The Nome Daily Nugget

DECEIVER'S CONFIDENTIAL IDEA OF SELF GOVERNMENT

The Eagle hall was filled to overflowing last night by an audience to hear Judge Wickersham answer the charges made by John Chilberg the night previous at the meeting in Fairbanks, to explain fully his attitude in the matter of home rule for Alaska. The audience were sadly disappointed as Mr. Wickersham not only failed to refute his attitude in regard to home self-government. In fact the charges made against him the night previous by the Republican standard bearer Laut were adopted as his meat-and-potatoes but his self confidence and the confidence of the loaf.

This chieftain of matter who met with such disappointment oh ho Tan wished to say that Wick had turned ted oh hls eate after he st ati andurfae p huttien delte Modis night taot as his deceitful tactics and the sl te manner in which he cyaked the toint at Iestte. Iu. cal e mofe an rere vide nt Intradaeed by Mr. J. J. chambers.

Judge James Wickersham confronted the audience with the case and grace of a tragedian. Bowing and casting his eyes around the hall in an effort to lengthen and strengthen hls reception To help him in hls deceitful talk, he started out by commenting on articles which appeared in the local evening papers which had reference to his laid beseters attempting to break up the Chilberg meeting at Fairbanks the night previous At the mention of Mr. Chilberg's name he was astonished to find so many of his supporters pres-

ent wa nubpiad Got .tl moments Ie mae T ae to the Irish vote and actually, d pite the fom that hie noe D Wibertri infomed hp fant tot ;It Itdon ad cot a i1ote ih do caoning he Tmun ioithYaihe untho tai to the Nomadiyin Votebogt thenugat it alyieble, ua t iun- stahces nat to lay clain to their couin- try

Judge Wickershams attempt to x plaip hi Ietter to dnyrng.Hoggatt waswak and sndpunesh di stis It wa tes tetakr a subjeot for him i.s sweIo ad in cTasling thrugh knnt nude he rubdaa sff a but of his varnish.

His speech in part was as follows:

My present intent most of us tii stenas evening o what I wa ttose to call th Iratt hit Thers ha hv pubdishd tete "at Is sald to b a verlatim cops af te better whlch I had th gotr to writ. to Cot- mor Hoggatt for the pirpees af knueking Tam C'ale hi in Cngre I dld write dosemor Hoggatt a bet. ter. I have me copy of that here I have read what they say is a Vethatim copy of a portion of that letter. It I snly a portiod, it is only a small par of the letter. If these two neu spapers have that letter I request them to puh- Iish It. and If they have the letter. nnd the necessary cournge they will do mhe the credit to publish It (Applause Iut to plck out two or three son. tences from the letter. and rublish I1 without date. without address, witheut any explanatlon. is unfair to me and it is unfalr to you.

I wnte a letter abogt Fbruary. t. to Coete Hoggatt nn at toe me Dioe IwoodeaIite te Mr Cale I tad tet Len Cilied with the Sulzr bill whch Me the w thet ahee stn I o my fen mad I sol cmite to dim in (e drieteI g- dne I tafey Coethor Hoggitt se mon f sime achable hohot and antegrity. I wrote him confideh- thally. In the boaly of it I sald "this i ettr i written to yon cufidentially." It o mad mnt nded to bo used for any ather putpeee I aid I do nat want to cxhte ahy publle Viens oh this l-

I will tell soll wfat I was writing to then absuut. Coyemnor Hoggatt was then making war ulad Mr Cale for the Jotje of bintibg any legislt- thod in fas of territoril gotne ruke It. AasiaI had pokan to Coyerhot Hhoggstt many Ume aylng tht Alas. ka was a territoay We had to of t t three branches the executive and the juadiciat. and thtt we only necded the thind ahad I tried to gt him into line with Mr CatI whote the let- tor to Goe rnotr Hoggatt and Mr (ale ats ajcacen aker. trying to get in and assist him. and. like the peacemaker. I got the worst of it. Governor Hog- gatt betrayed the confidence which I r pased in him as an hohorable man when Ie garbled ahd plcked out an ex- traet from that Ietter. and they dare not publisa the whole letter

I haie hever leen In favor of a top- heass form of territorial goyernment. and I am nat nou. and I said so to (overnor Hoggatt and I said so to Mr. Cak.

I w m in fast of a lona connty goteroment. and I explained that . Gossreer Hoggatt in that letter. and wbaine I tat I was not In favor of seh bsa couhty govetnment m Vk a th jaople were mot setthed cdyh fot that. on cleary. and oh mans other eIreks in that territery thres wear ago there was a large num- Is r af taople there. ahd there Is nobody thete toaday. They have gone off to sther creks and In other directions. I caye always opfosed the organization of ahy form of county goyernmeht In the territory sf Alaska untll onr pca- nple ah Jegputatioh shall haye be come tild th n it wil be time for coumty suganization of government. and not sntil then. (Applause.)

I amn nat, and never have been, op- psed to a territorlal form of govern- nment. I have known, since I took the sath of atflce In 19oo, that we have had a form of territorial government. but I have beh opjeaed to a cuuntv form of goverment

It was for the purlaose of getting Mr Hoggatt to let up oh his flight on Mr. cale anad to get them together upon smething they could agree upon. that I made the unfortunate mistake in trusting to his honor. God help me. I will never trust to his honor again or write him another communication. He has nut got a frlend on earth who will examine that letter as It was written and say he did what was right. I have no use for such a man, and I have only made thls explanation in answer t o the repaated attempts of the news- Japers. which I can answer in no other way.

I do hot want my friends to mlsun- derstand me. While I am opposed to a ccunts form of government. sher- iffs, cuunty Judges, county auditors. recorders. and an accumulation of offi- cers, I am not oppused to munielpal organizatluns

I strohgly approve of munleipal or- ganizatluns, such as Nome. having ab- solute freedom in the management of their swn affairs. I have long sought to get Governor Hoggatt to agree to Jass a bill w hich would turn over to the eities in thls territory the control of all their oan affairs, and to that extent I an. In favor of a local self-government It Is only when it becomes a county form of government that I object.

I favor a territorial form of govern- ment. We have the executive depart- ment. the judges and court houses. which Is the judieial department. and I now fayor a law whieh will give the pweople of this territory a legislative department. with carefully limlted powers. so that no burdens ean be put on the people. but whleh will be ade- quate to afford us rellef on those things which we may need.

The congress of the United States could give to such a legislative body sueh powers as it desires it to have. They can give absolute power. and I favor giving the power so broad that the people of this territory may control themselves. They ought to have that power. and I favor it.