The daily progressive-miner., 1919-03-28
WICKERSHAM GRINDS OUT.
 CHARGES
Declares Lane Did What Congress Feared From
 BALLINGER

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 2a. - in the fourth chapter Of the sensa- tional letter sent to Secretary Lane, Delegate James Wickersham deals with the turning over of the Boring River leases to representatives of the Alaska Syndicate (the Guggenheims).
 He says, "It is the culmination of the monopoly which congress feared when 1t crucified .former Secretary 5aIlinger of the department of the h. terior, under suspicion that he intend ed to do what you have actually done.' And again, "The Govern ment railroad organization under the authorization of your telegram and letters carried on the most corrupt election in 1916 that Alaska has ever known. Since the Alaska Syndicate voted 800 men out of it's. construction rang in 1908 in violation of the Con q-essional Act. And too, every off -ial and teacher in the Bureau of Edu- caticn engaged in Alaska school work from claxton to Hibbs was lined 70 under your leadership In the same oernicious political activities"
 Excerpts from the final chapter of Wickersham's arraignment of Lane fol lows: "You should, but possibly will not feel humiliated when you contem- plate this record of your failure in Government ownership. operation of public utilities, your waste In Gov ernment funds and your responsibility for crimes against the very existence of the Government itself.
 ',ln the meantime the Alaska Syndi- rate has it's guaranteed Government monopoly of copper, ccal and transpor- tation. Poor BalIinger was piker."
 "When Riggs had become a menace to the completion of the Government Railroad through his incompetency, YOU appointed him Governor of Alas ka. notwithstanding his record at Ne mana.
 "Your partisan inflasance az Secre- tary and as administra.or of the rail- road was so persuasive in partisan politics on the government railway hat it was directly responsible for many criminal violations of the cleo tion laws, there. Riggs and cramer got overly enthusiastic of your idea of conducting partisan politics from the office of the Government Railroad and went over the top". It was your bad example which made the Alaska Engi- neering Commission the head and front of the most corrupt political ma chine we have even seen in Alaska. A corrupt political machine hand in hand with the White Pass and Alaska Syn dicate and when the electors of Alaska gave a majority against you, your as sociates undertook to steal the cleo ton for delegate.
 "Your administration of these great trusts in the name of the President ot the United States is more than fall ure. 1t is a positive injury to the de velopment of Alaska. 1t is just what Congress attempted not to do. am informed that you have made some suggestions of placing John E. Bal 'aine in charge of some of the activl ties of this road. While 1t may be conceded that he is good citizen and familiar with the conditions in Sew ard where he is large property hold CT, he is not practical railroad man and ought not to have anyoffieial con nection with the management of this road.
 "Finally, in my judgment, there is no remedy for bringing success to the enterprise Or which can save from public scandal 50 long as you remain as its administrator"