Administration
Candidate
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Names filed on Karl Thiele’s
petition for delegate to the Na
tional Convention, filed at Ju
neau with Auditor Cole Jan. 6.
E. E. Reed, Herbert Kettilsby,
W. G. Smith, Chas. E. Harland,
' May Sabin, E. M. Polly, Laurence
Kerr, J. W. Leivers, Norman B.
Cook, John H. Dunn, P. B. Oakes,
Harry Watson, R. L. Stewart,
Grover C. Winn, W. K. Keller,
W. T. White, Matanuska; John
Rustgard, A. W. Fox, E. L. Hunt
er Jr., H. M. Hollman, Catharine
McLaughlin, Edith F. Sheelor,
Bert Houser, Ida Hansen, H. R.
Eronson, M. H. Truesdal^.
Outside o f probably five
names on this petition, the bal
ance are connected with the of
fices of Attorney General John
Rustgard and Territorial Trea
surer, Walstein G. Smith. Mr.
Thiele announced himself as
for the Hoover administration
- a continuation of the czarism
of Henry O’Malley and the fur
ther destruction of Alaska resi
dent labor’s earning power
through discriminatory fishery
regulations.
Henry O’Malley Urges Filing
Henry O’Malley, United States
Commissioner of Fisheries asked
Lester Gore of Ketchikan, can
nery lawyer to run for delegate
to the Republican convention.
Gore refused to do so but said
he would have “his man” file.
Jack Davies of Ketchikan was
Gore’s man. So far Davies has
not announced his attitude to
ward the O’Malley administra
tion, but if he is supported and
induced to run by Lester Gore,
he is for O’Malley—and O’Mal
ley has never been for the Ter
ritory.
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Great enemies are hatched
from little eggs called enmities.
When Is Attorney
General Correct?
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‘ ... .A federal official cannot
lawfully be appointed to any
territorial office, and the mem
bership on the Territorial Road
Commission is surely an ‘office
under the government of the
Territory,’ to use the expression
of the Organic Act.”
This opinion was handed
down by Attorney General John
Rustgard on April 15, 1927.
If this is a fair interpretation
of the powers allowed or man
datory under the Constitution of
Alaska, then why does the At
torney General at this time sup
port a federal appointee—the
Governor—in his stand in op
posing the Auditor in the per
formances of duties accorded
under the Organic Act when the
Board of Control was created by
the Legislature?
If Mr. Rustgard is correct in
bis interpretation of the intent
and purpose of the Organic Act,
and the opinion delivered on the
question of the Territorial Road
Commissioners is to be taken as
definitely the powers of Terri
torial offices, it nullifies every
power of the Governor in rela
tion to legislative enactments
and disbursements with the ex
ception of the veto.
In supporting the Governor in
his obstructive tactics, Mr. Rust
gard apparently has changed
his opinion on the Road Com
mission question. By his present
course of reasoning the Gov -
ernor has the power to take
from the Board of Control the
powers granted it under his in
terpretation of the Organic Act
and substitute therefor a sort of
dictatorship, which may even
nullify legislative acts if so
employed.
Somebody has betrayed the
voters of the.Territory. This be
trayal lies between the Govern
or, the Attorney General and the
Legislature.
Possibly a good dictatorship
would be of more value than
the Legislature, if it is to be
composed of men who delegate
back to the federal officials
powers belonging to the people.
Scanning the record of the
Governor it is impossible to dis
cover any progressive act. Rath
er the office has been expressive
of the most irritating element
of Bureaucracy, in which an a
damant attitude has been main
tained toward the wishes of the
voters of the Territory.—Seward
Gateway.
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Other Divisional Filings
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The Democratic slate of divi
sional candidates for. legislative
offices was filed with Robert W.
Taylor, clerk of the court shortly
before 5 o’clock, final hour at
which primary filings were ac
cepted.
The names of Luther C. Hess
and Thomas J. DeVane will be
placed on the primary ballot as
candidates for senate seats. Mr.
Hess seeks election for the long
term while Mr. DeVane will be a
candidate for the short term
seat.
Alton G. Nordale, George A.
Lingo, H. C. Fohn-Hansen and
Joe McDonald filed their decla
ration for the house of repre
sentatives.
The fact that two filed for the
senate and four for the house
means that there will be no con
test in the divisional Democratic
primary and all are assured of
entering the election next fall.
The same is true of Republic
an candidates for the Senate. H
K. Ross will contend for the long
term seat with Mr. Hess and
Harry Donnelley will be De
Vane’s opponent in the election
to fill the unexpired term of the
late Senator John Dunn.
A weeding-out process will oc
cur*, however, in the Republic