The Alaska daily empire., 1917-03-26
Wick Leader Tries To Prove that Democrats Railroad" Men
 to the Pen.
TAKES A HIT AT EMPIRE
Ruby Statesman Says Paper Hides Behind Physical Infer
 iority."

Speaking by virtue of the special privilege of the floor accorded him by the unanimous consent of the Territorial Senate this afternoon Senator Dan Sutherland attempted to prove that his charge, made earl! in the present Legislative session that people had been "railroaded tc the penitentiary" in the Fourth Di vision for not coming into the Dem ocratic organization there. was in fact true. He said that the Demo cratic organization. either for the Fourth Division or for the Territory should take up the matter of bring ing the actions of the courts and marshaTs office in the Fourth Diyis ion to the attention of the authori ties at Washington. and said tha, his vote received at the last cleo ton from the people who are his neighbors in the Fourth Division proved that he was an honorable man and not liar"
 Senator Sutherland talked for over an hour this afternoon. reading edi torials from papers issued at Fair banks and other parts of Alaska iE regard to the Callahan and Wool ridge cases. to support his conten ton. He also read reports of the decision of the Circuit Court of Ap peals which granted reversals of the cases. and practically charged that the cases were Q "frame-up" and the direct outgrowth of a fight between Callahan and Marshal L. T. Erwir over the distribution of patronage.
 He started off by reiteratiug his former statement made in Senate caucus that Callahan and other were railroaded to the peuitentiar! from the Fourth Division, and stated that he based his accusations on cartoon which appeared in the Fair banks Citizen at the time.
 He then quoted copiously from al three Fairbanks papers. the Nome Nugget and others and stated thai according to his best information the court in the Fourth Division should have exercised it's prerogativc and thrown the cases out of court
 He stated that the Democratic leaders in the Fourth Division are honorable men who, rather than cause any disruption or any dis harmony, will indorse the presen officials for reappointment and tha, the men and the Democratic ma chine" in Alaska stand as a barrier 10 the exercise of justice in the Fourth Division.
 Roman Explains Erwin's Standing
 Senator Roman here interposed by stating that when a member of the committee in that Division fou! years ago he had opposed the ap Dointment Of Marshal Erwin and that at that time Callahan refused to help him. but as matter of fact indorsed Judge Erwin, and thai at present Judge Erwin is on hi. way to Washington with petition signed by nearly every business man in the Division for his reappoint ment.
 Empires Charge
 Senator Sutherland paid his re spects to The Empire for saying that his charge that people had been 'railroaded to the penitentiary" ir the Fourth Division was "unthink- ably untrue, and that the charge was probably the result of partisan heat rather than calm judgment. He said that The Empire was hid, lng behind physical interiority for protection.
 Senator Sutherland finished his rather tame speech by stating tha; he had been raised in the New England section of the country and that he could return there where he had held positions of trust with. out shame and that his life in Alas ka for the past twenty years has been an open book. "The people of the Fourth Division do not believe that am a liar or that I told an untruth even in heated debate" he ended.