The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-14
Measure Doomed Because Democrats 0p-
 pose It.
REPUBLICANS FOR BILL
Britten and Bower Who Debated with Wicker sham are Republi-
 cans.

STARTLING ARRAY or FACTS ARE SHOWN UP in the hearing be fore the House Committee on the Alexander fish measure; WICKER SHAM OPPOSED THE BILL" that was introduced by a lifelong Demo crat' and has the backing of the Administration, according to the Dis patch this morning. In another place the same paper says Delegate Wick ersham saved Alaska $500,0OO by securing an amendment to the bill
 In the first place the ALEXANDER BILL HAS NOT PASSED, and what is more IT WILL NOT PASS. 1 Therefore the S5OO,OOO saved by securing an amendment Co it is like many Of the other things Wickersham has done for Alaska-he did it in his mind,
 The Alexander bin IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED BY THE ADMINISTRATORS. It takes more than one bureau with the ap- proyal oC one Cabinet Officer to commit the WILSON ADMINISTRA- TON to any proposition.
 Only those SEEKING TO DECEIVE pretend that the administration is opposed to this thing or that simply because a few bureau officials have secured the approval of the Cabinet Officer to some program. Wicker sham knows that the ADMINlSTRA' lTION IS NOT SUPPORTING THE ! ALEXANDER BILL. He only thinks that the voters did not know it. And it is not on account of any action of Delegate Wickersham that the Alexander bill will not pass. IT IIS BECAUSE IT IS OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR ! AND DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZA ITIONS AND PRESS OF ALASKA and is without the support of the ! WILSON ADMINISTRATIONS.
 DEBATE WAS WITH RE-
 PUeLlcANs.
 In the next place the Dispatch STARTLING ARRAY" of facts, in troduced in such way as to leave the impression that Wickersham was battling the whole Democratic party consisted Of long debate between IWickersham and Mir. Britten, a RE i PUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FRON ] CHICAGO, and Mir. Rowe, A RE ! PUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FRON 1 BROOKLYN. and the favorable re port that Judge Wickersham was un able to prevent was SIGNED BY EVERY REPUBLICAN ON THE l FISHERIES COMMITTEE.
 The facts in the case as the fact in most cases at Washington show that DELEGATE WICKERSHAN HAS NO INFLUENCE WITH RE l IPUBLICANS OR DEMOCRATS. Nom of them recognize him. He can oc occasionally prevent the passage O a bill if the interest in 1t is onl! general in character, but he is in efficient in securing results; he know ] he is inefficient, HAS BEWAILEl HIS LACK OF INFLUENCE, an' does not try much except brlcl throwing
 Like, with the boy who cried woli ! Wickersham has made so much nois for purely political effect that th 1 REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS on the fisheries committee did no pay any attention to his shoutin when the Fisheries Bureau Bill wa Iup. The Fisheries Bureau bill" the proper name for 1t, it was no written by Representative Alexander but was introduced by him becaus it was proposed by the Fisherie Bureau, which. being a Bureau of th Department of Commerce, secure the formal approval of that Depar ment for 1t.
 Only fools and those who thin the voters are fools are claiming th' this bill is a Democratic measure an Administration measure It just as unfair to call 1t Democrat or Administration measure as
 would be to call it Republica