The Alaska daily empire., 1916-10-26
CLAIMS MADE
 BY WICKERSHAM

Wlekersham the following absurdly baseless claims were oct forth
 What has James Wickersham done that the people Of Alaska should re- elect him to Congress?
 l. He secured thae passage of the Home-Rule Bill, granting Alaska Ter ritorial Government and creating a Territorial Government. boon sought by the people for more than thirty years. This he did against the combined efforts Of the spoilers of Alaska backed by the administration
 g. He has protected the lives of the miners, by securing the Mine ln- spection Act.
 8. He has secured the passage of the Miners Lien Lpw. thereby pro- tecting the wages of the laboring men of Alaska,
 4. He secured the passage of the law establishing the Capital at Ju- neau. for an time.
 D. His Bill secured an aDprcpria- ton Of S5OO,O0O.O0 for Capitol build ngs at Juneau, and the authoriza- tion of the construction of the same.
 6. At the last session Of Con- gress he secured an additional ap- proprlation of SS5O,OOOOO to be add ed to S15O.OO0.OO previously approp- riated. making a total of $5OO,OOOOO For the building of roads and trails in Alaska
 2. He has protected the homes )f the people of Valdez in securing Government aid in the sum of $5O,- 00OOO to aid in harnesslng the Val deg glacial stream.
 8. He has secured an appropria- ton of S25,OOOOO for the building of Ia home for aged and indigent pros peotors at Fairbanks.
 g. He has secured an appropria- ,ion of S25O,OOOOO for Public Build ngs at Cordova.
 TO- He has abolished the obnox- ous Power of Attorney and the As ,ociated Placer Claim Act.
 H. He secured an appropriation 1f $l00,0OO.OO for the building of he St. Michael Canal.
 12. He has consistently fought tho battles Of the common people against the combined Special Privileged Class" The records show that he has accomplished more than any Delegate within the history of the
 ation.
 I3. The bill drafted by him and
 70 ably defended by his great speech n Congress, january 14, 1914 se-
 ure1 the appropriation Of $S5,OOO,- 10000 for railroad building in Alaska.
 IA. His able work In Congress has attracted the attention of the nation and the whole world to Alas a. or all our delegates to Con- gross proceeding him, viz: Col. Ball. 4. H.. Williams, James Carrol, Thos 5. Nowell, J. G. Price, Frank Waskey md Tom Gale, he is the only one O secure a single beneficial act for Alaska. All the others, lacking in abaility, were ignored by Congress and its members. 7
 15. He defeated the Taft-Leasing Bin and prevented the great steal which gave the coal lands to the Guggenheims He has shown up the graft and crime of the former ad ministration favorites in Alaska.
 16. He accomplished almost a miracle in defeating the infamous
 Beveridge Bill" Crafts pet scheme) to place Alaska under a military com mission form of government the same that governed the savages in the Philippines. TO defeat an ad- ministration measure 1t takes more than a person or ordinary ability.
 IT. The homestead law secured through him gives every person the right to locate a homestead in Alas ka, regardless of the fact that they may have exercised such right in other parts of the Public Domain.
 IS. He has secured an appropria- tion for the survey and opening of Dry Straits which shortens the steamship route to Juneau by sey- eraI hours and does away with the long delay occasioned by the neces- sary stops at Wrangell Narrows.
 19. He has secured the enactment of the law granting sections sixteen and thirty-six of the Public Lands to the Territory for the use of the Public Schools.
 2O He has secured the passage of an act establishing a Territorial Agricultural College and School Of Mines and these colleges can be es- tablished at Juneau by an effort on the part Of the people of Juneau
 21 He has secured appropriations for the building of harbor at Nome.
 22. He has secured large approp- riations for the improvement of the Tolovana River and the deepening of the mouth of the Yukon, making 1t possible for river boats to carry sup plies to the miners and farmers of the interior.
 2S. At the last session of Con- gross he held up that most infa- nous measure known as the Alex lnder Bill" which sought to give fbo fiohivo ird,,ctr,, of fha Vnrri-