If the charges were false, they should have
so stated.
If the charges are true, as sworn jurors, they
should have done their duty.
They should have done something.
The Facts
The truth is that the Hearst charges are not
strong enough by one-half. The stink hole ot
the creek district of Ketchikan is in the very
center of this town. Everybody on the Mor
rissey grand jury knows that fact.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOV. 2, 1926
The Republican candidates in the First Divi
sion, who are asking the favor of the electorate
at the election on November 2, are as follows.’
For Delegate:
DAN SUTHERLAND, of Juneau.
For Senator:
WILL A. STEEL, of Juneau.
For Representatives:
CHAS. A. BENJAMIN, of Wrangell.
CHAS. B. FERGUSON, of Craig.
WILLIAM L. PAUL, of Ketchikan.
WILLIAM A. WORTH, of Petersburg.
These men were nominated by the people at
the regular primary election on April 27th last.
They are men of progressive thought who seek
office to serve all the people, and not any special
class.
Opposition Candidates
The men who oppose the Republican nom
inees are not party candidates. They refuse to
enter the primaries, altho they are practically
all party men. They have deserted their res
pective folds to form an “Independent” ticket.
They were nominated by petition as provided
by law, and thus got their names on the of
ficial ballot.
But their sponsors are well known, many of
whose names appear on the nominating peti
tions. They are the candidates of R. E. Robert
son, Bert Faulkner, the Hellenthals, cannery
attorneys; Lester Gore, another cannery lawyer;
Johny Walker Troy, of the Juneau Empire, and
Edward G. Morrissey, of the Ketchikan Chron
icle, both subsidized editors; Commissioner of
Education Henderson, who aims to control the
vote of the school teachers, Mayor Connors,
Bob Heckman and a few other lights.
The “Independent” candidates look good.
But what do they think they stand for? Pos
sibly they haven’t been told yet.
MARQUAM SHOULD EXPLAIN—NOT
EVADE
We are told thru the Subsidized Press that
at a recent meeting in Fairbanks district, Can
didate Tom Marquam “read a copy of a letter
circulated by an anonymous agency, on which
he refused to comment.” There are evidently
quite a few letters circulating around Alaska
concerning Tom’s moral qualifications to rep
resent Alaska at the National Capital. But
Tom can’t get away with them by refusing to
make explainations or denials. Some of these
letters are most specific and convincing. Take
for instance the letter written last August by
Rev. S. Hall Young to his people of the Presby
terian churches. In it there is much about
Tom that is not to his credit. Or take the af
fidavit filed in 1921 by Emery Valentine, ex
Mayor of Juneau for eleven terms, in the De
partment of Justice at Washington.
The Preacher and the Statesman are both
seemingly in one accord as to Tom’s deficiencies.
They don’t deal in generalities but set forth
numerous specific facts that tend to show con
clusively that the people of Alaska would not
be proud to have Tom as their Delegate- Mr.
Valentine, in referring to Tom’s early residence
in Juneau, says: “His companions were chiefly
men and women of the underworld. He was
generally regarded as a man devoid of prin
ciple. He was one of the most disreputable
characters that we have had in Juneau during
his time.” Dr. Young is even more severe and
brings Tom from his early residence in the
Territory down to the present time; summing
him up in the one apt expression: “I believe
him to be the most dangerous man in Alaska.”
Tom Marquam really ought to admit or deny
the serious charges that have been made against
him. He is a candidate for an important public
office and the electors are entitled to know the
manner of man he is.
THE INDEPENDENTS PLATFORM
The Independent (?) candidates in the first
Division have for their spokesmen the two Dem
ocratic papers of southeastern Alaska. These
papers are trying to make the people believe
that the MAIN ISSUE of the coming election
is resentment of the “slanders of Dan Suther
land,” and while they excite citizens over this
“issue” they themselves are aiding those who
make the conditions possible.