Troy and the fisheries interests were harping that the Legislature had no power" Before he left the fisher. ies subject at this stage of his speech, Delegate Wickersham asked the Leg islature to place your taxes on the fisheries-if you don't do it before you leave this city you have failed to do your duty"
 He said there was no limitation of the power Co make roads, provide for schools, build asylums to care for the insane. levy taxes etc. Delegate Wickersham departed from his text in almost every other sentence to heap further abuse on The Empire But the trouble is that you have been buffaloed by this constant annoyance and wailing from this yelping place up on the hnl. until people have begun to believe it."
 other things which the Delegate said of The Empire were as follows:
 You hadn't ought to be scared by the blatant cry of an editor who does not know what he is talking about You should not be heightened at this deep-sea lawyer He is a menace tc society and he ought to quit. He is doing the people of the Territory a great injury He ought to be a brave enough American to get behind and push instead of retarding the develop
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