IS WICKERSHAM CONSISTENT IN HIS ASSUMED ATTI
TUDE OF HOSTILITY TOWARDS THE “ALASKA SYNDICATE”
—THE GUGGENHEIMS,--AND OTHER BIG INTERESTS?
Are you aware that one of Wickersham’s decisions riveted the claim of the
Guggenheims to the whole of the Gordova Copper River country; that an
other decision made by him, in favor of Mr. Shackleford and his clients, made
possible the Gastineau consolidation, and that his action in locating the court at
Fairbanks resulted in virtually turning over that town to the N. C. Company
and E. T. Barnette ?
No Decision, Action or Attitude of Wickersham in Alaska was ever on one
side and the big money on the other.
Read the following and find his attitude and leanings as late as the year 1916:
TO THE VOTERS OF ALASKA:
I feel it my duty as Democratic
National Committeeman for Alaska
to reply to a few of the untruthful
and inconsistent statements made by
Judge Wickersham in his speech at
Valdez on the evening of the 14th day
of October, 1916.
Judge Wickersham claimed in Se
attle, Ketchikan, Juneau and other
places that he had secured the legis
lation which resulted in the Govern
ment constructed railroad in Alaska.
Knowing this to be an untruthful
statement I deemed it my duty to as
certain the facts regarding the nation
al legislation which authorized the
construction of a Government owned
railroad in Alaska. I therefore, on
August 15th, 1916, wired Secretary
Lane to send me a history of the
Alaska railroad legislation in Con
gress. On August 19th, 1916, in re
sponse to this wire I received the fol
lowing:
“Washington, D. C., Aug. lath, 1916.
“T. J. Donohue, Valdez, Alaska.
“Representatives Flood and William
Sulzer introduced bills to create Alas
ka Railway Commission, and Senator
Simmons a resolution to ascertain
cost of transportating equipment
from Panama, in Sexty-second Con
gress. House bill ten four eighteen,
as originally introduced by Wicker
sham, providing for legislative as
sembly did not contain provision for
first Alaska Railroad Commission.
Provision was inserted by senatorial
committee. Senate bill forty-eight
was introduced by Senator Chamber
lain first session Sixty-third Congress,
April 7th, 1913, who made speech oc
cupying forty-one pages Congres
sional Record. Wickersham intro
duced bill in House. Senate bill
(Chamberlain bill) was substituted
for House bill (Wickersham’s bill)
and passed House as amended Feb
ruary 18th, 1914, approved by Presi
dent Wilson March 12th, 1914. Rail
way project and bill had active and
continued support of President Wil
son and Secretary Lane.
(Signed) “JONES,
“Acting Secretary.”
Wickersham claims that this reply
was compiled by some department ■
clerk and not authorized by Secre
tary Lane. You will note that my tele
gram was directed to Secretary Lane.
At the time this telegram reached
Washington Secretary Lane was un
doubtedly engaged on the Mexican
Peace Commission, of which he is a
member, and Mr: Jones for the' time
being was Acting Secretary of the In
terior.
After Mr. Wickersham made his
speech at Juneau, in which he also
stated that he had secured the rail
road legislation and that Senator
Chamberlain had introduced the bill
in the Senate that Wickersham pre
sented to him, John W. Troy, of Ju
neau, wired Senator Chamberlain
relative to the matter and received
the following reply:
“Portland, Oregon, September 29,
1916.
“John W. Troy, Juneau, Alaska.
“Alaska Railroad Bill my bill.
Passed Senate first. It is the law
undfer which the railroad in Alaska is
being constructed. It was not intro
duced by me at the request of Wick
ersham nor written by him, and but
for the active support of President
Wilson and the administration it
would not have passed at all.
(Signed)
“GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN.”
Judge Wickersham devoted a con
siderable portion of his speech to an
attack upon myself, and I am free to
confess that I am at a loss to know
why this was done, not that it makes
the slightest difference to me, but I
am certainly not an issue in this cam
paign, as I am not a candidate for any
office, either elective or appointive.
But he seeks, through me, to tie the
Democratic party to the Guggen
heims, the ' Fish Corporations, the
Transportation companies and to
Shackleford, whom I believe is gener
ally recognized as being the leader of
the Republican party of Alaska.
