form the duties that have been giv
en him by the Territory will the
Governor and the other Federal
Brigade claquers still try to pre
vent the Territory from having
these duties performed by Territorial
officials?
An Open Letter,
To the Republicans of Alaska:
“I am a strong party man. I
believe that the existence of two
parties, and the absence of more
than two, is essential to the suc
cess of popular government.” This
is from a very recent article by
Chief Justice Taft, and voices my
own belief precisely.
And through party organization
and team-work is the only way to
accomplish anything. A horse may
be strong and willing, but if it will
not work with its team-mates it is
worthless in a four-horse hitch-up.
AND THIS PRINCIPLE APPLIES
WHEN CONSIDERING THE QUALI
FICATIONS OF EACH AND EVERY
CANDIDATE IN THE FORTHCOM
ING PRIMARY.
While not at the head of the
ticket the legislative positions are
perhaps, the most important, cer
tainly so from this point of harmon
iously working together for the
good of all.
In the Fourth Division there are
no complications, it simply being a
matter of which four out of five
good men shall survive; but in
some, or all, of the other Divisions
there are candidates filed as Repub
licans who under no circumstances
ever acted with the party organiza
tion in matters of legislation. These
candidates should be ruthlessly
eliminated, and men of known re
liability and stability should be
chosen.
The delegate to congress and the
members of the Territorial legisla
ture should work together. If you
believe this to be true, then there
is really but one name before you
-—Dan Sutherland.
Scan every office and every candi
date, and study out just what it
all means in terms of organization,
team-work, and results. Ability is
a good thing, but worthless if not
coupled up with reliability and
stability. Great effort amounts to
nothing if not usable, and is worse
than nothing if misdirected.
For the purely political positions
of delegates and alternates to the
Republican National Convention, the
only names which should be consid
ered are Wm. H. Chase and James
\Y ickersham for delegates, and
•Jacob 13. Gottstein and Wm. D
Grant for alternates. This for the
very simple but powerful reason
that these men represent the Repub
lican party, and not individual am
J>ition nor greed.
A:iy man who aspires to be Na
tional Committeeman ought to be
enough of a strict party man that
he will support the nominees of his
party, in fact in life declaration of
candidacy he swears that he will do
I his very thing; and yet, in the
November, 192G election Captain
Lathrop spent time and money
against the party nominee and in
an effort to elect Tom Marquam
over Dan Sutherland; to try to elect
a renegade whose political backing
was made up of mugwumps, so
called independents, and democrats.
The only reason Captain Lathrop is
in the field is that certain parties
desire his election for the purpose
of using him to offset the influence
of the delegate to congress in matters
of political patronage. A vote for
Lathrop is an injury to Sutherland
and to the entire Republican party.
Tf T am elected National Commit
teeman I 3hall not rest until the
entire Territory is completely or
ganized, so that each locality may
handle its own political affairs.
I shall not grasp at any power
not mine by right, nor shall I ever
evade any responsibility that I
ought to assume. I am not and
never 3hall be either an autocrat
or a coward.
In our country a man’s greatest
privilege, and highest duty, is in
the exercise of the elective franchise
Do not waste your privilege nor
fail in your duty; go to the polls
on April 24th, and VOTE.
Yours for Organization, Team
work, and Victory.
GEO. W. ALBRECHT.
Reminiscences Of Dr
Young
Eoward F. Medley lived in Alaska
lor nfteen years or more, ever since
the early days of construction work
at the “Copper Gateway” of Cordova.
1 hi u reading and the personal
touch he has familiarized himself
with the doings of many of the
early times, and the following
article, which appeared in the Seat
tle Post Intelligencer, will be read
with much imeiost by Alaskans, as
Mr. Medley is competent to write
about many of the old-timers:
“THE IMCSHING PARSON”
To an Alaskan of the later years
the idea of missionaries in the North
seems somewnat odd, as one is ac
customed to associate missionary
work with foreign countries, hard
ships. and strange people. With
the white American population of
Alaska outnumbering the native and
living in Alaska on the whole as
comfortable as it is on the outside,
one takes church effort on the same
basis as in the states and forgets
that the Alaska churchmen are mis
sionaries.
When Dr. S. Hall Young first
went to Alaska fifty years ago con
ditions were far different. He tells
what the differences were in his
just-published autobiography, the
jacket of which describes him as
“The Mushing Parson." Anyone in
terested in Alaska or interested in
missionary work should read the