The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-10-25

(COnttnued rom Page Of1e) until the end oi the last term O Congress, but went off to poiitd cai convention in Chicago and thel came to Alaska so he could poin with pride to Home Rule plafll
 in the Republican platform whic1
 is nothing but an empty promise
 'sWickersham, with II years ex lperience back of him, Republi
 can administration in power, run.
 off to Chicago to get a Republi.
 can convention to make promis.
 to Alaska instead of staying ir
 Washington and getting something ldone!
 He introduced lots of bdlls
 about extending more powers ol
 government to Alaska, which Inc
 went off and left without ever
 getting hearing. He practically 1 adopted the Democratic platform Il that was adopted by the Division | al convention at Petersburg lasi
 November But he got no action l I challenge Wickersham, or any oi This supporters to point to single bill he got passed during the pas,
 year that is of any real value tc the Territory"
 Gave Away Fish
 "He introduced measure to give the Alaska Legislature the power to legislate upon fisheries matters-the same fisheries that he gave away to the Federal gov ernment in 1912. Then he went off and left the bill to sluniber in committee.
 The Democratic party in Alas ka is for Territorial control of fish, game and fur, and the r1a- tional party has declared for it repeatedly. With a national Dem ocratic administration, a Demo cratic Delegate to Congress sup ported by a sympathetic local Dem ocratic government, we are going to get. it. And when we do get it, then Juneau will not be the. cnly prosperous town in Alaska. Until we do get that control, we. will not be generally prosperous ?
 Prone to Personalities
 Judge Wlckersham, declared the speaker, is prone to make personal attacks without regard to their truth or falsity He has .charg- ed that Senator Dimond is a Gug- genhslm attorney, riding around the Territory making his campaign in Guggenheim airplane. That is an absolute falsshood. made out of the whole cloth.'
 MT. Grigsby remarked there are two kinds of corporation attorneys --cne who is employed by com paily to handle legitimate legal matters in proper, equitable man., ner-and one who is, employed for the influence, political or other wise, that he may happen to pos sess. ~
 Dimond Exermplifics First
 Senator Dirnond, he said, exem- plified the first type. For many years Donoiloe & Dimond brought | more damage suits under the com pensation act against the Kenne- l colt Copper Corporation and won them, Finally that company em- ployed them. Under their advice, the company abandoned the policy of inIs,lring its employees with out side companies and carried it's own Insurance. The old policy had created lawsuits. Under the new one, since Donphoe & bamond became counsel for the Kennecott, only one personal injury action l has been brousht, against that cor poa'ation.
 Tn that instance, Senator Dimond had offered the workman $i 900 Eo settle his claim and was refused. When the case was brought to rial. the jury awarded the work nan $500, just 50 per cent of the l ,tiin offered him by the company | That is legitimate service" de- l ,hred Mr. qrigsby. .. Cites Cstnesy Fee, sil
 On the other 4xiiid he charged Nickershatn Is the .sqther sort of attorney IIe returned to the na- l torious fFh trap bill he said Judge Wicksrstaam. he'd drawn up for the fvaket Packing Corpora ,ion, and for which, he declared, wlckershain had been paid a fee of s8,0oO. Aiiy colnpetent .attor- ney could have done the .3ob in a couple of hours work and $500 would have been a high rate Of pay. But 'Wickeraf1aam got ten l times that sum, not for the work performed, but for the political in- fiuence that he had in Alaska and with Alaska's Delegate to Congress at that time- -'an influence that l he owed to the people of Alaska Tor their loyalty to him, an in- fluence he deliberately sold to the l cannery corporation, !" he changed. l And if he would do 1t once, heT. d0 1t again." declared MT rsa-ips. l