There is no alliance, secret or other
wise, between the Democratic party
and the Shackleford wing of the Re
publican party of Alaska. There is
no alliance, secret or otherwise, be
tween the Democratic party and the
Guggenheims, the Fish Corporations
or the Transportation companies and
neither of these companies have con
tributed one cent towards defraying
the expenses of the Democratic party
campaign for this year. As an indi
vidual I am in no manner connected
with any transportation company, or
with the Guggenheims, or with the
Fishing Corporations other than my
firm defended a recent case of Gov
ernment against the Alaska Packers
Association at the present term of the
District Court in the Third Division,
for which we received a $500.00 fee.
I have not been employed by the
Guggenheim interests since 1908.
Our firm at this time are attorneys
for the plaintiff in a personal injury
case in which the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway Company is
defendant, the amount sued being
$10,000.00 .
Having put the statement of my
position and that of the Democratic
party clearly before you, let us now
consider Judge Wickersham's connec
tion with these “malefactors of great
wealth.” On June 20, 1916, Judge
Wickersham wrote Bart L. Thane, of
the Gastineau Mining Co., the follow
ing letter:
“House of Representatives, U. S. A.,
Washington, D. C., June 20, 1916.
“Bart L. Thane, Esq., Thane, Alaska,
“My Dear Mr. Thane: This letter
is written to you in entire frankness
and confidence. Your reply will be
held strictly confidential also. 1 have
made every effort in my power to se
cure a proper organization of the Re
publican party in Alaska so that we
might not only elect the Delegate but
the Republican members of the Legis
lature as well. It seems to me the
situation is such as to urge all mem
bers of the party to lay aside per
sonal grief and join hands that
Alaska may stand square with the
administration of Hughes and Fair
banks after the 4th of-next March.
“I shall support the Republican Na
tional ticket as I have always done,
except in the single instance of four
years ago. When Mr. Roosevelt was
candidate I supported him. I send
you herewith a copy of the letters and
telegrams which passed between me
aand those in charge of the Seward
Republican Convention insofar as the
nomination for Delegate is concerned.
_“The question which confronts me
now is; What will you and my other
good friends in Juneau do in the mat
ter of assisting me to secure proper
organization of the Republican party
through the Divisional Convention.
Will you support me as a candidate
for Delegate with earnestness,—or at
all ? Would my nomination in the
Divisional Convention of the First Di
vision be agreeable to you and would
it give strength to the organization
and assist in electing Republican
members to the Legislature ? If I
can feel assured that I can have a fair
support around Juneau I feel sure of
re-election. Will you write me frank
ly and tell me what the situation is
and what I can depend upon in the
First Division? Your, reply will be
held strictly confidential.
“Very truly yours,
(Signed) “JAMES WICKERSHAM.”
Mr. Wickersham, on the same day,
wrote an identical letter to P. F.
Bradley, who controls the great
Treadwell corporations. You will note
from Judge Wickersham’s letter to
Mr. Thane his longing to co-operate
with Mr. Thane. Mr. Thane is man
ager of the Gastineau mine, and Mr.
D. C. Jackling is the president and
controlling factor of the Gastineau
Mining Co. Mr. Jackling is also a
large stockholder and reputed to have
the' controlling interest in the Pacific
Alaska Navigation Co., which com
pany operate what is known as the
“Admiral Line” of boats. So much
for one transportation company.
Let us now see about the other
transportation company.
At the recent Republican Divisional
Convention of the Third Division, held
at Valdez on the 17th day of July,
1916, Mr. George C. Hazlet, who is
generally recognized as the Guggen
heim political representative of the
Third Division, secured in that con
vention the nomination of Mr. Wick
ersham for Delgate to Congress as a
candidate of the Republican party of
the Third Judicial Division. The ag
gregation of wealth commonly known
as the Guggenheims, own the Kenne
L'ott mine, the Latouche Island mine,
the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway Co., and the Alaska Steam
ship Company. Does it seem possible
that Mr. Hazlet as the political repre
sentative of the Third Division of
these immense interests, would secure !
the nomination of a man who was
sincerely opposing them? Does it not :
appear more reasonable that the al- j
leged antagonism of Judge Wicker- !
3ham to those interests is merely a I
bluff for the purpose of getting the i
vote of the unthinking people. My,
information is that Mr. Hazlet has
been ever since the convention which '
nominated Mr. Wickershain and now i
is sincerely and earnestly working
for the election of Mr. Wickersham.
