The Alaska daily empire., 1918-11-04
THE FACTS ABOUT SOME OF WICKERSHAM'S CLAIMS ON WHAT
 HE DID FOR

IL TOT pdSSlHS IlOlIt tulc Act. He was responsible for the Organic Act which he says himself asked less for Alaska than was ever given to any other Terri tory. That Organic Act for bid Alaska from legislating on it's fish, game, schools and other matters, including provision prohibiting the Legislature from amending, repeating or legislating in any way on it's license taxes.
 Wickersham claims credit for the Alaska railroad. The Department of the 1n-' terior and Senator Chamber lain have both said that the railroad was an Administra- tion measure and that au- thorization for it and the appropriation was provided in Senator Chamberlain bill. Even Wickersham ad mits that it was the Cham berlain bill that passed, but he caims he was responsible for it. The Administra- tion and Senator Chamber lain say such claim is untrue.
 Wickersham claims cred it for mine inspection law. Under the federal law a mine inspector from WASHINGTON might look over the Territory once in a couple of years.
 Wickersham claims cred it for a Lien Law. It was such a good lien law that laborers in Interior Alaska, in the Fairbanks district, have lost over $700,00O in the past ten years.
 Wickersham claims credit for detention hospital at Fairbanks and Nome. The hospital at Fairbanks was never opened until Presi- dent Wilson took office. And it was many months later that the Nome institu- tion was open. Neither of them through the efforts of Wickersham.
 Wickersham claims cred it for the bill providing for the Capitol building at Ju- neau. Senator Warren in troduced this bill at the request of President Taft, following the request for it by Governor Clark. Wick ersham had nothing to do with it.
 Wickersham claims cred it for the Valdez dike appro- priation. He had nothing to do with it. General Rich ardson secured the funds for this project in his road ap- propriation measure. Ask anyone from Valdez.
 Wickersham claims cred it for abolishing the power of attorney law. The powers of attorney are still in use and always have been.
 And the greatest joke of all is that Wickersham claims credit for the act per- hitting Juneau to issue bonds to build its school house. Everyone knows that Councilman King secured the passage of this act after Wickersham said it was inn possible to secure favorable consideration. Other Wick ersham claims are on a par with the claim regarding this school bonding bill.
 Wickersham claims cred it for an act providing for harbor improvements at Nome. The government has made no improvements at the harbor at Nome and Del egate SulZer is now working to bring about the desired results and hopes to secure the necessary aid before next summer.
 Wickersham claims credit for opposing the Beveridge bill. Yet he wrote worse bill for Delegate Gale, and his own bill was no better until it was amended. and very little better afterward.
 Wickersham claims cred 1t for killing the Alexander bill. The Alexander bill is still before Congress, though Judge Alexander has given Mir. Suler his word that he will not press it. This as- surance was given after MT. Sulder explained the fisher- ies situation to him and showed him that Alaskans generally were opposed to his