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Prospector
1 AN APPEAL BY WORKINGMEN
TO WORKINGMEN
j \ TO THE ELECTORS OF ALASKA
The following appeal to the
voters of Alaska was made by a
commit tec of the Miners' Union,
al lh*» last general election, and
the same committee say thoy have
no reason to change their belief
expressed in 1910, in I he present
campaign. They aver that the
conditions existing then remain
today, only stronger, as since that,
election, Mr. Wiekersham has ac
complished no constructive leg
islation for Alaska, and never will,
should he remain delegate for a
decade to come:
Yaldez, Alaska. June 12, 1910.
To the Electors of Alaska:
The time is drawing near when
we will again have to decide who
is to represent us as delegate to]
congress from Alaska. As the
present incumbent, James Wiek
ersham, has announced himself as I
a candidate for re-election, it is
our duty as workingmon to ex
amine the record of Mr. Wiek
ersham, and determine whether it |
would be to our interests and to
the interests of Alaska in general
to again elect Mr. Wiekersham to!
represonl-or misrepresent us,
which, in our opinion, he has done |
during the past two years.
Since Mr. Wickersham's arriv
al in Alaska his record has been
about as follows:
Beginning with the spring of|
1903 at the lime of the Tanana
stampede, Wiekersham on his way
to Fairbanks, met Captain Bar
nelle al Circle City. 11was bound
for San Francisco, and wai the
owner of a trading site of five
acres, on which now stands the!
principal paid of Ilie town of Fair
hanks, named in honor of Vice
President Fairbanks. During this
meeting Wiekersham and Bar
nelte hatched a scheme that if
his, Wickersham's political pull
could carry it through, that Fair
banks would be the headquarters j
of the Third judicial district of|
Alaska, court, jail, recording of
fice. etc., or all tTTat goes towards
giving a town the advantage. To
this effect Wiekersham reported
to Washington, not withstanding
the head of navigation was ten
miles below Fairbanks, on the
main Tanana river. This was a!
natural lownsite, with a town, al-j
ready the size of Fairbanks, at the j
lime, and named Chena. from1
which later the railroad to the!
creeks way built, with a spur to
Fairbanks.
On the strength of Wicker
shnm's favorable report to \Va«h
ington, Harnette was able to make
a transfer of his trading' site to
the Northern Commercial com
pany «»f San Francisco, at a groat
financial benefit to himself and
Wiekcrsham. Wickersham receiv
ed several town lots, which he de
clared later, while answering
charges at Washington- in the
early part of 1907, that said lots
were given to him gratis, and no
body doubts that he received them
for using the influence of his of
ficial position to make Fairbanks
the headquarters of the Third ju
dicial district of Alaska.
A corner lot in Fairbanks pre
sented to Wickersham. upon
which a gambling house operated,
was sold by him for 920,000 a few
days prior to the prohibiting of
gambling in Alaska.
At the time when peace reigned
in the Tanana valley a* to litiga
tion Wickersham raised the dis
covery question, whereby he would
not recognize even ten cents to
the pan as discovery, unless tak
en from bedrock. This worked a
hardship on the poor miner and
prospector and placed him at a
disadvantage with the later arriv
als who bad money and facilities,
for sinking shafts to bedrock in
Ibe deep and expensive ground of
the Tanana creeks. Thus lie .jeop
ardized the rights of the original
locators, throwing into litigation
claims not having shafts to bed
rock at that time.
Cienerallv his decision on point
of discovery was reversed by the
circuit court of appeals. Although
forced to part with the lion's
share to the lawyers who defend
ed their cases in Wickcrsham's
court. Wickersham would not
permit a man to plead his own
case, and made the assertion that
a case not worth having a lawyer
to plead was not worth being tried
in his court.
wicKersnam, wiio is now so
loud in condemning the associa
tion claims, was one of I he first,
in company with Barnette, to
make use of it. They staked prac
tically Ihe whole of Fish creek, of
which Fairbanks creek is a Iribu
lary, Ihns ushering inlo the Tan
ana Ihe haled association claim.
During the Tanana strike Wick
ersham proved unfriendly lo Ihe
working man in different ways.
He showed his immense prejudice
by placing his signature to a tele
gram thai was responsible for Ihe
closing of the workingman's club.
Hip "California." pretending thai
Ihe place was a hotbed of riots,
plols. etc. The case was tried in
Judge Reid's cnnrl and after three
extension* of lime were granted
In enable Marshal Perry, Wick
crsham and Ihe mine owner's as
sociation to acquire sufficient evi_
dence to make a case, it result
ed in being thrown out of court.
Later, and after Wickersham
was elected delegate to congress,
he showed his true colors by se
lecting the much despised Harney
floss as his private secretary, who
is still with him at Washington.
