The Nome nugget., 1928-09-29
eRleSBY'S
 SPEECH
(continued from p.es oas,

meut III TeSdTO tO tue COUIeSt for delegate in the Territory, MT Sutherland did not express himself other thar to say that the Demo- crats have picked the ablest man that has ever been nominated ia Alaska"
 Ladies and gentlemen, admit it. do not know just what Dams idea was but think he was sim cere. If he had any idea that in that way he might clip my wings to some extent and get me to in dulge in reciprocity will disap- point him a little bit-not entirely. will say that do not hate Dan Sutherland. do not dislike him: but do not feel any over power ing desire to kiss him or anything like that. He has been in oe'ce eight years and his record is a legitimate subject of criticism.
 While I will say nothing ab .ui lmn personally. will have occa. ::"n to criticize hs record in office. ard I will not. iil SO doing. make any mis-sta tement. except to qucte fem the record a: to the actual rrf:dIct of his oHce
 did not come to Nome to dic- tate to None or the Second Divi- sion who they will send to the Legislature. nor to tell those can didates what they will have to do when they get there, because am not running for the Legislature. I am running for Delegate to Con- gress.
 noticed a peculiar thing about Mir. Sutherland's speech in Fair banks. which was similar to the one he made here. that he put in most of his time discussing a pro- position which, as far as I can see, has nothing to do with the subject of Delegate to Congress. The subject is known as the Con- troller Bill. which you have all heard of and which none of you have ever seen. never saw one myself until got here and I brought 1t with me. do not want anyone to go out. because am not going to read cit. It seems to be the issue upon which MT. Suth- erland is making his campaign and contains twenty-eight pages. all typewritten. and I will not punish you by reading it to you.
 If I was So interested in the Controller Bill as to make it the chief subject of my campaign, I would be running for the Legisla- ture, which has something to do with it. and not for Delegate to Congress, which has nothing to do with it. and for me to come out and make a campaign for Congress on either one side or the other on the merits of the Controller Bill would not entitle me to single vote, because my constituents, after had been elected. would want to know what I was going to do after I went to Washington. and not what I was going to do with the Controller Bill.
 However. since Mr. Sutherland has seen fit to make his campaign for reelection to Congress on ar issue which concerns the Alaskan Legislature alone. and because os the comments in the newspapers that he did not make himself clear as to what the Controller Bill is, will briefly tell you what know it is from having read 1t and from having heard it discussed.
 It is sometimes referred to as the Home Rule Bill. You have all heard it called that; The Repub- licans of the First Division called it that in their platform. Now I defy anybody in Alaska. anybody in this audience, now or any other time, to tell me what the Control- Ter Bill has to do with Home Rule in Alaska, and I will state on my honor as a former citizen of Nome. and with the best judgment I have from my experience as a lawyer. that in my opinion and in the opfn- ion of every lawyer with whom I ever discussed this subject. that the Controller Bill has nothing whatever. regardless of its merits