The daily progressive-miner., 1916-09-19
PRONINE I ME N HEBRON SHORT
 VACATION
Congressman Albert JOhn- son Is After InfOrma- ton At First
 Hand.

Representative Albert Johnson, of the s.ata os Washington Major H. W. Rauea editor al gr Jehnson.s dai.y newspaper aa Loauam Wash. Hon. ,. E. Caaosrs O. Seattle, and Gee. l.. Iiarrtgaa. Exalted Ruler of the Tacoma Eadee CT E1E- aho i= acting as air Jaans5az private secretary arrived il Eesaliaaa last night lo spend several days. with the exception of Major Paueu vHo waa- through 10 Juneau
 h the next Congress, Mir. Johnson becom.s ehairmau of the House Com mitte= oa Territories ana is making a u.s iuao southeastern Alaska Tor the p.rpoze Of informing himself on some sr 5ae problems which % yiJalIy affect is par oa tae country Ar. Joauso- having laaa q western man for ma. years, < opposed 10 gne whole conservation propaganda. and he has a aH# oz 5aa 54adeaz iu Con gress le. s.. movements That will lit thesa r barriers 10 peeHa
 Taaig .s Johnson win aola a hearing -a council chamber. wHere all sides - tae 6saug controversy will be aea1.. AL statements made will be ..-l down and will be used by the Congressman for pres citation to l1- Committees 9a Territories aa. ou Merchant .I4r.4e and Fishing The meeting is open to ai
 -lr. Jct-- -gn -s in A.a=so laa-y =or rest and -cuperauoa. aa alaved in the State of Wazhta-.aa .9m .Ae ha- tio4u. C. . -a..ula. lse. and al one p-a . .... -- g-ual. eam- paisa. r,nomiHalou ior ,a.~z r-- by plural iry Of 9ter -y.... t9.e- a.-r t-. asy- or o1 T-e.ua During -- last week o1 rhe e-.-. =.-. -l.. ..4E-ea a+- 4g..-- <. 4t---L4 and gave all the ai4 p.--la to ...s. -.Ha-.e Ic. pls a -ae senatorial contest Con gress--.. .-#.#p- carried Dy large ma ..a4l. lu Ir tQaa- SOL 4.=...-.. ...g. t.-.ee county CT4e.-a5 oal a. did aa- show much sJse4=-. .l f.. a-..e r..-t. -I..-. districts. z Seattle and King cou1tg ay over @.q.a.
 
 teA.- 4lr g...... a5a 5aE-. H4aa- ers-o-. -a.e #.. ..a- ..1ua. clashes .u -.- .l-4ls=--. both be.az o5-a.. a.... and fighters from tic "os8 go, they are friends, wha- .- e-..a- t8 working .5s th=. -r the levs.opMe-. and welfare or Al aska and the west.
 Mir Johnson said today: Judge WicAersaam should be returned to Congress for his 5la term. When one stops 10 consider that Alasaa and all Of t.e bo.at mountain and Pacific coast state combined have, all told, but thirty-as l5asre--nen and one delegate. one a4n s-e 1ae necessity for keeping there those members who have dad experience and who have made actual a=al"ay iu governmental work. The states ] nave mentioned Ill in al-have one less congress man than Pennsylvania alone. in fact the thirty DIX oi Us are obligated to stand against the 353 other members of congress most oI the time. When it cones to working for the west. We do not divide o1 political Lines. Fur ther, fl a Congressman is 10 be meas ured by the bacon he brings home and in fact. mos5 members are SC measured-theu Judge Wickersham is entitled to reelection as long as he desires to go to Congress. for in the Gard Congress he brought home more bacon than all inc rest Of Us com bined.
 Concerning the halibut situation, l am here for information and want tc hear the views Of others expressed. rather than express my own. How ever, before l leave l shall be glad to give the Progressiye-Miner a state ment which l heard made in Vancouv- CT B. C., last week by Lord Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the C. P. Ky. which may have some bearing on the future plans Of the Dominion gov. ernment.'
 Albert Johnson, Republican, of Ho- ouiam. was born in Springfield III