Mr. Wickersham devoted a great ^
portion of his recent speech at Valdez
to stating what he had done in the !
way of securing legislation while in
Congress and named a number of
laws he had passed, but he failed to
mention one very important law
which he had passed on July 18, 1914,
which relieved the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway, with other
railway companies in Alaska, from
paying the license tax theretofore im
posed of $100.00 per annum per mile.
1 fail to find where Mr. Wickersham
has ever used his great talents to re
lieve the restaurant keeper, hotel
keeper, cigar store, boarding house,
etc., from this federal license tax, but
he seems to have been moved by a
great sympathy for the poor, down
.roddcn Guggenheims, struggling
along with their Copper River &
Northwestern Railway Co., hence he
secured the passage of the bill which
relieved them from paying $100.00
per annum per mile tax on their rail
road.
T. J. DONOHOE,
Democratic. National Committeeman
How Sulzer Stands With Union Labor
Shortly after Mr. Sulzer’s' nomin
ation the Miners’ Union at Sulzer,
Alaska, on June 6th, 1916, adopted
a resolution strongly endorsing Sul
zer’s candidacy. This resolution has
been widely circulated throughout the
Territory during this campaign.
,Tnrlgp WiclfprsVinin nnH his Slipport
ers became very much exercised over
the fact that Mr. Sulzer had the un
qualified support of Sulzer Miners
Union No. 152, W. F. M., and also
that his candidacy was being favor
ably received and considered by the
Unions all over the Territory. To
offset this, Wickersham and his sup
porters sought the endorsement and
support of some labor organization in
the Territory of Alaska; but they utr
terly failed to get the endorsement of
a single Union. They then turned to
the State of Washington for an en
dorsement of a labor organization,
and it is claimed that Mr. Wicker
sham received some kind of qualified
approval from a Union at his home in
Tacoma. But as the Labor Unions of
Alaska do not take kindly to this Ta
coma endorsement thus obtained, his
chief manager, Emery Valentine, of
Juneau, Alaska, now claims to have
an affidavit from one Charles Carl
son, who worked fo- Mr. Sulzer at
Sulzer, Alaska. Among other things
it is claimed that Carlson has stated
that the accommodations for the men
at Sulzer's Mine WERE very poor;
also several other charges.
To ascertain the troth, Charles Mc
Callum, secretary of the Valdez local,
W. F. M., wired H. R. Raffellson, sec
retary of the Miners Union at Sulzer,
as follows:
“Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 14, 1916.
“H. R. Raffellson, Sec. Miners’ Union,
Sulzer, Alaska.
“Man here named Charles Carlson
claims to have worked in mine for
Sulzer until Sept. 16th. Circulating
affidavit that accommodations for
men are vile; that Federation of Min
ers at Sulzer consists principally of
aliens without right to vote; not more
that three men at mine citizens. Wire
statement as to truth of charge of
Carlson; also statement as to who
Carlson is and all about him. Follow
this on first mail with statement
signed by all members of Union.
(Signed) CHARLES M’CALLUM,
“Sec. Valdez Local, W. F. M., Valdez,
Alaska.
To which telegram Mr. McCallum
received the following reply:
“Sulzer, Alaska, Oct. 23, 1916.
“Mr. Chas. McCallum, Valdez, Alaska,
“Telegram received. Held special
meeting regarding charges by Charles
Carlson. Cannot understand why he >
made such assertion unless for politi- j
cal reason. Union most emphatically
contradict charges. To our knowl- j
edge Sulzer is a good Union man. j
Thirty-two citizens out of sixty-two I
employed by Sulzer. Further par-1
ticulars next mail.
(Signed) “H. F. RAFFELLSON,
“Sec. Sulzer Union.” i
For further information on this;
subject, Mr. Donohoe wired F. L. Al-:
strom, Sec. of the Douglas Miners’ ’
Union, W. F. M., and on Nov. 1st, j
1916, received the following:
“Douglas, Alaska, Oct. 31, 1916. j
“T. J. Donohoe, Anchorage, Alaska. '
I, F. L. Alstrom, being first duly
sworn, on oath deposes and says: j
That I am Secretary of the Douglas j
Miners’ Union, Western Federation of ]
Miners; I have been shown telegram i
stating that an affidavit has been ;
made by a man named Carlson, com
monly known as Long-Shorty. Re
ported to have been examined by
Emery Valentine concerning the Sul
zer camp, which affidavit is being cir
culated about Alaska; I have also read
said affidavit and in answer would
state that the same is in no particular
true,, but is a deliberate, malicious
falsehood. All information received
by me as Secretary of Douglas Min
ers’ Union, Western Federation of
Miners, from miners who have worked
for Mr. Sulzer has been to the effect
that the Sulzer camp is and always
has been one of the best regulated
camps for miners in Alaska. Mr. Sul
zer has always employed union labor
and worked men eight hours a day,
and he is not employing Japanese
labor. This is the general reputation
of the Sulzer camp among the miners.
