The Alaska daily empire., 1918-09-16
Home Rule, Complete Ter ritoriaI Control of Fish cries and Aid to
 the Miners. .
CONTEST IS UNDECIDED
After Remaining a Few Days Mir. Sulzer Will Continue His
 Tour.

the people or AldShd, anu 6oNeIH- mental aid for the gold miners, I consider to be the three greatest needs of Alaska today" said the i Hon. Chas. A. Sulzer, Delegate from Alaska. while discussing conditions in the Territory. 3tr
 "I believe my bills for Home Rule will be acted upon favorably by Con- ! gross so that Alaskans will have the same complete control of their own affairs that was. enjoyed by every other Territory, and there is no doubt that this will be the means of removing many of the vexatious problems which confront NOrtherners now and which are difficult or i'm possible to solve at the National capital And there appears no doubt that the campaign which I started in Washington for the benefit of the gold mining industry will result in substantial assistance being offered in the near future." @
 Referring to his present trip to Alaska. MT Sulzer said. "Is had intended to come North at an earlier date, as it would have suited my own convenience better, but l. felt that my presence was demanded at Washington to keep pressing sev- eral matters pertaining to the Terri tory which were being considered by committees of Congress. And by staying in Washington I succeeded In securing favorable consideration of the bill which is known as "The S0-rod Strip Bill whereby the S0- rod reservations between land en- tries along navigable waters are abolished. I also received favorable consideration of the bill permitting agricultural entries on coal lands, a thing much wanted by the people in the vicinity of Anchorage.
 "The Public Lands Committee vot- ed unanimously to report these fa- vorably and as a member ofs that committee, I was authorized to draw up and submit the report. I did that before leaving Washington and the bills are now on the calendar and will be enacted into law just as soon IS they can be reached, which will be some time before the end of the present session. Why Delegate Is Here
 T feel also," continued Mir. ,Sul- ser,r that owe it to the people )f Alaska and to myself to come North at this time to learn the needs of the country first hand and 3lso to give personally an account ng of. my work in Washington. A great propaganda of transformation 'egarding my work and standing at he capital has been in progress in Alaska for some months and | hope 70 expose this by substantial proof which will submit to the people. Expects To Retain Seat la
 Since coming to the Territory I earned that forces opposed to me have spread the report broadcast hat. had been unseated as Dele
 gate from Alaska. The best evidence
 IS to the falsity of this assertion is the fact that today I received, my
 ,alary check for the month of August The Elections Committee never made any, report to the House, and no one knows when they will report )r what, that report will be. The contest. will. finally be decided on. he. Floor of the House and I have every reason to hope that that de- cision- will be in my favor" Mr. Sulzer felt much pleased over the reception given. him, at Ketchikan. Craig. Wfangell and Petersburg and although he has as yet visited only a small, part ofethe Territory reports received by him make him confident hat he will be reelected in Noyem- Der by large majority. He be- lieves that his work in Washington has been such. that the people will
 hink it to their best interests to re- eurn him to Washington that he nay continue the program of pro- gress which he started. IS months ago. This program has been retard-J ed somewhat. because of the war; but notwithstanding this. difficulty. good progress has been made.
 The Spirit To Win
 In speaking Of war conditions, MT. Sulzer said that in the East it is he same, as in Alaska. Everybody is determined to win the war, no matter at what sacrifice. and the Delegate believes that the nation s more united today than at any time before.
 ''In the, early. days of the war" said Mir Sulzer. there was some criticism of Secretary Baker and the Administrations as to the manper of handling the affairs of the War De- partment. These critics. however. have been forced to seek cover as Mir. Baker has answered them by putting almost two million men in E,rona and the Navy has dome tho