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was employed to draw this bill.
I may state parenthetically that if
that bill had passed it would have
given these interests rights in per
petuity. with no hope of ever reduc
ing the number of traps, because
to attempt to do so would have
been met in the courts by legal pro
ceedings charging confiscation.
“Here is Mr. Paul’s statement:
“ ‘Now I come to the specific
charges made against me, that is,
that I am in the pay of the can
neries. In the first place there
i*cn’t a person here but will admit
that a lawyer having a general
practice has the right to accept
fees from any source he can get
them.’
“Here, let me state,” said Mr.
Dimonrt. “that no honorable law
yer would take his fees from ‘any’
source he can.”
“ .‘My work as a private attorney
and my work a? a legislator are
different things. I was called to
Seattle. Washington, by Judge
Wickersham—oh these friends of
Judge Wickersham don’t mention
his name, always mine, he can take
his fees where he finds them—they
take care they don’t mention Wick
ersbam's name because he has got
their number. . . i was called
to Seattle. Wn„ to consider the
question of a certain bill that cer
tain cannery interests wished to in
troduce in Congress; among the
cannery interests were the Nakat,
Sunny Point and Deep Sea, rep
resented by Mr. Frelee (?), Mr.
Skinner and Mr. Bushmann. It
seems that these men had been in
conference wdth cannery men, Jas.
Wickersham and Bob Heckman.
When I came down there I w’as
asked how much pay I anticipated: |
I was sure that Judge Wickersham
or myself would have to go back
to Washington: I had a consulta
tion with Bob and he told me that
I ought to get at least $5,000 for
it; I thanked him very much for
the information and I made it $6,
000. I therefore think that I have j
answered the question propounded
by the Democratic committee.
• • • “ ‘Now when I went back
to Washington to find out whether j
or not such a bill could pass Con-!
gress. one of the first things I did
was to go to Dan Sutherland’s of
fice. He had seen the bill and we
entered into a discussion; Dan Su
therland at that time said, “I am
utterly opposed to that kind of
a bill: I don’t want any bill intro
duced in Congress that is going to
legalize traps or give preferments,”
he answered my question. I then
went to other members of Con
gress and asked them what was
the chance of getting the passage
of the bill leasing trap sites from
year to year, and they told me that
they did not feel that a bill could
be gotten thru Congress over the
opposition of Dan Sutherland. So
it was about a wreek or 10 days
later I got a long-distance call
from Seattle, Wn.; Judge Wicker
i sham was at one end and talking |
: at the rate of about $50 per minute,:
; and over the telephone he demand
i ed that I see Mr. Sutherland and (
1 ask him to introduce the bill. From
my end I said: “Wickersham. I;
: shall do no such thing as that be- j
; cause Dan is opposed to the bill; j
he will testify that I never used my |
friendship to benefit myself per-1
sonally,” and I told Judge Wicker- !
I sham I would have nothing to do
with the bill, and I came home
and have done nothing since.
“Until Mr. Faul made this speech
we did not know the entire discred
itable story. I had heard rumors
about it, but I really did not be
lieve them, because I gave both Mr.
Paul and Judge Wickersham credit
for a higher degree of intelligence
than shown in their action in this
matter. But Mr. Paul’s s p e e c h j
makes it all plain. Judge Wicker- j
sham was originally employed toy i
these great canning corporations,!
not as a lawyer, but as a lobbyist. |
He didn’t sell his legal services; he J
sold his political influence. Judge j
Wickersham had held office in j
Alaska for many, many years. He !
had been United States district;
judge and he had been Delegate. \
He had many followers in Alaska.!
There were many people in Alaska j
who were so friendly torvard him
that they would be inclined to be- i
lieve whatever he did was right. In
oilier words, he had great and pow- j
er.ful political influence, and I can
assure you that Mr. Paul also, at
that time, had outstanding political
influence. Mr. Paul is the only
man in Alaska who could then pro
bably deliver as many as 1,000 votes
for any candidate for political of
fice. It is not necessary to go into
the details of this, and I have not
the time anyhow to discuss it ade
quately. The situation was not a
healthy one, but it existed and
had existed for some years. So:
when Judge Wickersham got this
job from the canneries to secure
the enactment of the fish trap bill,
he immediately thought of Mr. |
Paul and realized that he would
be obliged to call upon Mr. Paul
for help, because Mr. Paul and Mr.
