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CHARLES A. SULZER
The supporters of Charles E. Sulzer, the Democratic nominee
for delegate in congress from Alaska to succeed James Wicker
sham, should feel greatly encouraged by the reports of the flatter
jug reception accorded their candidate wherever he has appeared
on his present tour of the territory. Along the Yukon, at Nome,
in the Tannna valley, and in his present coast trip, he has been
hailed everywhere with an enthusiasm which shows that the ter
ritory is ripe for a change. For the iirst time the delegate is on
the defensive, ami reports indicate that he is using all the resources
at his command to overcome the apparent popularity of the Dem
ocratic candidate.
The strength of Delegate W'ickersham with the voters of the
territory should not be underestimated by his opponents. lie has j
occupied the oltiee of delegate so long, anti has used the resources
of his position with such good effect, that he will remain until
the last a most formidable candidate. In many of the outlying
districts, which in the aggregate contain numerous votes, the
delegate has been in position to familiarize himself with the in
habitants to an extent which no other candidate possibly could,
and in these districts, where news travels slowly, W'icker
sham will have an advantage over Sulzer. But in the populous
renters, where the course of events has been closely watched by
the voters, there is every reason to believe that Sulzer will more
th.,a held his own.
Voters should not allow themselves to become confused as to
the true situation. Differing from previous campaigns, in which
W'ickersham lias made the race as a non partisan candidate, he is
this year standing squarely on the Republican national platform.
Althou-rh nominated as an “independent, he i< in reality the
Republican candidate. He himself made the light a partisan one,
and the friends and supporters of President W ilson s administra
tion cannot but accept the challenge.
Charles A. Sulzer. as the Democratic candidate, is the repre
sentative of the administration in this campaign in Alaska. He j
stands upon a platform which extolls the great aeaomi lishments .
of a Democratic administration in behalf of this territory. vote
for St.lzer is a vote for W ilson.
A MEANINGLESS PROPOSITION
On the ballot that will be voted at the furthcoming election
appears the following: "For a general eight-hour day," "Against
a general eight-hourday.” The voters are expected to express a
preference for one or the other of these propositions, and m the .
event that the result "shell show that a majority of the elect r
have declared in favor of a general eight-hour day. the next sue
cceding legislature shall pass such acts as may be necessary to
cause such expression of the wishes of the electors to become ef
fective," according to the terms of the act authorizing the refer
endum on this subject. The proposed eight-hour day is supposed
To govern "all wage earners and salary-' irners in the territory of
Alaska"
in the event of The vote being favorable to the proposition of
a general eight-hour law there is. of course, nothing more than
a moral obligation on the part of the ensuing territorial legisla
ture to enact the proposition into law, and even in case this ohli
p-.'len be redeemed there will arise much confusion, and probably
on the first test case the courts will nullify the act.
Legislatures in recent years, it is true, have infringed upon
the constitutional right of private contract, but in all cases which |
have received the support of judicial decision there has been the
plea cf public welfare to justify it. as in the case of those engaged
in dangerous occupations, such as m mines, on radio ads, end in
relation to the employment of women and children. In such cases
it sometimes has been held that acts specifying the number of
hours to be worked under private contract were valid. In the
case of those employed on governemnt work the right of con
gress has been recognized to regulate the hours of labor. While
of recent years there has been a tendency to more liberally con
strue constitutional provisions with reference to private contracts,
for the benefit of labor, it is doubtful whether this would hold in
the ease of a general eight-hour law, and, indeed, whether it |
would be proper legislation. There is danger in government inter- j
ference in matters of private contract, and this fact has been rec
ognized by prominent men in the ranks of labor. Samuel Goni
pers recently advised against urging enactments of this nature.
As in the ease of the recent railroad controversy, if the congress
can designate how many hours shall constitute a day’s work, it
i Iso can designate the compensation therefor. Whether this would
be beneficial, or even desirable, to the country at large, or even to
labor itself, is questionable.
