The Alaska daily empire., 1916-08-23
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 committee had always been ready to meet and give consideration to Alaska matters, and had done 80 whenever requested to do 80 by the Delegate from Alaska, and the Delegate was reminded by the chair man that ne had never requested meeting to consider the matters under discussion at the time the Delegate made his complaint.
 Rebukes to Delegate. "These rebukes to Delegate Wick ersham were taken down, and con stitute part of the records of the hearings before that committee.
 "while Delegate Wickersham has been very indolent insofar as work before committees and in tho De- partments is concerned, he has been hard worker in his office. He has scarcely written a letter to q Cabinet officer or any one else or done an act at any time that he has not choked the telegraph lines and the mails to inform political boosters at homo of what he has done.
 There is nc secret about these matters. These stories of Wicker sham's inactivity come to us from Washington every few days.
 "The inability of the Delegate to bring back to Alaska a record of achievement forces him to search some sort of an excuse. Therefore, he planes Juneau for not doing just what she has done Juneau has done every thing that has been sug- i gested 10 her that she should do to aid in securing the appropri- ation for a public building; like wise for a school house; likewise for bridge likewise for the powers Of full Territorial form of govern ment. She has done everything ex- cept to send a Delegate to Congress to Washington who will work for her needs, and those Of the remain der Of the Territory. She finally sent a member of the common coun- ell to Washington on the school house question and he is getting re- sults-and Wickcrsham should be heartily ashamed that he made that expense Necessary.
 Bills, Bills-No Work.
 Whenever any considerable num- bcr of Alaska people urge legislation at Washington Delegate Wicker sham introduces a bill on the sub feet, gets a lot of the printed cop ies of the bill and sends them over Alaska, and then ceases work. In the present Congress he has intro luced bills covering all phases of Alaskan matters. He introduced a bill providing for full Territorial form Of government. bill proyid- ing for Statehood, four bills for the Castinoau channel bridge, bills for his thing and that, but he has worked for nothing He has tried 70 soak Col. Richardson. and fought against the passage of a bill proyid- ing for the preparation of a re- yiscd mining law Otherwise. the record shows that he has been busily ,ngaged in mailing copies of the pills he has introduced in Congress 10 various people throughout the Territory.
 Easy to Get Legislation.
 People returning from Washing on all agree that it would be the ,asiest thing in the world to se- cure legislation for Alaska at Wash lngton-full Territorial form of gov ernment, road appropriations. exper- mental mining stations, developing eglslation of all sort-if there was someone on the job who would get acquainted with the ropes and set busy. Washington is in the mood to pass Alaska legislation. The circumstance that it took Jim King just a week to get an im- portant bill through the Senate that Alaska has been working for and praying for and urging in every way that it could without sending a man to Washington. for two years is corroboratlve of what they all tell us.
 Alaska people should send a man to Washington who will get to work and aid as i'm getting some results