The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-05
By IRENE DuHAMEL

Delegate Charles A. SulZer opened
 his campaign for delegateship here
 las evening at Red Men Hall before
 a good sized audience. He was intro
 duced by Attorney Chas. H. Cosgrove
 who thanked MT. Sulzer in the name of the people of the Ketchikan Dis trlct for the work done by him as the
 representative of the people in Wash
 ington for the past two years and de
 clared that he hoped he would con
 tinue to represent them in the next
 two years to come, rising triumphant
 ly above the calumies bored over hin
 by his opponent, MT. Wickersham, ant
 his cohorts. MT. Cosgrove declared
 that he had always been under the
 impression that Ananias of bible
 fame had held the honors of being
 the biggest liar in the world, but that as far as Ed. Russell, editor and pub
 fisher of the Juneau Dispatch was con
 corned, Ananias had nothing on him.
 Russell recently published state
 ment to the effect that the House o1 Representatives had unseated MT
 Sulzer in favor of MT. Wickersham
 which MT. Cosgrove stated would be proved false by MT. Sulzer in his discourse later in the evening.
 Delegate Sulzer in opening his ad dress stated frankly that he wished to place the audience for a moment in his shoes, so to speak and view his work from the angle of man handicapped by war measures, more war measures, and still more war measures, and with most other things set aside. He declared he was proud of the way the United States had put the pep" in the allied armies and were now driving the invaders out of France and Belgium as fast as they could run, and that furthermore he was more than proud of the way the people of Alaska had done their part in upholding the hands of the govern ment and that without a question of a doubt, the war will be won by Am erica within the next year. In the meantime the people will be asked to make sacrifices but they will not be in vain.
 Explaining his presence here at this time, Delegate Sulzer said that he, had been advised by officials in the capital that he would not be able to do anything in the way of legis- !ation for a short period and that he might just as we'll take this time to make a visit to Alaska to learn the needs and requirements of the people at first hand. Congress will take no further recess until the war is over, MT. Sulzer opined, therefore he de- cided to come north tC confront the stories set afioat by his opponent in the contest for delegateship, Mir 'It is a duty of man to his family, himself, and his friends to stop the islander being spread all over the territory by malicious man. he declared.
 MT. Sulzer will spend the next two months until election endeavoring to refute the stories circulated and en- deavor to prove their falsity, telling the real truths in the matter and de- clares he does not fear for the result.
 Ketchikan's vote for Sulzer at the last election proved a bitter disap- pointment to the Delegate, but this was enumerated by the splendid SUD- port given him later at the primaries, for which he was deeply grateful, he said. Having spent 16 years of his life here in the Ketchikan district, n the mining business and known all over the territory for square dealing, he had believed that he would con- nand support in the first election.
 q have been Delegate to Alaska for the past IS months," said MT. Sul- er. "and during that time, as I prom sed, did all in my power to carry put my platform and promises to the people to aid and assist them and advance the interests of the territory n Washington, War is the only con- ;ideration and it is next to impossible o get people interested there in Alas la. Members there call Alaska fred lot coal" and if they try to do any hing for Alaska they are called az 'nts of the Cvggenheims In the