Seward daily gateway., 1932-09-22
COMMUNICATION

ble columns, I ask your favor of answering the unwarranted and mud-slinging attacks being made by Delegate Wickersham, upon the Hon. Anthony J. Dimond, Demo- cratic candidate for Delegate to Congress. Delegate Wickersham openly charges that MT. Dimond is campaigning in MT. Dunkle's alrplane and by so doing he is serving the interests of the Willow Creek Mining Corporation; he also has referred to MT. Dimond as being the representative for the past 20 years of the same class of pig interests serving Alaska, and oy SO doing he cannot serve the people honestly. Let me ask you MT. Wickersham if you can show to the people of Alaska, where there is any law upon our statute books prohibiting the candidate for Delegate to Congress from accept ing free transportation either bv automobile or airplane during their campaign for office. Is it not a fact that your motives in making such statements are to cast reflection upon the integrity and veracity of your opponent, the Hon. Tony Dimond?
 As for MT. Dunkle will say that he is first class mining man and a credit to the Territory of Alaska and above suspicion; what Alaska needs is more such men as MT. Dunkle. You admit yourself in your statements that Willow creek will be one of the greatest mining camps in history. And why? Be- cause of the untiring efforts and ability of Mining Engineer Dunkle and the intelligent legal advice fur nlshed by Anthony J. Dimond: if there is any difference in accept ing a ride in an automobile free of charge from a friend than in an alrplane furnished by loyal friend in order to make a campaign for office, show me!
 MT. Wickersham, while a resident of the Territory, I have at all times in the past given you my loyal sup port for office, but under such cir cumstances as they now exist ] can only say that you are not the right man to represent the people of Alaska as their Delegate to Con- gress. Your mind has become warp ed and bitter, and lacks the good Judgement it should possess in dis charging the duties of Delegate tc Congress. From your own state ments you admit being one of the Big Shots in drawing up the platform of the Republican Party of Alaska, yet you have the effron- try to criticize the standard bearer of the Democratic Party, the Hon Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a Tam. many man; well; it is such utter. ances from you in this campaign which are detracting the voters o1 the Republican Party to the cause and principles of the Democratic party, and to the support of Tony Dimond, the poor mans friend.
 We know how you crack the whip at Juneau and your connec. tions with Frank H. Foster; anc to escape censure one only has t< move with your mob, think witt the mob, do nothing that the mol does not do, then you are safe. We know the saviors of the world have been usually crucified between thieves, despised, forsaken, spat upon, and rejected by men. Such is the punishment you would have the voters of Alaska inflict upor that sterling, upright and selfmade man, the Hon. Anthony J. Dimond Where justice is the standard heaven is the warriors shield; but conscious guilt unnerves the arm that lifts the sword against the innocent. Therefore, the wool which you are endeavoring to pull over the eyes of the voters and citi- zens of Alaska by your statements that no man can serve two masters and directly charging the Hon Tony Dimond with unfairness by accepting airplane rides from ar admiring and loyal friend of long acquaintance, you are insulting the intelligence of the voters o1 Alaska.