subordinated his party and the good of the Ter
ritory to the commands of his political mentors.
He is also the legal representative of Big
interests but this he has kept very much in the
background and by his good nature secured
passage of measures both good and bad while
others had to have several jokers removed before
passage.
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CODIFICATION OF SCHOOL LAWS
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We remember his effort at codification of the
school laws which sought to give the Governor
the right to appoint six members of the Terri
torial Board of Education, with power to discharge
the Commissioner of Education at will. We re
member that Editor Pegues characterized this as
a “non-political, non-partisan’’ gesture. The
Hoard of Governor and four senators suddenly
became partisan when it refused to continue in
office a commissioner who was notoriously poli
tical in his efforts. So Tony with the Editor coll
ect. ... vl-e plan to restore the shorn power of
the v -'anet Commissioner.
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RICHARD N. SUNDQUIST
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Served in the House of Representatives which
experience served him well as a Senator. He had
the courage of his convictions and a determina
tion to battle for those measures which he deemed
for the best interests of all concerned. He was
always ready to battle against the encroachments
and subtle suggestions and designs of the element
that has always tried “to put it over” the Terri
tory. He joined with Senator Anderson in their
campaign pledge for elective Territorial offices
and assisted in securing four of these positions
which is now controlled by the citizens rather
than through the appointive power of the Tories.
A a a whole Senator Sundquist did very well and
should be re-elected.
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A. H. ZIEGLER
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Representative Ziegler worked for and secured
passage of the bill increasing the tax on non
resident trollers. That this law is not now effect
ive is due to lack of proper support from the office
of Attorney General—in that the Attorney Gen
eral failed to be on guard and to appear in court
with the case for the Territory at the proper
time. He supported the graduated tax on trap
caught fish, which bill was directed to distribute
the tax in such a manner that it would result in
the big catches paying more taxes, the smaller
traps pay less ta^es. He was one of the authors of
the bill providing for the election of the Commis
sioner of Education and the Highway Engineer.
He supported the bill providing for the election
of the Territorial Auditor and Treasurer. He intro
duced the fibre box tax which would have rebated
a certain per cent of taxes to operators using
Alaska made boxes while it raised the tax on the
canneries using fibre containers. He introduced
and supported the memorial relating to the Alas
ka fisheries, a progressive measure that had the
support of the fishing population.
It is pointed out that Mr. Ziegler is employed
oy two canneries and therefore will not perform
hie duties fairly to the benefit of the people. It
is pointed out that Mr. Ziegler was receiving the
same retainers during the time that he was in the
legislature introducing those measure that have
been continuously opposed by the packers and
despite the fact that he received said retainers.
His record in the legislature shows a greater in
terest in the welfare of the territory than Tony
Dimond and a fearlessness of the powers that be
which directs the legislators while in session. As
between Dimond and Ziegler there can be no
choice—on their records. Their records speak
louder than any political campaign speeches that
they might ever make for they cannot change
the records that are published in the House and
Senate Journals, members of which bodies they
both were.
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LOMENIZED LEGISLATORS
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It has been shown, without a shadow of a
doubt, that the charges made against the Lomen
interests of Nome by the Eskimos are true. The
Lomens have been more or less exonerated by the
hearings before the Senate Investigating Com
mittee. The publicity artists continue to figure to
show how “ungrateful” Eskimos are anyhow.
The versatility of the Lomens is to be admired.
The old man, serving as judge of the District
Court of the Second Division was in a position to
check or stalemate any effort of the Eskimos to
secure justice when they were being robbed by
the younger Lomens. Ralph Lomen was a memoer
of the Lower House and was asked if he was going
to vote for the “Lomen Subsidy” and he answered,
‘ Of course.” Senator Grundy of Pennsylvania,
despite all that was said of him by others in the
National Legislature, refused to vote on the wool
schedule because he owned a wool factory.
The Lomens, impatient with the slowness
with which their reindeer flocks were increasing,
through their henchmen in the legislature, secur
ed passage of a law which gave presumptive own