The “general" eight-hour lawr proposed for Alaska is too in
definite a proposition, and should never have been submitted in
the form in which it appears on the ballot. It did not emanate
from the demands of labor, but evidently was the haphazard
suggestion of someone who has not kept in touch with the labor
movement. A general eight-hour law for “all wage earners and
salary-earners” would be so wide in its scope as to include pro
fessional men, artisans, laborers, clerks, telegraph operators,’book- !
keeper.-, superintendents, dressmakers, domestics, and so forth,
nad would create endless confusion for no good purpose. None of
these occupations are the legitimate subject for legislation. The
only plea under which an eight-hour law for miners and others
(ugaged in dangerous occupations can be justified is that it is for
the public welfare, and is justified under the constitutional provi
sion for the safeguarding of the public health.
The unfortunate thing about this eight-hour proposal is that
many who are in favor of eight hours constituting a day’s work
will feel compelled to vote against it in this form, and therefore
the expression of the voters will be valueless for the purpose of
serving as a guide to the future legislators.
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At a conference held in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 20,
between the national heads of the railway organizations of the
United States, among whom were Warren Stanford Stone, Re
publican, national head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers ; William Granville Lee, Republican, national head of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Trainmen; Austin Bruce Garretson,
Republican, national head of the Order of Railway Conductors,
and others, bulletins were issued with the authority of all the
railway unions calling upon all members of the organizations to
cast their votes in November for President Wilson and all Demo
cratic congressmen, in the interest of labor.
PARCEL POST AND ALASKA
The parcel post, one of the recent additions to the postal
facilities furnished by a benevolent government, may be said to
be still in its formative stage. It has been a great blessing to the
country, and its development bids fair to revolutionize merchan
dising in many branches. Its enactment was strenuously opposed
in many quarters, and the objections urged against it have been
borne out in actual application. But because of the fact that it
is of inestimable benefit to the great body of citizens, the objec
tions have been overruled and the people are adjusting themselves
to its operation.
It would seem that Alaska, at least, is not receiving the con
sideration it should be entitled to under the rate adjustment of
the parcel post law. This may be due to the fact that there is an
attempt to reimburse the government to some extent for the addi
tional outlay in carrying mail in Alaska, a plan which is not
adopted with reference to any other section of the country or
with any other class of mail. Thus a letter may be mailed to any
part of the United States or its possessions from Alaska at the
same rate of postage as is required for strictly local mail matter of
the same class. But in the matter of parcel post there is a dif
ference.
A parcel post package weighing twenty pounds, say, may be
mailed from New York to Iditarod, a distance of perhaps six
thousand miles by the route followed, for the sum of $2.40. But
that same package, if remailed at Iditarod for Flat, a distance of
but eight miles, would also cost $2.40. In other words, the same
rate applies locally in Alaska as applies from any portion of the
United States to the most distant point in its possessions, includ
ing the Philippines and Samoa. A package weighing one pound
may be sent from New York to Jersey City for 5 cents, or to
Iditarod for 12 cents.
Now it hardy appears probable that there was an intention
on the part of the authorities to discriminate against Alaska, but
it seems that this has been the result. The effect of the inequality
of rates has been rather unexpected, and brings about a situation
to which the attention of the postal authorities should be called.
On some of the Alaska mail routes the carriers are also engaged
in carrying express, and therefore come more or less into com
petition with the mail service. It has happened that the parcel
post rate between two Alaska points of 12 cents per pound has
exceeded that charged by the mail carrier for express matter, with
the result that such matter is sent by express instead of by mail.
The mail contract usually stipulates for a certain number of
pounds of mail, and it racy happen that because of light consign
ments of mail matter ar.d heavy offerings of express the carrier
redly receives double compensation for his load, for which, of
course, the public pays.
The attention of the postal authorities should be called to this
discrepancy in the rates for parcel t>ost matter in Alaska, with the
end in view of giving residents of Alaska the same privileges as are
enjoyed in other parts of the country. If the local rates were
made less prohibitive the parcel post business might be made a
materiel help in maintaining mail routes.
THE OPEN SHOP
The term “open shop,” which is so often employed by em
ployers in their controversies with organized labor, has a good,
well sounding American note which appeals: to every lover of lib
erty. N.-t ell the people are acquainted with the fact that it is
but a hypocritical and false expression, and that in reality no
such condition is possible us is implied in the term “open shop.”
Just as the nation could not exist "half slave and half free,” even
so with labor in any one establishment or industry, it cannot be
half union and half non-union. A better exposition of the hypoc
risy of the expression has never been adduced than that attributed
to the inimitable Mr. Dool-y by Peter Finley Dunne, as follows:
“What is all this talk in the papers about the open shop?”
asked Mr. Hennessey.
