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EDITORIAL
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JUDGE J. H. S. MORISON
ON AMERICANISM
The citizens and resident of
Nome assembled Saturday night
at our local auditorium to greet
Alaska’s Governor, Ernest Gruen
ing, where we were privil
eged to hear two inspiring ad
dresses. The details of Gov.
Gruening’s reception and his mes
sage to the residents of this sec
tion, appear elsvvhere in this is
sue of the Nugget.
District Judge J. H. S. Morison
delivered a most timely address
on Americanism. We believe that
in his eloquent plea in behalf of
red-blooded Americanism Judge
Morison not only reached the
hearts of everyone within sound
of his voice: he also echoed the
sentiments of all true Americans.
In this critical period of our
country’s existence when all of
the things incorporated into the
American way of life are threat
ened with extinction; when the
very fundamentals of democracy,
as laid down for us by the found
ing fathers, will pass into obliv
ion if the totalitarian system is
substituted, it is necesary to
pause from time to time to give
due thought to the present catac
lysmic status of the so-called civ
ilized world and consider well
what the ultimate results can
and might be in so far as we
are particularly concerned.
In Judge Morison's stirring ap
peal he gave to his audience not
only a thorough exposition of
what constitutes Americanism,
but also a re-kindling of the
flame of patriotism that resides
in the spirit of all true Ameri
cans, though at times it would ap
pear that in some the flame does
not burn as brightly as it should.
“Be Loyal to This Country”
In Judge Morison’s words: “Be
loyal to this flag, be loyal to this
country. The time has come in
this country that we want to
stand, not for the Democratic
o Party, not for the Republican
Party, not especially for any,
party, but to stand for American-1
ism. Equal rights, equal justice is
our heritage and it is our duty to;
preserve them and to hand them;
down to future generations. We
up here in the shadow of the
Pole, let us consecrate ourselves
anew to our country, putting our j
country above all things. I hope!
that we will all reconsecrate our
selves to our country and realize
that the greatest flag is the Stars
and Stripes and let us see that
it shall never drag in the dust.”
BOTH PARTIES BANK
ON BOLTERS TO WIN
By Jack Stinnett
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 — Pol
itcal notes for today: I spent
hours on separate occasions re
cently talking to two men high
in the ranks of the two major
parties and, if I have it right,
bath the Democrats and Repub
licans are counting on splits with
in the opposition to win victory.
There’s nothing new or amaz
ing about a party’s efforts to
split the opposition. The thumib
rule of battle, “divide and con
quer,” is as hoary in politics as
it is in warfare.
What is amazing is that this
year ranking politicians in BOTH
parties insist that the time was
never riper for applying the split
and win technique.
HEARTS AREN’T IN IT
Said the Democrat: The cool
ness of the “Old Guard” Republic!
ans manifested toward Wendell J
L. Willkie at Philadelphia, has
persisted. Many conservative Re
publicans outside of the Wall
Street crowd, are more luke
warm : . Willkie now than when!
he steamrolled over the conven
tion floor. They may not bolt out
right, but they can’t put their
hearts in electing a man whose
ideas are so close to those of
the New Deal and without the
staunch fighting hearts of the
"Old Guard” the GOP is whip
ped. Willkie split the Republican
party in Philadelphia and it isn’t
politically possible for him to
back uip enough now to bring
them in line. Without these lead
ers to guide them in the way
they should go, there will be
more Republicans voting for
Roosevelt this year than ever
before.
Said the Republicans: Why just
look at the parade of bolters al-!
ready—Senators Burke and "Cot
ton Ed” Smith; George White, a
former Democratic National Com
mittee Chairman; Lewis Douglas,
John Hanes and former Senator
James Reed and that's just the
beginning. Roosevelt split the
Democratic party by his decision
to run for a third term and by
the high-handed methods of his
managers at Chicago. For every
one of these men of prominence,
there are hundreds of thousands j
in the rank-and-file who feel the'
same way and are swinging over.'
There’ll be more Democrats in
the ranks of Republican voters in
November than at any time in
the history of the party.
Says I: These two men are as-:
tute politicians; just suppose tl»?y
are BOTH right. Where’s the
vote in November then? Right
back where it started, with the
balance of power not with bolters!
at all but with the 10 or 12 mil-;
lion floaters who have nothing to'
bolt from because they steer
clear of party affiliations.
CALLED HIM A COMER
Speaking of minor prophets,
the anoymous author of a book
called "The New Dealers*” pub
lished in 1934, said: “(Edward J.)
Flynn is the coming man of na
tional Democratic politics.”
Incidentally, the fellow describ
ed him as "a reasonably well
educated man, has read widely.
Oollects Pennell etchings and
knows something about econom
ics. He can carry on an intelli
gent conversation on almost any
subject, has a delightful sense of
humor and plays a fair game of
gold. He’s just like a successful
uptown business man. . .”
He went on to say that the new
National Democratic Committee
Chairman is “shrewd and able,
far abler than Farley.”
Observers here don’t bother to
argue that ... it couldn’t be
proved one way or the other: But
what they do say is that Farley
and Flynn are thicker than Siam
ese twins and that the Democrats
this year have .got themselves, in
effect, TWO National Charimen.
Evidence that the campaign is
getting vicious: Johnny Dem —
“Willkie’s the futility candidate;
he hasn’t got a chance." Tommy
Gop—“It’ll be like the case of
the Duke of Windsor, a king de
parting with his Wallace.”
AMERICANISM TO BE
GIVEN OUT OVER AIR
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 16—Short
wave programs to Latin and
South American countries are to
be broadcast for the purpose of
counteracting Nazi and Fascist
propaganda stations.
An agreement to this effect
has been signed by five major
film studios and the National
Broadcasting Company.
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY
Write to your friends and rela
tives on the ‘Outside’, using Sour
ough Stationery. They’ll get a big
kick out of it.
VOTK FOR I
EDWARD ANDERSON j
Independent Candidate
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
AND OBTAIN RESULTS j
General Election September 10, 1940
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To The Voters Of
The Second Division
The Democratic Party of Alaska firmly adovactes
Home Rule and a full Territorial form of Government.
We Believe in the fullest exercise of the juris
diction now vested in the Alaska Legislature, and that
all matters not of purely Federal concern should be
administer by the Territory.
Firm in the realization that the Democratic Party
is dedicated to the principle of representive self gov
ernment, and that its political creed makes it a true
party of the people, we the undersigned Democratic
candidates for Territorial office, ask your support in
the forthcoming general election September 10th :
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
ANTHONY J DIMOND
ATTORNEY GENERAL
HENRY RODEN
TERRITORIAL AUDITOR
FRANK A. BOYLE
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Wm. A. HESSE
TERRITORIAL SENATOR
0. D. COCHRAN
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ELIZABETH M. CROSS
HOWARD LYNG
W. LEONARD SMITH
FRANK H. WHALEY
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