The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-11
Gale Introduced CommiS- sion Bill Written by Judge Wicker
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DISPATCH CAUGHT AGAIN
"Wick" Organ MisStateS Alaska HiStory-ReC- ord SuStainS Mir.
 GrigSby.

The Dispatch yesterday morning contained the following characteri5' tic statement in connection with It's review" of the speech of George B. Grigsby:
 Going into history contemporary with the election of the first Dele gate Mir Grigsby accused Judga Wickersham with inconsistency in having defeated the Beveredge Com. mission Government bill. and to prove the assertion charged that Delegate Gale had introduced com mission form of government bill that had been written by Judge Wickersham. This fabrication caused snicker that could hardly be sup pressed by a number present who knew to a certainty that neither Delegate Gale nor any other person ever introduced in Congress any commission form of government bill for Alaska before tho Beveridge bill, so ardently supported by all those who were then opposing Judge Wickersham, was introduced in the Senate, and, being literate, these amused snickerers were beyond for getting was the first duly elected Delegate who ever introduced a bill for Q legislature in Alaska, that Judge Wickersham was accredited with writing it and that it would have passed had 1t not been SO strenuously opposed by the very people who, now in control of the Democratic machine Care supporting Mr. Sulzer. It was just the kind of bill that eighty per cent of the electors wanted but which the re- mainlng twenty per cent barnicles attached to the powerful interests that killed it, did not want. It was introduced by Mr. Gale in the House of Representatives on December 5 1907, and was entitled "A Bin Co create the Territory of Alaska and to provide for the government of the same" Section 4, on page 8, com mencing at line IS. of the bill pro yided: That the legislative power ] and authority of said bill shall be vested in the governor and the legis IIative assembly. The legislative as sembly shall consist of a Senate ant house of assembly. its members t' be elected by the qualified elector of the Territory as hereinafter pro vided Q" Mir Gale neve presented any other bin whatever
 The Facts
 The Dispatch is the Dispatch!
 NOW FOR THE TRUTH:
 December 3. 1907 - The Recor
 shows that Delegate Thomas Cal
 introduced II. R. 4S2O. providing full Territorial form of governmen flor Alaska-a bill WITHOUT I'll ILIMITAT TONS WHICH CHARAC ] lTERIZED THE WICKERSHAM OF
 GANIC ACT. The Record of th
 hearings on the bill before the Hous
 committee on Territories, hel March IS, 1908, shows that the bi was written by REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM SULZER, OF NEW YOR
 WHO REQUESTED MIR. GALE r r INTRODUCE IT.
 r February 20. 19OS-Two-and-a-ha S months later-The record shows thu e Delegate Thomas Gale introduced P R. 17649-a commission goyernmel e bill for Alaska. The record of ti |. hearings before the House commi tee on Territories, April 1, 19O P shows that THIS BILL WAS WRI }. TEN BY JUDGE JAMES WIcl r ERSHAM.
 e The bill prepared by James Vic q ersham provided for the goycrnme a Of Alaska by the Governor and { n Executive Council to be compris
 of seven members all to be a
 pointed by the President The b
 authorized the President to appoh
 with the consent and advice of t E Senate. Territorial Secretary,
 Attorney-General, a Territorial Tre' l- urer (who was to be ex-officio IT ie ritorial Auditor). a Territorial Co missioner of Education, all of who l- should be members of the Executi iy Council He was also authorized C. appoint two persons from priy' ta life, without the consent or adv as Of the Senate to serve on the E is