HARDCASTLE FILING
DEFECTIVE
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R. E. Hardcastle, who was the
Democratic candidate for Terri
torial Treasurer two years ago,
sent in an incomplete filing for
Democratic National Committee
man. Owing to defects, it was
rejected by Auditor Cash Cole.
Corrected filing was made and
sent to Juneau by airplane.
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Eugene Wacker, Wacker City,
and D. W. Hoskins, Ketchikan,
filed for Delegate to the Demo
cratic National Convention.
F. J. Baranovich, another
Ketchikan business man and
pioneer of that city, filed for
Democratic nomination for the
House of Representatives. The
others are: J. W. Kehoe, Ketchi
kan, Albert Wile, Juneau and
Frank Peratrovich of Klawock.
Mr. Kubley and H. P. Hanson,
Ketchikan, filed for the House;
J. E. Johnson, for the Senate.
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. DIMOND MAKES DECLARA
TION OF FILING
Senator Anthony J. Dimond:
from the Third Division* has de
clared that he will file his de
claration of candidacy for dele
gate to congress on the demo
cratic ticket. He declared his
willingness to abide by the de
cision of the convention to be
held at Fairbanks on the 22nd
cf this month—if there is a
gentlemen’s agreement to abide
by the decision of the conven
tion. If not, he is going to file
and let the best man win. A. H.
Ziegler and George B. Grigsby
of Ketchikan will be his op
ponents.
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RACE FOR AUDITOR’S OFFICE
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Harry Lucas, Juneau business
• man has declared his intention
to file his candidacy for audi
tor’s office on the Republican
ticket. He plans to make an ac
tive campaign for the nomina
tion. And if elected he will make
just as active a campaign in the
November election. He is Alaska
representative for the Reming
ton-Rand Company; secretary
for the Juneau Cold storage. He
declares that he was urged to
throw his hat in the ring by
many people from all parts of
the territory.
Percy G. Charles, of Ketchi
kan, insurance and real estate
broker has also declared his in
tention to file for the same office
He has been associated with Mr.
Hardcastle, former candidate
for election as Territorial trea
surer on the Democratic ticket
last election.
Cash Cole will be a candidate
to succeed himself.
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HARRY DONNELLY
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Harry Donnelley of Flat has
announced his intention to file
for nomination as Senator for
the short term. Seems to us that
Donelley was a representative a
short time back and he voted
iust as he was told to. We won -
dered why a progressive minded
man should be servile to the
moneybags of Juneau. We were
told that he was interested in
the bank of Iditarod and that
during the session, Mr. Walstein
G. Smith, territorial treasurer
took away from Mr. Donnelley
a bunch of bonds to protect the
feiritorial deposits in the Idita
lod bank. After the session was
over, the bonds were returned
to Mr. Donnelley. We persume
that the law had been complied
v/ith and that Mr. Donnelley’s
bank had complied fully with
the law and the territorial de
posits were protected. Else, why
should Mr. Smith return the
bonds to Mr. Donnelley. Which
Points to one reason wny it is
impossible to secure legislation
strictly to the benefit of the
territory.
Third Division Republicans
Bump Into Snag
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The conference of Republicans
in Seward is now ancient his
tory but the reactions and re -
verberations no doubt will make
history.
Anchorage, it is charged want
ed the major portion of elected
representatives—two represent
atives, with the hold-over sena
tor being somewhat more than
one-half of the representative
from that division. Seward and
other towns thought that the
apportionment should be distri
buted through the Westward"
area and that one representative
and one senator should be allow
ed that end of the Division. The
sessions wound up by adoption
of a resolution that Anchorage,
Cordova and Seward we re to se
lect and endorse the strongest
four candidates wno filed re
gardless of where they came
from.
Dr. Rystrom, father of the re
solution declared that “Unity
must be preserved and the solid
support of the Third Republican
Clubs will be needed to success
fully win in the primary.
Departing from the policies of
good Republicans, the conven
tion endorsed Mr. Lucas of Ju
neau for Territorial Auditor and
they are asking the various clubs
to support that candidacy. Capt.
Lathrop endorsed E. A. Rasmus
sen for National Committee
man. •
They adopted the following '
platform.
“We favor the exclusion of
federal appointive officials from
participating in strictly terri -
torial affairs. We recommend
the creation of territorial boards
having to do with the adminis
tration of territorial affairs con
stituted entirely of residents of
Alaska, and the exclusion from
such territorial boards of any
and all appointive federal of