“Whv, don’t ye know?” said Mr. Dooley. “Really, I’m
surprised at yer ignorance, Ilinnissey. What is th’ open
shop? Sure, ’tis a shop where they kape th’ dore open t'
accommodate th’ consthant sthream of min coinin’ in t’ take
jobs cheaper thin th’ min whut has th’ jobs. ’Tis like this,
Himii-scy- suppose wan of these free-barn Ameryean citizens
is wurkin’ in an open shop for th’ princely wages of wan
large iron dollar a day of tin hours. Along comes another
free-barn son-of-a-gun an’ he sez t’ th boss: ‘I think 1 could
handle th’ job for ninety chits.’ ‘Sure,’ sez th’ boss, an’ the
wan dollar man gets the merry jinglin' can, an’ goes out into
th’ crool wurld t' exercise his inalienable roighis ar a free
barn Ameryean citizen and scab on some other poor divil.
An’ so it goes on, Hinuissey. An’ who gets th’ benefit?
Thrue. it saves th' boss money, but he don’t care no more for
money than he does for his might eye. It - all principle wd
him. He hates t’ see min robbed of their iiidipendcnce.
They must have their indipindenee, regardless of annythmg
ilse."
“But,” said Hennessey, “these open shop min ye minshun
say they are fer th’ unions, if properly conducted.”
“Shure,” said Mr. Dot lev, "if properly conducted. An'
there ye are. An’ how wud they have thim conducted? No
sthrikes, no rules, no centi,rads, no scales, handy '. nny wages
an’ damn few numbers.”
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The half truth, more insidious than the lie direct, is a danger
ous political argument. In his speech at Juneau Delegate Wick
ersham produced the receipted bills of the printer for both print
ing and postage to refute the charge that he was sending out his
campaign speeches and having them printed at government ex
pense. But he could not produce such receipts covering the print
ing and postage for those “speeches” on “Trade and Commerce
and Transportation Rates in Alaska.” “The Full Territorial Form
of Government for Alaska,” “Good Roads and Water Transporta
tion in Alaska,” and Champ Clark’s plea in behalf of retaining
members in congress by their constituents, all of which bore the
imprint of the government printing office and bore the congres
sional frank.
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T. .1. Donohue, Democratic national committeeman for Alaska,
has received the following dispatch from President Wilson “In
reply to your telegram of recent date, would say that I very
earnestly favor the election of Charles A. Sulzer as delegate to
congress from Alaska.”
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A NICE, LADY-LIKE LABOR UNION
(Juneau Dispatch)
Score another one for the Alaska Labor Union. Without fuss,
walking delegate agitator or publicity, that organization yesterday
secured from the president of the Treadwell company a reduction
of hours. It was a manly delegation, presenting a manly propo
sition in a manly manner.
How different is this from demands, threats, etc. It speaks
volumes for the intelligence of the labor of Alaska, the backbone
of the state of Alaska, which is coming in a few years.
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DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
FOR ALASKA LEGISLATURE
ON POLITICAL COMPARISONS
To the Editor of The Iditarod Pioneer:
The citizens of this part of the. Fourth
division of Alaska are able to receive at
Ilrst hand by the telegraph so small a part
or the political information that Is so com
mon in other parts of tin* I nited States
that it has seemed to me desirable that all
who have not seen a copy of Everybody’s
.Magazine for September should have the
opportunity to analyze with me the argu
ments offered by two of the ablest repre
[ senlatives why their respective partlo
should be intrusted with I he government
! of the Foiled States for the next four years
United States Senator Owen, the famous
! statesman of Oklahoma, representing the
Democrats, and United States Senator
Harding of Ohio representing the llcpub
licans.
Senator Owen argues that parties should
be judged by their conduct, not by their
promises, and proceeds to point out tin*
following performances to the credit of
the Wilson administration:
(1.> They overthrew ring rule in the
house of representatives—Cannonism— also
machine rule in the senate - Aldrirhism.
(2.) They established direct election of
United Stale's senators, thus making tin
senate more immediately responsive to Un
will of the people, and so more democratic.
(3.) fiiey lowered the tariIT to a rev
enue basis while affording ample incidental
protection, and put raw materials on the
free list, thus encouraging manufacturing,
with the result that our nation has a bal
ance of $2:10,000,000 in the general fund
and total gold and silver holdings im-re
than $2,325,000,000. exceeding the amount
hold by any other four nations on earth.
