The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-30
HOW NEWSPAPER REPORTED"
 DELEGATE SULZER'S SPEECH
Nonsenscal Drivel Printed in Columns of The Anchorage Times in Lieu of Re-
 marks of Candidate
(By Charles A. Derry)

Notice, please, that the Anchorage writer designates this slander as "scurrilous," yet says it stands. Pos sibly that is not the impression sought to be conveyed: and Mir Wickersham is unintentionally but properly branded by his advocate
 Again, the article says that Mir. Sulzer admitted being an American, but rather overlooked any reference to the stacker question. It is appar- ent that the writer was too busy pre- pairing alleged arguments" to pay real attention to the speaker whose remarks he was ostensibly reporting for his paper
 Referring to Mir. Sulzer's brief military training" the article says: Tt is strange that such training would lead a United States soldier to fight against weak Spain, and not against Germany, the avowed enemy of man kind"
 Now there is real argument. What is there to be said against such thun- der as that?
 Here are a few gems plucked at random from this report of the speech
 printed in the Anchorage Times. a newspaper which abhors the con tcmptihle tactics" of the Democrats, and which of course must be consid- 1 cred as measuring up to it's own
 ideals Of what a newspaper should
 say of a political opponent, and is therefore devoid of "hideousress"
 some humane knight should re 1 lease this modern Prometheus bound l by such strong chains of patriotism
 to his post of duty and moreover ad- 1 wise him that his post of duty is far
 from the servile path he is now
 trodding (sic) in answer to the sum- | mons of the ring of political gangsters in Juneau who dominate the mechan- ism of rotten machine"
 Didn't he admit that he recently
 received his pay as post-man? Ger
 tainly he did Judge Wickersham also said that he was occasionally get ting paid for representing Alaska
 The gang at Juneau fairly thrust ] the certificate of election in MT Sul- gers hands after a previous commit tee had decided in favor of Judge Wickersham that the taxpayers of Alaska are paying double price for perfectly inadequate services"
 Right here it must be acknowl- edged he's good little lntroducer. Grammar is essential to military training just as is arithmetic"
 There are lots of people who will
 vote for him." (This at least, is trLG)
 I quoted the other day gentleman from Anchorage who was very indig- nant Unnecessarily so. it seemed to mo at the time) about this same report" of Mir Sulzer's speech, l | understand his frame Of mind now. | That a supposedly reputable news | paper should give publicity to such mass of drivel under the disguise of reporting" a candidates speech as matter of news for it's readers is in 1 comprehensible. At least if such pat should have the merit of being writ | ten by a man who knows that the tax payers of Alaska have nothing what ever to do with the payment of the salary of it's delegate in congress. and 1 who could be more sure of himself than to refer to the territorial can yassing board as "previou5 com mittee"
 It Is d blessing to the people of An cEoraCe that they are not entirely de ''tuhtNl TOT ItNS Dl Sutn importance as the utterances of their delegate in congress upon the Wickcrsham ring organ. q use the word ring" gGYiscGiy in reference to the hnchcr- age Times, and not in the plrrotlike manner that is assumed by that news. paper in referring to its opponentsD The Democrat Is to be commended for its enterprise in printing the dele. gates speech in full, so that the voters might read for themselves.
 The only possible excuse for gar bling, misquoting and misrepresenting an opponent is fear of his arguments, and this fear is prophetic of defeat Evidently the Anchorage newspaper was afraid to give publicity to Dele gate Sulzer's dignified and manly an swor to the malicious and slanderous