The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-21
ATTEMPT TO PUT WICK IN G. 0. ?.
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(Contlnued from Pago ID

AAUuAAMANA AAUAAA T eAAaA Aaf the money will be spent. There are many questions of importance to the voters of Alaska which will come up for consideration, and some of them should have been considered long ago.
 zone of the first things which should be taken up will be the in- troduction of a bin providing for the building and establishment of a Sanitarium in the First Division to care for the unfortunate insane pa tients of Alaska. At present they are cared for at Portland where they are farmed out by the national gov ernment and at such distance from Alaska that their relatives and friends can not see that they get the loving and careful care which is their right
 "I will advocate the creation of a relief fund to be used in sending relief parties to rescue lost pros pectors. hunters and boatmen Many a man has lost his life in the wilds of Alaska who would have been saw ed had there been a fund provided for that purpose.
 "For the ladies l shall support a bill for community rights, which un- der the present laws are denied them.
 "I shall endeavor to have the Leg islature memorabilia Congress to eX- tend the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission to investi. gate and rectify the freight rates to Alaska. At present the canneries in southeastern Alaska are paying about $4 per ton for freight to Alas ka, while l or any private party must pay six. seven, and even ten dollars per ton.
 "I am a fish man, and l shall work for the protection of fish in Alaska and shall advocate a tax on the can neries, the money so raised 10 be used in maintaining several hatcher ies in southeastern and southwest ern Alaska. It the present practices are continued by the canneries it won't be many years until there will be no fish 10 pack, and who is better able to work for such law than myself.
 "In regard to the Alexander bill, need make no statement. am against it at all times and l stand squarely on the Republican platform which declares against it.
 'I hope 10 see the day when there shall be divisions of the Territory as the interests of the southeastern section of Alaska are entirely for eign to those of the interior section and hope to see the Panhandle separate Division with Full Territor- lal form of government if not State hood.
 Mir. Heckman stated that he had worked for corporation for the past PC years but that he has not single dollar invested in 1t and that every cannery in which he is inter- ested paid it's Territorial taxes in 1913. '14 '15. and will pay this year. but that the same corporation had not yet paid it's taxes. Mir Heck man closed his speech with a plea for votes and sat down amid ring ing applause.
 He Was ll.
 John c Held. candidate for Rep resentative was in and the chair men of the meeting read a communi- cation from him which was fayorab- ly received NIr. Held promised to address the voters later
 Benson Didn't Want to "crab the
 Meeting"
 Monte eBnson, of Treadwell, was next introduced and stated that he was a miner and had always been one. He told of having been a mem ber Of the First Aid team which was sent to San Francisco from Tread well and stated he is very much in- terested in any legislation which will