(/j.)‘ The Democrats established pro
gressive income and inheritance lave-, tim
compelling the rich to pay a fair share of
taxes and relieving the burden of the |» >or.
(5.) They have provided a permanent
non-partisan tariff commission, designet’
to safeguard American manufacturing in
t crests.
(*'•.) They have passed the fedora:
trade commission act, to protect busin« -
men from unfair competition or powerful
competitors- usually the trusts.
t7. i They have passed the Clayton
anti trust b il, to prevent conspiracies anri
iin n -polies in the beginning, and so a\« :d
mg long and expensive litigation. I*y tins
same bid labor is declared to be not
commodity, and men about to tie imr>n
nned by order of Judges in contempt er. < -
may demand trial by jury. All this is for
the’ freedom of the w irkingman.
(S. They have passed the federal re
serve net, taking the credit system cut of
the ’lands of the money trust and putting U
into the hands of the people, where it be
(9.) Tin* Democrats passed the sea
men's act. giving liberty to all seamen wii
. nter our ports and providing for safety at
-ea bv furnishing a siillleient supply <•!
boars'and life rafts. Senator mvm ask
••Why did the In-publicans oppose all thes<
wi-e’and ji si measures, and then let - 'tin
or them 1 • a" without a record vote?" i'hi*\
were afraid to have the people know their
reaI s< nliirients.
: rhey n p< a led the Bej I
giving free tolls to the AtDm11 >!np;.im-'
trust thr. ugh the Panama canal, y.'vmg ;
fair deal to tie- 1 nited Males treasury a:e
living up to our treaties with other 11a
Ill ills.
ill. They passed the agricultural ex
tension act. providing experts to teach cur
ia et farming mclhi sis.
,12. Tiny na-se I the rural credit Mil.
lo give farmers' cheap money as well a.
o liter business men.
(I3.i They passed the good roads bill,
win -h will ultimately givetwir eoiiiiiry g mk
roads by national, state and county cu
opcraiii in
( I i. They passed the transportation
artuIration and coueiliation art.
I r. , They have favored the mnserva
ti,,n bills pr’de 11 list water !>■ -\v. .mill'1’
mill forests from private monopoly, and re
claiming arid and swamp lands.
iir... They have met every emergency
\yh n the Kuroj an war hre.kt 1 h(:
p:. \ fd< -I an i met gentry cum ney of >'-o.o.
ieii.ini'1. win 'll was [u'.impriy reliri'd nltr,
III,, emergency pas-ed. They runn-iie,
s'iiirs to 'icing distressed Americans hone
fn m Kiirope in I'.Mi. ’l'hey provide,
uioncy for moving the crops in 10 14 whet
the ranks refused.
. I7.i They have developed the parce
post and rural free delivery. ,
(t s , They [, c, i\ , !i i! for 1 he lm I !din
f pie government-owned railroad in
K They negotiated peace Heath
with twenty-four nations, which pra n
e.,i|y make war Impossible l-tw*-' n am
hem, hy providing for a delay of near.;
two veal's be f, i re war is p o- b ■
, a\i . 'I in*v e\!i' -eil ami die '’-’e fn h
W.’sll'ligtt II till' -" II'lipl i, I’hv. after show
■y their Itepubii'-an ;:th!iali"n-.
(21.) They passed the child labor law,
which pracficaiiv steps all far! cy w*11’1’
for young Children.
,22., Tii, y >!iare with the Ucpuhlicans
the credit for our great army ami na’s
.. pi grain, for they hail lm
publican support in those measures \\ii
n and III- party are r! <mi d rnr a lack ol
foresight in not providing a Mimcie.jt addi
tion in the na\y lit 1I a and 1 1 >- 11111 Ln
senator shows that the 11 si two years m
the AViisoii administralion there was pan
,ut f ir nax -.1 ci nstruction *7G.OOO.O(in, a
against •S2h.ooo.tioy in the last two y ars
of the Taft administration.
(23., The Democrats did right in not
protesting to Germany against lixe invasi a.
VlO'lgimii. because the Amerii'im delegate
signed the Hague entiVintlon of 1007 on
the express condition that it should not
mud me l niled stales to inierlere wit!
the political questions of policy of any
foreign State.
