the legislature, he has learned much
cf the problems of every part of
Alaska.
He belongs to the Regular Re
publicans and refused to bolt his
party along with Murray, Scott
and Lomen.
He served his district with the
greatest credit to them. He is a
man big enough to be governor, but
we hope he is returned to the House
where he can continue his fine lead
ership
f FRED JOHNSTON
of Fairbanks
The boy of 1923 became the man
cf 1927. Fred Johnston, a man of
few words, made his presence felt
in all the legislation of 1927. He
is a man of proven honesty. No one
can stampede him. But with every
sudden shock, he proved his strength
of character.
President Howard gives the cre
dit for the Agricultural College ap
propriation to Senators Pratt and
Dunn and Representatives Fisher
and Sheldon. As a matter of fact,
it was consideration for Johnston
and Ross that prevented the defeat
of the College bill in the Senate.
Johnston is one of the strong men
cf the Republican party. He gives
credit to the intelligence of the
Fourth Division. His view of the
problems of Alaska is comprehens
ive and if adopted would piake for
a better Alaska.
JUNEAU EMPIRE PLEASE COPY
MAY 14, 1927
Rev. James Conditt,
Sitka, Alaska
The Juneau Empire disputes your
Btatement of facts charging that
Indians were invited to participate
in politics first by some other party
than the one that now receives
their support.
The facts are wellknown; to-wit
that the Democrats managed then
by Charles Sulzer, John W. Troy,
District Attorney Smizer, and Judge
Jennings, first invited the Indians
to vote and wherever necessary,
handed out "certificates of citizen*
ship” a sort of “paas-port” which
when seen by election judges ap
pointed by Democratic election
judges insured the casting of the
ballot for the Democratic candi
date.
To avoid a plea of guilty to your
statement, the Juneau Empire,
states that I wrote to them saying
that I could deliver “to the Demo
cratic Party 500 to 1,000 organized
Indian votes..”
This is a bare faced lie.
I have never written to the Em
pire or to anybody else, nor have
I claimed to be able to “deliver”
a single vote to anybody for any
purpose whatever. On the con
trary, I have always insisted that I
have no such influence to vote In
dians or any others one way or
another. Anybody that knows In
dians knows that no one ever has
or ever can deliver their vote, but
that on the contrary, their vote is
intelligent. They know their friends
and they understand the issue bet
ter than any other class of voters.
The reason I have influence with
them is because I have never de
ceived them or wronged the. The
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