this Division is the Honorable George
Grigsby, former Delegate to Con
gress. About four months ago he
brought to this Territory a brand
new wife. In their desire to win
Lawyer Grigsby forgot all about his
former decisions while Attorney Gen
eral in this Territory, in which he
held that citizens must be residents
in Alaska for at least one year,
and resident in the Precinct for one
month, before he or she may vote.
Tn the case of Mrs. Grigsby, Lawyer
Grigsby amended the law to suit her
needs, and she voted undoubtedly
the straight Democratic ticket.
Up in Juneau E. A. Rasmussen,
President of the Bank of Alaska,
and a resident of the Skagway Pre
cinct, stepped off the steamer and
walked up to Precinct Number One
and attempted to vote. He was
challenged. He then asked for the
oath, and read the same over care
fully; crossed out the words “res:
dent of the Precinct for one month,"’
and wrote thereon the words “re
siding in Division for one month.”
He signed and amended challenge
oath, and the judges, all strong Dem
ocratic sympathizers, permittde him
to vote. We cannot say how he
voted, but cite his act as a sample
of the lawlessness of which the edu
cated judges of Precinct Number
One, commonly known as the “silk
stocking Precinct of Juneau,” ran
their election.
On the same day Harry Gartley,
President of the Willson & Sylvest
er Mill Company of Wrangell, step
ped off the boat and walked up to
the silk stocking precinct of Juneau,
and likewise amended the challenge
oath, which is printed exactly as
setforth by Congress, and he pro
ceeded to vote. The judges of the
silk stocking Precinct, who were sup
porting the Democratic candidates
on a plaform demanding law and
order, intelligence tests and other
so-called reforms, permitted the said
Harry Gartley to vote, for they well
knew that Gartley was voting the
straight Democratic ticket.
That great and patriotic citizen
and lawyer H. L. Faulkner, who is
constantly demanding that our bal
lot be indeed purified, was again
out of the city on election day. It
is a very singular fact that this
foi mei United States Marshal, who
was born in Canada and took out
his first naturalization papers in
Ketchikan but who never took out
his second papers, but yet who has
served as United States Marshal,
and is now a member of the bar ex
ercising the right of an American
Citizen, should always be out of
town on election day, and thus de
prive his beloved country of his
highly intelligent vote. This can.
always gets out of town on election
day, even if he has to get up before
breakfast and walk out to the Per
servance Mine just outside the city
limits. He does just enough so that
the Democratic organ of Juneau can
say the next day “H. L. Faulkner
had to go out of Town on business.”
And thus this Canadian citizen who
never finished his naturalization in
the United States, must needs go
to the Perservance Mine or to Skag
wav or Haines or this time to Chi
cagoff. Some day he will seek to
vote in Juneau where he lives, and
lie will either be challenged or pro
per complaint will be made to the
Grand Jury, and this patriotic citi
zen will be compelled to show by
what right he exercises the rights
of an American Citizen.
J. R. Heckman has been over to
the Indian Precinct of Kasaan twice
trying to find if any irregularities
bad been committed on election day,
and likewise he sent Harvey’ N.
Stock pole and Angus McKenzie to
the Indian Precincts of Hydaburg
and Klawack on the same errand,
but all regret to report that none
of the Republican managers of those
towns had voted any Filipinos or
citizens of British Columbia.
Third Division
Reports which have come to us
indicate that the vote in the third
division was as follows.
Delegate to Congress—Sutherland
1X14, Boyle 865.
For Attorney’ General—Rustgard
1107, Roden 1119.
Territorial Senator — Howard
1369, Council 1260.
Representatives — Sherman 1560,
Murray 1349, Grier 1308, Wilcox
1207, Bogard 1195, Rucker 1137,
Bugge 908.
MYERS CHUCK
This is a little fishing village
about forty’ miles North of Ketchi
kan. The result of the last election
in this town is significant, for this
reason: No Indians live there, but
the town is inhabited by white
trollers and seiners entirety, 'and
yet their vote was so over-whelm
ingly one-sided that any impartial
reader must admit that these men
voted as they did because they’ wtve
fishermen, and being fishermen they
voted for the side which promised
the greatest protection to their in
terests. Sutherland 22, Boyle 1;
for Senator Hunt 15, Walker 4; for
Representatives the Republican can
didates Grant, Paul, Ferguson and
Hern got 19, 19, 15 and 15 votes re
spectively, while the leading Dernc
crat got only three votes.
The explanation of what is known
as mass-voting is that the Natives
of Alaska being fishermen are vot
ing as such.
FAMOUS SPEECHES
“1 am a Republican. 1 want you
citizens in Ketchikan to vote the
Democratic ticket. 1 am going to
vote that ticket from top to bot
tom.”—J. R. Heckman.
The following quotation is taken
from the Sitka speech of H. L.
Faulkner, well-known Republican and
former Republican Marshal of this
Division:
“I want you citizens of Sitka to
vote the Democratic ticket. I am a
Republican, but it is necessary to
support the Democratic ticket.”
R. E. Robertson, Republican can
didate for district judge in 1021, and
candidate for delegate to the Na
tional Republican Convention at
Cleveland which convention nominat
ed Mr. Coolidge, was the manager
of the Democratic campaign com
mittee in Southeastern Alaska in
the recent elections. From his of
fice was sent all the official litera
ture, sample ballots and other lit
erature which sought to defeat the
regular Republican nominees.
The Democratic organ, the Juneau
Empire, reminded the Republicans
of Alaska that it was no sin this
year for a Republican to vote the
Democratic ticket, and the contest
between the Progressives and the
stand-pat Republicans which was de
cided in the April primaries, was
not binding in any respect.
Governor Scott C. Bone came down
here not long ago and told a prom
inent citizen as follows: “This year
we will have to support the Demo
cratic ticket in Alaska.”
If there is one good thing that the
contest recently closed has done, it
is this: Democrats who have been
masquerading as Republicans are at
last forced to show their true colors.
In this group you will find leading
the bunch J. R. Heckman, H. M.
Stackpole, Jack Davies, M. J. Bug
ge, Dean Cannon, Arthur Shoup and
many others.
The election of Editor Charles
Wilcox, Democrat, of Valdez, is one
of the modern miracles and may be
likened to the parable of the loaves
and fishes. Mr. Wilcox is one news
paper man who has been rewarded
by the confidence of the people. His
platform is simple, being the ex
pression that he believed in lowering
taxes and repealing many of the
present laws instead of making new
ones. To the Fourth Estate the elec
tion of Mr. Wilcox is very acceptable
and especially so on account of his
great ability.—Seward Gateway.
(Mr. Wilcox will have a chance to
vote for the repeal of many laws and
so we hope the Seward Gateway has
made a correct estimate of the new
legislator).