Sutherland were intimate political
friends.
“Now what did Judge Wicker-j
sham gets out of this? There were
various reports at that time: that
Judge Wickersham received $15,
000; that he received $10,000, and
that he received $9,000. In a
speech made in Fairbanks more
than two years ago he denied hav
ing received $15,000, and he denied
having received $10,000, and he de
nied having received $9,000, but
he never denied having received
$8,000. And I think we can safely
assume that he actually did receive
$8,000.
“Now let us put aside all these
matters and turn to matters of po
litical principles.
“Another intimate matter is con
trol of fur and game. I am op
posed to the entire Alaska Game
Commission and think it pitiable
and foolish. These matters should
be controlled and administered |
JOHN C WHITE
and CO.
High Grade Line
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
Seward General
Seward, Alaska
by the Territorial Legislature. If I
am elected I shall try to have the
Game Commission abolished and
the entire control placed in the
hands of the Legislature.
“I am opposed to the high rates
on the Alaska Railroad. I agree
with the thought of the late Presi
dent Wilson that the road was con
structed for the development of the
country and not intended to be
come a paying institution at once.
When the question of rates came
up in Washington Judge Wicker
sham did not offer a word of op
position, despite the fact that Col.
Otto F. Ohlson, general manager
of the railroad, did. Colonel Ohl
son was /brushed aside by Senator
Howell’s committee. Senator How
ell appears to control the Secretary
of the Interior.
“As a result of the increased
rates the railroad has lost earnings.
In 1929 they were $1,165,910; in
1930, $1,990,000. The high rates
came into effect in 1930, and the
earnings fell to $1,053,000. The
payroll in 1930 was $1,977,000; in
1931 it fell to $1,420,000, which rep
represented savings secured by the
discharge of men, and at a time
when the administration was an
nouncing that all men on the pub
lic payroll be retained as a relief
measure for the depression. And
Judge Wickersham did not protest.
When the recent policy of reduction
in pay of federal employees was
being secured, an exception for
employees on the Panama canal
respecting leave of absence, where
by the rule of taking only 15 days
annual leave of absence which ap
plies to employees of the Alaska
Railroad was not applied to the
Canal employees. Neither were
the employees of the Alaska Rail
road saved from the 8 1-3 per cent
slash in wages for men earning
less than $1,000 annually. Yet
Judge Wickersham did not protest
or seek to protect them.
“Again, when three important
bills affecting Alaska were before
Congress Judge Wickersham left
Washington and allowed the road
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ROBERT MANTHEY
Phone Mad. 144
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! consolidation bill to be passed,
j excusing his action by saying that
; he had been informed that Con
: gress would adjourn before he
j could return. In a speech in Fair
banks, Judge Wickersham express
! ed his approval of the bill by read
i ing only a part of it. He omitted
: that part providing that the Inte
rior Department was given power to ,
charge tolls on Alaskan roads. If
any lawyer had been guilty of such
an act as emitting to present to a
court the full substance of a docu
ment it would have resulted in dis
barment on the grounds of an at
tempt to deceive the court. What
do you think of this for poliitcal
morality?
“This toll provision affects the
railroad rates, for it will be impos
sible, if tolls are charged, to se- |
cure a reduction in railroad rates j
because it will be asserted that the j
question is involved in the general |
one of road and railroad rates, j
The policy seems to be to make the j
roads pay or drive the people off j
the roads.
“Judge Wickersham said that he;
did not oppose this transfer of the j
roads to the Interior Department j
because he had had trouble with i
engineers of the Alaska Road Com
mission and saw an opportunity to
take his revenge on them. He was
Compelled to go beyond the grave
to take revenge upon Colonel Rich
ardson. This has cost Alaska
many dollars.
“Another important bill which j
Judge Wickersham neglected by!
his absence from Washington was 1
the relief bill which included $1,- j
000.000 or more appropriated for |
Alaska. He excused this neglect
by saying that it was a Democratic ;
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NEXT SAILING OCT. 3
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