The Wrangell sentinel., 1932-10-28
SCRUBY TAKES EXCEPTION TO
 DEMO. SPEECH

When asked how he felt about
 the speech made by Mr. Dimond
 last night Dr. R. N. Scruby, Repub-
 lican candidate for the legislature,
 had the following to say:
 "I think Tony had a hard time
 making case. He had to resort to
 such criticisms as objecting to the
 mileage that Mir. Wiekersham draws
 because he lives a long distance
 from Washington. I have inquired of
 Senator Benjamin if Tony ever turn | ed down the fifteen cents mile
 that he was allowed as a member of | the Territorial Senate. It does not cost him half that amount to travel
 from Valdez to Juneau Mir. Benja- min could not remember that he ever raised any objection to the overpayment
 MT. Dimond criticised MT. Wick ersham for accepting an $SOO0 at f torney's fee for writing the bill for the leasing of traps to the canneries for four. years. Do you think for a minute that the law firm of Dona- hue and Dimond would have turned down the job had it been rendered them? Mr. Wickersham was not at hat timp 1 hor NF was he holding any appointment.
 MT. Dimond has at no time failed to attend to the business of the Ken necott Copper Corporation, even though he has been a senator. His firm continued to represent them when he was in Juneau in the sen ate. He criticises Judge Wickersham for selling his political influence. I cannot see the difference. The Ken necott Copper Corporation certainly uid not object to having their attor- ney elected to the territorial senate.
 MT. Walker prophesied the usual victory for the Democratic party.
 
 office holders are still on the job, and the Democrats are doing the Bear Census. After hear ing Walker talk I can easily un- derstand the preference given Sem ator Benjamin at the polls.
 Mir. Walker stated there is vast lot ha ,rin nl nf tho Democratic and Republican parties. I thoroughly agree with him. There is a vast chasm. On one side stands the good old protective tariff of the Republican party, protecting the fish industry of Alaska more than any other single item. The Demo- crats want to abolish it and substi- ute a tariff for revenue only. This would place the fishing industry of Alaska upon a plane where it would be compelled to compete with the low wages and depreciated currency of Japan and Soviet Russia. That fifteen per cent tariff on salmon is plenty low enough. The fishermen should think long time before they cast a vote for a party that has ex- pressed itself as wanting to do away with this tariff. Last year in spite of the tariff, Japan was landing sal mon on the East coast of the United States in competition with Alaskan salmon Consider the plight of the salmon industry had no good Repub- lican tariff existed.
 "The bureaus that both speakers criticized were there during the Democratic regime of Woodrow Will son, and they were not done away with. Instead the number was doubl- ed and tripled. I consider there is just as much hope of reform from the Democratic party now as there was then, when Mr.. Wilson was making his promise to keep us out of war As an afterthought, all these | debts we are now trying to collect 1 were contracted by the Democrats. Why didn't they get good collateral at the time and save us the trouble of collecting?"