The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-30

tnclf llCcOuSneSS Dy report "ii'h was sent out of this town to all the newspapers supposed to be support ing the candidacy Of Srlzer."
 The "hideousness" appears to con sist in the assertion that Delegate Sulzer, after thorough canvass ot the coast. lis assured of carrying every town from ketchikan to An chorage" Also 1t may have been in reference to the statement that Wick ersham's campaign of abuse, sian der, distortion and direct msrepre- sentation has done him immeasurable harm
 Occasionally the truth is 'hdeous but personally can see nothing hid eous" about either one of these state ments The assurances given MT. Sulzer make for the truth of the for mer. and if the effects of Mir. Wicker sham's speech in Anchorage were similar to those in Cordova, l can vouch for the truth of the latter. From the published reports of the speech delivered at Anchorage by the eN- delegate it is seen to be identical with that delivered in Cordova.
 Speaking of "hdeOusncss, 1 have been looking for an appropriate word to describe the Anchorage Illness write-up of Delegate Sulzers speech at Anchorage and like Bassanio, can say. "I thank thee, t, for teaching me that word" No other in my somewhat ordinary vocabulary is so appropriate. l have just had the pleasure of reading it, and in the vernacular. its a scream
 To begin with, this remarkable eff fusion is headed, "Juneau's Tool Fails to Deny Stacker Charge. And before discussing the literary gems to be. found in this article l wish to call at tention to the quoted statement, which is frequently reiterated in the course of the write-up. The Anchor age Democrat, which contains a sten- ographic report of Mir, Sulzers speech, is before me, and in this the delegate is quoted as follows:
 Even though he CWickersham) did not say l was d pro-German, th" mere insinuation that l was d German was made for no other reason in the world but to cast d cloud over my reputa tion as a good loyal American ciu- zen. My father had seven children, and five of them were boys. MT. Wickersham is making some other remarks about me. Yes, I have had some military training and expert enCe It has been keen regret toI me that I felt it my duty to remain at my post in Washington and not get into the war Three of those sons of my father that l have just men, toned took up arms in defense of their country in 1898, in the Spanish American war, and was one of them. There were two older than myself. served during that war and those two older brothers I bade goodbye to on their way to the Philippines. They both came back in collins, with the Stars and Stripes around them"
 Now 1 shall contend. and l am quite sure that the voters of Alaska will agree with me, that this is all the answer that Mir. Wickersham's das- tardly charges deserve, and more. It is hardly possible that the voters of tEis territory will regard as n stacker man who is representing them i'm congress, and who in his young man hood volunteered for service and served under the Stars and Stripes in the struggle between the United States and the last hated foreign tyrant to infest the shores of the Now Worll
 Bg; the Anchorage Times. which hates the "hdeousness" of "mslead ing messages. has not a word about this portion of Delegate Sulzers speech.
 
 The Anchorage newspaper likewise sees nothing "hdeous" about the at tempt by Mir. Wickersham to cast a slur on Delegate Sulzer's loyalty as an American citizen because of the fact that the delegates father was born on foreign soil How many gen erations of American-born progenitors must an American citizen boast in order to qualify as a loyal citizen, ac- cording to the Wickersham standard!
 In the introduction to the article in question this sentence is found: This scurrilous opprobium stands as put by Judge Wickersham, that 'Sulzer is a slacker.'"