fieials. We favor the enactment
of a community law for the ter
litcry and, so far as it can be
made acceptable, we favor the
present form of the community
law as enacted by the State of
Washington. We favor the con
struction of roads and trails. Wc
insist that the resources of Alas
ka and profits and taxes accru
ing therefrom should be covered
into the territorial treasury,
subject to territorial control. We
favor the granting to the terri
tory of a form of full and com
plete government, and the ces
sation of the experimental and
formative legislation given by
the Act of August 24, 1912. (Or
ganic Act.) We assert Alaska
has demonstrated its ability in
the formative stages of terri
torial government, and is now
entitled to the same autonom
ous government as has been
granted to other territories in
the United States. We are a
gainst the form of imperialism
xosterea ana engenaerea Dy du
reau control centralized in tne
National Capital.”
Ray C. Larson, lumber dealer
of Anchorage announcing his in
tention to file as a candidate on
the Republican ticket for mem
per of the Lower House of the
Territorial Legislature, declared:
“I am in the fight up to my
neck.”
E. F. Wann, Fairbanks em
ployee of the Fairbanks Explora
tion Company for the past year
or so, has filed for Territorial
Highway Engineer. William A.
Hesse, present incumbent will
file for re-nomination on the
Democratic ticket.
J. K. Davis, defeated several
years ago on the Independent
ticket, filed for nomination as
delegate the Republican Con
vention.
E. S. Hungerford of Petersburg
member of the firm of Hunger
ford Brothers, Loggers, filed for
nomination as delegate to trie
Republican Convention. Karl
Thiele has the support of Smith
Kustgard offices and of the fed
eral employees, for the same
office. Dr. Chase of Cordova will
be running mate to Mr. Hunger
ford.
J. J. Connors, present national
committeeman for the Demo
crats is away to the Democratic
convention at this writing but it
is presumed that he will file for
re-election. He will be opposed
m the primary election by John
vV. Frame. Frame was elected re
publican national committee
man several years ago but was
displaced by Mr. Sexton of An
chorage by the machinations of
the federal brigade. He now puts
a three cornered monkey fight,
in the democratic primaries for
John B. Rice has also filed for
this honor.
More and more, it appears
that John Troy and Pegues of
Juneau got the democratic poli
tical pot boiling over and after
having pulled the lid off, Troy
went south for three months
leaving the Democrats to stew
in their own juices.
CORDOVA REPUBLICANS
OFFER PLATFORM
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Met on the 15th of the month,
adopted by-laws, platforms, etc.
Their platform includes the urge
for greater road building pro
gram; support to the building of
the pioneers’ home for men and
women; drafting of community
property laws; demands that
Alaskans be appointed to fed
eral posts in Alaska and pledg
ing to legislation favoring the
esident fishermen.
Kent G. Robinson and William
B. Phinn nominated for the
the House and Doctors A. Ry
strom and Will H. Chase nomi
nated for the Senate. No terri
torial endorsements reported.
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SOMEBODY HAS BLUNDERED
-X
The law creating the office of
Auditor of the Territory says:
‘The Auditor shall audit and
allow all claims or demands
which are just and true and a
legal charge against the Terri
tory and for the payment ol
which appropriations have been
made by the Legislature.”
When the Juneau School
Board, having advertised and
received three bids for trans
porting children to school, ac
cepted the lowest and then,
without advertising for new bids
ordered and allowed the lowest
bidder to increase his bid, Audi
tor Cash Cole questioned the
transaction, thereby bringing
down the wrath of the School
Board, the Governor, the Trea
surer and the Attorney General
upon his head.
Since the law makes it man
datory for the Auditor to pay
out only money “which (is) a
just and true and legal charge
against the Territory,” it would
appear that it was the intent cf
the Legislature that he should
have a measure of authority in
saying when a claim was just.
This is further indicated by the
demanding of a bond of $25,000
as a protection to the Territory
against improper or erroneous
payment of moneys from the
Treasury, and a penalty against
him alone of a fine of $10,000
and two years in the penitenti
ary.
Interpreting the action of the
Governor, Treasurer and Attor
ney General as indicating that
this authority is not reposed in
the Auditor, one naturally won
ders what would be the situation
in the event of these officers ap
proving a claim against the Ter
ritory and it should be found to
be erroneous or not just. Would
each and every one of them be
subject to penalty, or should the
Auditor be the “goat?”
On the contrary, it seems,
Auditor Cole has sought to take
a cafe course, by endeavoring to
ascertain from his associates