barrels on hand! The market glutted! Not at the
beginning of the season with the whole country stripped
of bait at the close of the previous season.
SHEDDING HIS COAT?
We are Quite willing to concede that George Grigsby,
Democratic nominee for Delegate to Congress, makes
very fine speeches on almost any subject, even Home
Rule for Alaska. We believe In giving even the Devil
his clue. But is it really jake for John Frame, duly
elected Republican National Committeeman from Al
aska, to interest himself is spreading 3000 copies of
such a speech by the Democratic nominee all over
Alaska on the eve of an election, as we understand
he intends to do, provided some one will furnteh
the money?
Or is it that John is contemplating returning to the
Democratic fold?
Hoover Strength Is
Being Chilled
(Continued from Page 3)
Now remember that the Republic
an leaders have planned to give
Ohio's 51 votes to Senator Willis to
start with. They figure Lowden
will have Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa
and the Dakotas; Norris to have Ne
braska and Wisconsin; Watson to
have Indiana; Curtis to have Kan
sas and Missouri, while the big boss
es will keep New York’s 90 vote?
and if possible, Pennsylvania’s 79
votes “uninstructed.” (That means
loose and free for trading purposes,
but not for Hoover at the start.
These 13 States, mostly big ones
have 513 votes in the convention
Almost enough to stop Hoove".
Hoover may have most of the New
England and New Jersey votes,
most of the southern States, the Pa
cific Coast, and still there is Michi
gan, Maryland, Montana, Utah and
several others to place.
You can see from this that Hoov
er's friends have a tough job to land
a majority at the start. If they do
not accomplish that, he can be
nominated only by trading with the
big fellows. He must either tak’
on Secretary Mellon, of Pennsyl
vania, and Mr. Hilles, of New York,
as his bosses, or pass quietly out of
the picture. That is why the Hoov
er boomers are making a desperate
dash to break up that 51 vote bloc
for Willis in Ohio.
They will probably have to make
some other desperate dashes before
they get through. And after all
the dashing and tumult and shouting
is over, they will have to go into a
back room and make a trade with
the smart Republican politicians,
anyhow, if they hope to win.
However, if they have made a
show of fighting the bosses in Ohio,
they can perhaps make the public
think Mr. Hoover is the great enemy
of the bosses, and then do their
trading quietly and gracefully.
Hoover’s friends are trying to posr*
him as the friend of the plain people
and the enemy of the politicians.
Tf he goes to Kansas City with al*
or most of the southern delegates,
this may be hard to do. The press,
however, is easy to fool when it
wants to be fooled, and will prob
ably hail Mr. Hoover as the brave
young Sir Galahead of Republican
ism, bucking the bosses. He will
be bucking SOME of the bosses, so
long as it seems wise.
While he seems to be out in front
right now, yet he’s a long ways
from being nominatedd. Remember
about the baseball game between a
couple of darkey teams. A strang
er happened to come along during
the progress of the game and ask
ead one of the fielders what the score
was; “72 to nothing against us, so
far.” “You’re gettin’ beat pretty
bad, aint you?” “Oh, no; we aint
come to bat yet.” The Republican
bosses haven’t come to bat yet.
Tom Gaffney, Irish Patriot and
“friend of labor,” the man who be
lieves in Home Rule for Ireland but
not for Alaska, will not have to
test his strength at the primaries.
That will come In November.
REV. SAM. G. DAVIS, KASAAN, IS
ELECTED TREASURER A. N. B.
Rev. Sam. G. Davis has been elect
ed Grand Treasurer to fill out the
unexpired term of the late William
H. Lewis. Frank Desmond of Wran
gell has been acting treasurer up
on temporary appointment by the
Grand President.
Rev. Davis is the past Grand Pre3
ident of the Brotherhood, Haida of
Kasaan, and much beloved by all the
members in the several camps. He
will give dignity to the office and
push along work which has been at
a stand still since early December.
All Camps should direct their
dues to his office at Kasaan. Mrs.
James Grant, Hoonah, grand treas
urer of the Sisterhood continues to
handle the fund3 of the A. N. S.
Grand Camp.
Having had a taste of life in Ju
neau during the legislative session
in the family of 1927, another mem
ber of the Lomen tribe wishes to
come to Juneau in 1929, Alfred J.
Lomen. Lomen will be remembered
as the member who insulted mem
bers of the House and ordered his
henchman Tom Gaffney, “friend of
labor” to vote for the “Lomen sub
sidy.” Now that the Lomen Steam
ship service has entered into com
petition with the Alaska Steamship
Company, we understand they are
more in need of the ship subsidy
they are receiving from the Terri
tory than ever. Would this Lomen
have the nerve to ask the Territory
to grant this subsidy without sub
mitting vouchers as did the other?