The Alaska daily empire., 1920-09-07
.POST-lNTELLIGENCER AGAIN
 MISREPRESENTING.

The Seattle Post-Int elligencer is again trying t horn into Alaska politics and like it's last preceding -starred attempt to Alaskan matters, it base it's arguments falsehood The Seattle paper recen contained the following:
 The spacious plea for Republican votes
 made by Mr Grigsby, the Democratic cand
 frcm Alaska, the ground that he
 would join National Committeeman J. c. Me
 Bride in recommending Republicans for Ter
 ritoria positions nas been properly rebuked.
 The attempt to create dissention among Re-
 publicans by giving the impression that the
 Democratic Delegate to Congress had work
 ing agreement with the Republican National
 Committeeman the distribution of ap-
 pointive offices in the Territory has met with
 little success MT. Mcbride utterly repuliates
 any such purported agreement and announces
 emphatically that there is the best of feeling
 and the closest harmony between him and
 the Republican candidate for Delegate, Sena-
 Dan A. Sutherland.
 In his opening campaign speech at
 Juneau weeks ago MT. Grgsby sought
 to convey the impression that Senator Suth-
 erIand J. C. Mcbride unfrfendly
 and to cast doubt on Mir. McBrdes
 loyalty to the Republican party, which he
 represents in the national councils He sug
 gested that, since Senator Sutherland and
 Commit Mcbride could work in
 harmony the Republicans could look to him
 for help. He promised to recommend Re
 pubcans for Territorial positions when War
 G. Harding takes office and to go along
 
 organization
 There is not one scintilla of fact as basis fo the Post -Intelligencer's editorial Mr Grigsby did no make any sort of plea for Republican votes b trying to create the impression that the Democrat Delegate to Congress had working agreement wit the Republican National Committeeman in the dis tribution of appontive offices in the Terrorty 0 any other sort of a working any other kind of agreement The charge that he did so is deliberat ard wfully infamous attempt deceive the public The report of Delegate Grisbys speech, transcribe by the reporter who employed by the Wicktes | take it down, from shorthand notes taken in at cordance with her employment, has been published full by the Democratic Territorial Committee, an circulated throughout Alaska That speech gives tn lie direct to the charge of the ntelligencer an the other Wicktes.
 It is not surprisingg view of it's history, tha the Post-lntegencer should come to the support the Wickites in Alaska The -Intelgencer co operated with Judge Wiekersham in the publicatio of the attacks the Alaska Railroad and Engineer ing Commission, and printed many columns of false hoods and Wickite propaganda daily long period It cost the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and tn Government thousands of dollars to prove that tn Wckersham- Post eligencer charges were salse bt that had to be done before they could hope get Congress to pass the bill approprating s17 OOO DO Io complete the construction of the railroad
 These publications, and the proof of their false ness, in which Wickersham and the Post showed their willingness 10 sacrifice, only trutl but Alaska. herself. proved the completion of tn pndoing of Wickersham in Alaska. was largely be cause of them that Wckersh2m preferring to meC the charge of cowardice refused submit his nam the people in the special election choose a sut for the late Delegate Sulzer. It was largel because of them that he refused file the Reput lican nomination for Dlegate Congress last Febrr ary, giving way for his proxy Dan Sutherland. Wick ersham realized that he and the Post-Intelig gence had cooked his Ee picked Sutherland to ru in his stead