The Alaska daily empire., 1915-04-22

rnfroad if the same light that he did, and With in
 controyertble focts. logically presented compelled
 tben o pass che act for the appropriation of che ! essary capital It Wickersham-with Che gen.
 erous as well as valuable aid of the Presidents Sec rotary Lane and others who made our dream come
 true Let us be fair with our Delegate. he has done
 a great deal for Alaska (Netchkan Progressve)
 With the Progressive like with several other Alas ka newspapers the chief fault t that n speaks too often ythou, information. The fact is that Delegate wickersham had no more do with Interesting the President in the Alaska railroad proposition than the man in the moon He had never met the President or had communication with him, directly indirectly be- fore the President had committed his administration IT, revocably to the development of Alaska through the construction of government railroad from the coast to Che interior There is not scntllo Of evidence of rec ord or otherwise that the President knew there Delegate Wckersham until after had had delivered his first message to the first regular session Che ssd Com gress There is also ample evidence that Secretary of the Interior Lane had committed himself to the rail road proposition before he had conversed or had other communication with the Delegate in any manner.
 relegate wickersham did excellent work in behalf of tho railroad bin during its progress through Congress- but did not do single thing aid in making it an ad mnistraton measure And. even in Congress should not be forgotten passed the Senate before it pass ed the House which is tho branch of Congress of which the Delegate is member wand hen 1t passed the Senate carried an appropriation of $4OOO0OOo instead of Ss5 ooO.ooO as provided in the wickersham bill.
 The Empire has been fair in its treatment of Dele gate wickersham but must insist that the history of the whole railroad business demonstrates the exact truth of It's statement that after all is said and done Pres ldent Wilson. above all other men. is Aaska's great beneiactor" There will be none among those who fol- lowed closely the progress of the railroad legislation to dispute the statement Nor will anyone who is in the least familiar with the record attempt to question Che statement that the Alaska railroad It's existence o the circumstance that administration measure
 The anxiety over the fate of the Great Northern steamship Minnesota that felt by those in all classes of business throughout the Pacific Coast is an ndca ton of how badly the United States needs ships to carry merchandise a, the present time. It is also an indication of how great the loss when the Dakota was wrecked some years ago. These great 25.Oo0ton ships would be a great boon to Pacific Coast trade if both were working just now.
 Col Cody CBunalo BID has become thanks to his appointment as judge advocate general of the military forces of Wyoming General William F Cody" If col- one wants to give up title of nobility for mere mil iary title it's his affair.
 When the Stock Exchange passed the million-shoro mark there was reason for thinking that Wall street was overdong the prosperity business little But when it came back six times in weeks begins to look like the real thing.
 The gradual approach of China and Japan to an agreement suggests that the most of the talk which has taken place was merely piece of conventional Oriental bargaining.
 European sanitary science has added much to the average length of lfe but European military science has taken away much more.
 The successes of Carranza's Gen. obregon suggests that Mexico may have another President in training
 s,r..Apr rAREs UNEXPECTEDLY WEIL.