Dan Sutherland,
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Never Promised Gilmore anything.
E L E G R k M
Washington, D. C, July 24th, 1912
He betrayed me, sold out to Shackleford. Now seeks excuses. Have
sent you letter.
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Full and Complete copy of letter re
ceived by Dan Sutherland. Written by
Gilmore.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF NOME f
Mv hear 1 );i11 : Vours of tin* .‘list January duly re- j
ceived. In tin* same mail I received one* Irom Mr. Ritchie. <
and since one from Mr. II. \\ King, of \ aide/,, all speaking ■
of same subject. Now we never heard of an effort to par- •
tieipate in the primaries, nor did we do so. WE HAVE WRIT
TEN AND WIRED JUDGE WICKERSHAM REPEATEDLY AND RECEIVED
NO REPLY AS TO WHETHER HE WILL RUN AGAIN OR NOT. Now all J
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of the local Republicans of both factions wish me to run as ^
the Cordova nominee, and they induced Mr. Herron to advocate
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my candidacy at Cordova. I told them that if they adopted a \
platform of Home Rule and the relorms we have advocated ,
for years and tendered the nomination to me unanimoiml v.
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JAMES WICKERSHAM
\ it tilt* people of Nome nu* to run I would accept.
I This they chum will reunite the Itepuhlican party of
l Alaska and insure the election. I have neither the time
1 nor money to spare, hut if we can get a square deal with
/ them once, it will lend an impetus to a Home Kule victory
| and I feel it a duty to do as my own friends here demand.
If you or your Iditarod friemls are delegates you can write
> or wire Ititchie or \ alentine, it delegates to consult Herron
/ on a compromise, lor my part, a> -Judge \\ ickersham
• doesn’t seem to desire the joh again. I would gladly sup
} port ltitehie, Valentine, l>oyle or yourselt, it agreed upon
i at ('ordoya hv hot h fact ions.
/ | ,ct me hear troin you soon what you think of it all.
'ih >u rs. (! I LM< )liK
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Did Wickersham induce Gilmore to run for Delegate, as he
clai ned in his speech at Fairbanks last Wednesday night, or shall we
believe the statements made in his own letter? Romember Charlie
He/ror. left Nome, Feb. 17th with the 50 Nome proxies in h:s pocket,
w th instructions “to advocate my (Gilmore’s > candidacy at Cordova.”
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