The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1926-10-26

tine, enc of the principal speak
ers at the Marquam meeting
last night, repudiated the alleg-
ed affidavit purporting to have
been made By himself, and de-
nouncod the circulators of it as
traitors and towards.
Addressing himself to ladies,
gentlemen friends" Mr.. Valentine
said
II did not expect 20 be called
upon to address you. | did not
think it would be necessary at all
and | would not be here under any
other circumstances. But when a
vicious and vile attack Is beng
made upon man that I know and
my name is connected with a state
ment that is false, and | know it is
false. and it is circulated to the
public. there is, nothing for me TO
do but to come up here and say
something in refutation.
"Probably some CT you remember
the Honorable James Wickersham
During his first campaign it hap
pened that | was made his manager
in the First Division My friends
and | carried sufficient weight that
we put him over. 50 I am responsible
for that gentleman being foisted
upon the people OF Alaska more
than any other man, and | pray
that the people of the Territory will
forgive. me for foistlng such n char
acter upon them.
Recently heurd about the cir
culaton Of dirty piece of paper
or, as some called 1t, an affidavit
of some sort, to which had been, or
somebody had. signed my name. and
in it was alleged all sorts of Things
against my friend. Tom Marquam.
want to say that | positively deny |
any knowledge of that paper, This
paper came about the time President I
Harding was elected. Tho Honor |
able James Wickersham and George |
Hazelet, were seeking appointment |
as Governor. Mr. Wickersham asked
me to prepare his application for
Governor. 1t was a great mass of
papers that | prepared. worked
up his case and made up his ap-l
plication to make him Governor.
His hope in going back to Wash
ington was to defeat Mr. Hazelet.
Il worked on this matter very in
dustriously. | got up vast amount
of testimony, and | gave it all to
this man Wickersham for inspec-
tion. He handed it to me to sign
and said, These papers Will be
filed with Senator Willis, of Ohio,
who is personal friend of Mr..
Harding, and these papers will be |
presented in case that Dan Suther-
land doesn't stand by me for ap-
pointment for Governor. These are
to be used to defeat Tom Marquam.
"At that time, Tom Marquam was
Dan Sutherlands candidate for
Judge in the Fairbanks Division. He
had said then, Why, | have known
Tom Marquam for years He is one
of the finest men | ever knew. Tom
Marquam is one of the most able
men in the Territory. | am going
to give him a permanent job; he
would make a good Judge for that
district
Now. what has Tom Marquam
done since that time that would
cause this villfication which is cir
culated about him? He has been
defending those that were down and
out He hasn't saved any money,
as most lawyers don't. He Is an
honest man James Wickersham mas
a large bank account and property
interests down in Tacoma and l
know it.
"Well, these papers were pre-
pared and Mr.. Wickersham went to
Washington, as | have said, to de-
feat Mr.. Hazelet, which he did, but
failed in the appointment for him
self. Mr.. Hazelet came back to the
Territory. Mr. Hazelet always was
gentleman, and he now sleeps in
an honored grave while this vile
bird, Wickersham. is allowed to pol
lutte the very atmosphere which we
breathe.