The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-09-19
SULZER
SPEAKS

Delegate Chas. A. SulZer who
was in Wrangeil couple Of days
last week spoke to good-slzed
audience at the Redmen hall Thurs
day night. u. s. Commissioner
" eber introduced the speaker. In
his opening remarks. Mr.. Sulzer
said:
Il have spent very pleasant
day looking over this historic town
of Wrangeil. have enjoyed see
ing its activities, its splendid gar
dens, its scenery, its beautiful To-
cation and it occurred to me that
the old Russians, or the Indians
before them must have combed
these shores to select a spot for
this town and are to be congratu-
lated upon its location. 1t is my
wish that Wrangell may develop
into a splendid city,-a terminal of
a route into the interior of this
wonderful country of Alaska. We
often hear that Alaska is monoton-
Gus but other places are monot-
onous. Here We have no droughts,
no scorpi ms nor snakes. no humid
heat like that | experienced in Aug
ust in Washington. ID. c. and there
are many other things we do not
have to contend with. The pure
rain is not so bad after all. There
fore | hope that we realize the
blessings of this country and make
the most of them
Il have lived in this pleasant To-
cality for sixteen years and l left
Washington to meet you people of
Alaska again and to talk matters
over with you. Washington is a
long way from here and while l
have received thousands of letters,
many dc not write and your dele
gate can better post himself on
matters pertaining to your welfare
by coming here to see conditions.
We are enteridg upon another cam
paign and duty tells me to come to
talk over the things that are at
issue. -
In regard to his work in Wash
ington, Mr.. Sulzer said in part:
Il have been your delegate for
the past eighteen months and have
been busy trying to carry out the
pledges l made to you in 1916. |
have been confronted with unusual
conditions and with great difficult
ties. different, in fact. than any
other delegate has experienced.
we are involved in the greatest
war OF history and everything else
is set aside by the one great aim,
a speedy conclusion of the war. 1t
is impossible to do a great many
things for the one thing is upper
most--to win the war, Many people
thought We did not enter the war
soon enough, but 1t was necessary
first to prepare and to convince the
nation as a whole that war was ne
cessary. When war was declared
against Germany. there were many
members IN Congress who were
against it, feeling that they were
carrying out the wishes of their
constituents. but since We have
been at war, all Of these members
have given the administration their
steadfast support. 1t is not strange
that we should fail to understand
at first the meaning of the overt acts
of Germany and that it was neces.
sary for the maintenance of freedom,
democracy and honor that We must
go to war. A free and independent
people like the American people
could Scarcely conceive of the ma
chinations of Germany. Germany
has enslaved forty-two millions OF
people, making them give their
wealth and their all-over-run and
subdued them. Had we not entered
the war, we might have been over
taken by the same fate. There is
a great deal of satisfaction to be
gained from contemplation of the
activity of our government. Do
we realize that two million men have
been transported to France and not
an American vessel lost? Millions
more will be sent. The nation will
stop at nothing until militarism is
crushed and war blotted out. 1t is
our aim that anything that may
handicap that purpose be SET aside. "
The delegate expressed his salts
faction at the way Alaska has re-
sponded to the nations call for help
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