The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-29

tlldI Il IluSl bt dbiNpu 'i'hN i'N ''' been most willing worker for the good of the territory, says the Fair banks Citizen. His ready responses to appeals from all Alaskans, no mat ter of what political affiliations, have hccn most noticeable. and q pleasant change from the policy of his prede- Cessor who does not hesitate to dir ferentiate between his followers and those who, true Alaskans, refuse to be blindly led.
 It is also pleasant to have for rep resentative from Alaska a man who does his work quietly. as well as dili, gently In fact Mir. SulZer has been all too modest about the things which he has put forward for Alaska during the past two years. In his unassum. ing manner he has set about the task of securing needed legislation for Alaska without making an enormous fuss, just as he would do with any other business proposition.
 If he needed assistance he has not been too far away and mighty to say so. and when his help was wanted he has not been out of communication entirely He acknowledged all calls. and kept those asking for assistance informed upon the action undertaken Is the last term of Delegate Wicker sham so far in the past that d far different treatment than Sulzers can not be remembered?
 Even as he has been making him self thus agreeable to his tOnStitu' cnts in Alaska, he has also been form ing friendships in Washington. get ting acquainted with the leaders of the administration, driving home with quiet persistence the needs ot Alaska, giving to the big men in con gross some idea of the greatness ana scope Of the territory which he iS honored in representing. and seeking to win by diplomatic and friendly dealings with his fellow members for this country that which he nor any one else could ever obtain by fight ing a hundred scraps every day. It is true that he has not carried a chip on his shoulder all the time, nor bearded chairmen of committees in their sanCtums, and at the point of gasbag forced them to come across. Of what use to weight his shoulder down with d chip, since 1t is usually the case that the chip-bearer gets both the chip and the shoulder under meath knocked about?
 Compare Mir. Sulzer's first two years in congress with the first term of Judge Wickersham, and the latter Was not at the enormous disadvan- tage which now faces MT Sulzer il United States holding and playing the winning hand, the successful out, come Of which means the preserva- tion of freedom for countless mill. ions of people.
 Take just one instance of where plain common sense as used by Dele. gate SulZer has relieved an almost in toierable situation heretofore existing and which former Delegate Wicker sham made no attempt to remedy. For twelve years, or from 1905 to 1917. every appropriation asked for by the war department for the construction and maintenance of Alaska roads and trails was subject to a point of order from which there was no escape if it were pressed. While the war depart ment was charged with the building and upkeep of these trails and roads. i; had no authority to ask for funds to do it with.
 Last year Delegate Sulzer succeeded in securing this authority for the war department by a short amendment port of the army. This amendment reads as follows: Provided, That hc"e?fter, 70 lCrr ae tho construction and main cnanCc Of military and post IbduS III AIdSkd, ana or other roads, bridges and trails in that territory shall remain under the direction of the secretary of war. he be authorized to submit such estimates for the con sideration of congress as are, in his judgment, necessary for a proper prosecution of the work" Despite opposition in the committee on mill tary affairs to this amendment, the delegate succeeded in passing it and the request and passage of such Alas kan appropriations for roads and trails as submitted by the war depart ment can now be accomplished legally. Simple. isn't 1t? Yet it took twelve years to get it done. and if 1t hadn't been for Mir. Sulzer probably wouldn't have been started yet.
 He didn't have to fight to get it Inpa aitbar. ba sip, plN