The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-02
''WlCK'S" RECORD ON RAILROAD IS
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 simmons a resolution to aeertain costs of transportation equipment from Panama in Sixty second Con. Eress House BHl iOllS as origin. lally introduced by wickersham pro lviding for Legislative assembly did not contain provision for first Alas. kan railroad commission; provision was inserted by Senate Territorial committee. Senate Bin Forty-eight was introduced by Sesator Chamber llain first session Sixty Third Con gress April 7th, 1913. who made speech occupying forty-two pages of | Congressional Record. wickersham later introduced bnl in House Sen. ate Bm was substituted for House lBm and passed House as amended | February 18th. 1914, approved by | President Wilson March 12th, 1914. Railway project and bill was Admin, i istration measure, had active and continued support Of President VII son and Secretary Lane.
 "CSigncO JONES.
 Acting Secrcary.
 Donohoe Comments on Proof
 In a letter to Senator Charles A. Sulzsr, comtisnting upon these tele' grams, Mr. Donohoe says:
 "You will note from the foregoing that wicSersham never initiated any of the Alaska railroad legislation. His Alaska legislature bnl, as in' troduced by him did not in any man. ncr refer Co Alaska railways, but ;he Senate committee amended the bin by providing for the Alaska railroad commission. This amend ment appears as section IS of tho Organic Act. The Senate Bin No. lS introduced by Senator Chamber. | lain. Is the bill under which the lGovernment railway is now being constructed. It is true that after | Senator Chamberlain had introduced | this bin in the Senate Wickorsham i introduced a bgn in the House pro. vldlng for Government railroad in ! Alaska, but it seems quite clear that he would not have taken this action had his hand not been forced by Senator Chamberlain's bill."
 Wickeroham Against Governmeu;
 Ownership
 As late as January. 1913, after the committee appointed under the amendment to the Wickersham Or ranic Act. mace by tho United l States Senate committee on Terri tories. had made It's report, Dele, | gatc WlckCrsham wrote a letter in which he said that he was opposed lto the government ownership Of rail roads but added shat he would sup. port tho proposition now being urged Co build a railroad from tho Coast lto the coal flelds-NOT FROM THE COAST TO FAIRBANKS because iit seemed the only way to secure ! ,hc opening Of the coal fields
 The record on this railroad bin shows. therefore, that Wickersham had nothing Co do with the creation or appointment of the original rail road commission. was opposed to gov. ernment railroads in Alaska except as the only way to open the coal fields. and had nothing Co do with the coast Co interior railroad until the movement for it was under full swing.
 Wick Cost Alaska s5,ooo,ooo ! By trying Go get into the game after others had the railroad pro. icct under way wickcrsham lost S5.O0O.00O for Alaska. The Cham. berlain bill. introduced by Senator 1 Chamberlain. NOT AT THE RE. QUEST OF wICSERSHAM, NOR WRITTEN BY HIM" carried sn sp. propriation of SlO.OOO,OoO. IL passed | the Senate carrying that appropria, | ton. When it came Into the House, lit. was substituted for the Wicker sham bill. The Wickersham bill had asked for only S35.OOO,OOO. and Inc ! House cut the abount by that amount reducing the Senate appropriation, for which Senator Chamberlain had