to pass. When the bill failed, Gaff
ney for th© first time, showed some
sense, when he came over to Dick
Sundquist and asked his help. Sund
quist quickly wrote a bill, submit
ted it to General Steese, secured
his approval of it, submitted it to
the House, and got UNANIMOUS
consent to advanc© the bill, and it
was passed UNANIMOUSLY. I’m
here to tell the people of Nome that
Dick Sundquist is a worker. Gaff
ney tries to club liis way through
and wonders why he fail3, while
Dick smiles his way through).
“The senate passed the Housje
measure changing the Territorial
system cf refunding money to
schools” increasing “territorial
school aid to eighty-five per cent.”
(If this were a Gaffney bill, he
would have said, “The Senate pass
ed the Gaffney bill increasing aid
to schools to eighty-five per cent.”
But since the bill was introduced
by William L. Paul, of course Tom
gives no credit. The increase to
the city of Nome through Paul’s bill
amounts to $2,000; Juneau and
Ketchikan get the largest amount,
$10,000 although their percentage is
the lowe3t, about 05%. Mr. Paul
tried to get the refund increased to
90%, but Lomen and others oppos
ed it. We seriously doubt if Lomen
and Gaffney would have opposed
the bill if it were a proposed in
crease for the Lomen Transporta
tion and Reindeer Corporation.
This business of giving greater aid
to public school doesn’t have the
“direct” appeal to some statesmen.)
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
(The ship subsidy for the Lomen
Transportation Company had the
unanimous support of Lomen, Gaff
ney and Rydeen. But when the bill
subsidizing a line to run from Ju
neau to Prince Rupert connecting
with the railroad there, a service
that is not given because of Seattle
opposition, was before the House,
Gaffney, Lomen and Rydeen voted
AGAINST the subsidy. The only
way the First Division can get the
Territory to aid in starting a line
from Juneau to Prince Rupert, we
think, would be to induce the Lomea
Transportation Company to enter
the held. The argument for the bill
which was defeated was this: the
two transportation companies now
serving southeastern Alaska refuse
to connect with the Canadian Na
tional Railroad to Prince Rupert. An
independent company offered to put
on the service if the Legislature
would subsidize for two years on
ly—nothing perennial like the Nome
subsidy. This service would give
Ketchikan terminal rates from the
East, and cause the halibut fleet to
sell iu Alaska instead of Canada).
Bartley Howard Wants
To Succeed Dan
Sutherland
As predicted by the Petersburg
Alaskan published by the Alaska
Native Brotherhood, Bartley Howard
announced his candidacy for the
Republican nomination to succeed
Dan Sutherland in Congress.
Many things are revealed to the
writer by this announcement.
The queer antics of Bartley Howard
at the last legislature, his cliest
iness, his sureness, all these are
now known to have sprung from
the plan worked out in Juneau, to
wit; that Bartley Howard lias been
selected by the Juneau politicians
to be the man to destroy Dan Suth
erland and his followers.
mil icr a man wno seeks public
endorsement, we ask, why did he
cause the defeat of the Controller
Bill, that measure which merely
gives the people of Alaska the
right to elect their own Treasurer,
their own Secretary, and their own
Controller exactly as Howard now
wishes done for himself?
Bartley Howard is the candidate
of the Canneries, the fish trust, the
trap interests, and big capital in its
worst sense. In his announcement,
he promises in advance to be a
good dog and give Alaska away to
anybody who has the ear of the
“administration.”
'“I have just completed an ex
tensive tour of Alaska,” he said
(although he never set foot in
Southeastern Alaska) and “I am
convinced the people of the Terri
tory desire a change in the Dele
gate to Congress.”
He made this announcement in
Nome, just after consulting with
Ralph Lomen and Company who un
doubtedly promised him the major
ity of the 738 votes cast in the
Nome Division. Lots of power that
division has. There was a time
when enemies of labor like Tom
Gaffney, Ralph Lomen, “Slim” Ry
deen, and Tom Jenson, could not
have been elected from that Divi
sion. That was when John Wilson
was alive; when Rev. Decker was
there to warn the workers; when
Charlie Brown looked the special
interests in the eve.
“The people believe great results
for Alaska can be obtained by a
Delegate in accord with the Admin
istration at Washington,” Bartley
recites the piece written for him by
the fish trust.
Let Candidate Howard who has
consulted the Juneau Empire, with
Senator John Dunn who betrayed
his constituents, and the Reindeer
herders, tell in detail what he means
by being in “accord with the Ad
ministration at Washington.”
Does he mean that he will sup
port the fish policies of Herbert
Hoover? Does he endorse Henry
O’Malley? Doe3 he wish to continue
the policy of bringing in fishermen
from the Sound to catch over 75%
of all the fish canned in Alaska?
Bartley, You will have to answer
some questions before you get thru
with the campaign.
Don t forget it, you will have to
tell who is paying your expenses.
It is well known that you have no
money of your own, so tell the
people who is footing the bill, and
we will have a better idea of what
you mean by this “If I am elected,
I will endeavor to carry on a con
structive policy for. the development