The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-11-04

WARNING GIVEN
 TO THE VOTERS

This being the next to the last issue of this paper before Tuesdays election, we desire to inn press upon every qualified voter to give the matter of selecting those who are to serve them in the vari- ous offices during the next two years the most careful consideration. And in doing so, be sure to look carefully into every statement or claim made by either party and consider which is the most likely to be true, apply ing the rule of sound reasoning and common sense in making your deduc- tions.
 Now, regarding the Wickersham. Sulzer contest case, we wish to again call your attention to our claim that the case has been finished by the committee on elections and that the finding of the committee is in favor of Delegate Wickersham, as we were informed through the Associated Press last July. We have at no time claimed that the committee had made it's report to the house, but rather that the report is being held up until after election in order to give Sulzer the benefit. Can you req sonably believe that a Democratic committee would withhold the filing of a favorable report for their claim ant in Democratic house? Well, hardly. Of course this kind of poli- tics does not appeal very strongly to an Alaskan; as a rule he likes to see fair play. Do you consider that MT. Wickersham is getting square deal? All we ask is to let us know what the result of the committee inquiry has brought to light after a year and a half of labor, but in vain.
 And another thing we would ask you to remember: Don't be stam- peded by the cry of wolf" on the part of the opposition when they go into mysteries about electing only Democrats to office. It drives the blood to any straight Americans head when it's flung at him that he is not a patriot unless he votes the Democratic ticket We may have
 to take the insult, but we do not have to surrender our manhood. So consider your candidate if he meas. ures up to being a good AMERICAN which carries with it all that the word implies in these times of stress vote for him. But beware of the lip patriot who hides behind the cloak
 of our President. and shouts, hear hear!" when the Presidents name is mentioned. And remember that it is mainly due to Delegate Wickersham's
 hard work in the past that railroad construction is going on at this time,
 giving employment to hundreds of
 persons and putting money in cir
 culation. Yes, even our much ma.
 ligned agricultural college and school of mines has given employment to quite few men and thus helped to tide over hard times and keep the pot boiling, for which you may (not) thank the News-Miner, the great booster ofs Delegate Wickersham's op. ponent.
 The candidates for the territorial l ic1 1of pin 10 pon,,h. lican ticket, when compared with those of the other parties will lose nothing by such comparison. Who, in this division, does not know Louis K. Pratt, candidate for senator? A man of mature years with a fine legal training and experience; stalwart, rugged. both mentally and physically; honest to the core, and a champion of the rights of man, be he rich or poor. He has been a resident of Fairbanks with his family since the early days of the camp.
 Of the candidates for the house of representatives B. B. Collins is pC1Adpo tuC UCSt hAOWA I1dNAu6 served two terms, in the first and second legislatures, the fact of his having been chosen in both instances as speaker of the house is ample proof of the high regard in which he
 was held by his colleagues. And the able manner in which he acquit. ted himself in that important posi-. tion, and the experience he gsined should recommend hin to every voter who has the interest of the serri. tory at heart. MT. Collins has long . been a resident of Fox, where he has carried on extensive mining opera.
 tions, but has recently acquired a home in Fairbanks, where he will reside with his family in order to give his daughter the benefit of our school.
 Louis Dale Colbert is our next can. didate for the house of representa- tives. While this is his first ap. pearance in the political arena, he is by no means unknown in the in