(24. The Democrats are denounced p
not intervening in Mexico, yet in that \xe
follow the policy or Abraham Lincoln, and
continued bv Republican rcrretai.v ito.,1
Here he refers to public documents wnirh
prove his statement.
(25.) Tile general prosperity of the
t'nited States is not due wholly to the war.
but in part to wise legislation enacted b>
Democrats.
(20.) He refers to the improved mar
keting system, the government-owned ar
mor-plate factory act, the art to build gov
ernment nitrate plants, the saving <d many
millions of dollars by the secretary oj t.n
navy in requiring competitive bids for
projectiles and armor plate.
(27.) He contends that the Democratic
party is not what it once was, but is a
new, progressive parly, dealing justice and
mercy without rear and without favor.
(28.) On the other hand, he charges
that ttie Republican party is still controlled
by tile stand-pat element, which seeks to
enforce industrial slavery on both black
and white men.
Senator Hardin? answers—
(a) The Democrats used a Republican
law to save the country. (See Senator
Owen’s point No. 1G.) This is true, but
it was amended by the Democrats to meet
the emergency.
(b.) The present prosperity or the
United States is due to the war in Europe,
anti everybody knows it, from the powder
maker in Delaware to the wheat-grower
in Kansas or North Dakota. In 1914 the
Ftennhiieans carried twenty-three states—
with 288 electoral votes—more than enough
to elect a President, largely by a light
against the Underwood tariff law. This is
true, but Senator Harding forgets that
financial distress and ihe issue of clearing
house certificates began in 1907, when
Roosevelt was President, and continued un
til war time, and that conditions were, im
proving beTore the war opened.
(c.) Senator Harding says as to the
interference of foreign-born residents in
domestic affairs in the interests or the
German kaiser, this is condemned by
Hughes as much as by Wilson, and both
party declarations ring with true Ameri
canism. But the failure of the Democrats
is that they did not stamp out the German
violations of American neutrality in the
beginning, along with neglect in asserting
American rights and the administration’s
worse than failure in dealing with Mexico,
meddling to promote the fortunes of Villa
in rebellion against his government, and
then chasing him with an American army
on Mexican soil changing attitude toward
Carranza, tolerating his affronts and
treachery, sacrificing American lives and
American property. This is by far the
strongest argument advanced by Senator
Harding, and yet it is a direct continuance
of the policy followed by Roosevelt and
Taft, and would not be condemned if Presi
dent Wilson had not valued the lives of i
Americans and Mexicans more than he val- 1
ued tile iuve-ded money of Moorman spec
ulators.
(d.) Admits Senator own's eonleniion
that both parties are in accord on the pre
paredness policy. Yet he goes on to -ay
preparedness will be an Issue. \V»* are still
sectional. Hr* Ea st< rn seaboard citb
have uttered their contempt at times Fur
the valleys and plains of the interior, and
the agriculturist and villager of North Da
kota or Kansas decs not see danger in a
possible bombardment of .Now York, Bo—
ton or San I raneiseo. If this is true, it is
an arraignment of the whole American peo
ple, and not of the Democrats. I cannot
think this anything but a base slander on
my countrymen. I.et a foreign ship dis
charge her broadsides against any Mm ri
can port. «• t <>r west, and all true Ameri
cans. whether born in (lorminy, Austria,
Hussia, England, Ireland, Sweden. Italy or
Franco, will unite for the common defense. I
(e.) Senator Harding takes up the
tarilf again, and claims that tin* return of
peace in Europe will paralyze our industries
unless the Hepublieans are allowed to re
store their high tariff once and for all
time rejected by out? people.
(r , \ very serious question, Senator
Harding goes on to say, is raised in the
lo-jnibiiean platform by its condemnation
of tlie vi< luted sphere, of private enterprise
by the establishment of federally-owned i
and federally operated industries and means
of transportation. In other words, stop
ilie construction of the Alaska railroad,
turn over* our gn wing merchant marine
to the British -hipping trust, and let tin- j
manufacturers of explosives and armor |
plate tax the people all the trafllc will bear.
This has boi ii Bopiibliean policy in the past
and it is Hepubl! an policy today. I ven
ture to say that if lucre had been no armor
and munition I "list in i i-rmany. England,
Vranee and Anmrma this gn at war in
Europe would w l have occurred.
