The Nome nugget., 1932-10-15
Admitted to Bar

udyS Ol pioopCStiuB "SiS oNoi' that never again would be able to follow my chosen occupation. It was necessary for me to earn a living somehow l was no longer capable of anything involving heavy manual labor. In the days of my youth I had studied law, and so, after leaving the hospital, I turn ed again to the law and was ad- mitted to the bar at Valdez, be for Judge Thomas R. Lyons. whom many of you will remember I have since been engaged in the practice of law at that place. I was mar mied in Alaska and my wife has resided here since the days of her childhood. All of my three child ren were born and have been ed ucated in Alaska. I say these things only for the purpose of showing ! you that I know all sides of the ordinary life of men and women
 in Alaska: that I am thoroughly
 acquainted with conditions in al most every part of the Territory. and that, if elected your Delegate shall not lack knowledge of con
 ditions to represent you properly | in Congress-
 Meets Attack
 In this campaign l had hoped to
 avoid all personal controversy. I
 don't at all relish saying unpleas
 ant things directed at any man.
 but after reading the speech made
 by my opponent, Judge Wicker
 sham. at Fairbanks. in the latter
 part of August of this year. I can
 plainly see that there is no chance
 of avoiding such personal contro-
 versy. If you did not hear that
 speech or have not read it, I re-
 commend that you secure copy
 of it and read it now The com
 plete text of the speech was pub
 lished in the Fairbanks News-Min
 CT on September 2, 1882. I would like to circulate it, and would cir
 culate it if l could afford the ex- |pense. as Democratic campaign
 document. for I am convinced that
 no thoughtful person can read that address and be satisfied that Judge lWickersham Is fit or proper |person to represent Alaska in the
 halls of Congress, particuarly if
 such person should happen to
 know the facts of the matter treat
 ed by Judge Wtckersham.
 Refutes Accusations
 | In the first place. and before proceeding to a discussion of real
 issues. my friends tell me it is ad-
 visable to make some reference Ito false accusations made by Jud-
 ge Wickersham against me in his
 talk at Fairbanks. He told you
 then that was travelling over the
 country in an airplane owned by
 w. E. Dunkle, whom he describ
 ed as the owner of part of the
 big interests of the kennecott
 Corporation, and that the expense
 of this trip to me would be at
 least $50 to S10O q day, and he
 intimates that this expense is be-
 ing paid for by the Kennecott
 Copper Corporation and by certain
 big fishery companies which are
 not named. As soon as l was nom~ mated in the primary as the Dem
 ocratic candidate for Dele"ate to , Congress, I determined to visit, tiff I could all parts of Alaska. in
 fact every voting precinct of AL aska if possible in order to fit my
 self properly to perform the dut- ) ies of Delegate if I should be ell ected You know from your own experience that if one wants to l secure an intimate and compre- } hensive knowledge of the condi- tions existing in any place, the best thing to do is to visit that , place in person. And. therefore, determined as soon as I knew that ' h was nominated, to visit all l lparts of Alaska, in order to find out just what the conditions were F in the various towns and commun- . ities and regions, so that I would r be able to help the people in these
 several places if should be elect = led Delegate. I think it is the duty t |of every candidate for Delegate : to do this, and that if candidate f is really in earnest in wishing to r !serve faithfully and intelligently l Ithe people of Alaska. he ought 9 Ito travel over the Territory and find out how they are living and : |what their difficulties are and how l these difficulties may best be ov- : ercome Incidentally, of course, 5 )hoped in my travels to meet a 8 good many people of the Territory y with whom I was not previously t acquainted, and to convince them : If I could, that I was the best man = for the office of Delegate. And so - started on my Journey and con- r Itinued until we reached Iditarod, !, where in attempting to tie up the g ship, I got in the way Of the s proneller and came out second l. best. The loss of time and ener- t gv and the expense involved in 6 tSI oonidont will make it impOS-