Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-13
DELEGATE TAXES
 EXCEPTION HACKERS
 DEMO CANDIDATE
NO MAN CAN SERVE TWO MAS TIERS, CHARGES DELEGATE
 TO CONGRESS

Judge Wickersham, AlaSka's Del egate to Congress, and a candidate for reelection, in response to The GateWay'S request for statement concerning his trip to the Interior and how the Territory looks to him, said::
 We left Valdez three weeks ago and visited the places along the trail to Fairbanks. We then took in all the mining creeks as far away as Circle City. It was a pleasure to me to travel again over the trails of the early days and note the excellent roadWayS which have replaced them. The great dredgeS are working Cleary and other Fair banks mining creeks and taking out more gold than ever the early miners recovered from them.
 Fairbanks shows evidences of prosperity and stability and the new public building is rapidly near ing completion. It will be the fin est of it's kind in the great North land. Captain Lathrop is construct ing expensive coal bunkers in Fair banks for handling coal for the town and the power house of the Fairbanks Exploration Go. The Tanana country looks good to me and shows but little effect of the depression.
 T was received in the most friendly way along the route and made political speeches at many places. My friends assure me of increased majorities at the fall election. I also visited the towns along the railroad from Fairbanks to Seward, and the Willow Creek These mines show large ore bodies mining district and it's mines of high value, and promise a bright future for that region. They and the Matanuska coal mines give An chorage firm basis as a perman- ent and busy city, and add much to the stability of business on the Alaska Railroad and Seward as it's seaport terminus.
 All in all am greatly impressed with the growth of development in the Copper River, Tanana Val ley, Alaska Railroad and Cook h. let regions. There is present pro- gress and great promise for the fu- ture. I shall go back to my work in Congress in December with re- newed courage to defend the Terri tory and the railroad from the at tacks of those who do not under stand what advances the country has made in recent years and what great undeveloped resources it has awaiting the coming of capital and labor.
 T have ridden on the public au- tomobile lines from Valdez to Cir Gle and through the mining region. and the railroad, and paid my own travellng expenses. It has been suggested that I might use the air. plane, as MT. Dimond is doing, but to do that costs more money than l can afford. My opponent has been provided with the Dunkle air. plane and all expenses connected with it by his friends, else he could not use that method of travel over Alaska I have no ig-interest friends who think it sufficiently to their advantage to furnish me a free airplane, free broadcasting and free campaign expenses. I am obliged to and do pay my own ex- penses and cannot afford to fly in an airplane.
 Four years ago the big interests engaged in exploring Alaska and her people raised a campaign fund of S65,000 for To mMarquam, the Democratic candidate supported by MT. Dimond, and out of that large corruption fund his airplane, telegraphing, boat service and oth- CT campaign expenses were paid.