The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-04
Review of Some of Salient Features of Campaiqn


 fthing, and will prevent anything from being done In the future, and
 t is quite evident that the interests
 of all persons concerned in the fish.
 cries oF Alaska will be furthered by
 electing Charles A. Sulzer as Dele-
 gate to Congress
 Stacker Charge Not Only Untrue But slanderous James Wickersham throughout the 1 Territory of Alaska in this campaign
 in his public speeches has accused
 his opponent, Charles A. Sulzer, with being a stacker.
 1 Charles A. Sulzer is not stacker and the charge of Wickersham is
 fatse and slanderous and an attempt
 on the part of Wickersham to destroy
 he character of his opponent by a plain, deliberate lie.
 l Charles A. Sulzer entered the Span- i ish American War when he was a young man, together with two of his brothers, and while in the service l his two brothers were buried, wear ing the uniform of the United States. War Wickersham was thirty-eight years of age and he made no effort whatever to volunteer and by his own words he, Wickersham, was a i slacker at that time because he
 claims that Sulzer, being thirty eight H.f nv1tn tnrin a sefvice of the United States, Is a stacker
 | If, under the circumstances, Sul- ger had left Congress while the vital interests of Alaska were at
 stake, he would have been traitor
 to Alaska, as Alaska is so situated. having only one Delegate and being
 so far from Washington. D. C.. she could not be represented by any one else until after next election. And the Secretary of war has de- clared that man elected to Con gross can serve his country better lin Congress than by deserting his post Ito go in the field. Besides, there was no law under l which 1t became necessary for Sul- ger to enlist in this war and for Wickersham to call him stacker. he is simply following his old natural bent of lying and character assassin ating because Wickersham, being a lawyer, knows that Sulzer. undor no law and under no claim of jus ! tice, could be charged with being . stacker.
 Charge That suIzer Is German 10 An Insuit to Americana Tn his speeches throughout the
 Territory, James Wickersham ac-
 cused his opponent, Charles A. Sul-
 ger, of being a German. and he has
 attempted to prove it by proving that
 Sulzer's father was born in Ger
 many.
 1 According to James Wickersham. 1t
 would be absolutely impossible for any person who was born in Ger 1 many. Norway, England. or any other l foreign country, to ever become an American, and also that 1t would be
 impossible for the sons and daught- CTS of any such foreign born to be- come American.
 Insults Foreign Born Citizens
 This contention of Wickersham's is an insult and slander against
 any foreign born. naturalized Ameri-
 can citizen, and . man who would
 make such a charge against an
 American born citizen. whose father
 was born in Germany, at this time, when the United States is at war with Germany. is a foul slanderer and a character assassin and is not worthy to represent a yellow dog in dog kennel.
 :. The fact is that the father of ' Charles A. Sulzer left Germany when
 he was eighteen years of age and came to the United States and raised a family of children in the United . States, and was so opposed to Ger
 many that he would not permit his , children to learn the German lan- guage and would not permit German l to be spoken in his house.