( g., Scirihd* Harding rightly condemns
thi* pork barrel method of appropriations,
or wiii-h Ins own party is Just as guilty
as tin* In mo.-rais.
(h.'< He charges the Democrats with
extravagance in •appropriations, but fails to
mention that these m rejs.d appropriation
are due aim- -t who!!; to th-* increase* i»
army and u.ivy, to which both parties ar*1*
committed; to the extension <d‘ the postal
service, which pays inr itseir, and to ttie
government-owned armor-plate and muni
tio;s Fact'■ries, whuli will save the tax
payers millions oF dollars.
in view of all these arguments, is it t ><»
much to say that had the hemocrats Fol
lowed the high protective taritr policy Fa
vored by the stand pat Republican-. now
in control oF that party, and given Fat
armor contracts to the steel trust, and paid
a vast bonus to Wall street to build the
Alaska railroad, and made war on Moxu *
to protect the investments of tin* Standard
Oil and \V. It. Hears! and other .Mexican in
vestor-. and paid the powder trust sh', for
shrapnel which now costs less than •*s m
government Factories, Wilson would be
deified by big business; the laurel crown
would be placed on his brow, and lie would
be classed with Washington and Lincoln.
Put he has settled the railroad strike in
the interests of the workingmen, lb* has
approved laws to tax swollen Fortunes. H •
has shown pity to suffering Mexico. He
has .kept us From the unspeakable calamit*.
of the Litropean war. Therefore he has
betrayed America and his name is anath
etna.
It* Senator Harding’s argument is the best
that the Republicans can offer- -six alleged
blunders against more than twenty-live
(lelinite accomplishments -Humi are the Re
publicans in desperate need of real issue-.
The Republican point of view seems to be
that if you give to Iiives more than lie
can eat Lazarus may exist on the crumbs
From bis table. The hemorratic conten
tion is Hint if you give the many poor bet
ter opportunity and happier living condi
tions, the Few of vast wealth will have - .
much that they can easily contribute from
their incomes taxes to decrease tie* burden
of the poor. M. kilhorl.
Mat, Oct. 10, 1016.
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OKAS. A. SUL2ER, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE
To the Tropic of Alaska:
It: accepting the Democratic nomination 1'or delegate to congress from Alaska, i
do so with [hi single thought i r ih voting rnysidr to tit.■ i'ultlllment of the pledges cun
mined in the platform and the accomplishment of everything in my powe r for the wel
fare of Alaska.
l stand for the principle of “Alaska for Alaskans."
This is a lnvad principle that admits of the widest application. It demands that
Alaskans bn appointed to till the official positions in the territory. No one is as well
qua!ilied to administer the law in any country us are the. residents of that country.
They are familiar with the conditions and know the people. It demands that the un
usual and ridiculous restrictions now placed upon the powers of the legislature be re
moved and that the legislature lie give all the powers ordinarily possessed and exet -
• ••- d by legislatures. The people of Alaska are as intelligent, honest and patriotic as
tin* p, i pie nr any other locality til the United States. There is no reason why the Alaska
legislature shotitil not exeirise tin powers exercised by the legislatures In other locali
ties. it demands that Pinchottsm be abolished and the resources of Alaska thrown open
to location, settlement and development by the people of Alaska. Who have a better
right i** our hidden wealth than those who have discovered it? Who are more doserv
niv hi the blessings that flow from the development of that wealth than those who have
. mliin d the hardships and privations of the Alaskan frontier? In short, tins principle
demands that evei v avenue leading to opportunity he opened to the people or Alaska,
that their contentment, happiness and prosperity may follow, and the well-being of the
whole nation augmented.
I -rand for a sound businesslike and constructive policy- -a policy based upon
principle unhampered by prejudice. In tiiis connection I pledge you that when I am
elected I will co-operate with and work with any and all Alaskans for the. common good,
and 1 here and now solicit the co-operation and assistance of each and every one of you,
in order that we may by united action secure for ourselves the legislative blessings
we so sorely need.
Standing as I do, upon the Democratic platform and the principle or "Alaska for
Veskans," applied in its broadest and most comprehensive sense, I ask for your support
and co-operation, and I pledge you that as surely as you will vote for me m Alaska I
will work for you in congress. ____
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