I would state that this man Carlson
never worked any place any particular
length of time; he has the reputation
of being a drinking man and was evi
dently not responsible when ne made
the affidavit, as the affidavit is not
true. “L. F. ALSTROM,
“Sec. Douglas Miners’ Union.”
“Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 27th day of October. 1916.
(Seal) “W. A. HOLZHEIMER,
“Notary Public.”
(Signed) “L. F. ALSTROM.”
Sulzer Endorsed by President Wilson.
It was reported that Wickersham,
at the beginning of his campaign,
made assertion on the platform that
he had the full support of President
Wilson in his campaign for re-elec
tion.
Knowing this to be a bald mis
statement of facts, Mr. Donohoe
wired the President to ascertain his
attitude regarding Mr. Sulaer’s can
didacy as Delegate to Congress from
Alaska,'and on Sept. 15th, he received
the following cablegram:
“Executive Office, Ashbury Park, N.
J., September 15, 1916.
“Hon. T. J. Donohoe', Democratic Na
tional Committeeman, Valdez,
Alaska.
“In reply to your telegram of re
cent date would say that I very earn
estly favor the election of Charles A.
Sulzer as Delegate to Congress from
Alaska.
(Signed) “WOODROW WILSON.’
The Democratic party appeals to
the voters of Anchorage to give theii
endorsement to the great work initi
ated by President Wilson and his abl<
administration towards the develop
ment of Alaska by voting for anc
electing the candidate for Delegate to
Congress who has the approval oj
President Wilson.
VOTE
FOR
SULZER.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
(Cordova Times)
In an opinion handed down yester
day by Judge Fred M. Brown at Val
dez, the workmen’s compensation act
passed by the last legislature is held
constitutional and valid. The decision
was upon demur;* rf filed by the rte
fendant in the case of J. W. Johnson
vs. Kennecott Copper Corporation.
This is the fiist case decided in Alaska
determining whether the act is con
stitutional, and the opinion is there
fore of mu< a im portance,
Johnso.i sued 1 lye Kennecott Copper
corporation for damages because of
personal injuries sustained in Decem
ber last. The complaint was drawn at'
common law, and in disregard of the
legislative act. The defendant de
murred, briefs were filed some months
ago, and oral argument was had in
Valdez during September. A Valdez
attorney presented a brief as amicus
curae in opposition to the law.
Among other things, Judge Brown
saysin his opinion:
“The chief point relied upon by
plaintiff is that the selection of the
mining industry is an arbitrary selec
tion «nd constitutes class legislation
in violation of the fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution. * * * No
thing is better known concerning Alas
ka than that it is essentially a mining
country and the legislature in select
ing the mining industry toward em
ployer and employe, must be deemed
to have acted from the highest consid
erations of public policy and the full
est knowledge of the existing condi
tions. The act leaves it within the
power of both employer and employe
to reject the provisions of this act.
Were its terms unjust, oppressive or
harsh it is to be presumed that the
plaintiff, as well as other employes,
would have elected to reject its terms.
“Instead of the old system of un
certainty, confusion and speculation,
involving much cost and vexatious and
oftentimes intolerable delay, it pro
vides a reasonable compensation to be
paid by the employer and a sure and
reasonable indemnity to the employee
within a reasonable time and with lit
tle cost or expense.”
ASKED FOR GINGER ALE;
WAITER BRINGS BEER
(Fairbanks News-Miner.)
A Fairbanks young man, who was
in Seattle last spring and who lately
returned to Fairbanks, tells a good
story on the son of a former Fair
banks minister. The minister’s son,
in company with another young fel
low and two girls, went to Tacoma
and with their lunch called for some
ginger ale. The waiter looked at
them and gave the wink. Not to be
outlone in good fellowship, one of the
boys returned the wink, not knowing
what it meant, and instead of bring
ing the ginger ale, as ordered, the
four youths were served with beer,
much to their discomfort.
TT
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