The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-07-26

JOu SiH peA oudue tuem to QO any
 thing that the interests who are
 just as vociferous do not want them
 to do.
 Now take MT. Sulzer. Doubtless
 Mir Sulzer is an excellent man. He
 may have within him latent abili-
 ties which one day will astonish the
 world. He may be one of those
 startling political geniuses who eventually will make history. This
 is not prophecy, but subjunc- tive suggestion as within the
 bounds of possibilities. If he is to
 persuade the people of Alaska of his
 efficiency he must be able to persu
 ade them that he can do far more
 than he can possibly accomplish and in the bright lexicon of his youthful aspirations there must be
 no such word as fail. There has not been in Wickersham' There never yet was a Wickersham supporter
 who didn't believe that he could ac- compliSh more than Joshua and make the sun stand still if he had a mind to. And MT. Wickersham
 has done nothing to disabuse his
 followers of this rather exaggerated
 idea of his prowess. On the con-
 trary he has heightened it by com
 munications to all and sundry-to
 the Nome Chamber of Commerce and the Alaska Pioneers and by the
 liberal use of the mails by reason of his franking privilege.
 It is against these obvious ad
 vantages of position that Sulzer has to struggle. He has the rather un- edifying job of out-heroding Herod, otherwise he may as we'll give up the task.
 Sulzer has no franking privilege and unless he can perform in his campaign feats as wonderful as Wickersham performs through the mails, he is not likely to have ever any such privilege.
 We judge that he will not be lacking in promises and that he will be able to assure the people that what Wickersham could do or has done, he also can do only a whole lot better. Nor must he be con- tent with mere statements, asser- tiens and allegations, he must be il a position to prove it. That he is not a lawyer will for this reason make his task somewhat difficult. But he can surely obtain legal assist ance and there was seldom a time when in this art, if you like to call it that, the democratic politici- an was not as adept as the man from some other party There is no going to come before the people and tell them that he might promise them a whole lot which never could be done; that he has no power in Congress; that he can not vote even in favor of his own measure; that as the representative of the people of Alaska he is politl- cally emasculated and has to walt and accept such favors as come his l way. No politician dare speak the truth, because they wouldn't elect him if he did and they wouldn': believe him any way.
 On the contrary it is a competi- ton between them to persuade the | people that they can do anything | any other Congress man can do in | stead of being as they really are advisers of Congress and there to give their counsel when and where | Congress shall determine.
 Delegate Wickersham has in this race, as suggested, obvious advant- ages. He is there and if there are my horses to be ridden he can be he man on horse back. He can get off fireworks ot ! very attractive and interesting na- ure before the committee hearings, le can introduce bills and mail CO., ,ies to his admirers and supporters, le can ship seeds to the farmers ot Seward Peninsula and he can con- inue his campaign speeches in the Record and ship them n bulk through the mails while his opponent is put to the expense of firing halls and finding that except he Juneau Empire is at hand, the newspapers will merely give brief eport of his eloquence,