Harney floss was the scab editor
on the scab Fairbanks News,
which became so filthy in its
abuse of organized labor, thai ev
en the mine owners became em
barrassed and ashamed of having
such a journalistic civcl cham
pioning their cause. They with
drew their support with the result
that the filthy sheet had to tem
porarily suspend publication. He
fore the advent of the despicable
floss Ihe News was a fair and Re
liable paper.
If Wickersham really wished to
wholly guarantee a working man's
wages, in his lien bill, ho would
have drawn it to include the claim
from which dump was extracted,
or included the claim owner as
joint owner and partner of lay
men. For instance, many dumps
in Ihe Tanana are absolutely
worthless, owing to the fact thai
laymen work ground that does not
pay, but entertain the hope to
strike pay laler. In this case,
under Ihe Wickersham lien bill
Ihe laborer Is defenseless, and has
no way by which he can demand
his wages. And to allow 20 days
from dale of filing lien before he
can lake action or foreclose, is a
farce, because dumps are gener
ally cleaned up in less time.
II \va.s Wickersham who declar
ed a dump personal property,
thereby lessening the chances of
a laborer collect in? his wages.
The question of whether a dump
is personal property still hangs
Are, and Wickersham in such
cases before him favored the em
ployer, for only since he made
tliat declaration has a dump been
recognized as personal property
in Alaska. Xanana workingrncn
have suffered to the extent of half
a million dollars by unpaid wages
and if Wickersham only had given
fail- and impartial treatiwnt to
the workingmen, matters could
never have reached thai condition
while lie reigned supreme iu the
Tanana.
Legislation al Washington
pertaining to Alaska is being hiri
dered by the disagreeableness of
Wickersham. His many quarrels
are not due |o the fad thai he is
working for the good of Alaska,
but arise from prejudice in some
cases, and in others in trying to
gloss over his past record while
judge in Alaska.
It is believed by many that
Wickersham would drive the (Jug
genheiins out of Alaska merely
through his own personal preju
dice, caused by the fact of his
having ottered to them his legal
talent and they failed lo consider
his offer. With a continued vic
ious tight and more magazine ar
ticles he hopes (•» force them to
his terms.
Alaska needs all the capitalists
possible lo develop its resources.
Needs t he Guggcnheims To. build i
its railroads, who, by Hie way. are
not asking anything in the way of
land grants from the government.
Therefore legislation should be
as favorable as possible to rail
road I uilding and in encouraging
capital to develop the resources ofj
Alaska.
Wickee>haiii has aceomplished j
little at delegate al Washington
fuiing the past two years, and S
thi'ifr is no reason in sight to con
vince us that he can accomplish
anylhinc if re-elected. He has
reached a point where his grand
.••land plays are beginning I<> fade
to the public eye of Alaska.
CHAS. McCALLUM,
M. S. MCALLISTER,
MICHAEL BARRETT,
CiEO. WAGNER,
Labor Committee, Valdcz Miners'
Union No. 188. Western Feder
ation of Miners.
I
MUCH FREIGHT |8
BEING MOVED
( Continued from page i)
that when 1 Ik* bottom is touched
the animal immediately jumps ov
erboard and pulls.
At Dikcman a big steam derrick
is in position, and they say the
way i| transfers Ihe material from
the deep water barges to the light
er draft craft h* amazing. Der
ricks are also being erected .at Ihe
terminus of Ihe tramway, Idilarod.
and at I tie Flat (lily depot, which
will greatly facilitate the move
ment of freight.
The improvements now being
made on the Flat creek road will
render Ihe movement of the ma
terial from Flat City to its desti
nation on Ihe Marietta association
a comparatively easy task.
There is every indication of
rain, iu which case Ihe work of the
company would be rendered more
speedy, ami. of course, less cost
ly; hut it is progressing in a very
satisfactory manner as it is ami
will be flu in.thed in due time.
SOCIALIST CANDIDATE
TALKS OF POLITIC8 I
Among other things said to Ihe
Dawson News, while on his way
into the. interior, Ka/.is Krauczun
as remarked:
"Although we have no corpor
ations to support us and to pay
our expenses, we are getting along
nicely, as our light for principles
and Ihe rights of the people do not
require as mush money as doe"
Ihe light against I hem by our op
ponents, with their advance ag
ents, good mixers, sack carriers,
parades, bands, plentiful spend
ing money, treats, and wilh any
thing and everything to entice the
people to vole for them."
Our picture of the present del
egate campaign differs from lhal
painted by the Hncialist candidate.
If our judgment is correct, Juneau
has seen lillle of the "mixing,"
"sack-carrying" ami "enticing."
Hul perhaps all lhat will come
on Ihe eve of elect ion.-Juneau
Dispatch.
Win, Wagner, of Ellamar, is in
town purchasing supplies.
CAMP
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K. P CASHMAN, Prop.
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