THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN AND WOMEN
TO COME TO THE AID OF THE PARTY
Individual action is futile and the
individual vote is negligible.
Our Government is a government
l.y parties, and this it has always been
since its very inception, and this it
must always remain. The only way to
get >0111 ideas embodied into law Is
to elect legislators, and other officials
who wan! what you want, and the on
ly way to elect such people to repre
sent you is to vote with a large num
ber of people who believe in the same
measures and the same candidates that
A party can be no better than the
men and women who compose it. and
the men and women who compose the
party are the men and women who
take an active interest in the affairs
but at all times.
Theodore Roosevelt said that one of
the fundamental principles of his life
and one which remained always with
was to those dependent upon him. ami
his second duty, and in the event of
his having no dependents, his first
duty, was to the State. How are you
performing the duty you owe to the
State? Do you take an active interest
in the affairs of State? .Do you use
your tmllot for the best interests of
yourself and your feUow-countryme 1.
by voting for the candidates and the
party that yon believe will best serve
the public interest, or do you vote for
this one or that one because you know
him personally, and do not personally
know his opponent, or because he i i
n "good fellow", without any regard
to his fitness for the office he seeks?
Now is the time for every citizen
to examine carefully the records of the
two great parties of the United States.
Compare the record of the Republican
party with its rivals, and you cannot
remain in doubt as to how your vote
should he cast.
Remember above all things that A
PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE FDR
CARRYING OUT ITS PLATFORM.
AND CAN RE CALLED TO AC
COUNT RY ITS MEMBERS IF THIS
IS NOT DONE. WHILE TNDIVID
T U S CANNOT BE HELD RESPON
SE FLE OR ACCOUNTABLE.
The Republican candidates stand on
a veil defined Pa* form, while the
Democrats and the Independent's have
no definite Platform and each cand'
date represents his own individual
opinion and that’s all.
A Word Of Friendly Advice To The
Woman Voter
Do you ladies realize what a price
less hoon has been given you in the
right of suffrage? Do you realize that
your united vote on any one proposi
tion would probably upset the intrigue
and trickery of the shrewdest politi
cians? D<> you realize that the bal
lot which has been yours in Alaska
since 1913. and which has lately been
placed in the hands of all the women
in our country, is a power which used
intelligently can work wonders? Do
you realize that "machine" politics
and hossism could not exist if the
voters once took a stand that it sholud
not exist, and voted accordingly? Or
ganizn.tion and co-operation is *he
cure. Revolution by ballot is the only
revolution that a true-blooded Ameri
can can ever think of. and all he
should evei want to think of. The
■power contained in the ballo* is far
greater than that contained in guns
and gunpowder, and costs no lives.
Now is the tint for the women of
America to make their strength fel*
In the affairs of state, for never be
fore has our country so needed the in
telligent- and devotion of every eiti
Remember th.it “Eternal vigilance is
ihe price of liberty", and be vigilant.
Don't vote for candidates whose ab
solute loyalty to the institutions of our
government can bo doubted. Don't
vote for candidates who hold themsel
ves al*ove or apart from the party.
REMEMBER THAT INDIVIDUALS
MAY START MOVTMENTS, BUT IT
TAKES ORGANIZATION TO PUT
THE MOVEMENT THROUGH, tlhere
want to accomplish results'.
Don't stay at home on election
day—no matter how . busy you arc
a 1 tout your household affairs, ladles,
make up your mind right now that you
are going to take the few moment'1
necessary for you to DO YOUR DUTY
TO YnUR COUNTRY, AND GO TO
THE POLIOS AND CAST YOUR
VOTE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
• ICKET STRAIGHT, and thereby ad
' mce the interests of yourself am'
V. you are inclined to think the'
that o'hers inav think the same, an
■ How anything to interfe,-e with hi
\ a. Icing cast. It tho accusation s
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mchlne"
often heard it true, that the "m;
politicians run the affairs of our coun
try. it is because of your lack of in
clination to go to the bother of cast
ing your vote, for the “machine" poli
ticians though greatly in the minority
are always "on the job." If all the
voters of the country were equally
"on the job” the shrift of the “machine
fadltictans” would be dhort indeed.
What Organisation Moans In Poli
Don't confound the term Orguniza
tion with "machine." An Organiza
tion is always working for the inter
ests of the many, while a machine
works for the interests of the few. As
a political leader lately remarked "a
machine is an organization which has
forgotten its purpose." If a party or
ganization becomes a machine, or in
other words, passes into control of a
few adept politicians to l>e used t<
serve their own ends, there can be but
one cause for it. namely, failure on
your part to take an active interest
I In the affairs of the Organization.
fn the past the greatest weakness
of the Ajmericnn voter has heen his
inclination to "let George do it:” to
shirk his duty ns a citizen. To people
| of other lands to whom the right of
suffrage has heen given this trait of
j the American voter is a matter of
i amazement. Because this priceless
possession has always been ours we
have in the past failed to attach the
Importance to it that it Is entitled to.
with the result that we have not at all
times had truly representative gov
ernment. You have the ballot so that
you may have a voice in the govern
duty if you do not use that voice. In
I tli 1m day, with, the Primary laws now
existing thruou*. the country, we can
all have an equal voice In the affairs
| of Suite, and if we do our duty in a
: united manner we can make this Gov
ernment What we will, and !♦. will then
truly Ik* a government of, for. and by
the people.
