The Nome nugget., 1932-10-08

ninsham. He Is younger man than am. No, he s a little older than am. just a little older than I am. And I can do my share of all classes and kinds of work and l can outrun any man of my age except Cap Cunningham.
 There is another charge against me besides being an old and gray haired man. But even if am old and 1rayhaired l have put In tho last thirty years In your service. If I am old and grey. became old and grey while in your ser vice. have worked for you. I have recured things for you that have been very beneficial for you In this district and in this Ter ritory. I brought about this el- ective legislature, this College and the Railroad and other thinge and I can still work. Even if I am getting old, let me call your at- Itention to this, you old -sourdoughs. I can still outrun my opponent. Tony ,Dimond. because he has a game leg and I haven't. They say that old men cannot now get work on the railorad. that is men over fifty years old, and on the roads. I have always resented that. I think a man is best when he is fifty years old. would say that you men over fifty years of age have been the ones who have de veloped Alaska, who have found the mines and done the prospect ing and you are deserving of work. They are good workers most of them and I am opposed to set ting aside a man in any scheme when Is fifty years old, because I am over fifty years old. It's nonsense. Even the vice-president of the United States is as old as am and older. and I work more hours day than any United Stat es Senator or Congressman. Who says that I am too old to work?
 (Voice from the Audience.) What about ohleon?
 Wickersham. (Answer) Well If, that rule were enforced, it would apply to him also, but my impress sion is that he Is a good railroad man. He knows his business. Whether he Is allowed to do what he wants to do on the railroad. II don't know. I think he is an exceptionally good railroad man at that. (voice from the audience) No, he's too old.
 Now, there are two charges made against me by some of my opponents. The first is that was not in Washington when the ap- propriation came up for the Al. aska Road Commission. That is important to this community. On the 17th day of May the army ap- propriation bill came before the House of Represena atives, not be fore the Committee. And was there. I had already been before the committee The bill provided for an appropriation of s350,00( and when that clause was brought | in, I stood on the floor and asked to be heard and I then moved tt
 amend the appropriation from $35O,O0O to S650,o0O and hert is the Congressional Record whicl shows that not only was I there puL lIldL HduC oCN lul ShtCIu ed speeches urging the change that they change the sum iron s35O,OO0 to s65O,00O. Now, who
 opposed it? Who opposed tn
 raise from $35O,OOO to S65O,0O0' MT. McDuffie, the Democratic chai7 man of the House Economy Com
 mittee who resided in Alabama bitterly opposed the appropriation for Alaska and he and his friend' opposed it and denounced flask; and stood there and fought it They said they didn't get anythins out of Alaska. Why should WI take the money out of the Unites
 States treasury and take it up il that God-forsaken wilderness whel
 people are leaving there as fas
 as they can get out" We didn'
 get it settled that day, all of it
 MT. McDuffie moved against m,
 motion and he defeated me. Th'
 appropriation was not increase'
 upon the opposition of this grea
 chairman of the Democratic com
 mittee. Do you know what he dit
 then? He moved to strike out thi
 Appropriation of s35O,000 for Al Iaska roads, trails and bridges
 This was a Democrat in Demo
 cratic house and there I stoot
 making the fight the best I could
 MT. La Guardia of New York as
 sisted me as best he could ant
 the matter went over until tn
 next day. So that on the 17th da!
 of May and anyone who wants tt
 can see this Record. Then 1t wen
 over to the 18th and on that da,
 this same matter came up on tht l ..-L. aIaD..fGo Ia la,