The Nenana daily news., 1918-11-04
ORATORS DISCUSS
 CAMPAIGN ISSUES

voters gathered on Saturday night at the Labor Union Hall in response to the notice advertising a Demo- cratic rally, at which the speakers were to define the campaign issues. It is estimated that the gathering represented fully two-thirds of the voters of Nenana. R. S. Mcdonald presided and opened the meeting. He briefly stated the purpose for which the meeting was called and defined the duty of everyone who had the right to vote, urging on his hearers to use it. He said that the franchise right was one of the great est assets of an American citizen, whose duty was to use 1t, and that anyone who willfully neglected to use this right was just as culpable as stacker who refused or neglected military duty. He said that he could not dictate how the people should vote, but that the purpose of the meeting was to show them why they should vote for Delegate Sulzer and his constructive policies, who had the personal good will and endorsement of President Wilson, the cabinet officers and the heads of departments at Washington, as against Wickersham, who was an obstructionist and whose policies did not tend towards the welfare of Alaska and it's people, and who was not in friendly touch with the Presi- dent and was openly at outs with nearly all the cabinet ministers and the heads of departments at Wash ington, D. c.
 MT. Mcdonald strongly advocated the cause of Delegate Sulzer, who had been on the job in the interests of Alaska all the time and had ac- complished more good and made more friends at Washington in the short time he has represented us than Wickersham had ever done. In support of his contentious, MT Mcdonald enumerated the measures for the relief and betterment of conditions in Alaska, the passage of which was obtained by MT. Sulzer and compared them with what Wick ershanl had done during the long time he was the delegate, to the detriment of the former delegate. In emphasizing the great need for the Delegate to be on friendly terms with the administration officials and the heads of departments at Wash ington in order that necessary legis- lation can be obtained in the quick est possible time, and the support and endorsement of those in power obtained, he spoke of the harmoni- ous relations existing between Dele gate Sulzer, President Wilson and all of the cabinet officers and heads of departments and contrasted it with the known status of Wicker sham at the nations capital. Wick ersham's obstructive tactics and well known quarrelsome nature had made his "persona non grata" with the officials of the government, and as consequence the territory suffered in much delayed legislation and in the support of the cabinet officials whose aid we had right to expect, and which we would certainly get under happier circumstances. The general tone of Wickersham's az gresive campaign tactics were brought out clearly; his bellicose at titude and wholly unwarranted, un- founded and unmerited attacks per sonal and otherwise of his political opponents as evidenced by his speeches at Nenana and elsewhere in this division were clearly shown and contrasted with MT. Sulzer's more dignified campaign methods, which were confined to the neces- sary refutation of deliberate mis-
 statements made by Wickersham and
 his misguided followers. In con
 cluding, the speaker thought that
 Wickersham might have done more good for himself had he refrained