After every great war social unrest
has been apparent—after our own
civil war the same conditions existed
as exist now, and It wajt the united
action of the majority of the people,
under the banners of the Republican
Party that rescued the country from
the chaos into which it threatened to
bep lunged. Just as that same party
will rescue It now. There are battles
of peace as well as of war, and In
the battles of peace unity of the people
is no less required than in the battles
Beginning Of Progressive Legislation
For Women In Alaska And Its
Sponcor Son. Dan Sutherland
In 1913 the right of suffrage was
given to the women of Alaska by our .
Terito'rial Legislature by the very first
Act that was passed by that body, but ,
our womenfolks have been slow in
taking up the burdens and privileges
conferred upon them. At the coming
• lection something like 21,000.000 *
women tliruout the I'nited States will :
have the right to go to the polls on
election day and express their choice,
and most of them will take advantage
of the privilege, so long-delayed, th.it ■
has been thus granted to them. Let
the women of Alaska not be behind-- <
let them come to the front at this 1
election and show that the right of
suffrage was not given them in vain.
Ladies of Nome and the Second Di
vision give this matter thought, and
i?ome out on Election Day and show
the world that you have done so.
Vote for the man who introduced the
Suffrage Bill in the Alaska Legtal i
Lure—the man with a clean business
record—the man with a home and
family record to be proud of—the man
irho has shown in four sessions of
•he Alaska Legislature his pre-eml
lence—the man whose ability many
>f you know from personal acquaint
ance and contact during the time he
General of Alaska—that good old war
*rland for Delegate to ‘Congress^ and
rote straight down the line for the
■undidates on the ticket he heads, the
Republican Ticket—John Rustgard, a
’omier Nome lawyer, for Attorney
Reneray of Alaska—that good old war
lorse Capt. John Sundback for Sen
itor—you all know him—he has been
ried and found not wanting—Ed Holt,
i. J. Mueller. Ed Burroughs and Andy
tnderson. all Nome business men of
ong residence In your midst for Rep
■epreseptatlves. Compare these candi
lates with the candidates on the Dem
•crntic ticket, and on the Third Party
Independent) ticket. and without in
iny manner reflecting on these other
■andidates. it would seem as if yon
lad little cause to hestitate. Then
■end the Republican platform upon
rhioh all these Republican candidates
itand—would you not rather be rep
esented by men whose attitude you
:now than by those who have no de
Ined platform. All of the candidates
xcept the Republicans have their own
ndividual ideas of what should be
lone but there is no unity of purpose
i
Remember the old slogan “UNITED
VE STAND. PIMPED WE FALL."
EXTRACTS FROM SPEECH OF SENATOR
LODGE IN THE CHICAGO CONVENTION i
"The defeat of the present adminis
tration transcends in importance every
mther uucstion and all immediate and
dominant issues are hound 111> with it.
"The rise of prices, the high cost of
living, is the most pressing, the most
difficult and most essential problem
that confronts us.
“Profiteering, charging of extortion
ate anil unjustifiable prices are sub
ject now to ample punitive laws—
Those laws should he enforced—They
"General government ownership un
der our political system would inevi
tably bring about the mastery of the
I government by those who operate the
machinery of transportation or any
other industries which come into gov
ernment possession.
“When the armistice with Germany
was signed the course to be pursued
‘‘Tfhut course was to make the peace
with Ciermany at onc-e, and then take
:i|* for reasonable consideration the
question of establishing such future
relations with our associates in the
war as would make for the future
peace of the world. This Mr. Wilson
prevented—he had apparently one aim
—to he the maker of a T^eague of Na
tions of which he should he the head.
Ho was determined that there should
ho a Reague of Nations then and there,
and in order to nullify the power of thr
Senate {riven by the constitution ol
the I'nited States, he decided to make
the I.' ague an Integral, part of the
treaty of peace with Germany.
“The Republicans of the Senate
Tueconceiving the danger of the Rea
gite * * * stopped M- Wilson’s treaty
and the question goes to the people.
“In 1!>H» Mr. Wilson won on the cry
that he had kept ns out of war—
He now demands the approval of thr
.Vmerican people for his party and his
administration on the ground that hr
lias kept us out of peace.
