REGULATIONS FOR
PRIMARY ELECTION
Omt of thw acts passed by the last
territorial legislature relating to the
boldier of elections in Alaska, and
designated to materially change the
methods heretofore in vogue in the
country for eboosing candidates foe the
several territorial offices, is known as
Chapter 48, ‘"'.O' provide for the holding
of primary elections in the- Territory
of Alaska, eic.,r
By the provisions of this act all nom
inees for office under the territorial
govermarens aad the delegate to con
gress, for attorney general or any
other office created by act of congress
or the territorial legislature, not less
than 80 days before the dated the
primary election (the last Tuesday jo
April, 1&18, and similarly every second
year thereafter! file with the secretary
of the territory a declaration of can
didacy, sigDod and acknowledged, aDd
certified to by Sve electors of the terri
tory who are members of the political
party to which such candidate belongs,
and he shall pay to the secretary of the
territory the proper fee with the filing
of such declaration.
All candidates for members of the
territorial legislature, and all candi
dates for the office of road commis
sioner or other provisional office, shall
also, 00 days prior to the date of such
primary election file with the clerk of
of the district court for the judicial
division in which they reside, similar
declaration of candidacy as those re
quired from Candida!es for delegate to
congress, attorney general ana snail
also deposit with the clerk of the court
the proper fee, the fee lobe turned
over to the territorial treasurer.
i he form of the declaration of can
didacy is prescribed in tho Act, and in
it the candidates pledge themselves if
nominated and elected, to qualify for
the office, and that they will support
anu abide by the principles enumer
ated by the party to which they belong
in its national and tei riiorial platforms.
The election shall be, under this act,
conducted in all respects in accor
dance with the rules and regulations
pertaining to general elections in the
in the territory, with the exception
that instead of the Australian ballot
system being employed there will be
provided separate tickets for each of
the political par. tea represented by
candidates, and on each of such ballots
there shall be plainly stated the poli
tical party whose nomination the can
didate thereon seeks. These ballots
are to be provided by clerks of the
courts of the respective judicial divi
sions, and these, together with the cus
t■ ni 11 > election supplies shall be for
v: ru-d by such clerks to the election
uhc . Is at such primary elections shall
e s me as tho— acting at general
if. I* fclfcCi ions
Under the provision of the act, the
polls at such primary elections shall
remain open dur;nr the same hours,
a the balloting .-hall be done in the
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• swept that a ballot box is provided for
•aeh political party represented by
candidates, and eaeh voter who offers
to cast a ballot shali announce bis
name, place of residence and party
affiliation, hi 1 of which shall be regis
by the clerks of election Upon this
announcement and registration the vot
ers will be hwnded a ballot of tbe polit
ical party with which he claims to be
affiliated, an*} after having marked and
folded such ballot it shall be deposited
in the bo* designated for the same po
litical party.
Tbe clerks of eoorts for the several
divisions are canvassers of votes for
tbeir respective divisions. As soon as
possible after tb» receipt of tbe returns
from the various precincts, and not
later than 45 days after such primary
election, or as soon as the clerk of any
division shall be satisfied that the re
turns from a»y missing precincts can
not alter tbe results of the election, it
is bis duty to canvass tbe same pub
licly, and telegraph tbe result to tbe
secretary of the territory, who may
avail bimself of such telegraphic re
turns in deciding who have been nom
inated by tbe respective parties as can
didates for the several territorial
offices.
The filing fe8 required of alJ can.
didates is 1 per cent, of the annual
salary of the office each aspires to, but
in no instance shall such fee exceed
the sum of forty dollars. From the
fees thus received by the territorial
treasurer shall be paid all the expenses
of the primary election.
The candidates on each ticket re
ceiving the highest r umber of votes for
any office shall be placed on the official
ballot of the general election, together
with the designation of the political
party by whom nominated, and there
shall also be placed on the official
ballot, but without the designation of
their party affiliation, the names of all
candidates filing nomination papers in
conformity to the provision of Sections
11, 12 and 13 of Chapter 25 of the Ses
sion Law of the Territory of Alaska
for the year 1915.
The qualifications of the electors at
the primary election shall be the same
as at the primary election and the
penal provisions of the general election
law prescribing punishment for the
violation of that law ate also applicable
to elections held under the provisions
of the primarv'election act.
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ALBRECHT INAUGURATES
CARD-INDEX SYSTEM
Major Albrecht has been very busy
of late in the prosecution of work band
led by the Local Board, Loyal League,
and several other help-the-government
propesilions. Always looking for some
thing further to do in securing valu
able data, he has inaugurated a card
index system which is entitled "Our
Real Patriots." This system deals in
alphabetical order with all those peo
ple who have subscribed to the Amer
ican Red Cross, those who have bought
Liberty Bonds and War Stamps, those
who have subscribed to the Belgian
Relief Fund, and those who have as
sisted the government generally in
other ways. Other notes of interest
show throughout the file. Truly it may
be said that the major is some evidence
gatherer, and should the government
ever make a demand for statistics,
there will be heaps available at this
end of the line. *
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PARKER’S TALK WAS NOT CHEAP
Ketchikan Progressive-Miner, Feb.
13: Charles Parker, fisherman by trade,
recently employed at the Linger felt
machine shop, and a resident of Alaska
fer the past 18 or 20 years, has been ar
rested for seditious utterances in the
presence of witness, and was tried in
the commissioner’s court yesterday
afternoon. He was charged with stat
ing that the Home Guards "were or
ganized to fight labor.” He was found
guilty by the jury, and fined $360, which
he paid.
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JOE BURNS WANTED BY BROTHER
David Burns, Enmiett, Mich., post
office box 39, writes the local postoffice
inquiring for his brother, Joe Burns,
who, he states, has been in this coun
try for many years. Anyone knowing
of Joe's whereabouts would confer a
great favor by communicating «nmh
David.
PEACE IS SPUNK
Anna Era Fay, seer ess, who made a
statement thru the Manchester {Fnjy
land) G-rardixa, March 17, 191,7, in
which she told of the coming world
conflict and named eight of its combat
ants, now comes iotward with an as
sertion that the war will sad In the
spring of MW&
[. “Many things are art, wssk which
will establish a permanent peace be
fore spring,” she said. “It will lie here
before June 15^ It Iras taken Germany
years to prepare for war, and it will
take ison-ths for the same authority to
prepare the Teuton powers for peace.
“The Central Powers- have promised
their people much. German and Aus
trian subject* have Buttle- many soc
rifi'ses. to- muintain tb$ war. Many
more san-stot bo aiskedv a* l^esh and
spirit will' rebel'- The- kaiser’s prom
ise to swsep all of Europe into the
German dwripan- has not been realized.
He can no longer temporize.
“Motbers are beginning to realize
that their sacrifice of sons upon the
altar of the emperor's pride has brought
neither to them nor to Germany any
thing they might bo proud of. Ger
man aristocracy knows the end is in
evitable. Germany is already prepar
ing its people for peace. Three or
four months may be necessary to carry
it into execution, but I am as certain
that the end is coming as I was that
the wav would start in 1914.”
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