Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-24
.SULzER .REFUTES
 W|CK'S STORIES
NO TROUBLE WITH EMPLOYEs
Is Paying Own Campaign Expenses While Canneries and Big Corpora tions Are Coming Out in Favor of Wtckersham.

JUNEAU, Oct. 24-Charles A. Sul- ger closed his campaign in Southeast ern Alaska and left for the Third Di- vision Sunday morning. Sulzer is as- sured of a large majority in the First Division and 1t is expected that he will carry the entire territory by sub stantial vote.
 Sulzer's meeting in Juneau was the largest political meeting ever held here, and during his address MT. Sul- ger covered all the issues of the cam paign completely. He proved conclu- sively that he was not in any way con. nected with the corporations. except as the lessee of mine, which he was operating as an individual. He said that if he was elected he would con slider all propositions for the develop ment of the territory submitted to him on their actual merit, and ire spective of their origin. He deplored the contentious, pickering and quar- reling among the various factions il. the Territory. and expressed the hope that these would cease and he prom ised to work in harmony with anyore who sought to work for the actual welfare of all Alaska.
 He denied most emphaticslly the stories circulated by Wickersham and Emery Valentine that he had had trouble with his men and that the fisheries trust was paying his cam paign expenses. He said that the pay roll of the eighty men at his mine was being promptly met and the mine was showing a satisfactory profit. Ev very man employed at the mine was a Union man, working eight hours and receiving Union wages. He declared that he was paying his campaign ex- penses out of his own pocket, and warned the people against the elev- enth hour lies that would be circu- lated to influence the voters, and ask ed them to pay no attention to stories used in such a manner that there was no time permitted to deny them.
 Sulzer stated that if elected he would bring the government to the people Of the Territory so that all Alaska issues. including the fisheries. might be settled here. He declar d that a letter from Washington tn John w. Troy from Assistant Secre- tary of the Interior Sweeney. state that both President Wilson and Sec retary of the Interior Lane were T favor of a full territorial form of gov ernment for Alaska, but in spite of this Wickersham, after he he'd intro duced his bill for full territor al gou- ernment, had let it sleep. and had nev- CT sought the aid or opinion of the President or Secretary Lane.
 The vote on the Juneau school bond issue is regarded as indicating the weakness of the Wickersham support CTS in Juneau. Wickersham said that he had been flooded with a r,ass oi petitions against bonding the city fo that purpose and gave this as reascn for not pressing the bill. King went to Washington to lobby for the bill got 1t through congress notwithstand' ing Wickersham declared 1t would be impossible in letter to Mayor Stuart ten days before. At the bond election last Friday Emery Valentine, Wicker sham's manager, endeavored to gel the vote out to defeat the bonding oi the city. but the result was 645 II favor of bonding to 72 against.
 A telegram from Delegate Wicker sham to K. c. Russell, read at thu Republican rally Friday night, en dorsed w. R. Hickman, of Ketchikan one of the leading cannerymen O Southeastern Alaska. Practically al the canneries have contributed to thu campaign fund for the Republican legislative ticket in this division. Tn Empire charges that Wickersham thru letters and telegrams tried l. get the support of the big corpora tions in this division.
 F. w. Bradley, president of tn Trsadwell company. the only minin operator here who Is deadly oppose' to the Western Federation of Miner is opposing Sulzer because he employ only Union miners, and Is supportin Wickersham.