A. E. GURR SPEAKS
Anybody who is acquainted with
the candidates who have decided to
“pool their interests” as they sa\
know very well that some one skill
ed in politics does the writing.
The question the public wishes
answered is this: “What is the real
position of these men on public
issues?”
So far as we know, only one man
has made a public speech where he
was forced to answer questions, and
that man was A. E. Gurr.
At a meeting of the Republican
Club of Wrangell in January, A. E.
Gurr presented his name for en
dorsement and said at that time that
if the Republican Club did not en
dorse him that he would not run.
He made a speech of which the fol
lowing is a true and correct sum
mary:
“I don’t really care about going to
the Legislature. I have never given
it a thought. But so many of my
friends asked me to run and people
are writing to me to run that I have
finally consented to file.
“I don’t have a platform, and I
don’t know what I will do if I get
to Juneau. But I promise that if I
get there, I will telegraph or write
to those who sent me there and vote
according to their wishes.
“I don’t know much about fish
reserves but I think they are a
good thing.
“I think it is all right to express
cur preference for who we want as
governor, but I don’t think much of
Cash Cole. Who is he, anyway? He
don’t know anything, and he is not
fil to be governor. He is too young.
“I like Dan Sutherland personally
but I don’t believe in his policies.
Citizens should know that this
meeting of the Club in Wrangell was
called and notice given only to the
friends of Mr. Gurr, but to make
sure that enough “friends” would be
present, Johnny Grant, !he genial
hotel man, got “Captain Jinks’* an
old Chinaman to come to the meet
ing. Jinks tried several times to get
out but Johnny literally held him .*n
a corner.
But friends of W. D. Grant found
out about the meeting and within
half an hour, a number of them got
there. It looked for a time as if
the friends of Mr. Gurr would he
in the minority, and then it vms that
the influence of Mr. Gurr, who is
the banker of the town, could be
seen to work. C. C. Mundy, the
fish buyer was sent out to rustle and
was fairly successful. As he brought
in one batch of four men, he passed
the word to Mr. Gurr, “Here’s four
more for you,” and away he went
for more. These men were shoved
in to vote as directed.
Frank S. Barnes, cannery man,
however was afraid that all was not
as planned, so he got up and made
a speech like this: “Mr. Chairman, I
think this business ought to be post
poned for a while. It looks to me
as if the friends of Mr. Gurr are not
all here, and it would not be fair to
Mr. Gurr to take a vote until we
give them time to get here.”
The vote was taken, however.
Johnny Grant went over to Jinks,
the chinaman, and pushed his pencil
for him. Jinks can’t write. The vote
was then announced 26 for W. D.
Grant ,and 25 for A. E. Gurr. As
Mr. Gurr went out of the hall, ho
said to W. D. Grant, “I guess I’ll
have to support you for the ie ,
lature.” But he had his fingers
crossed.
The powers that be. with corpora
tion lawyer Bert Faulkner of Juneau
pulling the strings, decided otherwise
for they need Mr. Gurr’s vote.
Therefore, Mr. Gurr had to run in
spite of his distinct promise to stay
cut if the Republican Club of Wran
gell did not endorse him.
It is seldom that a banker can
make a good legislator.
FOREST J. HUNT
I am not out with specific prom
ises of what I will do if elected, but
am desirous that all shall be advised
of the principles for which I stand.
I pledge myself to loyalty to Alaska
and the best interests of those who
are residents of the Territory, ac
cording' to the best of my judgment.
I believe that her resources can best
be conserved and legitimate indus
tries fostered and protected by Al
askans whose home interests are in
Alaska. I am opposed to any sys
tem of foreign control of the re
sources of this Territory. I favor
early statehood for southeastern Al
aska. I believe the Gevernment
should adopt a policy of greater as
sistance to the people of Alaska, to
encourage more rapid development
among outlying islands and places
of difficult access by discontinuing
the practice of awarding mail con
tracts to boats too small for safe or
proper freight and passenger traf
fic. It was by government assis
tance that the arid western plains
became valuable and productive. I
believe that Alaska’s des^nv is de
pendent upon her citizenry. Edu
cation and advancement will come
only thru Home Rule when her citi
zens can select her own officials to
protect her interests against covet
ous aggression of predatory corpora
tions.
FORREST J. HUNT,
Republican Candidate for Nomination
to the Alaska Senate, First Di
vision.
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