“The peril inseiwirnble from Mr.
Wilson and his system goes far be
yond all party division®, for it fnvalue.*
Mie fundamental question of wbetbei
the government of the United Statei
shall l»o n government of law and not
of men, whether it shall he a free rep
ii-sentative government or that of ?
dictatorship.
"We must all fight side by side tr
keep safe and untouched the sover
-ignty, the independence, the welfare
of the I’nited States.”
Extracts From Senator Harding*!
Speech of Acceptance
“f believe in party sponsorship i
government. /'
‘•No man is big enough to run thi:
great republic.
(“I want the employers * * * to tin
bostand the aspirations, the convic
lions, iho yearnings of the millions of
.Vim-rio;in wage earners, and I want
the wage earners to understand the
problems, the anxieties, the obligations
'>f management, of capital.
“We favor American eminence on
the setts, the practical development of
inland waterways .the upbuilding and
coordination of all to make them equal
to and ready for every call of develop,
ing and widening American commerce.
“We inflated (currency) in haste,
we must deflate in deliberation.
“We promise the prevention of un
reasonable profits, we challenge profi
teering with all the moral force and
the legal powers of government and
“Farmers should not only he per
mitted hut encouraged to join in coop
erative association to reap the Just
measure of reward merited by their
ardous toil.
"The budget system will effect a
necessary, helpful reformation.
“I believe in the protective tariff.
“[ believe in establishing standards
for immigration which are concerned
with the future citizenship of the re
public.
"We do hold to the right to crush
sedition«
“The railway workmen ought to be
the best paid and know the best condi
"This govern men! should make its
liberty and victory IkmhIs worth nil
that its jrntriotic citizens paid in pur
chasing them.
righteous relationship with Mexk .
"1 believe in law erifQrcemenV*
Kefi’iing t>> the League of N’a.ions.
"So surrender of rights to :• world
council or its military alliance, no as
sumed mandatory however appealing,
ever shall sumimjon the sons of .this
Republic to war. Their supreme sac
rifice shall only be asked for America,
and its call of honor. There Is a
sanctity in that right we will not dele
Speaking on Alaska, he said:
"Alaska is rich in resources beyond
all imagination and needs only closer
linking through lines of transportation
and government policy that hath safe
guard and encourages development to
speed Jt to a foremost position as a
commonwealth, rugged in citizenship
and rich in materialized resources."
SENATOR HARDING ON GOV. COX
“(iovernor Cox hns an active mind,
which readily attacks any problem,
and he hps an attractive personality
which brings him a great deal of fav
orable attention.
"Governor Cox has promised that
if elected president, he* will carry oi
President Wilson’s policies, especially
ITISEMENT
those that concern the proposed lon
gue of Nations, and lie has said that
he believes that this nation's pros
perity hinges on the League result.
"On this point the issue between us
is definitely joined. I agree with him
that our prosperity hinges on the
League's result, hut in a different way.
I believe that Europe depends on
America, not America on Europe, and
that tlie League of Nations which the
president negotiated is a scheme to get
everything out of America without |
giving anything in return but the -
sophistory of a falsely called 'moral ^
Obligation. ’ €
"To my mind the only thing certain 5
in the proposed Wilson League of Na- j
tlons Is the inevitable dependence of f
this country on the decisions of Eur- a
opean governments. Governor Cox (
couits this: I abhor it. f
"If elected President, Governor Cox C
promised not to heed the voice of the j
Senate. What voice then will he heed? j
Will he peradventure, be entirely self- J
suff.cient and he able to proceed alone. e
unmindful of precept or example, un
deterred by any Influence counter to ^
GOV. COX ON SENATOR HARDING
“Senator Harding, personally, Is a
man of appealing individuality who
makes friends readily, and whose char
acter and record entitle him to the
h gli res’-ect in which he is held.
“While in the fraternity of the
newspaper business Senator Harding
and myself have much in common, and
while T hold for him personally a high
I esteem, when it comes to political
thought we are ns far apart as the
“Senator Harding and his fripnds :
want us to run the greatest govern- i
ment on earth in the antoquated
method.
“My idea of the presidency is that
it is a Job requiring ever constant
action by a busy executive whose acts
must be guided by the light of the
immediate present. The right man
there must be ready at all times to
take any situation by the nape of the
neck and shake a result out of it.”
I Judging from the utterances of each
[of these men, whom do you consider '
the most safe and sound? >He who !s ]
I guided by the “lamp of experience," i
I who >i» willing to listen to counsel, or |
! he who is "guided by the light of the i
1' immediate present" and who, single '
handed, takes “any situation by the ■
: nape of the neck?”
1. Wf men of Nome don’t forget that
Senator Sutherland introduced the bill
in the Territorial Sanatc that gave
[ you suffrage. Advt.
Vote for Sutherland and Ruetgard
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