The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-07-07

that he will live fully up to the opportunity.
 W1CK's GROUNDS
 The grounds upon which Wickershan bases his contest for the 1918 Alaska delegat election will be found in the news of this issu of The Citizen. It is believed that the list i complete, for if there were any offenses lief in the political category, we are convinced tha this man, who sees in Alaska nothing but ; dependency for himself, would have included them along with the rest he names.
 The charges contained are characteristic of the man. Enthusiastically praying 70 Lord thank Thee that am not as other men," h. imputes all manner of evil to his fellow man The voters are weddings who can be intimi dated, fools who are coerced, ignorant wht are deluded, save those who recognize in hin the future salvation for Alaska. The election officers are felonious and the federal officials from clerks and district attorneys to judges are corrupt. O Alaska, to what depth has thou fallen since the days of the Barnette re gime and the Horseshoe Corner deal whe1 Judge James Wickersham, the modern Daniel
 
 tice according to Hoyle and other noted pub fishers.
 In one thing alone is he moderate in hi contest. He claims to have been elected by about 800 plurality. With more than 5,OO( votest cast for his opponent, it must be con ceded that he did we'll in not wanting at leas one-half of them thrown out.)
 He charges that MT. Sulzer threatened te move the post office at Copper Center whicl he says lost him ten votes. Mr. Sulzer is dead He is unable to defend himself from such ; charge. He makes personal charge agains a man whom all Alaska knows to have beer an honorable gentleman and whose memory will be respected as such by future genera tions. The Citizen doesn't believe that MT Sulzer made any such threat and it is positive that the friends of the dead man will com pletely refute the charge. This attempt to stair a dead mans character should be resented b, all Alaskans.
 All the matters brot up by the contest vii be investigated in due time. But it will take much time. MT. Wickersham says all summer will be needed to take evidence, then time vii be required for briefs, and more time fol hearings. It will easily take year to con- clude the matter.
 During this time he wants Alaska to bt without a representative. Just why he doesn' want MT. Grigsby seated, unless it be per sonal matter, is hard to determine. Certainly it would not prejudice his case before con gress. It would not cost him a cent nor de prive him of one dollar in salary or allow ances. Regardless of whether or not MT Grigsby is seated, Wickersham cannot be un til the contest has been decided in his favor probably never. In other words he want. Alaska to be without representation in con. gress for at least twelve months just on hi. own personal say-so.
 In direct contrast with his assertion tha the special election was not legal, he served a notice of the contest upon MT. Grigsby wher the latter arrived in Washington last Satur day. If he knew that Grigsby was not en- titled to the seat, if the special election wa. illegal he would not have any reason for no. tifying Grigsby. If the latter is the man upor whom service in the contest may be had, ther he is the only man entitled to be seated unti a decision is made in the contested case.
 The service of notice of contest made by