The Alaska daily empire., 1916-09-11

iusANNlAh tAN ANNlUuh Nll III AplN when he took two hours to denomce The Empire as a menace to Alaska jbecause it favored greater powers for the people of Alaska-covering a period of a decade and a hail. all told All this suggests that tue | Delegate had a very good reason for making his speech" silently in bis office. Instead of before Con- 4 gress or even a committee of Con- 4 gress-he desired that the speech should be of political use 10 him. 1 self but HE DID NOT WANT TO FURTHER THE CAUSE OF SELF GOVERNMENT.
 Deliberately Mlsreprssents Admiu.
 lstratlon
 An examination of the Record dis. closes that Delegate Wickersham- in his speech, that was never de- liyered - deliberately attempts 10 convince the voters of Alaska that President Wilson is opposed to self government for Alaska because two subordinate officials in the Depart. mept Of Commerce opposed the sec. ton in which the full Territorial form of government bill relative to \ the fisheries. Because of that, and the circumstance that Secretary Lane asked that the Railroad Engineering Commission have control over sani. tatlon along the railroad during the period of construction he has at- tempted to show that the President of the United States. who declared in 9 message to Congress that Alas ka should have full Territorial form of government and who the other day accepted renomInation for President on a platform which pledges the Democratic party of tho Nation to give a full Territorial form Of government. speaks with lying tongue.
 The fisheries bureau is not the administrators representative in the government of the Territory of Alaska. Secretary Of the Interior Lane is the spokesman of the Presl. dent on Alaskan matters. THE OF. lNlON OF SECRETARY LANE ON THE WICKERSHAM TERRITOR. lIAL GOVERNMENT BILL HAS NEVER BEEN SOUGHT BY THE DELEGATE.
 Further than that. Judge Wicker. sham never sought an interview with the President on his Territorial gov. ernment bill, or the fisheries or any other bill. It is true. he once wrote a letter to him. on the fisheries, and forthwith had the letter circulated throughout Alaska The President referred the bill to the Department Of Commerce and it went to the fisheries bureau, but the Delegate never followed that letter up. aul as far as anything that Wickersham has ever done. the President might thoroughly believe that the Delegate is perfectly satisfied with results. And he is Wickersham has never tried to get results on the fisheries or any other question He has sought to make a paper record that might be circulated In Alaska at government expense for political purposes
 It is asking Q good deal to expect the people of Alaska to believe that the President who has initiated and carried to successful conclusion the greatest program of constructive leg. lslation/ that ever was initiated by an American President and who has done more for Alaska than all other Presidents should be judged by the expressions of two subordinates in the Bureau Of Fish. cries.
 The Attack on Lane
 In his .peech Wickersham says simply that Secretary Lane tried 10 create the same sort of goyern- ment in Alaska that the Panama Canal Commissioner had in the Pan. ana Canal Zone. The only place in Alaska that this was proposed was along the line Of the railroad during the period of construction and it had solely to do with sani- tation matters. On the strength of this the Delegate says the Inter!or Department is against his bnl The fact. as said. is that the Interior Department has never been ccnsulI- ed by Delegate Wickersham abont his Territorial form of government Ibnl.
 NCr is there any record that Dele gate Wlckersham ever discussed his bm with anybody or anywhere or that he ever thought Of 1t except when writing "speechesH gn tho sec recy of his office. that were never delivered
 Bears False Witness
 Delegate Wickersham. in the speech" that was never delivered, says
 TN MY STRUGGLE, Capitals are ours). to secure the passage of my lbm, II. R. GSS7, to establish a full Territorial form Of government in Alaska. and to defeat Secretary Red fields effort to repeal what Terri torial power we now have, I have had the active sympathy and sup port Of the chamber of commerce, the mayor and the pioneers of Alas. ka at Nome. Of the chambers Of | .,..,,,, ,,.,, ,P L,,trh,,,t.. ce cov,o rd