REAL ISSUES OF 1924
The smoke screen of the literacy
test has somewhat taken the hands
of the citizens off the real issues of
this campaign. After the literacy
test bill has been passed, if it does
pass, what will the Democratic can
didates do on the issues that are
vital to you?
If a literacy test bill should be
passed, the courts will promptly de
clare it unconstitutional for the Dis
trict Court of this Division has al
ready said that our legislature can
not lawfully pass such a bill.
Then what?
How will the Democrats vote on
the question of the Controller Bill,
the bill which will provide that we
elect our own major officials and
which will direct them to run our
own institutions instead of letting
the Gentleman from New York and
John W. Troy do it.
If you want the electors of this
Territory to run Alaska for the in
terest of Alaskans, you will have to
vot efor the Republican Candidates
as listed on the last page of this
magazine.
How will the Democrats vote on
the question of equal taxation ? Do
you still wish to exempt the big
mines as under the present law, and
place all the tax on the small busi
ness man, truck driver, automobiles,
grocery stores and such ? Has a
single Democrat proposed by the
Juneau Empire made a single state
ment which would lead you to ex
pect relief from our unjust system
of taxation?
Then you will have to vote for the
Republican candidates for they are
pledged to pass a fair tax law?
Will th eDemocrats attempt to re
peal the primary election law and
return to the old convention system
of handpicking your future cnadi
dates ? This is the avowed purpose
of the Democratic party. If you
vote the Democratic ticket you will
vote for a return to the rotten con
vention system that permits John
W. Troy, Bert Faulkner, R. E. Rob
ertson and Jack McBride to hand
pick your future candidates.
If you wish to keep the primary
system of selecting our candidates,
you will have to vote for the Re
publican candidates. You may not
like some individual among them,
but they are your only hope.
Do you believe that injured work
men, or their widows and orphans
should be thrown out on the street
to beg for a mere existence, or be
put to hire lawyers to get fair treat
ment from the employers, too often
the worst class being the rich mine
or cannery ? What has a single
Democrat said about amending the
present unjust law, written in large
party by the attorneys of the Alaska
Juneau and the Alaska Gastineau
Mining Companies. As a matter of
fact the Democratic candidates are
opposed to any change.
Therefore, if you want a law sim
ilar to that of the state of California,
you will have to vote for the Re
publican candidates.
The Republican Candidates are
pledged to provide enough money to
pay our old people the money which
the law says they should have. You
will remember that Mr. H. R. Shep
ard was John W. Troy’s personal
candidate for renomination by the Re'
publican party. Mr. Troy trys to
nominate all the candidates on both
parties. But you should also re
member that Mr. Shepard was the
man who forgot to appropriate the
money for the old age pensions. And
do not forget, Mr. Shepard and Mr.
Troy are both voting the Democratic
ticket this year. _
The Republican Ticket speaks for
itself; every man a Progressive. Not
a single man of them is a rubber
stamp.
THE SULZER FISH BILL
We are told that if Dan Suther
land and James Wickersham had not
defeated the Sulzer fish bill Alaska
would have had control of her fish
eries. This is another of the half
truths that the Juneau Empire feeds
its readers.
What are the facts?
The Sulzer fish bill was written
by the attorneys of the Salmon Can
ners’ Association. The bait which
these attorneys showed was that
clause which promised us the right
to control our fisheries.
The joker was this—the same law
would have fastened on us the trap
system so we could never have abol
ished them.
The Sunrise Packing- Co. trap at
Checats Cove, near Ketchikan, was
arrested for fishing during the clos
ed period. Since then, the trap has
been declared forfeited by the fed
eral judge at Ketchikan.
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