The Alaska citizen., 1916-11-06

and inconsistent statements made by Judge Wickersham in his speech a, Valdez on the evening of the 14tt day of October. 1916.
 Judge Wickersham claimed in Seat places that he had secured the leg islation which resulted In the Gov ernment constructed railroad in Al aska. Knowing this to be an un truthful statement, 1 deemed it my duty to ascertain the facts regarding the National legislation which au thorized the construction of a Gov. ernment owned railroad in Alaska therefore on August 18th, 1916 wired Secretary Lane to send me a history of the Alaska Railroad legis lation in Congress. On August 18th 1916. in response to this wire l re- ceived the following:
 Washington, D. C., Aug 18th. 1916. T. J. Donohoe,
 Valdez. Alaska.
 Representatives Flood and Willi. am Sulzer introduced bills to create Alaska Railway Commission and Senator Simmons resolution to as. certain cost of transporting equip. ment from Panama in Sixty-second Congress. House bill ten four as originally introduced by Wickersham, providing for legisla. tive assembly, did not contain pro- vision for first Alaska Railroad Com mission. Provision was inserted by Senatorial Committee. Senate Bill forty-eight was introduced by Senator Chamberlain first session sixty-third Congress April seventh, nineteen hun. dred thirteen, who made speech oc. cupying forty-one pages Compression. al Record. Wickersham introduced bill in House. Senate Bill (Cham- berlain BilD was substituted for House Bill (Wickershams BilD and passed House as amended February eighteenth, nineteen hundred four. teen, approved by President Wilson March twelfth, nineteen hundred four teen. Railway project and bill had active and continued support of President Wilson and Secretary Lane
 (Signed) JONES,
 Acting Secretary.
 Wickersham claims that this re ply was compiled by some depart ment clerk and not authorized by Secretary Lane. You will note that my telegram was directed to Secre' tary Lane. At the time this tele, gram reached Washington Secretary Lane was undoubtedly engaged on the Mexican Peace Commission, of whihc he is member, and Mir Jones for the time being was Act ing Secretary of the Interior.
 After MT. Wickersham made his speech at Juneau, in which he also claims that he had secured the rail road legislation and that Senator Chamberlain had introduced the bill in the Senate, that Wickersham pre- sented to him, John w. Troy, of Juneau, wired Senator Chamberlain relative to the matter and received the following reply:
 Portland, Ore, Sept. 29. 1916. John W. Troy.
 Juneau, Alaska.
 Alaska Railroad Bill my bill. Passed Senate first. It Is the law under which the railroad in Alaska Is be. ing constructed. It was not intro. duced by me at the request of Wick ersham nor written by him, and but for the active support of President Wilson and the Administration it would not have passed at all.
 (Signed) GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
 Judge Wickersham devoted a con- siderable portion of his speech to an attack upon myself, and l am free to confess that l am at loss to know why this was done. not that it makes the slightest differ ence to me, but l am certainly not an issue in this campaign, as l am not a candidate for any office, either elective or appointive. But he seeks through me to tie the Democratic party to the Guggenheims, the Fish Corporations, the Transportation Companies and to Shackelford whom I believe is generally recognized as being the leader of the Republican party of Alaska. There is no alli- ance, secret or otherwise, between the Democratic party and the Shack elford wing of the Republican party of Alaska. There Is no alliance, se- cret or otherwise, between the Demo- cratic party and the Guggenheims, the Fish Corporations or the Trans portation companies. and neither of