The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-04

urging me to secure the enactment Of II. R. lO757. bil to authorize the City of Juneau to issue bonds in the sum of $75,OOO to build and equip school house. etc. Before your letter was written the Chairman of the Committee on Territories had adjourned the meetings of the Com mittee and gone Co his home state to make a campaign for reelection. There has been no meeting Of this committee for more thar month and will not be another one at this session of Congress. lt will be i'm possible to secure any action on this bin until December In the mean time am coming to Juneau ani will see you and talk the matter over with you fully.
 "When ] was in Juneau last went up and looked at your school and know what the situation is exactly, or course, there has been vast amount Of objection to this bin sert 10 me in the form of letters and peti- tions, and but one or two letters like yours are iniavor of it. II judged the people were very largely in opposition from the mass of peti- tions which came 10 me, and for that reason gave it very little attention. It seemed that if there was any public demand for it somebody would make it known However, viii talk the whole matter over with you when l come 10 Juneau this fall.
 "Very truly yours,
 JAMES WICKERSHAM.
 "Dengate from Alaska
 BUT KING GETS THE BILL
 In spite of this correspondence, Mayor Stewart and the Juneau City Council were not convinced that ac- lion could not be secured. Council 1 man Jsmeo H. King was cent to Washington. He arrived there about two weeks after the Delegate had | written the last letter, saying that it would be impossible to secure ae- ton on the bill at this session of Congress, that there had been no meeting of the committee on Ter ritories and that there would be none.
 Mir. King remained in Washington ! three days. Before he left, the bill had been introduced in and passed . by the Senate. there had been two meetings of ,he committee on Ter ritorles, and the bill had been fa- vorably reported by that committee ! to the House. The day that Mr. King arrived in Juneau, Delegate Wickersham then being at Seattle for the purpose of repairing Alas kan political offenses, the bill was passed by the House of Representa- lives.
 MANAGERS OF THE BILL
 The bill was managed in the Sem ate for Mir. King by Senator Key Putnam, of Nevada, with the aoss- tance of Senator Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, and in the House by Rep- resentative John F. Watkins, of Lou isiana.
 FAILURE OF THE COMMITTEE
 Referring to the statements of Delegate Wickersham that there would be no meeting Of the com mttee on Territories and that he had been unable to get favorable report on the bill, people have re- called the circumstance when he made a similar statement at the out set of a meeting Of that committee once, and he was stopped in the statement by Chairman w. c. Hous. ton who informed him that the com mittee on Territories had never fail ed to hold meeting whenever the Deleaate to Alaska had asked for one and that there had never been a report requested from the commit tee on the matter under discussion.
 KING GOT MEETINGS
 At any rate, Councilman King was able to get meeting of the com mittee and favorable report from 1t, and the committee secured the fa- vorable action of the House of Rep resentatives. In the meantime he had got the bill introduced in and passed by the Senate.
 
 CONGRESS READY TO HELP
 ALASKA
 The whole history tells the story of a Congress that is able and wIll- ing to aid Alaskans whenever askea to do GO, and tho story Of repre- sentative Of the people of Alaska who introduces bills. but does noth- i,o roore.-except to use his hills