The Nenana daily news., 1918-09-09
WICKERSHAM TALKS
 TO NENANA VOTERS

Judge Wickersham, the Republi- can candidate for delegate to Con- gress, opened his campaign in the Nenana district Saturday night and delivered an address to the people of the district at the Coliseum. He was preceded by Judge Louis K. Pratt, of Fairbanks, who is running for territorial senator on the Re- publican ticket. The speakers were introduced by E. L. Laughlin. A large crowd turned out to greet the speakers.
 The speechmaking commenced i'm mediately afted the picture show. E. L. Laughlin first introduced Judge Pratt, who spoke on the ad- visibility of the selection of trained lawyers to form the territorial leg lslature and insure the passage of sound laws on a proper constitu- tlonal basis that would be upheld when put to the test in the courts of law. He spoke of the many laws that had been made and passed bv the territorial legislature heretofore which on being testeds in the courts were found to be invalid, unconsti- tutlonal and not made out in proper form. He paid a tribute to the members of the legislature. who he sa1d' were capable men and used good Judgment in passing the laws made' but, the actual making of the laws, he thought, should be enturst- ed to those who had made a life study of law, who could be .depend- ca upon to see that the laws made oy the territorial legislature were in proper form and in strict conform ity with the Constitution of the onlted States, so that the courts of law would be compelled to recognize thelr validity. He condemned most ol the laws passed by the territorial legislature heretofore for the reason stated and said that the only sound law passel by that body was the one having reference to negotiable in struments. This law, which had been adopted some time ago in the States, could be found in the statute books of most any state and wac ! copied and adopted by our leeis- i lature.
 MT Laughlin then introduced Judge James Wickersham who m arising to address the audience, was greeted cordially. He commenced ms spech by saying that Our first duty was to lick hell out of the Huns and win the war. For this purpose we must all unite, whether Democrats or Republicans, and give our whole hearted support to Pres;- dent Wilson and help the country ', every possible way to carry on the war to triumphant finish and for ever destroy militarism and auto- cracy." He paid a glowing +r;h,+o to Fresldent Wilson, who was, he said' one of the greatest presidents the country has ever had, and who was doing everything possible with men, money and material to brino an honorable and lasting peace to the world in the only poss 'ble wav by whipping the Huns.
 He spoke of the period succeeding our civil war and said that for fifty years or more the North and So,+h had little use for each other, but no such conditions existed now and the loople are united as never be- fore and stand solidly behind the president with their support and ap- proval in all that he does in the con- duct of the war.
 foung Americans from all walks or life, he pointed out, were cheer 1ullly responding to the countrv,s call for fighting men and were marching on to the training camps ana thence to the battle fields, but no one ever gave thought to or