The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-12
 WICKERSHAM LOSING STRENGTH WHEREVER HE MAKES ADDRESS
Carbled Account of Contested Election Case Some Instances of Wickersham
 Election Methods
(5y Charles A. Oerry)

Sufficient time has now elapsed since Wickcrsham delivered his speech in COrdoya for local citizens to digest his remarks thoroughly and for the sentiment of the community to CrEa- tallize concerning them, The Opiiion is generally expressed, and by men who are anything but partisan. that its effect was to harm the Wicker sham candidacy. It is the same story that has come from Nome. from the Interior. 2nd, in fact. from every pCiut where he has delivered q public address When W"S informed &om" time ago that wherever Wi"kCr$hlm had spoken he had injured h." chances of election | put it down to th" pa~;:s@~.Eiu uf the rcl1tor. Whos" wish "w&s father to the thought. Eut a.n,, tlr rorIoIa speech | can well believe th"t such ia the c%sc.
 When the assertion w2s made that Wiclersh0m had not made single statement in his entire speech that vps wholly tru" that expressed ,hc situation exactly W:CkcTsham "Ni, dcntly relied on the belief that Alaska citizens did not keep closely in touch with pubic affairs. and would H)t l." able to recognize his various mis- statements. and that anyway. th" fact that he Wickersham, had made such statements would be auflicicn; war, rant for the average Alaskan U be l.Cvc them. Time w@E wh"1 this may have been true II is not so now. AlaskaaS. like the general ayCra&" of American citizens, and tU an oven greater degree. will be found to bo fairly well informed as to public events, and whl" communic tion be. tween various parts of the territory is not so rapid as all would wish, yet it is rapid enough so that politicians can not slip one over" on them very readily.
 Take the matter of the contest over the delegateship election of two years ago. As Wickersham related it, it was quite at variance with the ac- tual truth. and so embelished as to make of himself q veritable martyr, Now Naakans have been used to ,li ir1- TtN 'i,ly bat in as "Fightnig Jim" and he himself has rather Glored in that appc!lation. And the role of martyr neither be comes him nor is well received by his former supporters.
 He said that ne was elected and that he was robbed" of the election by Judge Jennings and the Demo CTS tic ring" It is not an edilying spectacle for lawyer, former fed eral judge and former delegate in congress to attempt to bring the courts into disrepute by intmating things that were related of Wicker sham when he was on the bench were given publicity they would make his indictment of Judge Jennings seem rather tame. But the public long since learned that a disappointed 1iti- gant is not a reliable critic of the occupant of the bench. And conse- quently newspaper men have been discreet enough to let that subject rest.
 Wickersham stated that in the man damus proceedings that were brought to compel Governor Strong and his colleagues on the CanvasGing board to award the certificate of election to SulZer he was not represented by counsel in fact that he was not noti- fed of the action. Fancy J"mes Wick ersham-" "Fi"h:ing Jim" not being had brought court proceedings in which he vas an interested party, We'll. the fact is that he was repre- aCl."d. .ad thr rInC of the attorney who took care Of James Wickarsham' g
 interests in those proceedings was John NGy'gard O. tn" evidence ?nd the argument Judge Jennings decided in favor of Sulzer. The matter was allowed to go to the house of repre- scntatives at Washington. and after delays of year and q half or so, of which Wickersham complains bitterly, the contest has not yet been deter mined. in spite of the statements of Wickersham to the contrary.
 But Wickersham might have avoided all this delay in a very sim pie manner by appealing from Judge Jennings decision directly to the cir cult court of appeals Why did he